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Google Maps return to iPhone with new mobile app

By Michael Liedtke
Published December 14, 2012 12:14am ET
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Google Maps return to iPhone with new mobile app
This image made available by google, shows the new Google Maps application, on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The world's most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the Google Maps iPhone app. The release comes nearly three months after Apple Inc. replaced Google Maps as the device's built-in navigation system and inserted its own map software into the latest version of its mobile operating system. (AP Photo/Google) | Google

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Maps has found its way back to the iPhone.

The world’s most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the Google Maps iPhone app. The release comes nearly three months after Apple Inc. replaced Google Maps as the device’s built-in navigation system and inserted its own map software into the latest version of its mobile operating system.

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