Dave Smith

Google announced a new tool called Google Maps Coordinate on Friday, which helps businesses coordinate tasks and locations via the easy-to-use Google Maps platform. With more than 1.3 billion workers -- 37.2 percent of the total workforce -- expected to be completely mobile by 2015, Google's solution seeks to help businesses communicate with their employees in the field and deploy them with the user-friendly Maps app.

As expected, the App Store has officially launched in 32 new countries as of Friday, including Albania, Fiji, Namibia, Nepal, and Ukraine. This means that app developers can now sell or distribute their applications for gaming, productivity, news, business, education and entertainment in a total of 155 countries around the globe.

Liam Neeson fans, rejoice! Neeson, who played ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills in the 2008 thriller Taken, will reprise his role as the ass-kicking middle-aged retired agent in a sequel set to release later this year, called Taken 2.

Language is much more than just words, or communication. A community's language is inherently tied to its cultural identity, often signifying the culture's heritage and its values. Unfortunately, about half of all of the languages in the world -- more than 3,000 different languages -- are currently on the verge of extinction. Google hopes to stem the tide with its latest effort, called The Endangered Languages Project.

It may not be the sexiest feature, but it may be one of the most rumored. Although Apple doesn't discuss product pre-releases, several tech sites claim that Apple has built smaller dock connectors for its new phone, dubbed the iPhone 5, by some. TechCrunch is the latest to report on the mini dock connector, but the first to confirm it.

Microsoft has always been known as a software company, but that perception changed on Monday when the company unveiled its first-ever tablet in Los Angeles. Even though Apple popularized the tablet genre with the iPad, Microsoft's Surface tablet will directly compete with the bestselling tablet, as it is slightly thinner, features a bigger screen, and it can also do several things the iPad can't do, such as type well or sit up straight.

In a radical shift for Bill Gates' 37-year-old software company, Microsoft unveiled a tablet in Los Angeles on Monday. The Surface aims to be a direct competitor to Apple's iPad, sporting a form factor that's thinner than Apple's tablet, and it also tackles several things the award-winning iPad can't do, like type well or stand up straight.

The Black Death, a strain of bubonic plague that destroyed nearly a third of Europe's entire population between 1347 and 1369, has been found in the state of Oregon. Health officials in Portland have confirmed that a man contracted the plague after getting bitten by a cat. The unidentified man, who is currently in his 50s, had tried to pry a dead mouse from a stray cat's mouth on June 2 when the cat attacked him.

Adam Sandler was once the epicenter of the comedy universe, but about 15 years after his heyday (e.g., Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, arguably his two greatest hits), Sandler's grip on the funny bone in today's youth has loosened considerably. Sandler attempts to pass the comedy torch in That's My Boy, in which the New York-born star and former SNL comic shares the spotlight with fellow Jewish comic Andy Samberg, SNL's current an up-and-comer, as the two pla...

As expected, Apple unveiled iOS 6 -- the next-gen mobile operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch -- the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. Nobody knew what Apple would include in its latest update for iOS, but with more than 200 new features added to the mobile platform, this will the most comprehensive update Apple has ever released to its mobile devices.

A 63-year-old South Korean woman was shocked to learn she became pregnant with 12 baby squid after eating a portion of calamari. The story -- definitely giving new meaning to the term Octomom -- was detailed in a scientific paper authored by researchers at the Kwandong University College of Medicine.

On Tuesday, Burger King announced its newest treat for the summer: A cup full of vanilla ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauce, and yes, that salty porky goodness known as bacon. Now that the bacon sundae is finally available, the IBTimes sent out three of its most valued reporters and asked them to taste Burger King's new sweet-and-smoky dessert.

Before Apple shocked the WWDC audience with a completely-redesigned MacBook Pro with a stunning Retina Display, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted Apple would unveil such a notebook, and he even correctly forecast most of the features. On Thursday, describes how Apple will follow up the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro with a smaller, 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, to be released in October 2012.

Apple was expected to update nearly every computer for the 2012 WWDC, including every iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. But while fans were generally pleased by what was announced, the iMac got no love from Apple. According to MacRumors, however, new iMacs may be hitting shelves sooner rather than later.

The NBA Finals, featuring two of the league's best teams in the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder continues with Game 2 on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. EST. After Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the Thunder dismantled Miami in the second half of Game 1, Oklahoma City hopes to win one more game on their home court before heading to Miami, while the Heat hope to build some momentum before they bring the Finals to South Beach.

Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the U.S., has decided to embrace digital distribution. On Wednesday, Time Inc. announced that it will make all of its magazines available over the Newsstand application built by Apple, which exists on its iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices.

Announced on Monday at WWDC 2012 in San Francisco, the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display has been completely redesigned by Apple from the ground up. Several new architectural features have been included outside and inside the computer shell to make the computer stronger, faster and less noisy, but the real showstopper is the display.

According to a panel of medical experts, the active chemical in used in spray-on tans -- dihydroxyacetone (DHA) -- can potentially damage one's DNA and cause genetic alterations. The experts reviewed 10 of the most current, agreeing that while more studies need to be done, what they already know is enough to warrant a warning.

Apple was expected to update nearly every laptop and desktop computer in its lineup for the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, including the iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. In the end, the iMac and Mac Pro were almost completely forgotten about. Is Apple neglecting its pro customers?

It's finally here. Many predicted the NBA Finals match-up before the year even began, but now it's finally a reality: Starting at 9 p.m. EST tonight, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat will take on the Western Conference Champs in Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and the Oklahoma City Thunder. To live stream the event, check out our solutions towards the bottom of the page.

As expected, Apple unveiled iOS 6 during the keynote presentation for the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. Nobody knew what Apple would include in its latest mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, but with more than 200 new features added to the iOS platform, this is the most comprehensive update Apple has ever released to its mobile devices.

In iOS 6, which was unveiled Monday at the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, Apple has decided to apply these same tactics of deep integration with Facebook, the world's largest social network with more than 900 million users. This is all great for Facebook, but what is Apple getting in return?

Google Maps has been a signature feature of the iPhone since its first launch in 2007, but that will now change. At the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, Apple introduced a new Maps application as a part of the new iOS 6 platform coming in the fall. But this Maps app isn't built by Google; this one is Apple-made.

At the 2012 Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, Apple announced that the next version of its OS X operating system for Macs, dubbed Mountain Lion, will be released in July. The company did not give out a specific date and time.

We're just a few hours away from the start of the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, which is expected to be one of the biggest Apple events of the year. Hours later, the company learned even more new specs, this time about Apple's thinnest laptop, the MacBook Air.

So much for doubling down on secrecy. On Friday, several San Francisco residents snapped photos of banners being raised in the Moscone Center's west exhibition hall, one of the event sites for Apple's 2012 Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC), for the iOS 6. Even though WWDC 2012 will apparently center around the Mac, Apple will nevertheless find time to introduce developers to new tools and features for the iPhone's and iPad's next-generation operating system.

Apple is expected to unveil a ton of new products next week at the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, but on Friday, Gadget Lab tweeted a picture from Wired's Roberto Baldwin of a banner put up in Moscone West, one of the WWDC event locations, which showcased iOS 6: The world's most advanced mobile operating system.

Three days before the start of the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, a new report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims Apple will unveil a brand-new Mac notebook equipped with a Retina Display, which is simply being referred to as MacBook. The computer will reportedly be offered alongside the updated MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and Mac Pro models set to debut next week.

Apple has been officially reprimanded over its misleading advertising in Australia of the term 4G for new iPad 3. No considerable penalty here: According to The Australian, Apple has agreed to a $2.25 million settlement in Australian courts after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won a battle alleging the Cupertino, Calif.-based company misled customers about the new iPad's touted features.