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"Google stock opened above $700 a share on Thursday, surging to as high as $716.47 in early trading, after the company released its new maps application for iOS. The stock had previously closed at $697.56 a share on Wednesday.\nApple removed Google Maps as a default application on iPhone and iPad with the release of iOS 6 and replaced it with its own in-house application. The Apple maps app was quickly panned by users for its many flaws, prompting Apple CEO Tim Cook to issue a public apology and promote alternative mapping applications in the App Store.\nFor months, Google has been rumored to be working on a new maps app for iOS. That app was released just before midnight on Wednesday and soared to the top of the free apps list in the App Store just a few hours later.\nAside from all the positive press Google is getting, the new maps app gives Google an opportunity to generate additional revenue by including local ad listings in the app.\nGoogle's stock has been hovering around the $700 mark throughout the past week, after falling below that milestone in mid-October following a disappointing earnings report from the company that leaked early.\nAs of publication, Google's stock had dipped back down somewhat and was trading around $704 a share, up about 1% on the day. Apple's stock, meanwhile, was down more than 1%.\n\nGOOG data by YCharts\nImage courtesy of Flickr, loiclemeur."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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