#ILoveSmartiPhone5 with Google Maps

#ILoveSmartiPhone5 with Google Maps – How About You?

The iPhone 5 is the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone – at least this is how Apple is marketing its wonder product – and the users already agree. #ILoveSmartiPhone5 is a trending topic on Twitter today. And why? Not because the iPhone 5 is already marked down at Best Buy, but because Google did a Hocus Pocus with Google Maps today.

Google Maps for iPhone is now available on iTunes

As of today, iPhone users will be able to find their way around the world with Google Maps instead of Apple Maps. For those of you unfamiliar with the story, Apple’s troubled iPhone mapping software sent a few people in a snake-infested desert in Australia, while they were using their phones for directions.

This led to a public apology by Apple, and finally, allowed Google Maps to find their way back on the iPhone:

“While we’re improving Maps, you can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app.”

Google’s reaction time was brilliant – it’s like the company was waiting for the opportunity to release an app designed just for the iPhone 5. But this is a blow to Apple, as Megan Geuss explains:

For now, iPhone and iPad users who are fans of Google Maps can breathe a sign of relief, but conceding to vend a Google Maps app could be seen as a blow to Apple, which has been planning to unseat Google’s app for a while now.

So how do you feel about Google Maps’ comeback on the iPhone?

Ronn Torossian on Brand Angelina Jolie

With Angelina Jolie being lauded as a hero worldwide for her valiant effort to have a preventative double mastectomy, there’s also the BRAND and PR story of Angelina Jolie. Even previous to this, Jolie’s brand has shined – Best-selling PR Book “For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results with Game-Changing Public Relations” by CEO of 5WPR Ronn Torossian had a section on Jolie.

Small Company Perspective on the FleishmanHillard / Edelman Debate and the Future Direction of Public Relations

Marketing, editors and public relations professionals all have the same goal, but how they develop the messaging is completely different.

Our World in Pictures This Week: May 12, 2013

From Hot Rod icon Dean Jeffries’ passing, to UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, this week had its share of ups and downs. In keeping with our weekly series of photo reviews, here’s the week of May 12th in review.

Dean Jeffries - Courtesy George Barris and Kustomrama

People Switch to Traditional Gifts for Mother’s Day, Moms Prefer Daily Help

As Mother’s Day is getting closer, the rush to purchase a gift already started. But many find that they already bought their moms a smartphone, a tablet and other fancy gadgets their mothers may or may not really find useful. So what’s next?

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Russia the Ally, All Old Soldiers Salute You Today

Today is just another day for most people in the world. But 68 years ago events spiraled ever chaotically and frenzied, into a future our forefather’s could not imagine. As an American, and as a citizen of the world, Russia’s celebration of victory in World War Two today should, I am sure, be all of ours – the people of the world. The so-called Great Patriotic War the Soviet Union and Russia won, was a victory for all of us.