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Friday, 22nd June 2012

Google Lowers Fees, Simplifies Maps API Ahead of Google I/O

Ahead of the Google I/O developer conference next week, Google announced Friday it is lowering the fees for apps accessing its API from $4 per 1,000 map loads to $0.50 per 1,000 map loads. After years of offering free access, Google imposed fees and restrictions on third-party apps using Google Maps in October 2011. But with big news looming for…

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4 iPhone & iPad Apps for Summer Olympics

4 iPhone & iPad Apps for Summer Olympics

Only 35 days remain until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games, and apps for the iPhone and iPad that help you follow the fun are coming thick and fast. The heavyweights – NBC’s smartphone and tablet apps, which will offer streams of every event, aren't yet available. However, other apps also have plenty to offer…

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Apple’s New MacBook Pro Is the Best Laptop You Can Buy - But You Probably Shouldn’t Buy One

Apple’s New MacBook Pro Is the Best Laptop You Can Buy - But You Probably Shouldn’t Buy One

All photos by Eliot Weisberg Hands-on testing of the MacBook Pro with Retina display reveals an incredibly sleek, powerful notebook computer with simply the very best display ever attached to a keyboard. So why shouldn’t most people buy one?

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Where To Find Hi-Res Wallpapers To Fit the New MacBook Pro Retina Display

Where To Find Hi-Res Wallpapers To Fit the New MacBook Pro Retina Display

Photo by Eliot Weisberg Do you covet the new retina MacBook Pro? That screen has to be seen to be believed. With an ultra-high resolution and millions of pixels, it needs a worthy wallpaper to look as stunning as possible. Here are the best places we've found to download desktop backgrounds and other visual candy that can do justice to that…

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Photo Sharing Services

How People Communicate on Instagram

The comments and likes of an Instagram photograph become part of the viewer's experience of that image. On this visual social network, communication is subtle, playful, innocent and devoid of any social expectations. It's a place where image makers can go to freely express themselves and find other like-minded aesthetes. The adage says that a…

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