Welcome to The Verge: Weekender edition. Each week, we'll bring you important articles from the previous weeks' original reports, features and reviews on The Verge. Think of it as a collection of a few of our favorite pieces from the week gone by, which you may have missed, or which you might want to read again.
![]() | Apple needs good location data, and fast, in order to repair the damage from its botched Maps service. So it wasn’t surprising to read reports that the iPhone maker is considering a partnership with location-based social network Foursquare, which happens to be sitting on a homegrown database of 50 million venues in 220 countries, extremely valuable data, warts and all.
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![]() | The many enhancements in Windows 8 — the more visual interface, the touch-friendliness — make Windows the perfect operating system for a touchscreen all-in-one. That's what we thought, anyway, so we took a half-dozen of the desktops for a spin to see which ones are really worth your money. |