Apple has acquired transit service HopStop.com to improve its mapping service, reports Bloomberg.



From MacRumors:

News of the deal comes just hours after the reported purchase of Locationary, a company that focuses on location crowdsourcing.Apple Inc. (AAPL) agreed to buy online transit-navigation service HopStop.com Inc., people with knowledge of the deal said, seeking to improve mapping tools after a rocky debut for its directions software last year.Apple has confirmed the acquisition in a statement to AllThingsD, but declined to comment further: "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans."

  Apple Acquires Transit Service HopStop to Further Improve its Maps App