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Apple Maps is finally getting public transportation directions

Apple Maps is finally getting public transportation directions (Flickr / Michael Trapp)  Apple will update its Maps app in iOS 9 to feature public transit directions. Apple is set to update its Maps app with public transit directions in the new version of iOS 9, which is expected to be announced at its WWDC event in early June.  Apple Maps had a rocky start when it completely replaced Google Maps in iOS 6 back in 2012. It was so bad that Tim Cook  posted an apology  on the Apple website because it was giving people the wrong directions, which sometimes ended in dangerous situations.  Since then, Apple Maps has improved to be as trustworthy as Google Maps, but still lacking public transit directions. That has given city-slicking iPhone owners little reason to use Apple Maps for the last three years. There was a glimmer of hope last year as Apple announced it would integrate public transportation directions into its Maps app in iOS 8, but...

IPhone's work on INSTAGRAM

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS Out of the Phone is the first publisher to focus on mobile photography exclusively A new anthology highlights 100 of the best Instagram pictures of 2014 Founder Pierre Le Govic aims to showcase both amateur and professional photographers http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/141210113941-out-of-the-phone-flett-horizontal-gallery.jpg (CNN)  -- Gone are the days of the grainy camera phone images with the resolution of a poor imitation Monet. Today's smartphone cameras are so advanced that mobile photography is becoming an art form in its own right, turning photo-sharing apps like Instagram into portable galleries for amateur photographers, and professionals like street style photographer  Tommy Ton  and chief official White House photographer  Pete Souza . "You have the dark room in your pocket," says Pierre Le Govic, the Paris-based founder of  Out of the Phone , the world's first publishing house dedicated t...