Extra, Extra: Rob Ford Throws Candy, Bruce Mau Throws Facebook a Bone, and Google Maps Throws Us More Discoveries

By David Topping

Every weekday’s end, Extra, Extra collects just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.

Photo by Jason Verwey from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.

• We will not be making fun of this photo of Rob Ford at this weekend’s Santa Claus Parade, no siree. No surprise that he’s throwing the candy to his right, though.
• In the Washington Post, Bruce Mau Design redesigns Facebook. [via @Vaneska]
• Hey, Google Maps will soon feature Toronto’s bike lanes, at least until obligatory Rob Ford joke.
• And speaking of Google Maps, looks like Google Street View caught a Toronto Police Emergency Task Force team—or at least a Flashpoint filming—when it passed by Front Street. [via reader Aaron Veinotte]

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