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By Dan Bova

  1. A new report in Ars Technica reveals that Facebook has been scraping and collecting Android users' call and text data for years. A Facebook representative said that the practice is "widely used," and that users are able to opt-out if they wish.
  2. Apple is proposing a new set of emojis to "better represent individuals with disabilities." Emojis wearing hearing aids, communicating with sign language and using wheelchairs and canes are among the new proposed options.
  3. Alibaba and Ford teamed up to open a cat-themed car vending machine in China that lets customers test-drive vehicles. The test drives are free, as long as customers have a credit score of 700 or above.

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Dan Bova

Entrepreneur Staff

VP of Special Projects

Dan Bova is the VP of Special Projects at Entrepreneur.com. He previously worked at Jimmy Kimmel Live, Maxim, and Spy magazine. His latest books for kids include This Day in History, Car and Driver's Trivia ZoneRoad & Track Crew's Big & Fast Cars, The Big Little Book of Awesome Stuff, and Wendell the Werewolf

Read his humor column This Should Be Fun if you want to feel better about yourself.

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