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Google Maps Boosts iOS 6 Adoption By 29% [Report]

Google Maps Boosts iOS 6 Adoption By 29% [Report]

It seems Apple’s problematic new Maps app was discouraging a lot of people from upgrading to iOS 6, the Cupertino company’s latest software. But now that Google Maps is official available as a native iOS app, there’s nothing to stop users from finally performing the upgrade. In fact, its arrival boosted iOS 6 adoption by 29%.

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Go Go Gadget Gloves! Bluetooth ‘Handset’ Lets Your Fingers Do The Talking

Go Go Gadget Gloves! Bluetooth ‘Handset’ Lets Your Fingers Do The Talking

Daniel hangs ten at IFA.

If you’d shown me the Hi-Call a few years ago I would have ridiculed it and moved on, probably forgetting that this stupid Bluetooth glove even existed. Now, though, in a world infected with “sanitation engineers” so in-demand that they have Bluetooth headsets wedged permanently into their ears, and idiots wander the streets holding their in-line mics up to their mouths as they speak, the Hi-Call from Hi-Fun doesn’t seem so dumb after all.

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