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Navigation is an amazing thing, but it hasn’t changed a whole lot since we first started using it around 2002 or so. But if navigation mogul TomTom has its way, your nav is about to get a lot more connected. The Amsterdam company’s newest model, theTomTom Go Live 1535Mis looking to harness some Internet power in order to keep your friends in the know while providing you with more information. You’ll get apps like Google Local Search, Yelp, TripAdvisor and more so that you can find on-the-fly information about your destination....

“Carmageddon” will finally arrive in Los Angeles tonight when the 405 Freeway, one of the busiest highways in the United States, is completely shut down over the weekend for construction. The much-dreaded closure has been causing city residents to hyperventilate, with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosawarning, “It will be an absolute nightmare.” With the promise of catastrophic traffic jams looming, JetBlue Airlines saw a sweet marketing opportunity andannouncedthat they would offer special flights from Burbank to Long Beach on Saturday for just $4 each way....

In April of this year, we introduced you tothe 11 hottest companiesin New York City’s inaugural TechStars program. During the 3 month-long program, Bloomberg videographers followed the entrepreneurs through long days, even longer nights fueled by 5-hour energy drinks, multiple pivots and one potential love story, all under the shepherding of Managing Director David Tisch. The footage is one part documentary, one part reality TV show and the first of 7 episodes is airing tonight at 9PM on Bloomberg TV....

A trove of new images have made their way onto the net from case distributorAlibabathat claim to be cases for Apple’s new iPhone 5. If they are indeed the cases for the next generation of iPhone then that iPhone would have to be nearly as thin as the current iPod touch, reportsM.I.C. Gadget. The cases come in a variety of styles and colors but are all of the standard silicon variety that is common among cheap vacuum molded cases for iPhones....

Amid all of the hacking stories and leaks of private information that we’ve seen over the past few weeks, it should come as no surprise when it happens again. This time, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has had a wealth of his private information set public by a groupcalling themselves TeaMp0isoN. The information, asloaded into Pastebin, lists the contact information for a number of Blair’s personal and professional contacts, as well as the CV of his advisor Katie Kay....