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Monday • September 11, 2023

CNBC

Meta, Microsoft and Amazon team up on maps project

The move will help them compete against Google and Apple

Google and Apple dominate the market for online maps, charging mobile app developers for access to their mapping services. The other mega-cap tech companies are joining together to help create another option.

A group formed by Meta, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, along with TomTom, is releasing data that could enable companies to build their own maps, without having to rely on Google or Apple.

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