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iOS Hacker ‘Comex’ To Start Working For Google

19-year-old Nicholas Allegra, a.k.a. 'Comex', who created a number of popular iPhone / iPad jailbreaking tools including Spirit and JailbreakMe before joining Apple back in August 2011, was let go by the Cupertino tech giant last year in October, after failing to respond to an email. Today, the talented hacker has revealed that he has found a new home — Google,...

Google Public Alerts Launches Severe Weather Notifications for Canada

Google has announced today it will now support severe weather notifications for Canada on Google Public Alerts, in both French and English: With floods and spring showers in the forecast, Canadians can now receive warnings of drastic weather changes directly to their mobile device or desktop. Today we’re launching official severe weather notifications for Canada...

WhatsApp Reportedly in Talks with Google for $1B Acquisition? [Update]

More rumours point to WhatsApp once again being in talks to be acquired, this time according to a report from Digital Trends (via AppleInsider). The site notes the popular cross-platform messaging app is in negotiations with Google on determining prices for an acquisition: Messaging app WhatsApp is in the negotiating phase over prices with Google in what...

Google Announces Blink: Open Source WebKit-Based Rendering Engine

Google has announced it will no longer be using the WebKit rendering engine to power Google Chrome. Rather, the company will soon launch Blink, a new rendering engine based on WebKit that will be open source: However, Chromium uses a different multi-process architecture than other WebKit-based browsers, and supporting multiple architectures over the years has...

Google to ‘Shut Down’ YouTube on April Fools’ Day [VIDEO]

"Hide your kids, hide your wife…" Google has announced they have planned to shut down their video streaming service tomorrow as the following video announces it's "time to pick a winner". YouTube says it has been one giant video contest all along, and one winner will be picked and revealed in a decade in 2023,...