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For those hoping Google had a version of its maps application on standby in the event that Apple's own maps app shipped, a new report suggests otherwise.
Citing two people familiar with the matter, The Verge says Google was caught flat-footed by the news that Apple would be rolling out its own mapping software, in part because there was still more than a year of mapping service as part of the agreement between the two companies.
As a result, the report claims, Google has been "scrambling" to finish a replacement Google Maps application but the app is "several months" out.
The report sharply counters claims that Google already submitted a finished version of its own, standalone maps application for iOS and was waiting on approval from Apple. It also matches up with a report from The Guardian last night saying that a replacement app from Google was still very much a work in progress.
CNET has reached out to Google for more information and will update this post when we know more. So ... [Read more]
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