Google Maps Case

A specific mobile application that has huge success is the launch of Google Maps in February 8th 2005. Google Inc. purchased the Australian based company Where 2 Technologies, where two Danish brothers were working on a special coding project. [Citation?] [What is your source for these ideas? If you have used outside sources you must cite them.] This was the beginning of Google Maps as we know today. The application is a free online mapping service that has just celebrated its 9th [Use words for numbers zero through nine] birthday in February 2014. Before there was Google Maps[Add Comma.] users had to use MapQuest to get turn-by-turn directions. By now just about every smartphone has Google Maps and users have top more than 200 million users [Not sure what you mean here??]and Google Maps is considered to be a game changer in wireless technology. It has really halted some of the other GPS [Use abbreviations only after writing the term or name in full, with the abbreviation in parenthesis, e.g., Return on Investment (ROI), Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).] device manufactures like Garmin, and TomTom. In the past if you wanted GPS or turn by turn directions[Add Comma.] you would have to spend $300 dollars for a device plus subscription and that's [Avoid the use of contractions in formal writing (e.g., Don't = do not)] all it did. Now you can carry one smartphone to get from point A to point B.

In 9 year short years Google Maps has had some pretty amazing facts and figures. Oddly enough[Add Comma.] Google Maps is in every country except the Democratic People's [Republic] of Korea. If you type in North Korea[Add Comma.] it will just give you the satellite view of the country. The navigation feature has recorded more than 12 billion miles per year on mobile devices. [Citation?] In 2001[Add Comma.] Google introduced a simply easy way to integrate Google Maps in other websites, allowing websites to quickly link there [their] physical address and directions at the click of a button. If you want to view a destination[Add Comma.] you can simply type the address into Google Maps search field and view the location using satellite view from about 800-1500 feet above. This feature is also a game changer because now you can get a bird's eye view of your destination before you get there. So [In formal writing do not begin a sentence with "And", "So" or "But." These words make