Wikileaf app helps you find the (legal) herb you’re looking for

Apps that help save time and money while you’re shopping are awesome. Buying weed shouldn’t be any different.

Buying weed can be a chore. No matter if you’re a medical patient or a recreational user, finding the right weed at the right price is one of those things that depends on luck or some other karmic superpower stuff. The new Wikileaf app can help change that.

OK, we know that marijuana isn’t legal everywhere. We’re not condoning or advising anyone to go looking for a street dealer and buying something that’s illegal. We’re talking strictly about states and places in the U.S. where medical or recreational cannabis is available for adults. We’re not here to fuel any arguments about the morality or the details of marijuana legalization, we’re only here to talk about an Android app that makes it easier for folks to buy weed where it’s legal to do so.

The Wikileaf app has a couple different features, each broken into its own section. You can find information about various strains of marijuana and learn about the effects each may have, as well as a recommendation about the best time of day to use it. Nobody wants to be up all night from some spicy Vietnamese Sativa because they had no idea that it would have that effect. Willie Nelson seems like a chill guy so who could have guessed, right? Wikileaf can help take the guessing out of the equation.

The app is location-aware (or you can manually search a location if you would rather) and also gives you information about the dispensaries and shops around you. Because marijuana isn’t available legally everywhere, you’ll find listings for dispensaries and shops for cities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington. I quickly noticed that Washington, DC wasn’t on the list but a quick search of the Wikileaf website let me know that this is because of the weird restrictions for recreational sales forced by an inactive federal government.

Willie Nelson seems like a chill guy, right?

Disillusion from a non-functional legislative body aside, one of the best features of the Wikileaf app is the at-a-glace price map. Pull up a Google map of the area you’re searching, and you can see a pin for each business in the right spot labeled with the lowest priced goods they’re offering. You can search prices this way by the gram, eighth ounce, quarter ounce, half ounce or ounce. A quick tap on any of the pins opens a pop-up that you can use to give the business a call, write a review, get directions or open a page with a full list of what they’re selling and information or photos from both the business and other Wikileaf users.

If weed is legal where you are and you’re partaking, having an app that makes shopping easier only makes sense. Wikileaf isn’t the first app of its kind in Google Play, and it won’t be the last, but it looks like a great option that will be able to help you save time and money. Those are two things everyone can appreciate.

Download: Wikileaf (free)

Project Include cuts ties with Y Combinator over Thiel and Trump

Project Include, a high-profile Silicon Valley diversity initiative, has officially cut ties with the influential Y Combinator venture incubator due to its ties to prominent Donald Trump supporter, Peter Thiel. The venture capitalist gave a speech at the Republican National Convention, and is reported to be offering a $1.25 million donation to Trump. Project Include cofounder Ellen Pao called it “a direct contribution to creating hate and instilling fear.”

In the post, Pao gave a nod to Y Combinator’s work tackling diversity, acknowledging its advances in diversity and inclusion in its own ranks. “We saw an opportunity to work with YC companies interested in building vibrant and diverse organizations, and we actively invited YC as a contributor to our VC Include program,” added Pao. While the group has severed its ties with YC directly, Pao told Motherboard that it would still work with YC companies — albeit directly.

Ellen Pao previously worked inside the ranks of venture capital at Kleiner Perkins. She eventually sued the company for gender discrimination. She then became the CEO of Reddit, but left following a site revolt where the entire front page of the influential site was aimed squarely at abusing the then-chief executive.

Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator, has already stated his support of Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton — and justified keeping Thiel on board — here. “I liked the choice I made,” he told Motherboard, when it came to keeping the venture capitalist. In his own blog post, he said: “The way we got into a situation with Trump as a major party nominee in the first place was by not talking to people who are very different than we are. The polarization of the country into two parallel political realities is not good for any of us. We should talk to each other more, not less.”

Pao notes in her post: “We agree that people shouldn’t be fired for their political views, but this isn’t a disagreement on tax policy, this is advocating hatred and violence.”

I have several thoughts on @sama’s blog post about YC’s relationship w/ Peter Thiel, but I want to focus on these paragraphs in particular. pic.twitter.com/FdbSZAif82

— EricaJoy (@EricaJoy) October 17, 2016

Via: Motherboard

Source: Project Include

Your PlayStation VR experience is best with a charging dock

This all-in-one charging and display stand for PSVR will solve a few problems.

Charging, displaying, and storing your PlayStation VR gear can be a hassle. You need dual Mini USB cables for the Move controllers, you need a Micro-USB cable for the DualShock 4 controller, and you need a safe place to keep the head-mounted display (HMD) and its cables. Without a charging and display solution, you’ll have an unsightly mess of cables in your VR space, and might get stuck waiting for a controller to charge while you could be in VR.

Read more at VR Heads!

Unlocked AT&T BlackBerry Priv will now have updates handled directly by BlackBerry

A changing of the guard — for the better.

Good news for folks who bought an unlocked AT&T branded BlackBerry Priv: updates for your phone will now be handled by BlackBerry directly and bypass any AT&T slow lane silliness.

As CrackBerry reports, this new policy starts today (October 17, 2016) and will be in place for an imminent update headed to unlocked Priv phones.

It’s important to note that this only applies to AT&T-branded phones that were purchased unlocked and not for AT&T locked devices that have been SIM unlocked after purchase. There has been no word if phones with branding from other carriers will see the same treatment.

BlackBerry has been working on this solution for a good part of 2016, and it’s nice to see it finally arrive.

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• The latest Priv news
• Interview: BlackBerry’s President of Devices
• Join the discussion in the forums

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Daily Briefing: LG V20 and AXON 7 Mini preorders are coming soon, Cuba gets the Chrome Web Store

Your daily dose of Android goodness in one ready-to-serve package. It’s delicious!

Happy Monday everyone!

We’re at the tail end of phone season here in Android land, but there are still some to look out for. The LG V20 is almost ready to appear on shelves and hands, and we’ve got a smaller sibling to the well-received AXON 7 from ZTE on its way. Not to mention Google’s Pixel which is due to hit mailboxes in just a few days.

That means we can all take a deep breath and have time to look at the other things that make the Android ecosystem so awesome — Android Wear has some changes coming and we’ll be digging through the developer previews and the same goes for Android 7.1 which should be rolling out in preview form for the Nexus 6P and 5X before the end of the month. That’s followed closely by Google Home and Google WiFi, new Chromecasts, and, well forget what I said about taking a deep breath!

Here’s what’s going on today to keep all of us busy!

T-Mobile opens up V20 pre-orders at $769

Pre-orders get a free set of B&O Play H3 headphones, a $150 value, and customers can knock up to $200 more off the MSRP by turning in their current phone. The V20 also supports T-Mobile’s new AWS-3 network, as we previously knew. In-store availability is set for October 28.

Acer refreshes Chromebook 15 line with longer battery life

The new models come in black instead of the previous white, sport up to 12 hours of battery life and will be compatible with Android apps from Google Play in the future. The core of the experience remains the same with a 15.6-inch display, Celeron N3060 processor and a minimum of 2GB of RAM. Pre-orders are already live at Walmart.

ZTE’s Axon 7 Mini is under $300 and available for pre-order

Interested in ZTE’s Axon 7, but don’t want to cart around a 5.5-inch device? ZTE’s launching the smaller, mid-range Axon 7 Mini on Halloween. Best Buy will be the first to offer the device in gold, with other retailers to follow suit. You can read up on its specifications and availability here.

Development tips for health and fitness apps from the expert

Mary Liz McCurdy, Health & Fitness Lead at Google Play, tells us how health and fitness app developers can use a few simple practices to make better apps. These great tips can make your app fun to use, and more importantly, help people develop their own more healthy lifestyle.

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Google Flights gets even smarter with new alerts and price tracking

If you’re searching for a flight, Google Flights will now give you smart predictions about when you should book to get the best price. You’ll be able to opt into alerts and favorite routes to follow between the desktop and your phone.

The Chrome Web Store opens in Cuba

Starting October 19, developers can publish free apps, themes, and extensions for a new Cuban Chrome Web Store. Content currently marked for all regions will be published in Cuba by default, but developers can fine tune their regional settings in the Chrome store publishing settings. Read more here.

Unlocked AT&T Priv will get updated directly from BlackBerry

Folks who bought an unlocked AT&T branded BlackBerry Priv will now have their updates handled directly from the Waterloo mothership instead of them going through AT&T. This is great news and we hope it extends to models built for other carriers.

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Only four more days to go until Friday, We’ll be here to help you make it through.

Porn sites blocked California users today to protest proposed law

Several porn websites have a new tactic to alert their electorate living in California: Blocking them. On the ballot next month is proposition 60, which would require adult performers to use condoms for all videos made in the state. If they don’t, the law would allow any citizen in the state to sue producers and distributors of prophylactic-lacking porn. In protest, popular sites Vivid, Evil Angel and Kink, among others, have pop-ups urging visitors with California IP addresses to vote ‘no’ on the proposition come election day. If it passes, some are considering blocking those users entirely to protect themselves from litigation.

Prop 60 is sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and operates much like Los Angeles’ Measure B initiative passed in 2012, but would apply to the entire state. The adult industry is broadly opposed to it on the grounds that it restricts performer choice and the lawsuit threats will push some productions underground, resulting in worse conditions. Further, they argue it would expose studios and actors/actresses to harassment by stalkers, trolls and anti-porn activists.

Vivid, Evil Angel and Kink have interrupted or outright blocked users with California IP addresses all day today, but if prop 60 becomes law, they could ban those visitors entirely. Whether that would actually protect the studios, producers and performers from lawsuits is uncertain, but it could logically lower the chance that a viewer within the state would see content that violated the statute.

Source: Vocativ

What’s on your TV: ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Desus & Mero,’ ‘The Walking Dead’

The Walking Dead left us on a cliffhanger during last season’s finale, and we’ll (presumably) find out which longtime cast member dies Sunday night when it returns. Until then, there’s Viceland’s new podcast turned PTI-style latenight show Desus & Mero (the brand is strong), and the third season of Black Mirror premieres on Netflix Friday morning.

Also, the surprisingly awesome musical show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is back for a second season, while F1 races at COTA Sunday afternoon. For gamers, there’s Battlefield 1 and Civilization VI,and movie fans can collect Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth on Blu-ray from Criterion. Look after the break to check out each day’s highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).

Blu-ray & Games & Streaming

• Independence Day: Resurgence (4K, 3D)
• Pan’s Labyrinth (Criterion)
• Body Snatchers
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (4K)
• Bates Motel (S4)
• Downton Abbey: The Complete Collection
• Batman: Return to Arkham (PS4, Xbox One)
• Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky (PS4)
• Rock Band Rivals (PS4, Xbox One)
• The Bug Butcher (PS4, Xbox One)
• Pixel Gear (PS4)
• Battlefield 1 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
• Lego Harry Potter Collection (PS4)
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (PC)
• Eagle Sky (PC, VR)

Monday

• Monday Night Football: Jets vs. Cardinals, ESPN, 8:15PM
• MLB ALCS Game 3: Cleveland vs. Blue Jays, TBS, 8PM
• Supergirl , CW, 8PM
• The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
• Gotham, Fox, 8PM
• The Voice, NBC, 8PM
• Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 8PM
• WWE Raw, USA, 8PM
• X Factor UK, Axs, 8PM
• Kevin Can Wait, CBS, 8:30PM
• Jane the Virgin (season premiere), CW, 9PM
• 2 Broke Girls, CBS, 9PM
• Lucifer, Fox, 9PM
• Fast n’ Loud, Discovery, 9PM
• The Odd Couple (season premiere), CBS, 9:30PM
• Scorpion, CBS, 10PM
• Timeless, NBC, 10PM
• Conviction, ABC, 10PM
• Mary + Jane, MTV, 10PM
• Sacred Steel, Discovery, 10PM
• Desus & Mero (series premiere), Viceland, 11PM
• StarTalk, National Geographic Channel, 11PM

Tuesday

• The Mindy Project, Hulu, 3AM
• 30 for 30: Phi Slama Jama, ESPN, 8PM
• MLB NLCS Game 3: Cubs/Dodgers, Fox Sports 1, 8PM
• The Flash, CW, 8PM
• Brooklyn Nine-nine , Fox, 8PM
• Ben & Lauren, Freeform, 8PM
• The Middle, ABC, 8PM
• 16 for ’16: Perot/Nader, PBS, 8PM
• NCIS, CBS, 8PM
• The Voice, NBC, 8PM
• WWE Smackdown, USA, 8PM
• Undrafted, NFL Network, 8PM
• New Girl, Fox, 8:30PM
• American Housewife, ABC, 8:30PM
• Scream: Halloween Special, MTV, 9PM
• Channel Zero: Candle Cove, Syfy, 9PM
• Bull, CBS, 9PM
• The Letter, Freeform, 9PM
• Fresh Off the Boat, ABC, 9PM
• This is Us, NBC, 9PM
• No Tomorrow, CW, 9PM
• Inside the NFL, Showtime 9PM
• Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove, Discovery, 9PM
• From Dusk till Dawn, El Rey, 9PM
• Forged in Fire, History, 9PM
• The Gary Owen Show, BET, 9:30PM
• The Real O’neal’s, ABC, 9:30PM
• Chicago Fire, NBC, 10PM
• Atlanta, FX, 10PM
• Aftermath, Syfy, 10PM
• Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM
• Black Market, Viceland, 10PM
• A Season with Florida State Football, Showtime, 10PM
• Adam Ruins Everything, TruTV, 10PM
• Drunk History, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
• Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11PM
• The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Comedy Central, 12AM

Wednesday

• Chance, Hulu, 3AM
• People of Earth, TBS, 7:30PM
• MLB NLCS Game 4: Cubs/Dodgers, Fox Sports 1, 8PM
• Arrow, CW, 8PM
• Blindspot, NBC, 8PM
• Lethal Weapon, Fox, 8PM
• Survivor, CBS, 8PM
• Lucha Underground, El Rey, 8PM
• The Third Presidential Debate, ABC/Fox/CBS/NBC/PBS/CNN, 9PM
• Lip Sync Battle, Spike TV, 9PM
• Ghost Hunters, Syfy, 9PM
• Frequency, CW, 9PM
• The Real World, MTV, 10PM
• That Awkward Game Show, Spike TV, 10PM
• You’re the Worst, FXX, 10PM
• American Horror Story FX, 10PM
• South Park, Comedy Central, 10PM
• Still Alive, Discovery, 10PM
• Weediquette, Viceland, 10PM
• Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons, HBO, 10PM
• Legends of Chamberlain Heights, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
• Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11PM

Thursday

• Bears/Packers football, CBS, 8:25PM
• MLB NLCS Game 5: Cubs/Dodgers, Fox Sports 1, 8PM
• DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, CW, 8PM
• Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 8PM
• Superstore, NBC, 8PM
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fox, 8PM
• The Good Place, NBC, 8:30PM
• Supernatural, CW, 9PM
• Chicago Med, NBC, 9PM
• Notorious, ABC, 9PM
• Falling Water, USA, 10PM
• Almost Impossible Game Show, MTV, 10PM
• The Blacklist, NBC, 10PM
• How to Get Away With Murder, ABC, 10PM
• Better Things, FX, 10PM
• Acting Out, MTV, 10:30PM
• Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11PM
• Wonderland, MTV, 11PM

Friday

• An American Girl Story – Melody 1963, Amazon Prime, 3AM
• Black Mirror (S3), Netflix, 3AM
• Midnight Diner (S1), Netflix, 3AM
• Joe Rogan: Triggered, Netflix, 3AM
• Macgyver, CBS, 8PM
• Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
• Dr. Ken, ABC, 8:30PM
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (season premiere), CW, 9PM
• One & Done, Showtime, 9PM
• America Divided, Epix, 9PM
• The Exorcist, Fox, 9PM
• Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 9PM
• Shark Tank, ABC, 9PM
• Z Nation, Syfy, 9PM
• Van Helsing, Syfy, 10PM
• Quarry, Cinemax, 10PM
• Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
• Loosely Exactly Nicole, MTV, 10:30PM
• High Maintenance (season finale), HBO, 11PM
• The Half Hour: Matthew Broussard, Comedy Central, 12AM

Saturday

• Shadows of the Dead, Syfy, 9PM
• Rats, Discovery, 9PM
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (series premiere), BBC America, 9PM
• Weiner, Showtime, 9PM
• Saturday Night Live: Tom Hanks/Lady Gaga, NBC, 11:30PM
• Comic Book Men (season premiere), AMC, 12:40AM

Sunday

• Giants/Rams football, NFL Network, 9:30AM
• F1 US GP, NBC, 3PM
• Seahawks/Cardinals Sunday Night Football, NBC, 8:20PM
• 60 Minutes, CBS, 7:30PM
• Bob’s Burgers, Fox, 7:30PM
• The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, Showtime, 8PM
• Durrells in Corfu, PBS, 8PM
• Killing Reagan, National Geographic Channel, 8PM
• Ash vs. Evil Dead, Starz, 8PM
• Once Upon a Time, ABC, 8PM
• The Simpsons, Fox, 8PM
• Blunt Talk, Starz, 8:30PM
• NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 8:30PM
• Son of Zorn, Fox, 8:30PM
• The Walking Dead (season premiere), AMC, 9PM
• Westworld, HBO, 9PM
• Alaska: The Last Frontier, Discovery, 9PM
• Family Guy, Fox, 9PM
• Poldark, PBS, 9PM
• Secrets and Lies, ABC, 9PM
• Shameless, Showtime, 9PM
• Berlin Station, Epix, 9PM
• The Last Man on Earth, Fox, 9:30PM
• Madam Secretary, CBS, 9:30PM
• Edge of Alaska, Discovery, 10PM
• Eyewitness, USA, 10PM
• Graves, Epix, 10PM
• Divorce, HBO, 10PM
• Masters of Sex, Showtime, 10PM
• The Strain, FX, 10PM
• Talking Dead (season premiere), AMC, 10PM
• Elementary, CBS, 10:30PM
• Insecure, HBO, 10:30PM
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, 11:15PM
• Kevin Hart: Hart of the City, Comedy Central, 11:30PM