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Northern California
Before and After Photos of Paradise: Destroyed in California’s Camp Fire
The Daily Beast - Elizabeth Hunt Brockway
AFTERMATH Before and After Photos of Paradise: Destroyed in California’s Camp Fire What began on Nov. 8, 2018 as a fire in Butte County, Northern …
Tom Rodmanadded this to Things Google
Google Maps
Avoid traffic jams, long lines this Thanksgiving with tips from Google Maps
CNET - by Erin Carson
Get to your turkey faster.
9to5Macadded this to All Stories
GPS
FCC allows iPhones and other devices to receive European GPS data for the first time
9to5Mac - Ben Lovejoy
A new FCC order will allow US smartphones to receive European GPS data for the first time … NordVPN Europe brought its own GPS satellite system online in 2016, as it was concerned that the US might switch
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Batteries
Scientists Develop Method to Boost Phone Battery Life by 60 Percent
Tom's Guide - Jesus Diaz
Scientists at Aston University in Birmingham, UK, have come up with a technique to minimize mobile phone power consumption by as much as 60 …
Techmeme
Google Maps
Profile of Manik Gupta, Uber's newly promoted chief product officer, who grew up in India and spent time working for HP launching
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Daily Mailadded this to Daily Mail Top Stories
Roads
Google's Thanksgiving traffic report can tell you when to avoid the roads and skip the long lines at the grocery store
dailymail.co.uk - Annie Palmer For Dailymail.com
Traveling during the holidays can be a nightmare. But luckily, Google Maps has put its data smarts to work and served up a report that shows when …
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Artificial Intelligence
'AI is very, very stupid,' says Google's AI leader, at least compared to humans
CNET - by
The hype over artificial intelligence is getting pretty hot, so here's a splash of cold water from none other than the leader of AI for Google's cloud division. "AI is currently very, very stupid," said
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Geolocation
A Selfie Saved A Wrongly Accused Christopher Precopia From Spending The Rest Of His Life Behind Bars
The Inquisitr - Melissa Binns
Timestamps from a selfie proved a solid alibi for an accused man. An innocent man narrowly avoided jail time all thanks to a selfie, KVUE is reporting. …
Joe Ortizadded this to Tech Pickings
iPhone 8
FCC paves the way for improved GPS accuracy
The Verge - Makena Kelly
The commission approved an order that will allow consumer devices to tap into a European satellite system The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) paved the way for improved GPS and location accuracy
Judiciary
Four gang-related members arrested after shots fired in Wairoa
stuff.co.nz - www.stuff.co.nz
Four men aged under 30 and believed to have gang links have been arrested after shots were fired in Wairoa earlier this week.
Heather Garboadded this to Denver Dweller
Swimming Pools
“Swimming pool” most searched destination in Colorado on Thanksgiving
denverpost.com - By Kirk Mitchell | kmitchell@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
On Thanksgiving Day, people most often use Google Maps to find a “pub” if they live in Maryland. In Oregon, “winery” is the most commonly searched …
Google Maps
Thu. 11/15 - The Bombshell NYTimes Story on Facebook
art19.com
That huge New York Times story behind the scenes of Facebook, Google adds business messaging to Google Maps, Uber eats is a monster business, Amazon …
Social Media
5 takeaways from pitches that missed the mark by a mile
prdaily.com - www.prdaily.com
There are many media relations behaviors that serve to annoy journalists. Ignoring follow-up etiquette, being selfish in your media relations efforts, …
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Google Maps
Experience an uncompromising dark mode in Google Maps with Dark GMaps
idownloadblog.com - Anthony Bouchard
Due to the high volume of dark mode-centric jailbreak tweaks that are launched in the Cydia Store, we seldom cover them here at iDB. But because I …
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San Francisco Bay Area
Houston police probe child's drowning
chron.com
Image 1 of / 10 Caption Close Houston police officers are on the scene of a drowning at 13100 Lakeside Terrace where a young child was found at 4:20 p.m. …
Google Maps
Truck driver dies after Welshpool workplace accident
watoday.com.au - staff writers
A man has died after a workplace incident in Welshpool on Friday afternoon. The man, believed to be in his 40s, was in the process of offloading a …
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Google Maps
Google Maps wants to help you avoid traffic and crowds over Thanksgiving
bgr.com - Jacob Siegal
Other than overeating and argument at the dinner table, the most frustrating part of Thanksgiving is the travel. You can’t go anywhere without being …
U.S. Dept. of Education
Integrated school to use transfer tests
bbc.co.uk - By Robbie Meredith
An integrated school in County Down wants to use academic selection tests to admit some of its pupils. Strangford Integrated College currently admits 35% of Year 8 pupils to a "grammar stream". They use
Google Maps
State is not updating in React js for Google maps
stackoverflow.com
I am trying to update my state with an object which is received from the JSON. Here I am receiving {lat, lng} from JSON. But those values are not …
Google Maps
Smoldering Electric Fan Causes Elementary School Evacuation
nbcsandiego.com - ALEXANDER NGUYEN
A smoldering electric fan caused an elementary school in Paradise Hills to evacuate, a fire official said.Students at Paradise Hills Elementary …
Florida
Tylka can wait for sun to set on Wauconda career
dailyherald.com - Joe Aguilar
Don't even bother thumbing the Google Maps app on your phone. It says it right there on Florida Atlantic University's basketball court. "1.8 MILES TO …
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Food & Dining
Ten Restaurants Planned for Future Majestic Resort & Spa
Eater - Bradley Martin
A bold project plans to build a new, 45-story resort less than half-a-mile from the main entrance to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Plans filed by the Majestic Resort & Spa call for a built-from-scratch
Judiciary
Telford cricket bat murder: Boy, 16, convicted
bbc.co.uk - www.bbc.co.uk
A 16-year-old boy who fractured a man's skull with a cricket bat has been found guilty of murder. The teenager is said to have crept up behind Derek Whyteside in Telford, Shropshire, as he searched for
Merchant Shipping
Overturned tanker leads to closure of 710 Freeway near I-5 Freeway
ocregister.com - By Beatriz E. Valenzuela | bvalenzuela@scng.com | San Bernardino Sun
A tanker truck overturned on the southbound 710 Freeway near the I-5 Freeway in the Vernon area early Thursday morning, prompting the California …
Australian Broadcasting Corporationadded this to Business
Carbon Emissions
Looking to be eco-friendly for life? It's all in your head
abc.net.au - By Victoria Pengilley
Whether it's dividing the recycling, eating less red meat, or remembering the keep cup, well-intentioned plans to be eco-friendly can be hard to turn …
Google Maps
When to Drive (and When Not to Drive) on Thanksgiving
bostonmagazine.com - Spencer Buell
Google Maps' annual report on avoiding the worst of the Turkey Day traffic is out. By · Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your …
Buzz.ieadded this to Buzz.ie
Samsung Galaxy Watch
Tech review: Samsung Galaxy Watch
buzz.ie - Mark Kavanagh
Buzz.ie tested out the latest wearable tech from Samsung, Galaxy Watch Samsung’s new Galaxy Wat...
Alameda County
Town Crier: Ace Hardware offers winter garden, yard tips
eastbaytimes.com - Ginny Prior
We’ve always been a one-pet family. But these days we have dozens of birds to add to our brood — wrens, sparrows, jays and dark-eyed juncos — all …
Boston
Here are the best and worst times to leave to avoid Thanksgiving traffic
bostonglobe.com - www.bostonglobe.com
If the predictions from the experts are any indication, Thanksgiving traffic this year will be worse than last year. AAA is anticipating that more …
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Google Maps
J&K: Suspected militants kill civilian in Pulwama district
scroll.in - Scroll Staff
Suspected militants abducted and shot dead a civilian in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday night, the state police said in a press …