1.Apple Patents Touchscreen Car Dashboard
Apple was granted a patent for a touchscreen in-car dashboard.
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2.Apple Acquires Transit App HopStop
Apple has acquired transit app HopStop as part of its bid to improve its location services.
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3.New Google Maps Now Open to Everyone — No Invite Needed
The new Google Maps web app is now open to everyone — and no invites are necessary.
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4.Microsoft Merges Internet Explorer and Mobile With ‘Companion Web’
Microsoft announced an initiative to help developers create web apps that work across any device, rolling it out with multi-platform polling tool Polar.
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Image: Polar
5.HTC One Mini Announced With 4.3-inch Screen, 1.4GHz Processor
After a long stream of rumors, leaks and half-announcements, HTC has finally announced the HTC One Mini
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6.Google Maps Takes You Inside New York City Restaurants
Google Maps now takes you inside some of New York City’s most popular restaurants.
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7.Disposable Drones May Prevent Forest Fires
We typically picture military drones or those ubiquitous quadrotors. However, two new mini-drone designs are taking shape: a paper airplane and a maple seed.
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8.GlassUp Takes On Google Glass at Fraction of the Cost
Could there be a less expensive Google Glass competitor coming soon? GlassUp aims to give customers an alternative to Google’s connected glasses.
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Image: GlassUp
9.VLC Comes Back to iOS After Two Years of Absence
VLC, the media player that enables users to watch nearly every video format on iOS devices, is back after a two-year hiatus.
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10.Sony to Offer 4K Movie Downloads This Fall
Sony will begin offering 4K movies for download via its Video Unlimited service in the early fall, company executives announced Wednesday.
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In case you’ve been too distracted by the intense heat wave to read up on technology news, I’ve compiled a list of top technology discussions of this week.
First up: That familiar orange VLC traffic cone has been missing from iOS devices for nearly two years, but now it’s back. Time for users to rejoice in the return of good open-source video-playback software.
In other Apple news, the company was granted a patent for a car dashboard that would digitize most manual controls.
After weeks of speculation, HTC finally unveiled the HTC One Mini, a smaller version of the company’s flagship Android device, the HTC One.
It was inevitable that a cheaper rival to Google Glass would debut, and that day arrived this week. An Italian company called GlassUp has been raising funds for an alternative on Indiegogo.
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