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Saturday, May 28, 2016

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TECHNOLOGY

Make your bike electric with this GeoOrbital swap-in wheel

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live-smart.co - Zipping through the streets on a pair of electric wheels is every cycling commuter’s dream. But if there’s nothing particularly wrong with your bog-standard bicycle, making the upgrade to an electr...

GaggleAMP AMPlify employee and partner engagement conference

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biznology.com - While you’re reading this on Tuesday, I am writing it on the Sunday before, since I will be mounting my 1995 BMW K1100LT touring motorcycle, donning my Shoei RF-1100 helmet and Aerostich Falstaff m...

Instagram Algorithm: How Marketers Should Alter Their Strategy : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Have you heard about the new algorithm and other changes? Sue B. Zimmerman joins us to explore the latest Instagram updates. The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from ...

Dell targets SMBs in China with launch of new company

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businesscloudnews.com - Dell has prioritized growing its presence within the Chinese market targeting SMBs and public sector organizations, according to China Daily. Speaking at the China Big Data Industry Summit in Guiya...

Google Photos: One year, 200 million users, and a whole lot of selfies

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googleblog.blogspot.com - A year ago, we introduced Google Photos with one mission: To be a home for all your photos and videos, organized and brought to life, so that you can share and save what matters. Now 200 million of...

We put 5 popular couples apps to the test and they all failed

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mashable.com - Most apps designed for couples, especially long distance couples, don't offer anything too special. Snapchat is already great for sending a quick picture; you're probably already texting or using ...

Samsung's next Galaxy phone may have a 4K screen designed for VR

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mashable.com - A smartphone with 4K display sounds like overkill for daily use, but for use with VR, it would mean sharper virtual worlds with fewer visible pixels. Where do we sign up? Samsung showed off a new 5...

Unity Course: Learn Unity 5 at Your Pace on Udemy

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udemy.com - Unity is a video game development environment, popular with professional and amateur game developers. Unity can deploy games to a very wide range of platforms from a single unified base (hence the ...

Learn and Understand AngularJS - Udemy

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udemy.com - Includes information on the next version - AngularJS 2.0! Knowing AngularJS can get you a job or improve the one you have. It's a skill that will put you more in demand in the modern web developmen...

Applications are open for Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2016!

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techcrunch.com - Applications for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF are now open. We’re looking for new, yet-to-launch startups to debut on the Disrupt Stage. For those of you who don’t yet know, the Startup Ba...

Rise of Mechagodzilla: Nissan's 600-horsepower 2017 GT-R NISMO

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mashable.com - If Nissan's GT-R is Godzilla, the 600-horsepower GT-R NISMO is Mechagodzilla. On Friday morning, Nissan unveiled the 2017 GT-R NISMO, the most extreme version of the "new" GT-R that debuted at the ...

5 Rules That Will Increase Your Landing Page Video Viewership

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instapage.com - Here’s a fascinating stat for you: By 2017, video will account for 69% of all consumer Internet traffic. Translation: a high percentage of consumers are already using videos to seek out information...

Going Global: How to Optimize Your Site for Worldwide Conversions

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entrepreneur.com - We live in an international market. The internet has opened up the gateways between countries, making it easier than ever to appeal to a global audience. But global opportunities also lead to slipu...

In the Xbox One racing field, Forza Motorsport 6 easily snags pole position

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arstechnica.com - Did that release sneak up on you, too? If pre-launch chatter around Forza 6 seems to be at “merely the latest installment” levels, blame 2013. Forza 5 left some fans feeling short-changed, and even...

Samsung reportedly working on a gamepad controller for Gear VR

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androidcommunity.com - One of the joys of virtual reality is that playing mobile games has become even more interesting. But if you have a Samsung Gear VR and you want to or have to use a gamepad controller to play your ...

Apple is ‘working rapidly’ to launch Apple Pay in more countries in Asia and Europe

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techcrunch.com - Apple Pay may only be available in six countries right now, but the iPhone maker is keen to extend the footprint of the digital payment service worldwide. That’s according to Jennifer Bailey, VP of...

Review: VAIO’s Z Flip ultrabook shows little learned

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techcrunch.com - But to be fair, despite new management, it doesn’t seem like much of the formula has changed for the better, if at all. Price as Reviewed: $1,999 at VAIO So, here’s what you have to know about the ...

Jolla launches a community device program for its Sailfish mobile OS

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techcrunch.com - Just when you thought Finnish mobile OS maker Jolla had given up on making its own mobile hardware, given its recent financing troubles which led to it having to shutter a planned tablet, it gets b...

Google app for iOS gets support for AMP and keyboard shortcuts

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techcrunch.com - Google launched an updated version of its Google app for iOS today. Typically, these are minor updates, but today’s version brings a couple of interesting new features to the app. The most immediat...

13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week

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techcrunch.com - This week, Google successfully defended itself against the the $9 billion fair use court case against Oracle, Snapchat’s financials were leaked, Twilio revealed its IPO filing and more. These are t...

The UE Roll 2 speakers bring rugged Bluetooth audio poolside

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techcrunch.com - The UE Roll 2 is fun. How do I know it’s fun? Look at all of the press images on the side of the box. It’s gone skiing, bike riding, mountain climbing and rolling around in the mud with a bunch of ...

Musical.ly launches live.ly for livestreaming

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techcrunch.com - Musical.ly is expanding beyond music videos with the launch of livel.ly, its live stream platform. Users will be able to broadcast through the livel.ly app, and the streams will be viewable on musi...

HP sheds some more light the Omen X VR PC backpack

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techcrunch.com - The Omen X by HP VR PC is nothing if not compelling. The company showed off a picture of the concept earlier today and let slip a smattering of details around the backpack PC but not much else. No ...

Copyright questions remain after Google’s fair use victory

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techcrunch.com - If you didn’t already know the jury’s decision in Oracle’s long-running lawsuit against Google, you wouldn’t have been able to guess it from looking at either company’s legal team yesterday. Moment...

Blendle adds apps for its pay-per-story news service in the US

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techcrunch.com - News delivery startup Blendle, which is applying a marketplace model to journalism offering pay-per-article reads from a range of different publishers, has launched iOS and Android apps in the US, ...

10 old electronics that could be worth a fortune

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holykaw.alltop.com - If you’ve been looking for a reason to go through those boxes clogging the attic, we just found ten great ones. Turns out, those old electronics that never made it to the trash could be worth money...

12 Types of Facebook Live Videos that You Could Create to Help You Grow Your Blog and Business

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problogger.net - This week we’re taking a deep dive into Facebook Live Video and how you can use it as a blogger to deepen relationships with your readers, build your profile, extend your reach on Facebook and much...

A Universal Interface That You Control By Doodling

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fastcodesign.com - Right now, the Internet of Things is controlled by a thousand little apps that mostly live in your smartphone, each with its own UI. But what would a universal UI for the IoT look like? In the mind...

eCommerce UX Mistakes That Drive Us Nuts

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speckyboy.com - You’ve spent countless hours tweaking your CSS, testing your responsive breakpoints, and checking site speed. You know the site like the back of your hand. Your eCommerce site is beautifully design...

5 Ways to Improve Your Millennial Marketing Strategy

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entrepreneur.com - Millennials are one of marketers’ biggest challenges. They have tremendous buying power but are skeptical of traditional marketing. This presents a unique challenge: In order to connect with this e...

Samsung Pay to finally launch in Europe, Spain the first stop

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androidcommunity.com - The battle of the mobile payment gateways will surely heat up this 2016 as Android Pay, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay try to one up each other in order to be the service of choice for users. Samsung i...

Hyundai teaches car owners to add Android Auto DIY

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androidcommunity.com - A lot of drivers have been enjoying the added benefits of smartphone integration into their cars, and Android users would probably want Android Auto to be the central information and entertainment ...

Philips rolls out new 6000 Series 4K TVs with Google Cast powers

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androidcommunity.com - Philips proudly announced its latest 4K TVs--the next 6000 Series. These new models will feature Google Cast so it's easier to share and stream content from one mobile device and display on the TV....

Snapseed version 2.5 brings last edits, horizontal flips

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androidcommunity.com - Photo editing has become a much better process ever since mobile apps have been sprouting up left and right. Graphic artists aren’t the only ones anymore who can edit and manipulate a picture, but ...

BlackBerry PRIV ready to receive keyboard and camera updates

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androidcommunity.com - BlackBerry has always been reliable when it comes to releasing updates for its latest smartphones. There's only the BlackBerry PRIV in the limelight so the company really has no excuse not to be on...

MarTech Today: The fading Windows Phone, the top payment processors & the Flash Apocalypse

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marketingland.com - Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: The not-so-wonderful life of Microsoft’s Windows...

An Interview with Paul Thurrott: Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to Windows 10 NOW! - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - I sat down (virtually) with Microsoft’s Dan Stolts on TechNet Radio to discuss my top 10 reasons to upgrade to Windows 10: It’s free, automatic and regular updates, Windows Hello, Edge, Cortana, Ac...

'I gave up my life in London to become a goat in Switzerland'

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dailymail.co.uk - When the rat race became too much for Thomas Thwaites he quit London and became a goat... in Switzerland. The 35-year-old spent a year creating prosthetic 'goat legs' that would allow him to roam ...

Words Done Write: Intranet or Email Newsletter: Which is Best for Employees?

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wordsdonewrite.org - There are many ways to communicate with employees these days, but which ones are the best for your business? Frequently, as internal communications professionals review their options, they ask them...

GoDaddy Launches Flare Idea-Sharing App on iOS

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adweek.com - GoDaddy launched Flare, its idea-sharing application, on iOS. The app encourages users to share their business ideas with the community to receive feedback and advice. With Flare, users are present...

Non-Facebook Users to Start Seeing Audience Network-Powered Ads

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adweek.com - “Over the coming months,” you won’t have to be a Facebook user to see ads powered by the social network. Facebook announced in a Facebook for Business post that it is extending the reach of its Fac...

Google Beats Oracle In Long-Running Java Copyright Case - InformationWeek

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informationweek.com - Google's use of Oracle's Java APIs in Android qualifies as fair use, a jury decided in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, marking the second time Google has prevailed in a case that dates back to ...

Facebook clone launched in North Korea

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money.cnn.com - Go to starcon.net.kp and you'll find a very familiar looking website. It's called "Best Korea's Social Network" and the homepage has a thin blue banner at the top with a search field for "people, #...

Reports indicate Jawbone is selling speaker business, stopped fitness tracker production

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mashable.com - According to two new reports, Jawbone is having some major problems. According to Tech Insider, the company has stopped making its Up fitness tracker. Additionally, the company has sold-off its re...

Google wins against Oracle but the fight over fair use and APIs drags on

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mashable.com - On Thursday, Google’s long protracted battle with Oracle ended in Google’s favor when a jury of 10 people found in Google’s favor. The details of Oracle v. Google go all the way back to 2010, when ...

Gawker has this billionaire in its corner

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money.cnn.com - EBay cofounder Pierre Omidyar's media firm First Look Media is rallying other media outlets in an amicus effort. The news comes after Thiel, a Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur, admitted he ...

Not Content with Your Content? PR Can Help - DGI Wire

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dgiwire.com - (DGIwire) — These days, it’s easy for a company or brand with years of experience to get swept up in the veritable deluge of constant digital content. It’s not enough for a company to merely have a...

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...

Web Forms: What’s the Ideal Placement on Your Landing Pages?

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instapage.com - Creating an optimized landing page is no piece of cake. It’s not as simple as using default form fields and slapping the form on the page to collect leads. Marketers need to strike the right balanc...

Facebook expands Audience Network reach beyond just its users -- to everyone

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marketingland.com - Two years ago Facebook launched the Facebook Audience Network as part of an effort to expand the reach of Facebook ads outside of the boundaries of Facebook itself. Facebook users could then be tar...