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Vail Resorts’ smartphone app will provide skiers with real-time information about lines at the lifts.

This winter, Vail Resorts is trying something different on its ski slopes: Crowdsourced, real-time wait times for ski lifts offered via smartphone app. Vail Resorts says that an update to its EpicMix smartphone app will collect data from the RFID-enabled season passes skiers carry at the resort. It’s one of the most ambitious efforts yet to bring Waze-style crowdsourced location data into the sports and vacation spheres.

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Documents obtained by The Guardian confirm Project Titan is well under way.

Apple’s plan to build a self-driving car, known as Project Titan, is “further along than many suspected,” according to The Guardian. Through a public records request, the newspaper obtained documents that provide hard evidence that Apple is considering testing the vehicles at a former naval base.

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The live streaming app says it has also crossed 10 million users.

Periscope has released its first company report since launching in March, and the numbers are impressive: The streaming video service boasts more than 10 million accounts, and says its users watch the equivalent of 40 years’ worth of video every day. Back in April, Twitter shared that Periscope had reached 1 million users just 10 days after launch.

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A social media campaign questioning aisle signs like “girls’ building sets” prompted the change.

To the girls of the world who love Lego and the boys who love Frozen: Target is now a friendlier place to shop. The Minnesota-based retailer announced last week, in response to ongoing social media complaints, that it would eliminate gendered signage in sections devoted to toys, home, and entertainment.

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The social network is rolling out longer direct messages in a bid to keep users on its app for longer periods of time.

Twitter is formally lifting its 140 character limit for direct messages, after informing developers of the update in June.

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