Apple possibly held back by Google for years on iOS' Maps features, might bring turn-by-turn nav to WWDC

The tales of Apple possibly dumping Google Maps as the backend for iOS 6′s Maps app are gathering steam, but we're now learning just how much forethought may have gone into the split. According to the WSJ's favorite tipsters, “people familiar with the matter,” Apple isn't just hoping to spurn Android — it's reacting to push-back it got years earlier. Google supposedly delayed Street View, and blocked Google Maps Navigation outright, as it wasn't getting the limelight for branding and couldn't push in social tracking services that tend to make a privacy-sensitive Apple jittery, like Latitude.

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