Boing Boing » ios6 http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:48:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Unique issues in Japan for Apple iOS6 maps http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/unique-issues-in-japan-for-app.html http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/unique-issues-in-japan-for-app.html#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:03:09 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=183434 widely reported. But in Japan, a country-specific set of technical issues contribute to the feature's lack of reliability there.]]> widely reported. But in Japan, a country-specific set of technical issues contribute to the feature's lack of reliability there. The biggest problem, according to a NYT article by Hiroko Tabuchi, is that "much of its data appears to be drawn from OpenStreetMap Japan, a Wikipedia-like service that contains a lot of incorrect and outdated information," and Japan "uses a system of longitude and latitude that differs slightly from the global standard." Apple may have mixed up conflicting data sources that use both systems. (NYTimes.com)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/unique-issues-in-japan-for-app.html/feed 13 IOS6 maps fail so hard, a Tumblr is born http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/ios6-maps-fails-so-hard-a-tum.html http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/ios6-maps-fails-so-hard-a-tum.html#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:29:08 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=182284 issue when someone brews up a Tumblr to mock you: theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com.]]>

You know you have an issue when someone brews up a Tumblr to mock you: theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com.]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/ios6-maps-fails-so-hard-a-tum.html/feed 57