Apple rebuilds mapping app, however will nonetheless faucet TomTom

Apple rebuilds mapping app, but will still tap TomTom

(Reuters) - Apple Inc is rebuilding the widely used mapping application on its iPhones from the ground up with its own dataset, but Amsterdam-based TomTom NV will continue to be a data provider for Apple’s maps app, Cupertino, California-based Apple told Reuters on Friday.

FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is shown outside the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo

Reporting by Stephen Nellis; Editing by David Gregorio

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December 23, 2018