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A new Google Maps app for smartphone and tablets — Today we're introducing a new Google Maps app for Android smartphones and tablets, also coming soon to iPhone and iPad. It's a new mapping experience that makes exploring the world and getting to the places that matter to you a lot faster and easier.| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th — As part of its announcement of the new-look Maps app for Android today, Google slipped in some other news. Latitude, the social location-sharing service that launched in February 2009, is to be retired on August 9th 2013.
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Revamped Google Maps for Android rolling out with new discovery, navigation tweaks — Google showed off its new maps UI for desktop and mobile back in May, and now the update is slowly rolling out for Android 4.0.3+ devices. At its event Google said this new version is bringing …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
The next iPhone's cool-factor: a slow-motion camera? — As the launch of the next iPhone approaches, rumor and speculation about what Apple's latest and greatest smartphone could bring to the highly-competitive mobile marketplace is increasing. Based on the latest chatter …
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| Joseph Volpe / Engadget: |
A clear look at LG's upcoming Optimus G2 (update 2: video) — There's still one month to go before LG officially unveils its Optimus G successor, but thanks to an anonymous tipster, we have a pretty clear idea of what it'll look like. Similar to the G2 leaks we've seen in the past … | Robert McMillan / Wired: |
How Dropbox Will Remake Itself (And Your Angry Birds) — Dropbox wants to be your always-on hard drive, whether you're using an iPad, an Android phone, or a PC. And if it's going to reach that lofty goal, it will need more than a little help from the world's software developers.
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Apple, Amazon end ‘app store’ lawsuit — (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have ended their lawsuit over who has the right to use the “app store” name, clearing the way for both companies to use it. — U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California …
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| Christina Farr / VentureBeat: |
Coursera nabs $43M to bring online education to emerging markets — Coursera today raised $43 million in funding, which it will use to market online education to millions of students globally. — In the new wave of education technology, online education providers like Coursera are generating a great deal of hype.
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Apple asks agency to halt iPhone and iPad ban set for August — A patent ruling that forbids Apple from importing older versions of the iPhone and iPad will soon take effect - Apple asked the ITC to take the unusual step of issuing a stay. — Less than four weeks before an import ban …
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| Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: |
Movidius gets $16M for a chip that gives your device always-on vision — What if your cell phone camera was always on? If something like constantly capturing images didn't suck both battery and processing power on a mobile device? Augmented reality might become predictively responsive rather …
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Chrome 28 arrives with rich notifications for apps and extensions on Windows; Mac and Linux coming soon — Google today released Chrome version 28 for Windows and Mac. The new version features a notification center, although it's only available on Windows for now.
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| Lauren Hockenson / GigaOM: |
The Pirate Bay founder is raising money for spy-proof messaging app — Private messages really aren't so private, and Peter Sunde, co-founder and former spokesperson for BitTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay, isn't happy about it. So Sunde has worked with a small group of developers to raise money for a fully private messaging app.
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Exclusive details on Amazon's next-gen Kindle Fire tablets — With Nook out of the way and Samsung slowing, can Amazon rekindle people's love of Kindles? — Amazon is planning a complete overhaul of its Kindle Fire tablet lineup for 2013 and BGR has learned exclusive details about the forthcoming devices.| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google adds voice calling to Hangouts, promises ‘the future of Google Voice’ is here — Google's made good on a promise today, rolling out voice calling through its Hangouts messaging service. Basically, it works just like video calling — you can call one person or many with a click …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
IAB: Mobile Ad Revenue Pushes $9B Globally In 2013 After 83% Surge In 2012 Thanks To Smartphone Boom — While smartphone growth may be reaching saturation point in some developed markets, the services that people are using on the devices continue to expand, and that is having a direct impact on the growth of mobile advertising.
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| Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian: |
Iran launches ‘national email service’ — Citizens must register identity to receive official email, but new president Hassan Rouhani may take softer line on censorship — Iran has launched its own “national email service”, requiring all citizens to sign up to it to “safely” communicate with government officials.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Network Fullscreen Launches Platform To Help Creators Track And Grow Their Audiences — Some YouTube networks are designed to provide production help to their creators or connect them to others that they can collaborate with on videos. Then there's Fullscreen …
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Web Audio API comes to Firefox — We have been working on implementing the Web Audio API in Firefox for a while now, and we currently have basic support for the API implemented on Firefox Nightly and Firefox Aurora. Web Audio provides a number of cool features that can be used in order …
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