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Tech News and Commentary
Dave and the team discuss a submarine cable causing an Internet outage in 10 African countries, the number of apps in the App Store shrinking for the first time, Google Play’s app growth, Twitter publishing their rules more visibly, electric vehicle sales increasing, Uber buying Jump, a decline in problems with computers and electronic devices, California to allow driverless cars to transport passengers without a backup driver, a blockchain phone, YouTube and advertising targeted at kids, a Windows group getting dissolved as PC growth slows, apps as scientific calculators, hard drive crashes, recovering lost pictures and data, and more.
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