Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has submitted an iOS Google Maps app to Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), but is...

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has submitted an iOS Google Maps app to Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), but is awaiting approval, reports 9to5 Mac. While Google waits, it can enjoy the mountains of bad publicity being produced by the missing features and inaccuracies found in Apple's iOS 6 Maps app, the product of multiple acquisitions and (reportedly) nearly 5 years of development. Apple's maps switch "is a rare example of the company openly placing its own interests above those of its customers," writes The Verge's Nilay Patel. (previous) Update: Sources tell AllThingsD the team responsible for Apple Maps "is under lockdown right now working to fix it."