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November 10, 2015, 8:25 PM

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Amanda Bishop / Google Lat Long:
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.
New York Times:
New York attorney general says that DraftKings and FanDuel constitute illegal gambling under state law, orders them to stop accepting bets in New York  —  Attorney General Tells Daily Fantasy Sports to Stop Taking Bets in New York  —  The New York State attorney general on Tuesday ordered …
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 …
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 …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google will retire Chrome support for Windows XP, Vista, OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 in April 2016  —  Google today announced it is extending Chrome support for Windows XP until April 2016.  The company will also end Chrome support for Windows Vista, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, OS X 10.7 Lion, and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion at the same time.
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.
AppleInsider:
Apple pulls popular Instagram client ‘InstaAgent’ from iOS App Store after malware discovery  —  A popular Instagram profile analyzer was on Tuesday pulled from the iOS App Store after being outed as malware by a German developer who recently discovered the app harvesting usernames and passwords.
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.
Biz Carson / Business Insider:
VC Chamath Palihipitiya wants to go after US giants like Verizon, AT&T with new carrier Rama; success in FCC spring spectrum auction critical  —  This billionaire investor is going after AT&T and Verizon with new carrier upstart  —  Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya …
More: TechCrunch and Re/codeThanks:@mattrosoff
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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