Google acquired drone maker Titan Aerospace and announced Project Ara, its modular smartphone project, would launch in January 2015. Dropbox purchased photo storage app Loom and document collaboration app Hackpad, continuing its acquisition streak. Linode invested $45 million to improve its cloud services infrastructure with SSD drives and more RAM, while Czech search engine Seznam released a beta 3D mapping service and Facebook added a mobile feature notifying users when near friends.

1. This Week In Tech
April 12-18, 2014
Google acquired drone-maker Titan Aerospace to supplement an
ongoing effort to bring Internet access to remote parts of the world.
Dropbox continued its recent acquisition spree by purchasing Loom, a
photo storage service, and Hackpad, a document collaboration app.
Google announced that the first version of its modular
smartphone, dubbed Project Ara, will be available in January 2015.
Linode has invested $45 million in improvements to its cloud services
and infrastructure, including new SSD drives and increased RAM.
Seznam, a search engine and Web portal located in the Czech
Republic, released a beta version of its 3D mapping service.
Facebook announced a new feature on its mobile app that will signal
users when they’re close to someone who is in their network of friends.