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Monday, April 11, 2016

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FRUGAL BUSINESS: 8 Great Tim Cook Business Quotes

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myfrugalbusiness.com - Tim Cook had some incredibly large shoes to fill when he took over as Apple's CEO after Steve Jobs' illness and eventual passing in 2011. Cook helped Apple become one of the most valuable companies...

Live Music Sessions from the VR Basement of KCRW - VRScout

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vrscout.com - The legendary basement of Los Angeles-based radio station KCRW plays host to some our favorite in-studio sessions for Morning Becomes Eclectic, the station’s flagship music program. With artist jam...

The desire to fiddle and other enemies of building a brand - SmartCompany

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smartcompany.com.au - What are the enemies of building a brand? The desire to fiddle, resistance, and the doldrums. The first one – the desire to fiddle – might feel counterintuitive. After all it’s via all the stuff yo...

River North Neckties

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kickstarter.com - We've been in the design and clothing industry for over 10 years, we research, sketch, design, and practice quality control every day. We're exceedingly prideful in every design we release. If it's...

File Syncing Showdown: Google Drive vs. Dropbox vs. OneDrive

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lifehacker.com - Access to decent cloud storage is practically a necessity these days whether it’s for work or play, but everyone seems to have an opinion on which one is best. Let’s break down three of the most po...

Facebook will announce chatbot and live chat APIs at F8

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techcrunch.com - Chatbots could replace 1-800 numbers, and Facebook wants them on Messenger. But most businesses don’t have the resources or technical skills to build chatbots themselves. That’s why Facebook is cur...

Tagging may be the best way to make IoT contextually relevant and usable

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techcrunch.com - Jim Hunter is chief scientist and technology evangelist at Greenwave Systems. Before the iPhone, we lived in caves. And it was easy to organize things in our cave. Rocks went in the rock pile. Club...

Uncle Sam wants you… to hack the Pentagon

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techcrunch.com - Chris Lynch is a director of the U.S. Digital Service's program with the Department of Defense. The name, I was told, was a non-starter. There was simply no way we would call it Hack the Pentagon. ...

The open web is not going away

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techcrunch.com - Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, and Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress, recently posted calls to arms (of sorts) in defense of the “open web.” I, too, am a believer in the open web — a...

Review: Doppler Labs AR Listening System Signals The Future Is Here

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techcrunch.com - For years now, we’ve though of Augmented Reality in the context of our vision — Google Glass started the trend, and the Microsoft HoloLens enforced it. But the folks at Doppler Labs believe the fut...

From MUD to MMOG: The making of RuneScape

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arstechnica.com - Gower would grow up to become, along with his brothers Paul and Ian, the co-founders of Jagex Games Studio and creators of its flagship title RuneScape. It's one of the longest-running massively-mu...

Pseudonym Font Family of 24 Subtly-Flared Serif Fonts - only $19! - MightyDeals

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mightydeals.com - Pseudonym Font Family of 24 Subtly-Flared Serif Fonts - only $19! Please select... Desktop Fonts - $19 Desktop + Web Fonts - $27 Please select... Desktop Fonts - $19 Desktop + Web Fonts - $27 Buy n...

Malvertising Campaign Hits Top Websites to Spread Ransomware

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thehackernews.com - Hackers are always in search for an elite method to create loopholes in the cyberspace to implement the dark rules in the form of vulnerability exploitation. Top Trustworthy sites such as The New Y...

Top 5 Facebook Video Statistics for 2016 [Infographic]

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socialmediatoday.com - Last year saw exceptional growth for video on Facebook. At the end of 2014 the site hosted approximately one billion video views per day. By the close of 2015, that figure had grown to over eight b...

Save 63% on adidas® Originals by Monster® Over-Ear Headphones [DEALS]

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androidcommunity.com - Enjoy impeccable sound, comfort, and style with a pair of adidas® Originals by Monster® Over-Ear Headphones, 63% off for Android Community readers. There are headphones and then there’s adidas® Ori...

Have You Been Sharing Less on Facebook?

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fortune.com - If you haven’t posted anything personal on Facebook FB in awhile, you’re not alone. A damning report published by The Information on Thursday revealed that Facebook has been struggling to reverse a...

Nikon updates D3300, D5500 and D5300 firmware

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amateurphotographer.co.uk - Firmware update 1.01 for the Nikon D3300, D5500 and D5300 adds support for the AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR and AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G. Announced earlier this month, the AF-P DX ...

Loyalty360 - Neiman Marcus Maintains Brand Loyalty by Ensuring Customers Are Safe from Email Fraud

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loyalty360.org - Neiman Marcus, a leading North American retailer, is taking precautions to stay a step ahead of potential cybercriminals. Through a partnership with email data specialist Return Path, the retail br...

Loyalty360 - Customer Engagement, Customer Service Vault Audi to Top Spot in J.D. Power Study

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loyalty360.org - Officials of Audi of America have been working toward a particular customer service/customer engagement milestone. Now, that aspiration has come true. For the first time ever, Audi was named the to...

Morces.com: Get More Than Just a Mobile Site! - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Morces is an absolute free platform for all users to go mobile in a matter of minutes! In addition to optimizing website for mobile devices, Morces provides comprehensive set of social tool such as...

Unusual Traffic Strategies for 2016

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buzzblogger.com - We’re starting a brand new series this week all about new and unusual traffic strategies for 2016. This is Part 1 in a 3-part series. I’ve personally been seeing a lot of “rehashed” traffic strateg...

6 Tips for Marketers Who Want to Connect in a Meaningful Way With Millennials

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adweek.com - While brand experiences have grown in scope, scale, sophistication and effectiveness in recent years, there are a host of new issues and challenges marketers must understand and manage to take thes...

15 Must-Have Apps That Will Make Your Life More Convenient

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lifehack.org - We live in a time where there is a need for speed. An average person performs multiple tasks during each day besides their regular work. We organize our time as best as we can to do as much as poss...

12 Life-Changing Websites to Save You More Time and Energy

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lifehack.org - It’s clear that time is the most important commodity we have in life. Every second that goes by, time becomes more and more important because we have a finite amount of it. Yet, it seems that the m...

5 Tips That Will Make You Rethink Your Job Search

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lifehack.org - The job search isn’t a loved process. We know we need to go through it to achieve our dreams, yet it’s dreaded by most job seekers. It’s long, boring, frustrating, and stressful. But, what if I tol...

Do You Really Need All These Apps?

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lifehack.org - There are millions of apps available for download just for iOS alone. All of them are supposed to make your life easier, more convenient, more fun – but do they really? Or, at least, do we really n...

How to Make Your Blog a Cybersecurity Fortress

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problogger.net - This is a guest contribution from Cassie Phillips. Problogger is where I learned a lot of my own blogging skills, and I cannot compliment Darren enough for creating a space for bloggers that focuse...

5 can't-miss apps: 'Disney Crossy Road,' Microsoft Translator and more

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mashable.com - Tech 5 can't-miss apps: 'Disney Crossy Road,' Hippo Pics, Microsoft Translator and more With WhatsApp stepping up its encryption and new developments in Apple's fight with the FBI, you may have mis...

The harsh truth about speed-reading

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kernelmag.dailydot.com - For a long time, people have claimed to be able to read very quickly without any loss of comprehension—and many have claimed to teach this amazing skill. President Kennedy was one famous speed-read...

Technology is Rebuilding the Construction Industry

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huffingtonpost.com - The building industry is notoriously slow when it comes to adopting and utilizing technological solutions. However, Google's Project Tango could be about to change all that if its self-3D mapping s...

The Senate’s Draft Encryption Bill Is ‘Ludicrous, Dangerous, Technically Illiterate’

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wired.com - As Apple battled the FBI for the last two months over the agency’s demands that Apple help crack its own encryption, both the tech community and law enforcement hoped that Congress would weigh in w...

Tips To Avoiding Many Mobile Marketing Scams

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marketingpromotion.biz - There are so many factors to consider when it comes to building a mobile marketing plan that you might not know where to start. This article will turn you to hone your mobile marketer. You can begi...

Web hosting 237 Success Secrets – 237 Most Asked Questions On Web hosting – What You Need To Know - Web hosting 237 Success Secrets - 237 Most Asked Questions On Web hosting - What You Need To Know

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agentmonhost.com - New, complete Web hosting. There has never been a Web hosting Guide like this. It contains 237 answers, much more than you can imagine; comprehensive answers and extensive details and references, w...

iPhone SE Launch Gets a Lukewarm Response in India

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iphonehacks.com - It looks like Apple’s plan to launch a budget iPhone for markets like India has backfired. The company’s latest 4-inch iPhone, the iPhone SE, went on sale in India last Friday, but demand for the h...

FBI Director Reveals Why He Puts Tape Over His Laptop’s Webcam

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theblaze.com - FBI Director James Comey revealed the reason behind why he places a piece of tape over his laptop computer’s webcam during a speech Wednesday at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. During the Wednesda...

DOJ will continue to push Apple to unlock iPhone 5s at center of Brooklyn drug case

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appleinsider.com - DOJ will continue to push Apple to unlock iPhone 5s at center of Brooklyn drug case By Neil Hughes Friday, April 08, 2016, 08:24 am PT (11:24 am ET) The U.S. Justice Department plans to continue ...

I spent a month as a human version of Siri — and how Facebook can avoid repeating history

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businessinsider.com - Five years ago, I became an anonymous guru, answering the world's questions sent in via text. My specialty was looking up Google Maps directions. Sitting in my pajamas with a laptop in my lap, I wo...

Tech startups helping retailers lure customers to stores - The Economic Times

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economictimes.indiatimes.com - By Shadma Shaikh BENGALURU: You walk down a shopping street and your smartphone starts to buzz — the Zara top you looked up the other day is available in your size and black colour with a 10% disco...

Medium and Twitter founder: ‘We put junk food in front of them and they eat it’

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theguardian.com - Ev Williams is not a fan of the increasingly homogenised media he currently sees, with its emphasis on feeding the great, gaping maw of platforms like Twitter and Facebook too often producing what ...

Trump's Twitter Army Appears To Be Phony

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dailywire.com - Anybody who tweets out against real estate mogul Donald Trump immediately get swarmed by hordes of vicious pro-Trump Twitter accounts. It turns out many of those accounts appear to be fake and part...

If you want to have a lucrative career in tech, learning this top programming language is a good place to start

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businessinsider.com - The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Java is one of the most popular...

Phantom polls post puts ANC in Twitter twist

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timeslive.co.za - The post, which read: "If you don't support Cde Jacob Zuma, we do not want your votes! #Elections2016", was quickly deleted after it appeared on Twitter. The tweet follows growing calls for Preside...

Brand voice and UX: a starter guide - InVision Blog

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blog.invisionapp.com - Why is it that some products take a piece of our heart? What is it about their design that makes us feel connected, amused, and delighted? The iOS and Google Play stores contain over 2 million apps...

Les cachotteries des télécoms - La Presse+

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plus.lapresse.ca - J’en ai ras le pompon des cachotteries des fournisseurs de télécom. J’en ai assez de leurs publicités qui ne donnent pas l’heure juste. À cause de leurs stratégies, la clientèle est toujours obligé...