Google grabs maps app Waze in billion-dollar deal
Google on Tuesday announced a deal reported to worth over $1 billion for crowd-sourced map app Waze in a move to stay ahead of Apple and Facebook in lifestyles centered on smartphones and tablets.
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3-D printing goes from sci-fi fantasy to reality
Invisalign, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customized, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And earlier this year, Cornell University researchers used a 3-D printer, along with injections of a special collagen gel, to create a human-shaped ear.
Judge orders Google to turn over data to FBI
A federal judge has ordered Google Inc. to comply with FBI warrantless demands for customer data.
Metro’s traffic situation may now be monitored via smart phones, tablets
Monitoring the traffic flow in the metropolis’ major thoroughfares is now at the motorists’ fingertips with the latest addition to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s digitized traffic information system.
Yahoo! to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1B—report
Yahoo!’s board has approved a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
Smartmatic lets PPCRV examine audit logs
Election technology provider Smartmatic will allow the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) to examine its audit logs amid allegations of data tampering.
Microsoft embraces a Google service for a change
Microsoft’s disdain for Google doesn’t extend to all of its rival’s products.
What’s at stake? PDI views on INQSnap
Some of the Inquirer editorials this election season have proven controversial or gone viral, including one on senatorial candidate Nancy Binay and another on the so-called White Vote.
INQSnap: Handy guide to Senate bets’ bios, views
Still unsure whom to vote for? INQSnap can help. The newly upgraded Inquirer Mobile app, which now includes the INQSnap augmented-reality function, allows the reader to view revealing videos about the candidates for the Senate, compare their positions on hot-button issues, even read in full their answers at the Inquirer Senate Forums—all by “snapping” Sunday’s front page.
E-book on Inquirer Senate Forums out
Still making up your mind on who to vote for on May 13? Review what senatorial candidates have said about political dynasties and the dynamics of the Senate in a newly released series of e-book transcripts from Inquirer Books.
In the Know: Source code
A source code refers to the human-readable instructions that define how a computer functions.
Wearable robots getting lighter, more portable
When Michael Gore stands, it’s a triumph of science and engineering. Eleven years ago, Gore was paralyzed from the waist down in a workplace accident, yet he rises from his wheelchair and walks across the room with help from a lightweight wearable robot.
Flip ‘inside’ this page: PDI as photo album
How many photos can an uncluttered news page run? Two or three? Try two dozen.
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