When Apple launched its Maps in 2012, it was met with criticism from both the tech media and consumers. Simple address searches would give different results and strange defects in the much-hyped ‘Flyover’ feature resulted in missing buildings and bridges that appeared to have suffered some kind of catastrophic collapse.


It was, without doubt, a disaster for a company as Apple that had been riding high on the crest of the iPhone wave since 2007 when it launched.

Eddy Cue, an Apple VP who is now in charge of Maps, recently gave an interview where he made a statement, going down memory lane what happened back in 2012. There were however, only “dozens of people” that had been tasked with working on the app and, most tellingly of all, Cue revealed that it is the sole reason they now offer a public beta test for the iOS mobile operating system going forward.

“The reason you as a customer are going to be able to test iOS is because of Maps,” Cue told Fast Company.

Despite their massive bank balance, Apple’s Maps failure is indicative of a changing tech landscape. Computers are everywhere, whether they be in the form of iPhones, androids, laptops, traditional desktop PCs or tablets. The Windows PC realm in particular features a whole raft of different hardware configurations put together both manufacturers and DIY (Do it yourself) enthusiasts.

Developing software for such a market is therefore incredibly tricky and, without the right testing plan in place, checking for as many potential failure points as possible before public release is challenging.

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