It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an Apple drone!

Expect to be saying that more in the future, as Apple launches drones to improve its Maps app, which has long been thought of as playing second fiddle to Google’s more robust map app. Well, now Apple is aiming to finally close that gap, and they will be using drones to do it.

In IT Blogwatch, we get a little lost.

What exactly is happening? Shrey Pacheco has the background:

Apple may be planning on take on Google’s extensive mapping services by using drones. According to a report…the company is putting together a team of robotics and data collection experts…this team will use drones to capture and update its map information faster than its existing fleet of minivans.

And how will the drones create a better Maps? Mark Gurman and Alan Levin have the details:

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