Apple develops an app that will support mapping and navigation.
Apple Inc. has recently unveiled a survey app for the iPhone which primarily serves as a Global Positioning System (GPS) for indoor usage. A new apps page has been launched on the Apple App Store were this app made its debut developed by Mr. Steve Troughton-Smith. The idea behind this application by the tech behemoth is to have its own mobile app platform that will assist small and medium sized businesses to guide consumers to their location by connecting on Maps Connect.
The recent Apple product is currently not found through the search bar of the App Store. It can only be downloaded via Apple Maps Connect registrations. This application is so far hidden by the company and is also updated and termed as Indoor Survey version 0.1, that is functioning on iOS 8 on various devices like the iPod touch, iPad and iPhone which are used by owners of small businesses. Currently the application can offer support to three languages such as Chinese, English and Japanese.
As per the description provided by the company regarding its Indoor Survey app states, "By dropping 'points' on a map within the Survey App, you indicate your position within the venue as you walk through. As you do so, the indoor Survey App measures the radio frequency (RF) signal data and combines it with an iPhone's sensor data. The end result is indoor positioning without the need to install special hardware."
The present components in the Apple iPhone enable it to do various app based tasks. So the application merely gets its hands on the sensors present in the device and then starts to measure out the distance between the arbitrary connections points in the workplace to the Apple users.
So the question here arises so as to what is the reference point that is used to measure the distance in the present radio waves from the device? Some of the people have this speculation that the Bluetooth sensors of the device are used while some consider it to be the Wi-Fi antennae. However, nobody really knows what the real game is and all this is based on mere speculation.
The idea behind this app si unique and once it is launched publicly then many business owners will benefit since mostly businessmen are concerned about the location of their offices. AAPL has come up with a great technique that will have good impacts in the corporate sector.
Apple faces criticism by Pebble Time for not approving its app review.
Recently Pebble Time started the shipment of is the wearable device. However, the company is dealing with several issues whilst connecting with Apple iPhones. The company is concerned about this issue and to add more value to this, the company has approached Twitter Inc. to make the issue viral on social media.
Pebble Time has asked customers to help it out and has asked consumer to promote ““#FreeOurPebbleTime” since Apple Inc. is making it relatively difficult for them. App store submission is the core problem, which the company is dealing with currently.
According to the company, the developers have sent an app review to Apple on May 18 before the Pebble Time was actually launched. Moreover, Pebble also believes that the company is responsible for the obstruction. Ironically, many customers consider Pebble’s device to be “paper weight” for Apple users since it is not much compatible.
Apple is not the one to be blamed since Pebble submitted the app review and less than 10 days had passed. However, for any app review to publish, minimum 10 days are required. Pebble should have taken this factor into consideration before submission because this is certainly not Apple’s fault if they were not considerate about Apple’s policies.
For the time being, Pebble has asked its clients to access the watch facilities by borrowing an Android phone. The idea is to down load the Watch Faces so that they can enjoy the features of this wearable technology.
Pebble has also acknowledged that they submitted bug fixes for its product, but that also has been pending since 43 days. According to them the issue is the Apple Watch is the reason why Apple has been skeptical about their products. The company wishes to only develop, market, sale and promote its own wearable technology. According to BidnessEtc, “The official statement by the company remains that they have not faced any faults with the Pebble app, with the previous statement of applications not being denied access, on the grounds that they are working with Pebble.”
It is normal for Pebble to react in such a manner, but now they are just trying to create controversy, everybody knows that the Apple Watch is relatively better than Pebble Time in terms of quality, finish, features etc. but the biggest benefit for Apple watch is that it is an Apple product. The company should settle the dispute with authorities in a subtle manner rather than making the entire social media talk about it.
