Google Maps adds natural terrain by default outside of satellite views, reminds us the world isn’t flat
By Jon Fingas posted Oct 26th 2012 5:02PM Everyone knows that Google prides itself on mapping accuracy. If you hadn’t checked beyond the base maps in the past few years, though, you’d have thought the terrain was charted in the “here be dragons” era — it’s been as flat as a board. Take a second look today. Google has overhauled Google Maps worldwide to show hills, deserts and lush zones by default,...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for week ending Oct. 26
With iPhone 5 finally unveiled, it’s already become old hat for the iOSphere. After all, what’s really new? Yes, it has a bigger screen, the CPU is more powerful, it has LTE, and that cool diamond-cut chamfer. But honestly, it looks so much like the iPhone 4S, which looks so much like the iPhone 4. For some, it’s evidence if not proof of the “death of innovation” at Apple, the already-baneful legacy of...
Mountain Lion Available Today From the Mac App Store
It keeps your content up to date.On every device you use. Send unlimited messages to iPhone, iPad,iPod touch, or Mac. From your Mac. Mail, messages, reminders, alerts, and more.See what’s new with you. All in one place. Post to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Vimeo.Right from the app you’re in. See some of the great new features for your Mac. And find out how they work with iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Watch the video Send iMessages...
Sony intros Virtual Book Club, enlists ‘Breakfast Club’ alum
By Brian Heater posted Oct 26th 2012 5:33PM Need to talk about books, but hate going over to other people’s homes? Move over Oprah, because Sony’s helping virtualize the whole experience with Readers Book Club, a virtual book club that lets reader chat with authors via Twitter and Facebook. Also on the slate are discounts and downloadable extra. The club kicks off next month, but you’ll have to wait until March for...
SAP reveals policies, pricing for cloud integrations
SAP has laid out a set of pricing and policies for tying together its array of cloud-based and on-premises applications, providing some options at no charge, but others that will cost customers additional money. Application integration is a crucial question for SAP and its customers, particularly given the vigor with which the company has advocated for hybrid deployments that retain users’ large investments in on-premises ERP...
