Saturday, April 25, 2015

Google’s sorry that this crudely offensive image of the Apple logo turned up in Maps

Google Map users scoping out Pakistan on Friday may have stumbled on something pretty rude: The mascot for Google's mobile operating system, Android, urinating on the Apple logo.

Apple's iOS and Android are bitter rivals in the mobile space -- but Google didn't include this particular image, versions of which are popular with Android fan boys, in their map product on purpose.

Google Maps relies on a feature called Map Maker that lets users around the world update it. This helps the company use local knowledge to keep up with ever-changing infrastructure. Those changes are theoretically reviewed by other users and a moderation team.

But it seems as though Google isn't keeping a super close eye on all of the changes -- as evidenced by another message found nearby.

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