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16 May 2016 / SF News / Eve Batey

Monday Morning Roundup: Apple Watches Credited For Politeness

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  • Your Saturday and Sunday links.
  • Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway picked up $1.07 billion worth of Apple in the first quarter of this year. [Bloomberg]
  • Apple Watch wearers say the device makes them more polite. [Cnet]
  • If you're going to rob a car wash (or anywhere!) maybe find a better bag for the money? [Associated Press]
  • “In SF over the last 30 days, 69 percent of all buyers paid over the asking price for the home they purchased.” [SF Chronicle]
  • Local writer Dinah Sanders offers her June 2016 Election Slate endorsements for San Francisco. [MetaGrrrl]
  • Adobe's Flash Player will be switched off by default at the end of this year, meaning Chrome users will need to actively turn it on for all but a handful of top websites. [Cnet]
  • That sickening feeling when you realize your wallet has "disappeared" as you ride a crowded Muni bus. [Fog City Notes]
  • A slowdown by Silicon Valley's "Big 5" companies could cause "the sublease market to blow up, rents to drop, and new construction to grind to a halt." [The Registry]
  • Nancy Pelosi tells her daughter how she almost didn't run for Congress. [Huffington Post]
  • The stray cat who infiltrated a Sharks game has found a new home. [ABC 7]
  • The Mission's last cowboy gear shop is closing. [Mission Local]
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