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Google Maps adds feature that lets users share their location with friends and family on an ongoing basis or for a specified period of time — Google Maps has today launched a new feature to allow you to share your location with others. While that might seem creepy, it's not the first to add this type of functionality.
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Google updates Allo with file sharing, Photos with low connectivity features, and Duo with audio calling, rolling out first to users in Brazil — At an event in São Paulo, Brazil today, Google announced a slew of updates to its various apps. On top of implementing location sharing in Google Maps …
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| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Despite Google's assurances, AT&T, Verizon, others pull ads from Google and YouTube over concerns ads could appear next to content promoting terrorism and hate — SAN FRANCISCO — AT&T says it's pulling its business from Google and YouTube despite the Internet giant's pledge this week …
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| Jason Schreier / Kotaku: |
Nintendo says a now-fixed “manufacturing variation” was to blame for Joy-Con controller issues — If you, like me and several other Kotaku staff, have run into a consistent left Switch JoyCon signal issue, don't worry: Nintendo says it's not in fact a hardware problem, but a “manufacturing variation.”
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Medium launches memberships for $5/month, directing early revenue to writers, eventually giving access to exclusive stories and an offline reading list — You don't really get anything yet — Medium has just launched its subscription service, which for $5 per month will give subscribers access to... something, eventually.
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Instagram to let users book appointments with businesses, may eventually add more tools like reviews; feature set to roll out in next couple of months — New feature will give advertisers a direct way to measure the power of Facebook's photo-sharing app — Instagram, the photo-sharing …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Facebook opens Live streaming up to PC users using built-in or third-party cameras, expanding it beyond Pages to all accounts — Taking on Twitch — Facebook Live is making the jump from phones to computers, as Facebook announced today that it's opening up its live-streaming service …
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| Andrew Ng / Medium: |
Google Brain founder and Baidu's chief scientist Andrew Ng resigns from Baidu — I will be resigning from Baidu, where I have been leading the company's AI Group. Baidu's AI is incredibly strong, and the team is stacked up and down with talent; I am confident AI at Baidu will continue to flourish.
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Tweets: @andrewyng, @andrewyng, and @ngkabra
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
LinkedIn introduces trending topics section curated by human editors, rolling out Wednesday to US users on mobile and desktop — LinkedIn pulls a Facebook. — LinkedIn is known for helping people find their next job, but now it wants to help people find their news, too.
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| Paul Krill / ITworld.com: |
Stack Overflow survey of 64K developers worldwide: 73.1% say Rust is the most loved language, 66.9% say Facebook's React is the most loved framework — The programming community's survey also finds that many developers are newcomers to the field — There may be a perception in some circles …
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Nintendo releases Super Mario Run for Android, available now as a free download for first three levels, but full game will cost $10 — Nintendo has unleashed its first mobile Mario game on Android. — After months of waiting, folks who choose an Android lifestyle over Apple can finally enjoy … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
HotelTonight raises $37M Series E, valuing the firm at $463M, led by Accel with participation from RSC Capital, GGV Capital, others — Last minute hotel booking app HotelTonight has closed a $37 million Series E round of funding — having last raised in early 2014.
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Hotel Tonight, Reuters, VentureBeat, Skift, Fortune, Tnooz, and silicontap.com. Tweets: @jjacobs22. Thanks:@callumj
| Sarah Kessler / Quartz: |
As IBM continues its drive to bring remote workers back into offices, some employees theorize that the company is using “co-location” as a downsizing effort — Less than a year into her tenure as IBM's chief marketing officer, Michelle Peluso prepared to make an announcement …
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Newser and Talkin' Cloud
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 review: small, light tablet with bright screen and tight stylus integration, but the keyboard is cramped and multitasking is limited — I am in productivity hell. For the past week, I've been using Samsung's Galaxy Tab S3 to read Twitter, correspond on Slack, and write articles for this website.
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VentureBeat, ExtremeTech, Ars Technica, Engadget, Android Authority, Laptop Mag, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Business Insider, The Next Web, TechCrunch, and BGR
Tweets: @backlon, @backlon, @reckless, @techradar, @mashable, @techcrunch, and @stevekovach
| Iain Thomson / The Register: |
Nest camera Bluetooth vulnerability allows hackers to wirelessly stop recording; researcher reported issues in October, company has not yet patched them — So far, no patch available to the public — Nest's Dropcam and Dropcam Pro security cameras can be wirelessly attacked via Bluetooth to crash and stop recording footage.
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