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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, Duo with audio calling, and Photos with low connectivity features — 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, the company also added …
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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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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
How iCloud account data helped police identify the attacker who allegedly tweeted seizure-inducing strobe, despite his use of a prepaid SIM bought with cash — An anonymous SIM card in a non-anonymous iPhone — In theory, it was the perfect setup: an anonymous Twitter account on a prepaid SIM card, bought with cash.
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| 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.| 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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| Deanna Ting / Skift: |
Airbnb rebrands as Aibiying in China, plans to triple workforce and double investment in the country in 2017, integrates with Alipay and WeChat — But the bigger question remains: Can it successfully compete with the reigning “Airbnb of China,” Tujia? — Continuing on his global tour of six cities …
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| 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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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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Facebook and Nokia successfully test new technique that boosts the speed of existing undersea cables from 13Tbps to 32Tbps — An experimental technology from Nokia could expand a submarine cable's capacity by 2.5 times — Facebook and Nokia have found a way to push a lot more data through … | Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple announces new 9.7-inch iPad with A9 chip to replace iPad Air 2, starting at $329 for 32GB and $429 for 128GB, available to order on March 24 — Apple today announced it is launching a new 9.7-inch iPad equipped with an A9 chip and a brighter Retina display to replace the iPad Air 2, which has been discontinued.
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