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Apple Maps Looks Set For A Big Upgrade With Yet Another Mapping Acquisition

Coherence's ultra-precise GPS can locate an object within centimetres and could prove useful for the navigation features of the Apple Watch.

AOL Is Verizon's $4.4 Billion Bet On Mobile Video

AOL can charge a premium for personalized video ads on Verizon's upcoming video service, and that could turn into an important revenue driver for Verizon.

Tango Hooks Up With Wal-Mart, Alibaba To Let You Text And Shop

The messaging service is the first in the West to emulate its Asian peers by letting users buy products directly inside the app.

Samsung Set To Unveil New Chips To Power Internet Of Things

The Artik system-on-a-chip series will make it easier for even small-fry developers to power the next wave of smart gadgets.

China's Smartphone Market Contracts For The First Time In 6 Years

New research from IDC shows one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile markets will stagnate for the rest of 2015.

Apple Watch Looks Set To Outpace The iPhone In Year-One Sales

A little historical perspective on Apple’s most important product: the new watch is already on course to blow past it in first-year sales.

To Rival Google's Driverless Cars, German Carmakers Eye Nokia's HERE

Daimler, BMW and Audi are said to be joining forces to buy Nokia’s comprehensive mapping system, to meet the threat of Google’s self-driving cars with their own.

Google Buys Experimental Software That Kills Procrastination

Startup Timeful runs experiments on users to develop its time-crunching algorithms, which will now boost the intelligence of Google’s Gmail, Inbox and Calendar.

Meet The Startup That's Making Shoes Smarter

SOLS uses a smartphone camera and 3D printers to create custom in-soles, but its service could go to the next level when it integrates sensors too.

Reports: Yahoo Prepares To Enter Messaging Wars

Yahoo is said to be working on a pair of messaging apps that will let users send live video and texts, to rival Snapchat and WhatsApp.