Friday Recap: OpenStreetMap Credit, Google FTC Fine, Walmart Goof, Slippery Seal

Assuming there are any MacLife.com readers out there today who aren’t skipping work or school to go see The Avengers, the tech world is still churning up news on this fabulous Friday. Exploding iPhones, iPhoto map attribution, FTC fines, Walmart pricing goofs and even a Slippery Seal make up the news for this Friday, May 4, 2012 -- so assemble your own avengers and get to reading, won’t you?

iPhoto for iOS Update Brings OpenStreetMap Credit

Apple released the first update to its iPhoto for iOS app earlier this week, but it didn’t arrive with much in the way of new features. According to Talking Points Memo, the update did make some folks at OpenStreetMap quite happy, however. As you may recall, a minor controversy erupted after iPhoto was released when users discovered that Apple had tossed out Google’s map service in favor of the open-source OpenStreetMap -- without giving the non-profit organization credit. Almost two months later, the situation has been rectified with the May 1 update to version 1.0.1, in which Apple now properly attributes the maps to OpenStreetMap.

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