WEEKLY GROSS-OUT: Apple Maps

Today is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 17 landing on the Moon. And I hope our Jewish readers are having a happy Hanukkah. Now that that's all out of the way, I never thought an Apple product would get a bad mention here. But police in the Australian town of Mildura say they have rescued a half-dozen motorists in recent weeks who were using Apple Maps to navigate to the city only to find themselves stranded in the wilderness of a national park. Apple recognized a few months ago that its iOS map app was so inefficient that it encouraged use of competing apps. Now police in Australia are suggesting that such a move might save the lives of motorists Down Under. So just do it already and don't switch back until they get it right.