Hasta La Gadget!

Love ’em, ignore ’em or pay a buck to get rid of them, mobile ads are more than just a waste of space, they’re almost a necessary evil. To that effect, Google Maps is populating its search results with local — and hopefully relevant — AdWords starting today. Let’s say you’re looking for a taqueria in Bushwick, Brooklyn; if you’re running the latest version of the app, an ad for Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos could appear at the bottom of your screen. Tapping it brings up a card with review ratings, a call shortcut and sharing buttons. From what we’ve seen, it’s unobtrusive and actually kind of helpful, unlike some of Mountain View’s other advertising experiments. Now, about those tacos…

Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Transportation, Mobile, Google

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Source: Inside AdWords (Google)

A new Kickstarter project aims to raise £7,000 in order to fund the creation of an iPad hardware scanner and case combo, an aluminum design which would provide fast document digitalizing abilities.

Modern times have not been kind to Zynga, the maker of online video games that once enjoyed wealth and prosperity as the top dog in the world of Facebook-centric games. Now others have arisen to fill the company’s shoes (King of Candy Crush fame being one of them), and Zynga has been steadily suffering since. […]

Infamous gadget manufacturer Foxconn is in the news once again after Chinese authorities alleged that the company has been dumping heavy metals into local rivers. Environmental regulator Ding Yudong believes that Foxconn and UniMicron Technology’s facilities in Kunshan may be allowing toxic, cancer-causing substances to pass into the water table. Both companies have already issued firm denials claiming that the black-green fluid, which locals describe as “sudsy,” is compliant with local laws. All we need to do now is find the guy with the heart ring.

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Source: WSJ

There’s word from “sources with knowledge” this afternoon of a bit of a move inside Apple of a few key employees including, first and foremost, Bob Mansfield. It would seem, according to 9to5Mac, that Mansfield’s recent move to Special Projects was done for several reasons, one of which was to help with the transition of […]