Google Map is not only usable from Android devices. It is usable from any desktop out there

And Apple can not deliver a desktop map because....

I understand what you mean about scope of use, but in the end it doesn't matter what the scope is, if enough care is put into the mapping solution. Even if they don't deliver a desktop version of the mapping service.

Apple are highly unlikely to put out an API for other to use as they wish like Google did.

That is 100% wrong.

The strongest reason I see for Apple to replace Google with their own mapping solution is in fact to give iOS developers an API they can "use as they wish".

The current Google Maps API is rife with restrictions. Have to watch the geocoding load from your app or it will be shut down. Can't overlay turn-by-turn instructions (what? You thought that restriction, meant to drive you to back to Google Maps, came from Apple?)

Apple having their own mapping system means NO restrictions on developers, or at least ones directly related to load only and not the protection of Google revenue streams...

At the end of the day if it's only available on iOS and Mac then it's essentially on a minority of devices on what is now a minority platform.

There are still more iOS devices than Android devices overall.

Especially in the U.S. Here's a conundrum for you. Sprint & AT&T and Verizon have all said the iPhone is leading smartphone sales, usually by a good margin.

So how exactly would Android have more units sold in the U.S. if that continues to be true?

Again, Nokia would be the ones licensing out the patents either way. They truly only cared about their design being chosen because they thought it was better. Them needing money or not does not enter in as a factor.

I would not count out Nokia or Windows Mobile yet. Microsoft has too much money and needs WM to succeed too badly to give up without a huge fight. And Microsoft has only just begun, they were waiting really for alignment with Windows 8. Win or lose, the battle will be interesting.

The new design, being really similar to the old one, also means that Nokia holds the patents for it already.

That is what Nokia is saying they are licensing out, that they were threatening not to allow licensing of before... but they will go along to move the mobile industry forward.

You can still do the search by hitting "Search Anyway". Anywhere other than mainland China, this search will work. Just try it. If you're in mainland China and you elect to search anyway, that will result in your connection being reset and will temporarily break your ability to interact with Google. It is China, not Google, that is doing this.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

The search can still be performed, but it is China — NOT Google — that is doing the censoring by interfering with queries which contain offending terms.

Before, if someone in mainland China performed a search containing an offending term, equipment that is part of the so-called "Great Firewall" would interfere with the search, making it appear that the search results page was unavailable or resetting the browser's connection, and then making Google unavailable to the user for a period.

Now, Google is warning you that will happen based on observations of which search terms resulted in China's filters blocking the search results.

Why are there so many ignorant comments on this post claiming that it's "Google" the one doing the blocking? They're not.

You mentioned the U.S. seized a few domains. I also think that was wrong.

But the U.N. would block whole CATEGORIES of domains from even existing.

You are worried about a theoretical Kill Switch on the internet. The U.N. wants a Kill Switch on every website...

to be pressed by the Chinese or Russians as they see fit.

And you are seriously arguing against the U.S. on this one? Yes they could improve but you don't seem to be grasping how much worse things could get, very quickly.

Who cares if anyone can surveil was is sent across the internet. That is rather the point of a public network, and if you don't want others to snoop then you encrypt.

ANY of the other stuff inherently breaks the internet or at least seals it off to a huge portion of the planet.

It's not even close which is why even in the middle of an election season two diametrically opposed parties are dead set against it, in unison.

WIth iKeelYou, the "Secure Boot Chain" is an ACTUAL chain.

Ouch!

Everyone has been thinking Apple will launch a TV (as if!), but with the release of this guide, my suspicions are confirmed - the next major Apple product is iKeelYou, an enterprise/home defense bot.

The security manual is here to prep us with the understanding that the core of iOS has the strength, security and doggone sticktoitiveness even the most stringent critics would demand from a completely autonomous bot capable of decapitating anyone at any time.

Thanks Apple for helping me and my boss sleep a little more peacefully...

iKeelYou - Welcome!