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"Google Maps' redesigned web app is now open to everyone \u2014 and no invites are necessary. \nIn a tweet sent Tuesday night, @GoogleMaps said users simply have to \"sign up\" to access the new app.\nSEE ALSO: Hands-On With the New Google Maps\n\n\nThe new Google Maps for the web is even easier to try out. No email invite needed. Sign up and get instant access: http://t.co/uN65ALct88\n\u2014 Google Maps (@googlemaps) July 16, 2013\n\nUnder the \"desktop\" section of the new Google Maps' about page, users are prompted to click \"Try now.\" Doing so will send them to a preview of the revamped app. From now on, whenever users visit the maps.google.com URL, they will be redirected to google.com/maps/preview. \nSimilarly, users who still have the old version of Maps will see an option to \"Get the new Google Maps\" on the app's left-hand side. \n\nPreviously, the new Maps was only accessible on an invite-only basis.\nThe new Google Maps for desktop debuted in May at Google's I/O 2013 conference.\nWill you try out the new Maps? Tell us in the comments, below.\nImage: Google\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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