Google has today confirmed that it has acquired social mapping service Waze as it looks to improve Google Maps. The company did not disclose how much it paid for the Israeli startup, but it has revealed that it plans to integrate some of its popular features into Google Maps.
On Thursday June 6th Sony announced the latest addition to its line of Google TV devices, the NSZ-GS8. The Internet Player is the successor to Sony’s NSZ-GS7, which it announced last year. The biggest change for this years model is the addition of voice search.
“They did what to the icons?”
Android chief Sundar Pichai has revealed on Twitter that he is “excited” to try out the new iOS 7 beta that Apple released to registered developers following its WWDC keynote on Monday. He’s even willing to splash $99 on a developer account to get early access to it.
On Friday June 7th 2013, Google’s CEO Larry Page posted on Google’s official blog denying all allegations that the search engine giant is part of the PRISM program. The methodology behind PRISM basically enables the government to obtain direct access to the company’s servers.
Oh, look! A wild trojan.
Trojan horses have been the main weakness of the Android operating system ever since its release. However, there’s a new trojan lurking in the wind and Kaspersky claim this is the most sophisticated trojan for smartphone devices yet and possibly the worst.
