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Google Maps adds offline navigation and search to Android app, coming soon to iOS — Navigate and search the real world ... online or off — Roughly 60 percent of the world is without Internet today, and even where online access is available, it can still be spotty.
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| Zak Stone / Matter: |
An accidental death at an unsafe Airbnb rental raises questions about liability and safety standards for the company — Living and Dying on Airbnb — My dad died in an Airbnb rental, and he's not the only one. What can the company do to improve safety? — he rope swing looked inviting.
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Facebook Messenger tests Photo Magic in Australia, scanning faces in your camera roll and prompting you to send pictures to friends — Facebook's “Photo Magic” Will Prompt You To Message Your Friends Photos Of Themselves — When you take a picture of your friends, you'll get a notification to send it to them through Messenger.
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| Brandon Chester / AnandTech: |
Google Nexus 5X review: true successor to Nexus 5, solid GPU, but SoC and NAND need work; lack of speed improvement belies 2-year gap between releases — The Google Nexus 5X Review — Google's first hardware collaboration with LG brought us the Nexus 4.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Panasonic announces Toughbook 20, a Windows 10, rugged detachable laptop, available February 2016 from $3099 — Panasonic preps Toughbook 20 starting at $3,099 — Panasonic said its latest Toughbook will be available in February, feature Windows 10 Pro and weigh in at 3.9 pounds.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twitch finally adds two-factor authentication to boost live streaming platform's security — Live streaming platform Twitch has taken steps to further secure its service. The company announced that it has partnered with Authy to provide two-factor authentication to its user accounts.
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| Luke Dormehl / Cult of Mac: |
Steve Jobs movie pulled from over 2K US theaters, now playing in just 421 theaters, after earnings declined 69% from the previous weekend to just $823K — Steve Jobs movie is unceremoniously dumped out of theaters — Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs movie had another disastrous showing at the box office over the weekend.| Kristen Mosbrucker / San Antonio Business Journal: |
Rackspace Q3: revenues up 11% YoY to $509M, profits up 42% YoY to $36.5M; beats analyst expectations as company closes new enterprise deals — Rackspace reports 11 percent more revenue amid hiring spree, collecting on enterprise deals — Rackspace Hosting Inc. reported a nearly 11 percent increase …
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| Jeff Benjamin / iDownloadBlog.com: |
Siri gains Apple Music support on Apple TV, now can search and play music on latest beta — Siri has apparently gained some new functionality for Apple TV, at least on the tvOS 9.1 beta. You can now direct the remote assistant to play any song or album directly from Apple Music, even if the song or album isn't in your library.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Consumer version of Samsung Gear VR available for preorder from Best Buy for $99.99, to be released on November 20 — You can now preorder the consumer version of the Samsung Gear VR — The consumer version of Samsung's Gear VR is now available to preorder from Best Buy for $99.99.| Steve Ragan / CSO: |
Comcast resets nearly 200,000 passwords after customer list goes on sale — Dark Web market ad offering Comcast accounts in bulk — Over the weekend, a reader (@flanvel) directed Salted Hash to a post on a Dark Web marketplace selling a number of questionable, if not outright illegal goods.| Agence France-Presse: |
Belgian court orders Facebook to stop tracking non-registered users within 48 hours, or risk a fine of $269K a day; company says it will appeal — Belgian court gives Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking Internet users — A Belgian court on Monday gave Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking Internet users …
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