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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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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Beta version of Apple Music for Android now available — Apple Music Comes To Android As An Emissary — Today, Apple Music comes to Android phones. It's the first user-centric app that Apple has created for Android (but not its first). — As people download and dissect it …
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| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Dell insiders concerned EMC merger could result in $9B tax bill, which might derail the deal — Dell's EMC Deal Could Fall Apart on Tax Rule — Michael Dell's ambitious $67 billion plan to take over storage giant EMC may face a big tax burden that could complicate or derail the deal entirely.
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| Financial Times: |
Fidelity wrote down the value of its stake in Snapchat by 25% in the third quarter — Snapchat stake marked down by investor Fidelity — Snapchat has been marked down by one of its most high-profile investors, raising further questions about the soaring valuations of private technology companies.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Schoology Cloud-Based Education Platform Lands $32 Million Series D — Schoology, the learning management system that focuses on cloud collaboration, has today announced the close of a $32 million Series D financing led by JMI Equity, with participation from existing investors including FirstMark Capital …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tumblr Rolls Out Instant Messaging On Both Web And Mobile — Tumblr today has launched a feature that its user base has wanted for some time: messaging. The blogging platform has long offered an inbox feature and way for its users to ask each other questions, but now it has added threaded, instant messaging as well.
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VentureBeat, Wired, The Next Web, Tumblr Staff, Tumblr Support, typo queen and will run for booze. Tweets: @grasonas. Thanks:@drew
| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
ARM announces new ultra-efficient Cortex-A35 CPU, expects first devices with the chip to ship by the end of 2016 — ARM Announces New Cortex-A35 CPU - Ultra-High Efficiency For Wearables & More — Today as part of the volley of announcements at ARM's TechCon conference we discover ARM's …
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Consumer version of Samsung Gear VR available for preorder for $99.99, will ship on November 20 — Samsung Gear VR now available for pre-orders at $99 — We've been working closely with Samsung to bring the absolute best portable virtual reality experience to people all over the world.| Brett Howse / AnandTech: |
Microsoft Surface Book review: great hardware and performance, good display, keyboard, trackpad, but software glitches and high price make it hard to recommend — The Microsoft Surface Book Review — When Microsoft first launched the Surface Pro, they decided to tackle a market that was pretty much untested.
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| Cory Bennett / The Hill: |
Microsoft opens first data centers in UK, to keep users' data within the country, following EU ruling on Safe Harbor — Microsoft opens UK-only data center following EU ruling — Microsoft will open its first data centers in the United Kingdom, following a European court ruling that struck …
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
T-Mobile will let you stream from 24 video services including Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go without costing data and doubles data allocations in all Simple Choice plans — T-Mobile Will Let Customers Stream HBO, Netflix and ESPN Without Racking Up Data Charges — T-Mobile will allow some subscribers … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
The ITC does not have the authority to regulate information on the internet, according to a ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit — The ITC does not have authority over the internet, according to Federal Circuit — The internet has one less regulator …
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Techdirt, Ars Technica, Bloomberg Business and Public Knowledge
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter says new users engage with likes at a 9% higher rate than they did with favorites; overall, engagement is 6% higher with likes than favorites — Here's The Data That Shows Why Twitter Switched To Hearts From Stars — Twitter is looking to settle the hearts vs. star debate once and for all.Sponsor Posts
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