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Apple has just announced the WWDC 2013 event which is scheduled to be held from June 10-14th. The event will include the announcement of the new version of iOS and the Mac OS X along with several developer sessions and other activities. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced recently that Apple is not planning on any product announcements until Autumn this year. Announcing Mac OS 10.9 and iOS 7 to developers on June 10 will clearly be ready to ship to end users by Autumn after all the beta testing. Autumn will also mark the announcement of new iPhone, iPad and definitely new Macs. And who knows, if the rumours are true, Apple will also announce the long awaited Apple TV and iWatch. Time will tell. 

If you’re an Apple developer intending to attend WWDC this year, note that tickets will go on sale on April 25th at 10AM PDT and will cost $1599. Also keep in mind that you have to be a registered developer already i.e. when this announcement was made. Any new registrations to the Apple developer program right now will not make you eligible to book a ticket for the event. 

Google has just released an update to its maps app on iPhone to add address search from contacts information, searches by point of interest and other fixes. The new version 1.1 is also being pushed to Bahrain, Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar and UAE app stores finally. Users from these countries were very disappointed to see Google skipping the availability of Maps app in these stores and they were forced to create a US account to download it. Here’s the official changelog:

* Search your Google Contacts; sign in to have your saved addresses show up when you search for friends and family by name. 
* Quickly search for local places by selecting popular categories such as restaurants, bars, cafes, gas stations, etc. 
* Choose between Kilometers or Miles for your preferred distance units.
* Note that some features may not be available in all countries.

Click Here To Download.

Ever wondered if you could be a super cool secret agent with all the cool gadgets and cars like James Bond may be. Wait a second, did you say like James Bond ? Well, then you’ve got to check out this awesome sponsored trailer from Hyundai below. It might just be the one you’re looking for !!!

Hyundai is conducting an exciting contest on Facebook to promote their SUV Santa Fe. Would you look at that coincidence ?? Isn’t Facebook the same place where you spend most of your time ? Wink Wink !! The game lets you be in the shoes of a secret agent who is looking for a missing document related to the game story. The game takes you through the streets of New York, London and Dubai. The game includes cinematic trailers in between to brief you through what’s happening and what you should do next. You also get to explore these cities in the car and learn even more with the help of the cool features in the car. And if all that wasn’t enough for you, then you should know that you could also get to pick your friends as certain characters in the game. And no they don’t have to play, you would just use their profile picture to identify each characters and that’s it.

I did try playing the game myself and I must say, the game is interesting. I chose the New York city to start with. The game fetched my profile picture and started the game with a nice graphics which was giving me instructions to drive to a certain location. And while thats happening, you get to check out the Navigation system built into Santa Fe’s dashboard. Thats the basic idea of the campaign, it gets you play the game while also getting to know the car and its features. The streets look almost real giving you an almost real driving experience. Once you find out the missing secret document, you will be eligible to win the prizes. Selected winners will get a Macbook Air, 3 iPad Minis and Facebook credits. In case of multiplayers who qualify, Hyundai will randomly chose the winners. And who knows, a few days from now, you would be showing off a Macbook Air or iPad Mini. 

In order to enter this contest, make sure you do the following:

1. Like Hyundai on Facebook. Click Here

2. Play the game on Facebook. Click Here

3. That’s it !! Now cross your fingers and wait.

Oh and keep in mind that the contest ends on 15th March. So you don’t have too much time left. Quickly get on your secret agent shoes and go on the mission

Disclosure: This article is sponsored in part by Hyundai, but all thoughts expressed are our own. Sponsored articles are accepted only if they benefit our readers. If you have any questions regarding this post, Click here to contact us.