Get some career advice with Real Talk

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Have a kid who doesn’t quite know what field to get into or are you planning on making a switch yourself? New app called Real Talk shares helpful career advice from people who are actually doing the job you want, including things like an industrial designer, hair stylist, Facebook engineers, professional YouTubers, to name a few.

You can browse through the app on your own or use guided questions to lead you to a specific field or person. If you want to bookmark interviews, you need to create an account. If you don’t want to, you can just email or share the stories to yourself through another app for later reading. It’s available for free on Android, iOS, and the web.

Source: Lifehacker

Google introduces Local Guides on Maps

Exploring a new city or new spots in your town? Google is asking the help of the locals to give you a hand. This Local Guides feature is new for Maps and is meant to give its users access to people who are familiar with the area. This title is given to top reviewers on the app who know their city enough and want to talk about the best spots in town. You get to become a Local Guide if you have at least 50+ reviews under your belt. If this is something that interests you too, you can check it out here and find out how to join.

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Don’t expect a MacBook/iPad hybrid, says Apple CEO Tim Cook

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With the launch of the iPad Pro, Apple CEO Tim Cook calls it the replacement device for a notebook or desktop. But he clarifies this as meaning Windows-based notebooks and desktops and not the Mac. “We don’t regard Macs and PCs to be the same,” says Cook. “What we’ve tried to do is recognize that people use both iOS and Mac devices.” He didn’t elaborate this in his independent.ie interview. What Apple has done with the iPad Pro and its newer iOS 9 devices is focusing on the handoff feature instead of bringing iOS and OS X into a single operating system. Cook says he doesn’t think that combining the MacBook and iPad is what the consumers really want.

“Because what that would wind up doing, or what we’re worried would happen, is that neither experience would be as good as the customer wants. So we want to make the best tablet in the world and the best Mac in the world. And putting those two together would not achieve either. You’d begin to compromise in different ways,” says Cook.

Source: independent.ie | Via: The Verge

260,000 Kia Souls recalled for possible steering failure

Kia announced that it is recalling 256,459 examples of the 2014-2016 Soul and Soul EV produced between Jan. 18, 2014, and Sept. 30, 2015 for possible steering failure issues. Upon recall, the adhesive that secures the steering pinion gear and the steering gear assembly can potentially separate, and if this happens drivers lose control. Dealers will inspect the affected vehicles and replace the pinion plug if necessary. They'll also install a set bolt to further reinforce things. The campaign will begin Dec. 22. 

No incidents or accidents connected to this steering failure have been reported. 

Source: Autoblog