Here s what s going on in tech.
Google Maps adds offline navigation and search. On Android for now, supposedly coming to iPhone soon.
Speaking of Google and maps, the company is facing new scrutiny in Europe over whether its maps have supplanted portable or in-car navigation devices.
Lyft, Instacart — but not Uber — partner with labor unions to call for changes in worker policies. (Coalition, NYT)
Prosecutors in Germany launch investigation into the European head of Facebook over the company s failure to remove racist hate speech.
Facebook is testing Photo Magic, which uses facial recognition to encourage friends to share photos with each other on Messenger.
Artist launches army of thousands of fake Facebook profiles named after soldiers who fought in the U.S. revolution.
Steve Jobs movie is pulled from a couple thousand theaters, is reportedly now playing in just a few hundred theaters.
Uber and Lyft partner with White House to offer free work-related rides for veterans.
Sorry to break it to you: Sony to stop selling Betamax tapes in March 2016.
Sorry to break it to you, part 2: Rumblr, the app that was supposedly for finding people to fight with, is fake.
Photo of car with Lyft s old fuzzy mustache from MCT archives
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