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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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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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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Apple acquires Workflow, an automation tool for iOS, will keep three-person team and make app freely available in the App Store today — Apple has finalized a deal to acquire Workflow today — a tool that lets you hook together apps and functions within apps in strings of commands to automate tasks.
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @dseetharaman, @socialbakers, @mdudas, @kevinweil, and @karangoel
| Dan Burns / Reuters: |
Canada reveals new budget that redefines ride-sharing firms as taxi companies, ending Uber's tax advantage — The new national budget unveiled Wednesday by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government took aim at ride-sharing providers such as Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] …
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
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 … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Universe, a mobile-only website builder, launches an iOS app and announces $3.2M in funding led by Box Group — The business of platforms for developing websites and publishing online is a crowded one, with established players like WordPress, Wix, Zoho, Weebly, Duda Mobile and Squarespace competing … | 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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