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Four things Apple absolutely must do to fix its maps in iOS7
DigitalApple is set to unveil its new iOS 7 mobile operating system and what it has in store for iPhone and iPad users today at its Worldwide Developers Conference. Anyone who uses their iPhone to navigate their way around will be curious to see if there’s any news about the map product — even if [...]
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Report: Google will buy Waze mapping and navigation service for $1.3 billion
DigitalSources inform “Globes” that Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) will acquire Waze Ltd. for $1.3 billion. The acquisition of the Israeli navigation app and traffic report start-up will be completed after months of reports that Waze would be sold to either Google or Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB). Ra’anana-based Waze has almost 50 million users. This is [...]
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The new Google Maps products are the killer travel apps
DigitalThe most popular travel app on smartphones has always been Google Maps, but today’s announcements at the Google I/O developers conference makes life even more difficult for what few mapping, planning, and local information competitors the search giant has left. Google’s updated Maps products for smartphones, tablets, and desktop improve on what’s already the best [...]
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Facebook Android app can play photographer without your confirmation
DigitalCNBC’s Eli Langer put together a Storify collecting tweets and posts that suggest the Facebook app on Android might be a security risk. Yep. That says that the app has permission to “record audio at any time” and “use the camera at any time” without your confirmation. [View the story "Android Apps Accessing Your Microphone [...]
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Five travel startups hack roaming fees, restaurants and hotel bookings
DigitalInnovate, innovate, innovate is the mantra running through the minds of entrepreneurs entering the travel startup space today. It makes no difference to today’s founders whether there’s already an incumbent successfully handling their proposed problem or a tried and true solutions to their users’ most common pain points; and that’s a good thing. This week’s [...]
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Researcher says he can take command of an airliner with his Android device
TransportHere’s an uncomfortable image to keep in mind during your next flight: A rogue hacker who can redirect planes at will with the touch of an Android phone’s screen. That’s the frightening scenario laid out by Hugo Teso, a security researcher for the German IT consultancy N.Runs, in a presentation at the Hack In The [...]
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With new Home launch, Facebook is still Facebook of travel inspiration
DigitalFacebook Inc unveiled “Home” software on Thursday to place the world’s social network front and center on Android users’ smartphones, a move that may divert users from Google Inc services and steal some of its rival’s momentum in the fast-growing mobile arena. Its new family of apps will let users display mobile versions of their [...]
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Here comes the Facebook phone, and tightens grip on social travel
DigitalFacebook will next week unveil its latest push into the mobile world – and industry watchers are convinced the social network is about to launch a Facebook-branded phone. Media has been summoned to an event at Facebook’s headquarters in California on 4 April, with teaser invitations bearing the words “Come See Our New Home on [...]
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In-flight wi-fi users really love Apple over Android
DigitalThe tech habits of U.S. in-flight wi-fi users should make Apple happy, amidst all the doom and gloom scenarios on its stock price and fortunes recently. In-flight wi-fi provider Gogo has complied some data on the users of its service — which is installed on American, Alaska, US Airways, Delta, Frontier and Virgin America — [...]
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How HomeAway’s CEO tapped into Kayak’s mobile “genius”
DigitalBrian Sharples, the co-founder and CEO of HomeAway, places his hands on the table, holding a tablet in one palm and pretending to clutch a smartphone in the other. “These are two different things,” Sharples says emphatically, as he explains that tablet users rent vacation homes through HomeAway almost at the same propensity as desktop [...]
