We cover a range of subjects this week, including Nokia selling their awesome mapping service ‘Here’ to German carmakers, a gold plated ‘Cecil the lion’ inspired HTC phone and why bacon tastes oh so good. Facebook is literally taking off and Dave Grohl responds to the cries of a 1000 Italian musicians to come play in Italy. This and much more on episode 26 of The Lazy Couch.

Episode 26. Recorded Wednesday 5 August 2015.

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Show notes

* OnePlus draws a crowd in Time Square | The Verge

* Top Gear’s Clarkson, Hammond and May sign Amazon Prime deal | The Guardian

* Nokia sells Here maps business to carmakers Audi, BMW and Daimler | cnet

* Researchers mount successful attacks against TOR | MIT news

* You can honour Cecil the Lion by buying $2,500 gold plated HTC M9 phone | Bestmobs

* Amazon starts charging $5 for Dash Buttons to make ordering a cinch | Geekwire

* Apple’s music deals allow for new Beats stations at any time | The Verge

* Netflix announces its new ‘unlimited’ maternity and paternity leave program | TechCrunch

* Microsoft revamps Outlook on the web | VentureBeat

* Leaked images of new Samsung Galaxy Note 5 | Droid Life

* Twitter may be a takeover target but Google unlikely to take it over | re/code

* Video: Facebook has completed the construction of ‘Aquila’, a full-scale drone/aircraft to deliver internet to remote areas | Zuckerberg’s Facebook

* Facebook ‘Live Events’ could command a truly global audience | Wired

* Watch 1,000 musicians perform Foo Fighters’ Learn To Fly | Triple M

* The comp...