Apple last week confirmed its acquisition of Locationary, a location data company based out of Toronto, which presumably it presumably plans to use to beef up Apple Maps. However, it seems Apple is on something of a shopping spree, as the Cupertino-based company this week revealed that it had purchased yet another company.
Apple last year stepped away from Google Maps and began shipping iPhones with its own solution, Apple Maps, installed. Though the application got off to a rocky start, it's improving and the purchase of services like Locationary and HopStop could go a long way toward improving the app.
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