Report: Google to Drop $1.3B for Waze Navigation Software

From DailyTech: After months of rumors circulating that Google, Facebook, and Apple were all jockeying to purchase an Israeli mapping/navigation company called Waze, sources claim that a deal has finally been struck.

According to sources, the price tag for Waze is $1.3 billion....

Apple to Launch Free iRadio at WWDC Next Week

From X-bit Labs: Apple, one of the world’s largest consumer electronics companies in the world, is expected to unveil its new iRadio service next week, according to a media report. The new service will stream music from all three major music publishers and will be funded by audio ads...

Cooler Master Storm QuickFire TK Blue Review

Well, it is finally summer. I have to say I have been waiting for quite some time now. Summer is one of the few seasons here in Vancouver where it does not rain just about every day, and that is a good thing. Too bad most of the time I am now stuck at home working on things in front of the computer, as there is always a ton of things that needs to be done. One of the most integral parts to doing all these things, of course, are...

Motorola settles DVR patent infringement suit with TiVo

From CNET News.com: Motorola has settled a patent-infringement lawsuit with TiVo over digital-video recording technology ahead of a patent trial scheduled to begin next week.

TiVo filed a patent-infringement claim against Motorola last October, saying that the Google-owned company...

Cheap AT&T GoPhone Data Option Get the Axe

From DailyTech: AT&T has announced some changes to its prepaid GoPhone service that definitely won't make existing customers happy. The no contract, no credit check prepaid service will continue to operate, but AT&T is eliminating several of the more affordable data plan options for...

Lenovo Launches First U.S. PC Manufacturing Line in North Carolina

From DailyTech: Lenovo officially opened its first U.S. PC production line in its North Carolina facility yesterday, which will be responsible for producing some of Lenovo's Think products.

The facility is 240,000 square feet and located in Whitsett, which is a North Carolina town...

AMD Officially Releases Desktop A-Series Richland APUs

From X-bit Labs: At the Computex Taipei 2013 trade-show Advanced Micro Devices officially introduced its long-known A-series “Richland” accelerated processing units aimed at desktop personal computers. The new chips feature higher-clock speeds compared to their predecessors, Trinity...

Samsung launches firmware update for Galaxy S4

From CNET News.com: Samsung has launched a firmware update for the wildly popular Galaxy S4 that should quell some unrest for those who own the 16GB version.

Once the firmware is installed, users will have the ability to offload their app installs to the SD card. That's especially...

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