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Nokia City Lens exits beta, gives a window on the world to Lumia owners

Nokia first kicked off the City Lens beta back in May. That was just four months ago, but it feels like an eternity in the mobile space. The wait has…

Outlook.com hits 10 million users in just two weeks, gives webmail a kickstart

E-mail isn’t typically known for generating the kind of rabid adoption that you see with, say, smartphones. Microsoft, then, may have some room to brag when Outlook.com produces similar numbers….

Google drops cost of Maps API to keep developers, gives Foursquare puppy eyes

Google must be feeling the pinch from developers like Foursquare who’ve jumped ship from Google Maps in opposition to costs, as it just cut the price of heavy Maps API…

ConnecTV officially launches, gives you more ways to bug your buddies

We went hands-on with the ConnecTV app while it was in open beta earlier this year. Now the social TV app is officially, uh, official — launching nationwide with backing…

Apple officially gives Google Maps the boot, launches own Maps app with turn-by-turn navigation

It’s been one the big questions hanging over WWDC — will Apple actually toss Google to the side and launch it’s own mapping service specifically for iOS? Well, it’s not…

HTC EVO 4G LTE gives it up, gets rooted on its first day on the town (video)

It’s a rite of passage for newly released Android überphones: the inevitable root. Just one day after Sprint managed to get its flagship device out of customs and into subscribers’…

Microsoft gives Windows 8 developers a head start on Windows Store app submissions

If you’ve been jonesing to get your app into the Windows Store and don’t want to compete for attention with the developing masses when Windows 8 ships, Microsoft might just…

Warner Bros. intros ‘Inside the Script’ eBook series, gives film buffs a deeper look

From time to time, we see movie studio Warner Bros. bring forth ways to give its oldies-but-goodies a longer life span. On this occasion, Warner’s launching a novel eBook series…

Fusion-io SDK gives developers native memory access, keys to the NAND realm

Thought your SATA SSD chugged along real nice? Think again. Fusion-io has just released an SDK that will allow developers to bypass all the speed draining bottlenecks that rob NAND…

Flying car makes maiden voyage, gives new meaning to ‘Flying Dutchman’ (video)

The Netherlands made a lot of noise in the tech world last year for stuff like net neutrality and the legal herping and derping between Apple and Samsung. Now it’s…