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Eminyakeni yamuva, amamephu abe yingxenye ebalulekile yama-smartphones amaningi, ngoba wonke umsebenzisi udinga ukuthola ngezikhathi ezithile, isibonelo, lapho ibhizinisi elithile litholakala endaweni ethile, kuyilapho abanye basebenzisa ukuzulazula okuqondile izikhathi eziningana ngosuku. Lokhu kusombulula ngokunengqondo umbuzo wokuthi imaphi amamephu okufanele asetshenziswe. Impi enkulu kulo mkhakha iyaqhubeka phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Google.

Ngonyaka odlule ngabhala isihloko mayelana kungani (hhayi) sebenzisa i-Apple Maps futhi kungani ezikhathini eziningi kuzuzisa kakhulu ukuthi umsebenzisi wase-Czech abheje ku-Google Amamephu, nakuba wonke umuntu angakhetha isethi yemisebenzi ehluke kancane. Unyaka nonyaka, zombili lezi zinsizakalo zazithuthuka ngendlela ethile.

I-Google Maps isalokhu iyinombolo yokuqala engiyikhethayo, nokho u-Justin O'Beirne embhalweni wakhe othi "A Year of Google & Apple Maps" inikeze ukubuka konke okuhle kakhulu okuyisithombe kwalokho okushintshile ku-Apple Amamephu naku-Google Amamephu onyakeni odlule.

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U-O'Beirne wayethatha izithombe zezindawo ezithile njalo unyaka wonke ukuze aziqhathanise ukuze abone ukuthi yini eshintshile nokuthi lezi zinkonzo ezimbili zibheke kuphi. Ngakho-ke singabona ukuthi idatha kumaphuzu ahlukahlukene esithakaselayo ishintshe futhi yabuyekezwa kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ukuthi i-Google inakho kanjani - futhi sibonga i-Street View - inembe kakhulu ngezindlela ezithile, nokuthi, ngokuphambene, kanjani, i-Google igqugquzelwe yi-Apple ngokwemibandela. yamamaki ezithombe.

Kodwa-ke, okujabulisa kakhulu ngawo wonke umbhalo - nalokho abasebenzisi be-Google Map abazokujabulela ikakhulukazi - incazelo ephelele yokuthi i-Google iguqule kanjani amamephu ayo futhi ngaziphi izinjongo onyakeni odlule. U-O'Beirne uhlaziya ngokuningiliziwe izinguquko ezingazodwana kumbala nezithombe ezisetshenzisiwe bese esekela yonke into futhi ngezithombe lapho singabona khona umehluko ngokucacile.

Isibonelo, ukushintsha okulula kombala wengemuva ku-Google Amamephu kungase kungabonakali njengomcimbi omkhulu ekuqaleni, kodwa kuhlanganiswe nazo zonke izinguquko ezincane nezinkulu i-Google ezenzile onyakeni odlule, sigcina sinolwazi oluhluke ngokuphelele. futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukugxila okuhluke ngokuphelele kwawo wonke Amamephu.

Njengoba i-Google ingazange imemezele ngokusemthethweni izinguquko ezimbalwa kulowo nyaka odlule, njengoba kwakuwumkhuba, kube nezimpikiswano ezimbalwa zokuthi kungani i-Google yenza ngamabomu amamephu ayo abe yindida kakhulu, ngokusebenzisa imibala elula, efiphele noma ngokulahlekelwa imigwaqo.

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Kepha konke bekunenjongo ecacile, njengoba u-Justin O'Beirne echaza: "Ngokuhamba konyaka, i-Google yaphendulela amamephu ayo phansi buthule - yawaguqula avela kuhlelo lokusebenza. imigwaqo emabalazweni izindawo. Ngonyaka odlule, imigwaqo ibiyingxenye evelele yemephu - into yokuqala oyiqaphele. Manje sekuyizindawo.'

Ngokuyinhloko bagxile kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi Izindawo Zokuthakasela (amaphuzu ezithakazelisayo) ku-Google, futhi namuhla singaqaphela ukuthi izitolo ezihlukahlukene, izindawo zokudlela, izikhumbuzo kanye nezikhungo empeleni zibonakala kakhulu.

Nakuba isimo singase sehluke ngandlela thize e-United States, amaphuzu athakazelisayo ukuthi e-Czech Republic basahlukanisa amamephu ku-Apple ne-Google ngenani elikhulu lamacala - i-Google ine-database enkulu kakhulu futhi enembe kakhulu lapha, ngenxa ongawathola kalula amaphuzu amaningi owadingayo. Isikhundla sabo esisha esivelele sifakazela nje ukuthi i-Google iwakhathalela kanjani amaphuzu athakazelisayo.

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I-Apple Maps, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ayishintshile ngonyaka odlule, nakuba umenzi we-iPhone ememezele umklamo omusha wamamephu wawo ngonyaka odlule e-WWDC. Ukubuka amashadi e-apula kaMeyi 2016 kanye noMeyi 2017 kushiya umbono ofanayo, njengoba u-O'Beirne ekhombisa futhi. Ngokwengxenye, lokhu kungenzeka kungenxa yokuthi i-Apple imvamisa ibuyekeza izinsiza zayo kanye ngonyaka, engqungqutheleni yonjiniyela.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, endaweni eguquguqukayo njengamamephu ngokungangabazeki, ukunakekelwa okujwayelekile kungatuseka. Ikakhulukazi uma sibona nge-Google Maps ukuthi yini engenziwa ngonyaka owodwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lokhu akusebenzi kuphela kumamephu we-Apple, kodwa nakwezinye izinsizakalo. Cishe singalindela ezinye izindaba ngesonto elizayo e-WWDC.

Umthombo: UJustin O'Beirne
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