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Google adds real-time traffic info for Kolkata, Coimbatore and 10 more Indian cities

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by on July 1, 2015 at 6:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Google Maps, India, Traffic

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Google has added real-time traffic information to its maps for a dozen Indian cities, as well as all national highways and expressways in the country. Users can now fire up Google Maps to view traffic conditions in Kolkata, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Indore, Ludhiana, Visakhapatnam, Nagpur, Kochi, Madurai and Bhopal. It’s nice to see India getting some Google Maps love. The company previously added Indian Railways schedules for 12,000 trains on Google Transit, in addition to bus and metro information for Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. ➤ New ways to beat traffic with Google Maps…

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Evernote’s updated Web Clipper browser extension can save Gmail attachments

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by on July 1, 2015 at 5:47 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, browser extension, evernote, Web Clipper

Evernote Web Clipper
Note-taking app Evernote has updated its Web Clipper browser extension to let you save Gmail messages, complete with attachments, to your account for quick reference. Plus, Web Clipper is now better at saving content from LinkedIn, YouTube and Amazon. Visit any of these sites and you’ll be able to select specific portions of the page to save. In addition, you can annotate clips with text and visual callouts and share them with others via the extension, without leaving the page you’re browsing. The extension is available for Chrome, Safari, and Opera. ➤ Evernote Web Clipper Read next: PushBullet overhauled on mobile…

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Register your unique Apple Music nickname before it’s too late

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by on July 1, 2015 at 5:06 am
Posted In: Apple Music, Apps, Around the Web

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If you’re just tuning to Apple Music now, you’ll want to secure your own unique nickname for use when commenting on sharing playlists, before someone else grabs it. The quickest way? Launch Music on your iOS device and tap the profile button in the top left corner to view your account details. Then tap Edit in the top right hand corner and enter your 32-character nickname. If you’re accessing Apple Music via iTunes on your desktop, fire up the latest version of the app and click on your name up top. Click on your details again, enter a new nickname…

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NSA to resume mass surveillance on US citizens for another 6 months

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by on July 1, 2015 at 4:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Freedom Act, spying, Surveillance

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Following a ruling from the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Monday, the National Security Agency (NSA) is set to resume its bulk data collection program, which allows it to store and analyze data about American citizens’ phone calls. The Freedom Act — signed on June 1 after section 215 of the Patriot Act expired — allows the NSA to continue to collect phone call metadata during a transition phase of 180 days. The agency is expected to switch to a new system for obtaining call records from phone companies at the end of this period. The decision to allow the…

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