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Chris and Ian discuss Muslim Bans, Dropbox, PewDiePie and Vizio

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• Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft file opposition to Trump’s travel ban
• Lyft surges to the top 10 on Apple’s App Store following the #DeleteUber campaign
• Google to appeal against order to hand over user emails stored outside US
• Will Twitter’s new safety features finally stop the trolls?
• Dropbox’s Smart Sync lets users open a file stored only in the cloud like any normal file
• Dropbox’s note-taking app Paper launches globally in 21 languages
• Amazon’s Alexa escapes the Echo and gets into cars
• Amazon’s new Chime video calling service takes aim at Skype and WebEx
• YouTube opens mobile live streams to those with 10k+ fans, paid Super Chat exits beta
• PewDiePie dropped by Disney and YouTube over anti-Semitic joke videos
• Apple Music is at the heart of the company’s strategy for original TV shows
• Facebook is launching an app for Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV
• Vizio smart TVs tracked viewers around the clock without consent
• Latest PS4 system update brings external HDD support
• Steam’s upcoming pay structure won’t help devs or players

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Ian
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