One thing which Google has over many other map players is having the data of places on maps which are of interests to people or mostly known as Point-of-Interests or POI. Thanks to their streetcars as…
Apple confirms that they will layoff 190 people from their self-driving car project
In a letter to the California Employment Development Department, Apple has confirmed that they will be laying off 190 people from their self-driving car project dubbed as Project Titan. Tom Neumayr, w…
Apple shares a 7-page safety report on their self-driving car
After some initial PR nightmare which put Apple at the last spot when it comes to the progress of self-driving cars, Apple has shared a 7-page report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrat…
Apple explains disengagement report in a letter to the DMV
In a letter sent to the DMV, Apple via their Senior Director of Autonomous Systems Engineering, Jaime Waydo, sought to explain their disengagement report and to shed some clarity over it. As we have c…
Spy caught allegedly trying to steal Apple secrets
FBI has arrested an Apple employee who was about to fly to China with a laptop full of confidential files which included Apple’s intellectual property. It was known that the person was about to …
Is Apple getting out of the autonomous car business?
Dubbed as a restructuring exercise, Apple has released 200 engineers from their super secret group who was working on “Project Titan”. This project was meant to be Apple’s autonomous…
Apple’s self-driving car was involved in a crash this week
Thanks to state legislation, all self-driving car tests conducted are to be reported to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Because of this, we know that Apple is testing self-driving cars on the public…
Apple is using Subarus to capture data for Apple Maps
Apple has been criticised non-stop since the whole debacle of moving away from Google Maps for the past 6 years. Their alternative was to stitch data from various sources and that is why Apple Maps in…
Waze is finally here on Apple’s CarPlay
Just last week, Waze was beta testing iOS 12 with Apple’s CarPlay, the in-car system meant for iPhone users. Now, it is finally out for all to use. Waze will be the 2nd third party mapping and n…
Apple continues to ramp up their autonomous vehicles
Whilst Apple is dealing with the latest launch of the new iPhones and the latest mobile operating system, iOS 12, yes you can download it now, another division of theirs is also ramping up, autonomous…
Apple’s self-driving car has gotten its first accident
Apple has been extremely secretive about their self-driving car program. Much like the rest of the company shrouded in secrecy, the self-driving car program has certain regulations to meet especially …
Apple hires senior engineer from Waymo for self-driving car effort
Apple has just hired Jaime Waydo from Waymo for their self-driving car technology team. Not to be left behind in the race to create production-ready self-driving car, Apple is getting the right people…
Apple to work with Volkswagen to create a self-driving van service
Apple was once touted to be experimenting with building an electric car with the sole focus on it being self-driving or autonomous. Rumours about Project Titan floated around and since then, Apple has…
Apple expands their fleet of self-driving cars in California
Not to be left behind by other self-driving car technology firms and automakers, Bloomberg obtained reports that Apple has managed to increase their fleet of self-driving cars in California from an in…
Apple discloses self-driving car research online
Thanks to a report by Reuters, scientists at Apple has published out a series of research journals online regarding 3D object detection used in self-driving cars. Being the super secretive company, Ap…
Hertz to manage Apple’s self driving car fleet
Similarly to how AVIS is managing and servicing Waymo’s fleet of self-driving cars, Apple is engaging Hertz in the same manner as reported by Bloomberg. The tech giant is leasing Lexus RX450h fr…
Apple CarPlay will stop notifications because you keep getting distracted
Earlier this morning, Apple held their WorldWide Developers Conference for this year and one of the items updated would be the next version of iOS, the operating system which powers our iPhones and iP…
Apple’s self-driving car spotted on the roads
A driver at Palo Alto, California, spotted a Lexus RX450h trodding along the road which he says is Apple’s self-driving car being tested. This happened a month after Apple received permission to…
Transit Maps in Singapore are now available in Apple Maps
Apple is rolling out transit directions in Apple Maps for Singapore. That means you are able to route yourself from one place to another place in Singapore using a mix of walking and public transport.…
Volkswagen Uses iPhone as internal standard device
Volkswagen is going to use the Apple iPhone as their internal standard device for all 620,000 employees globally. This was what Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said in their recent quarterly earnings call. He…