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November 22, 2016, 5:05 AM

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Jamie Aspinall / The Keyword:
Google updates Popular Times feature in Search and Maps, letting users see how busy places are in real-time  —  'Tis the season for gift-giving, delicious dinners, and spending time with family and friends.  That also means it's the season of crowded holiday shopping, travel planning and entertaining the in-laws.
Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC:
WSJ sources: Amazon has held talks with NBA, MLB, and NFL to stream live sports, and has proposed a premium exclusive sports package through Amazon Prime  —  Amazon has held talks with the NBA, MLB and NFL and others to stream live sports, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Bloomberg:
NTSB investigating crash of Facebook's Aquila internet drone during its test flight in June  —  @AlanLevin1 More stories by Alan Levin  —  NTSB investigating aircraft's structural failure on approach  —  Company founder Zuckerberg called June test flight successful
David Pierce / Wired:
Uber introduces Compliments, allowing riders to give their driver private feedback via pre-made stickers or custom thank you notes  —  Starting today, when you give your Uber driver a five-star rating, your app will ask you to provide them a little extra feedback.
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
Munchery hires James Beriker of Simply Hired as its new CEO amid struggles with food waste  —  Munchery, a San Francisco startup that cooks and delivers meals to hundreds of thousands of customers in a handful of U.S. cities, has begged its cooks to bring down the cost of the ingredients, according to current and former employees.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal is investing another $200M in BuzzFeed, which will collaborate with NBCU's Content Studio under extended advertising-sales relationship  —  NBCUniversal announced Monday that it has made an additional $200 million investment in BuzzFeed — on top of the $200 million it invested last year.
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Sources: Microsoft plans to enable x86 emulation for ARM64 devices in Windows 10 by Fall 2017 with its Redstone 3 release  —  Microsoft is planning to enable x86 on ARM64 emulation in Windows 10 by Fall 2017 with its ‘Redstone 3’ release, sources say, thanks to codename ‘Cobalt.’

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