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U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has raised concerns over Apple’s and Google’s reported digital mapping plans that use military-grade spy planes with enough precision to see through windows, catch detailed images of private backyard activities, and record images as small as four inches.

Apple is reportedly planning to replace Google Maps on its iOS devices with its own technology/apps and the new Google 3D maps may be a response to that, reports “ZDNet” (http://macte.ch/pxJb0).

On Thursday, Google unveiled a 3D version of Google Earth. The service allows users to move around, rotate, and interact with 3D images of cities. Google said it expects the service to work for a few major cities for Android and iOS in the coming weeks.

In a note to clients — as reported by “Fortune” — Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says the looming map wars (or perhaps that should be “reported” Map wars — in which Apple is reportedly planning to replace Google Maps as iOS’s default mapping app — isn’t likely to tip the balance one way or the other.

Apple’s patent-infringement jury trial against Google’s Motorola Mobility unit scheduled for June 11 was canceled by a U.S. judge after he rejected each side’s damages arguments, reports “Bloomberg” (http://macte.ch/VxpAj).

You have to prove injury,” U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner told the companies’ lawyers on Thursday at the end of what was to be the last pretrial conference. Posner’s ruling scraps what would have been the first patent trial between them since Google completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings in May, notes “Bloomberg.”

Apple reportedly tried to lure away Google executive Dennis Woodside, who was just named Motorola’s new CEO, according to “Bloomberg BusinessWeek” (http://macte.ch/JL1VP).

Citing two unnamed “people familiar with the matter,” the article says Apple CEO Tim Cook was personally attempting to poach Woodside away from the online search giant to install him as Apple’s head of sales. However, “Google convinced Woodside to stay, in part by promising him greater responsibility at the search company,” the article adds.