Google Maps for Android adds transit info for 400 cities
Google Maps for Android adds transit info for 400 cities
The Android app now provides stop-by-stop transit information for more than 400 cities worldwide, helping users to navigate public transport ( ZDNet UK – Mobile Apps )
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Follow the Tour de France with the Cyclingnews iPhone app
Follow the Tour de France with the Cyclingnews iPhone app
The Tour de France is easier than ever to follow on your iPhone or iPad with Cyclingnews ‘ updated app. The latest version is now available in the App Store on your device or via iTunes and can be found by searching “Cyclingnews”. You can still follow all of Cyclingnews ‘ coverage of the Tour de France for free: race reports, results as well as news and our extensive tech and race features, but …
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Facebook event: as it happened
Facebook event: as it happened
Mark Zuckerberg announces new Facebook chat functionality in a joint venture with Skype.
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MUST WATCH: The Human Home Run
MUST WATCH: The Human Home Run
ONLY ON FOX – Hundreds of home runs have been hit at LeLacheur Park but there have never been any quite like this. Dave “The Bullet” Smith went deep, launching himself 195 feet over the wall for the first ever Human Home Run.
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Mobile apps open up new channel to explore Korea
Mobile apps open up new channel to explore Korea
In the universe of mobile apps offers a wide range of detailed information about Korea for visitors in English and other languages. -The Korea Herald/ANN
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News Corp sells MySpace for $35M mostly in stock
News Corp sells MySpace for $35M mostly in stock
LOS ANGELES (AP) – News Corp. has sold struggling social networking site MySpace for $35 million, mostly in stock, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal values MySpace at a fraction of what News Corp. paid for the site six years ago, and paves the way for …
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Why Google Plus is a Big Minus for Investors
Why Google Plus is a Big Minus for Investors
Google rolled out its newest social media product this week. Unfortunately for Google investors, this is not a good thing.Internet usage is changing. Dramatically. Once the web was the world’s largest library, and simultaneously the world’s biggest shopping mall. In that environment, what everyone needed was to find things. And Google was the world’s best tool for finding things. …
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Couch potatoes can get up – and take their shows with them
Couch potatoes can get up – and take their shows with them
The small screen is redefined – downward, to about the size of a Post-it note – in smartphone apps that play television programs.
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Timberlake buys into MySpace deal
Timberlake buys into MySpace deal
Justin Timberlake, who played Napster co-founder Sean Parker in The Social Network, has joined Specific Media in buying its downtrodden rival, MySpace, from News Corp.
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