Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 12:23AM 
Google and National Geographic have partnered to put over 500 of its signature fold-out historic paper maps onto the Google Maps Engine platform. Frank Biasi, digital development director at National Geographic, said high resolution maps will also be for sale or be available for licensing deals.
Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 5:57PM 
Exley is an iPhone and iPad app that changes the way that people get thei news coming from a completely crowd-based format. The Exley app pulls information that matters to the user and pushes aside the rest. EXLEY delivers up-to-the-second news, entertainment, and information for wherever you work and play. Better yet, EXLEY sorts the facts from the fluff, breaking down the articles and sending you the most significant facts, statistics, quotes, and multimedia.
Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 11:44AM 
Facebook has rolled out an auto-play feature for native Facebook and Instagram videos on iOS and Android versions of its app. Tech Crunch writer Josh Constine likens it to the moving photos in Harry Potter films. If you’re worried about automatic video playing eating up your data, you can activate the setting on your Facebook app that allows you to auto-play videos only on Wi-Fi. You don’t have to worry about sound blaring out as you scroll through your feed, the videos will initially play without sound unless you tap on it to view the videos with sound and on full screen.
Facebook also plans to monetize this feature and will eventually allow the presence of video ads on your News Feed. Let’s just hope it won’t be as obtrusive and annoying as it can get.
Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 8:15AM 
Apple has dedicated its homepage to the late Nelson Mandela. It has replaced all the usual product and company information with a large black and white photo of the former South African President, fighter against apartheid and philanthropist, who is widely regarded as the Father of the Nation. Apple executives also shared their thoughts on the great leader's passing last week at age 95.
CEO Tim Cook's personal Twitter account read, "Amazing human being. Champion of freedom and human dignity. He set an example for all of the world. RIP Nelson Mandela. We miss you already." Senior VP for worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller chimed in on his Twitter account with ,""Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement." His Excellency Nelson Mandela, 1918 - 2013 #NelsonMandela."
