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In case you thought all those 165TB of satellite shots would slow down the Bing Maps updates — think again. And while this one might not be as loaded as the aforementioned goods, the latest refresh to Redmond’s mapping service is likely to make at least a few shopaholic Europeans very happy. To make things short, Microsoft — in partnership with Nokia — is taking Bing Venue Maps over to the Vieux Continent, boosting the total number of mall-friendly maps to over 2,700, and making it more than 30 countries in which the offering’s now live. For those unfamiliar with Venue Maps, the service allows you to find stores, bathrooms and even ATMs located within a good amount of shopping malls across North America, Europe and Asia. Even better, you can see if your favorite spot is one of them at the source link below, where you’ll find the full list of venues supported.

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SRS Labs, the California-based audio technology company that specializes in audio enhancement solutions for a wide variety of consumer electronic devices, is announcing a new app that promises to improve the overall sound quality of Mac computers. It’s called Audio Essentials. And it’s an advanced software suite that features high-performance audio processing solutions designed to provide any Mac computer the ability to play HD-quality sound. Audio Essentials for Mac will work seamlessly with audio systems and its loaded with customizable SRS audio enhancement tools. The company said via press release that the app will available as a limited-feature free trial.

The Audio Essentials free trial will have lesser features such as enhanced audio playback for 2-channel speaker systems, music configuration, external and internal speaker configuration, bass enhancement, a stereo peak meter, and an intuitive user interface. However, Mac users can unlock the software’s full features through a one-time paid upgrade of $29.99. Advanced features include music genre detection, virtualized 360-degree surround sound over headphones, customizable graphic EQ, voice/ game/ movie configuration, intelligent volume leveling and volume maximization, and a fully functional 5.1 peak meter. The app is available via SRS Labs website.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Bluestacks brings Android apps to the Mac, Travel website Orbitz claims Mac users spend more than PC users,

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During its earnings conference calls, RIM said that its upcoming Blackberry 10 phones won’t be available before the “first quarter of 2013″. Even though most people who followed the call were expecting relatively bad news, few were prepared for this particular launch time frame – “it’s nuts” comes to mind. What’s more scary is that this language is typically used to say “March 31 2013″, although this may not be the case here. (more…)

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: BlackBerry 10 development phone photos revealed, yes they are gorgeous, BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha to be given to BlackBerry 10 Jam attendees,

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