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| Google Maps App for iOS May Launch Tonight | | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:53 PM | Zoe Fox |
| The days of Apple Maps are about to be over. If a report saying a Google Maps app for iOS will become available Wednesday night is correct, all iPhone users who have complained about the buggy Apple Maps can go back to their preferred mobile maps app. A source familiar with the matter told AllThingsD the Google Maps app will again become available for iPhone users.
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| Jet-Engine Tech Makes Super-Thin and Quiet Ultrabooks a Reality | | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:00 PM | Charlie White |
| Laptops are getting even more powerful. Even though their processors are steadily becoming more efficient and running cooler, most of them still need at least one noisy fan to keep a machine's innards from melting into a useless heap of parts. Now there's a tiny bellows-like innovation that solves that cooling problem, using miniaturized technology that was first employed in jet engines.
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| YotaPhone Has LCD Front, E-Ink Back, Coolness All Over | | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 5:44 PM | Charlie White |
| How would you like to have a smartphone with two screens, one on the front and one on the back? That's the innovation behind the YotaPhone, an Android smartphone with a 4.3-inch LCD display on the front and an E-Ink screen on the back. Having two screens on a smartphone could be a handy innovation.
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| Meet the Guy Who Took a Census of Middle-Earth | | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 4:58 PM | Fran Berkman |
| Gathering census data is essential to understanding how a population connects to a particular geographical space. The U.S. requires thousands of agents to complete one census every 10 years. In 2012, however, one young Swedish man took it upon himself to complete a thorough census of the entire earth — well, Middle-earth. Thanks to Emil Johansson, creator of LotrProject, we now know that the life expectancy of a hobbit is 96.24 years.
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| Is it Worth it to Build an NFC App Right Now? | | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 2:18 PM | Lauren Hockenson |
| The jury is still out on the true relevance of near-field communication (NFC) -- is it a technology before its time, or just a dud?
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| Is the 'Geeky' Image Scaring Women Away From IT? | | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:19 AM | Nextgov |
| It’s long been known that women are underrepresented in IT jobs, including those in the federal sector. And many IT professionals agree that there are too few women employed in the industry, according to a new survey. The survey of 336 IT workers by CWJobs.co.uk found that 77% of IT professionals believe there should be more women employed in IT jobs, TechRepublic reports.
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