TomTom unveiled a new version of its iPhone and iPad app at CES 2012 that utilizes data from social networks like Facebook and Twitter to provide users with enhanced navigation to friends, places, and events. The press release does not provide much information on exactly how TomTom is using social network data, but the company claimed it would be a source for turn-by-turn navigation features baked into the current iOS apps. TomTom will obviously have to avoid user-generated data that might be inaccurate, but it is unclear what specific data the app will access
TomTom unveils new iOS app that uses Twitter and Facebook data as turn-by-turn navigation source, coming Q1
Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 By temp. Under 9to5Mac Tags: 9to5mac, apps, facebook, gravatar-init, gravatar-my, ipad, iphone, navigation, return-false, social, tomtom, twitter, var-elem, var-scpt
