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Apple may be deploying its own mapping vans into the Bay Area

If Google’s mapping vehicles seemed a bit strange, Apple may have their own making the rounds. A number of minivans with what appears to be camera equipment and a LiDAR sensor mounted to the roof that have appeared around California in recent weeks could be part of a new Apple project, as at least one […]

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YouTube begins transition from Flash to HTML5, shows signs of the times

It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like Flash is finally on its way out. Or at least YouTube will be helping it on its way out as it converts over to HTML5. Per Macworld, five years after Google introduced HTML5 video as an option on YouTube, Google’s popular video site now defaults […]

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Latest OS X 10.10.2 build features Google Project Zero discoveries/fixes

If Yosemite is driving you a bit crazy, the good news is that the upcoming version won’t feature any bugs that have been pinned down by Google. Per iMore and Ars Technica, Google’s Project Zero research program has disclosed and released proof-of-concept code for a series of 0day — previously unknown — vulnerabilities found in […]

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Updated version of Google Drive gains new status menu, bandwidth controls

Google Drive will be getting some additional muscle this week, a new version becoming available for OS X and Windows. Per 9to5Mac and the Google blog, the new version includes an improved status menu to show much more information than before. Now, you can see the files that are being synced up to the cloud […]

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iOS News Software

Google Translate app updated, now offers Word Lens, fast live action translation

It always helps to know the local language. According to the Google blog, Google has released a new version of Translate for Android and iOS.