Apple kicks Google Maps off iPhone, introduces new MacBooks

Monday, June 11, 2012 | 6:24 p.m. CDT; updated 8:24 p.m. CDT, Monday, June 11, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is kicking an important Google application off its iPhone and buddying up with Facebook rather than Google's social network, as it distances itself from a bitter rival in the phone arena.

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