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Google buys out Waze, leaves company as independent entity for time being

It had to happen sometime. But at least it’s under interesting circumstances. Per The Mac Observer, Google has put an end to the rumors that it has been negotiating to buy Waze with the announcement that it has, in fact, signed a deal with the crowdsourced mapping and navigation company. Google Vice President of Geo […]

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Apple, Sony reach agreement, all three major music labels signed of for anticipated WWDC iRadio launch

Give them time at the negotiation table and they will come. Per AppleInsider and AllThingsD, Sony Music, the last big kahuna they were waiting for, has reportedly signed a deal with Apple for its anticipated “iRadio” streaming music service, marking the last of the three major music labels to reach an agreement. The story cites […]

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Google Chrome updated to 27.0.1453.110

It was updated again. And that’s not a bad thing. On Wednesday, Google released version 27.0.1453.110 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 50.4 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Medium CVE-2013-2855: Memory corruption in dev tools API. – High CVE-2013-2856: Use-after-free in input handling. – High CVE-2013-2857: Use-after-free in image […]

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Rumor: iOS 7 to include long-awaited AirDrop file sharing feature

Granted, no one has ANY REAL IDEA as to what iOS 7’s interface will look like, but there’s some cool new and improved features rumored to be coming down the pipe. Per 9to5Mac, Apple is currently testing versions of iOS 7 internally that include the AirDrop WiFi-direct file sharing tool from the Mac, according to […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook drops hints, thinks wrist-based computing is “interesting” for users

If you were looking for hints as to upcoming Apple products, this might be one of them. Per 9to5Mac, during his recent interview at the AllThingsD D11 Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook has for the first time talked at length about his view on wearable technologies as competitors like Google and others push ahead with […]