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Google Maps lets you follow businesses to monitor events, offers

Google Maps is making it easier to keep up with your favorite retailers with a Facebook-style follow feature. Google Maps You can search for a business you want to keep an eye on and tap the “Follow” button to prompt events, offers and other updates to show up in the “For you” tab. For example, it’ll show you when your …

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Copyright Office rules in favor of your right to repair your own phone

Tinkerers will now have an easier time modifying and repairing electronic devices. On Thursday, the US Copyright Office made some big changes to the legal exemptions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The changes will enable the repair community to legally fix, hack or modify people’s electronic devices. The new rules go into effect Sunday. The Library of Congress …

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