Google Acquires Waze Google has acquired social mapping service Waze to improve Google Maps. the Israeli startup team will remain in Israel where Google already has its offices and will continue to work separately for the time being. “To help you outsmart traffic, today we’re excited to announce we’ve closed the acquisition of Waze. This fast-growing community of traffic-obsessed drivers is working together to find the...

Microsoft Ad Spoofs Google Chrome Now Everywhere Ad It’s hard to argue that Chrome isn’t getting a prominent rise on both desktop and mobile. To that ends, Google launched a TV ad addressing the ubiquitous state of their browser, dubbed Now Everywhere, the ad highlights that “one browser for your laptop, phone and tablet. When you use Chrome across all of your devices, your web gets better, everywhere.” However,...

Samsung Takes Another Jab At Apple with New Galaxy S4 Ad Samsung in a mission to popularize its latest flagship Galaxy S4 but at the expense of Apple. A new Ad for GS4 pokes fun at Apple’s iPhone 5. GS4 features are way much more than the iPhone 5, and its specs beat Apple’s latest smartphone in terms of almost everything. Watch the Ad right below: Although Samsung started this kind of mocking Ads, last week Microsoft and Nokia...

Google Maps for iOS As expected earlier today, Google has released an official Google Maps application for Apple’s iOS platform running on iPhone and iPod touch and brings back the old mapping capabilities along with new additions, Street View, Transit and turn-by-turn directions. Navigate your world with Google Maps, now available for iPhone. Get comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps with built-in Google local search, voice...

Nexus 10, Nexus 4, and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Officially Announced In spite of the cancellation of Android event due to Hurricane Sandy, Google unveiled Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) along with several Nexus devices, Nexus 4 smartphone made by LG, the Google Nexus 10 tablet by Samsung and the new Google Nexus 7 tablet versions made by Asus. Nexus 10 sports an impressive 10-inch 2560 x 1600 display with 300ppi. The tablet is 8.9mm thick and...

Microsoft Unveils a New Logo Since 1987 After 25 years, Microsoft has unveiled a new look and feel to its corporate logo. The new logo, which incorporates a multicolored Windows symbol in addition to the “Microsoft” name in straightforward, lighter type, is intended to “signal the heritage but also signal the future — a newness and freshness,” said Jeff Hansen, Microsoft’s general manager of brand...