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Apple Said to Buy HopStop, Pushing Deeper Into Maps — Apple agreed to buy online transit-navigation service HopStop.com Inc., people with knowledge of the deal said, seeking to improve mapping tools after a rocky debut for its directions software last year. The people asked not to be identified because the deal isn't public.
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Apple Confirms HopStop Acquisition — Looks like Apple's recent purchase of crowdsourced location data company Locationary was part of a twofer mapping acquisition. The company also acquired online transit-navigation appmaker HopStop. HopStop's area of cartographic expertise …
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| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
New Nexus 7 leak points to Android 4.3, dual cameras and wireless charging (update: on sale July 31st) — A few days back, a lovely tipster sent us in some shots that strongly suggest a shiny new Nexus 7 will be hitting shelves next week for $269. Granted, that's for the 32GB model … | Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Moto X to be revealed on August 1st in New York City — Motorola is set to reveal its highly-anticipated new Android smartphone, the Moto X, on August 1st. We've received an invite for an event in New York City with the teaser “Come experience the new Motorola.”
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Gmail's compose window now has a full-screen option, and a switch to set it as the default — Google today announced a big change to Gmail's compose window: a full-screen option and a switch to set it as the default. The new feature is rolling out worldwide “over the next couple of days.”| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Google's Chrome app launcher now available for all Windows users — Though there's no official word from Google yet, it looks like the Chrome launcher has come out of developer preview mode and into full release, at least for Windows. On our own PCs, the installation placed the launcher app … | Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
Reminding People About PRISM Is a Terrible PR Strategy — Not many people had ever heard about Paltalk, a group chat service, until it was mentioned alongside Facebook and Google during the initial PRISM scandal. Now, its PR team is using this scarce, horrible press as a hook.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In Wake Of Outcry Over Censorship, Tumblr Explains Its NSFW Policy (Kind Of) — So, I was searching for pornography on Tumblr this morning. (It was work-related!) Word was, the now-Yahoo-owned blogging network made a significant change to the way adult-themed blogs could be discovered on the site …
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| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Jump, Edge, or Next: which mobile carrier's early upgrade plan screws you the least? — Caveat emptor — Within the space of little more than a week, three of the largest carriers in the US have introduced completely new plans to go alongside traditional contract agreements and prepaid services.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Apple's Dev Center has been down for over 24 hours, keeping developers from downloading SDKs and iOS 7 beta [Update] — At 12:51 PM EST yesterday, we noticed that Apple's Dev Center website had stopped working and was serving a “We'll be back soon” error. 24 hours later, and nothing has changed.
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TechCrunch, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, Macgasm, iMore, 9to5Mac, InfoWorld, MacRumors and CNET
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Schools get one step closer to high-speed internet after FCC vote — The Federal Communications Commission has been working to beef up internet access across the US, and it's just voted to move ahead with a proposal that'll help to bring high-speed internet connections into almost every school in the nation.
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The White House, The Register and Hillicon Valley
| Loek Essers / PC World: |
A laptop battery cabal: Panasonic pleads guilty to price fixing — Panasonic and its subsidiary Sanyo have agreed to plead guilty to price fixing conspiracies involving laptop battery cells and automotive parts. They will pay a total of $56.5 million in criminal fines, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said.
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