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It’s official — Google has bought Waze, the crowdsourcing GPS navigation app for iOS and Android that enables users to help each other avoid traffic jams and police speed traps. It may take a little while, but it’s expected that Google will eventually integrate some of Waze’s best features into its own Maps app, making it potentially even better than it already is.

After months and months of wrangling and listening to consumer feedback, the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission) has finally laid out a new code of conduct that effectively ends the practice of three-year contracts by the carriers and clarifies the rules on how they unlock smartphones.

One of the worst things that can happen to your smartphone or portable handheld electronic device is when you accidentally drop it in water. You know it’s trouble, but you’re not sure, so you wipe it down, take out the battery, put it back in and then try to turn it on just to get a sign of life. When it doesn’t work, or the screen flickers, you figure it might be doomed. The bag-and-rice home remedy has been one way to combat water damage and ensure the moisture doesn’t short out the circuits inside, but Kensington has the Rescue Pouch, which is said to be even better.