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Monday, May 30, 2016

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TECHNOLOGY

This motorized wheel adds electric power to your bike

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theverge.com - Many different kinds of personal transportation are undergoing an electric revolution, but electric bikes might make up the biggest section of the market. In fact, it's boomed fast enough that we'r...

Twitter Announces Exemptions to 140 Character Limit, Simplifies Response

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socialmediatoday.com - As flagged recently by Bloomberg (and reported by us), Twitter is about to unload a whole range of changes that could have significant bearing on how people use the platform. Will they be enough to...

The Divi Nation Podcast, Episode 01 — Successful Solopreneurship with Eileen Lonergan

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elegantthemes.com - Posted on August 25, 2015 by Nathan B. Weller in Community | 96 comments Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast and YouTube show–Divi Nation! We’ve successfully taken our concept and creat...

7 Reasons Why I Prefer SEMRush To Any Other SEO Software

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dailyseoblog.com - Of course, there are several SEO tools out there but one tool that consistently impressed me, over the last couple of years is SEM Rush. It started off as a PPC keyword research tool and today is a...

Tinder for insurance lets you insure your electronics by swiping right

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mashable.com - An American startup is hoping to overhaul the stuffy insurance industry with a couple of swipes. On Monday, Trov launched its latest product in Australia: On-demand insurance for single items thro...

What Facebook Live and Periscope need is a waiting room

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techcrunch.com - Livestreams start boring because broadcasters don’t want to begin the real action until more people have tuned in. That can take a few minutes, even with streams being rapidly distributed via push ...

Will PlayStation and Xbox follow mobile's lead with regular upgrade plans?

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mashable.com - It's 2019 and the Xbox Three has just been released. You excitedly pack up your beloved Xbox Two and take it to your favorite local electronics store. Two hours later — after a hard drive transfer...

Afraid of the Snapchat Ghost? Fear Not, Says This Live Streaming Strategist

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smallbiztrends.com - Snapchat delivers around 700 million photos and videos to nearly 200 million monthly active users. Because of this, businesses are spending five times as much to reach the millennial Snapchatting d...

The Beginner’s Guide to Gamification (10 of 90): Core Drive – Empowerment of Creativity & Feedback

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yukaichou.com - (Click here to view all the Video Gamification Episodes) Video Tutorial for Gamification Empowerment of Creativity is the 3rd Core Drive in Octalysis. It is the the ability to utilize your own crea...

Xiaomi unveils its first drone — and it costs just $450 for a 4K video model

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techcrunch.com - Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi officially unveiled its first drone today, ending a week of teasers about it, and the low price of the product might bring some serious competition to the space. Lik...

Musical.ly launches live.ly for live streaming

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

Jaybird’s Freedom headphones bring Bluetooth earbuds a step closer to mainstream

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techcrunch.com - The search for the perfect pair of Bluetooth earbuds has been a long and largely unfruitful one. After all, an awful lot can go wrong for such a small little device — and pretty much everything has...

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 Here’s what you have to know about the VAIO...

Why do chatbots suck?

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techcrunch.com - Faisal Khalid is the founder and CEO of Eva, a chatbot for consumer mortgages. Chatbots have been in the news a lot this year. First there was Tay, Microsoft’s racist love child, who just couldn’t ...

How can billiards work in VR? PoolNation has an answer

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arstechnica.com - The motion-sports craze has given us approximations of just about every pub game, parlor game, and lawn sport, from darts to bowling to bocce. But one Western real-gaming staple somehow never got a...

Netflix releases their own Internet speed testing tool

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webdesignerdepot.com - Internet speed is a subject that is near and dear to our hearts. It matters because we build websites, and we want every user to have the best experience possible. It also matters because we work h...

BSA Pays Disgruntled Employees to Rat on 'Pirating' Bosses - TorrentFreak

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torrentfreak.com - Over the past two decades the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has represented major software companies, including Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle and Symantec, in their fight against under-license...

16 Essential Tools to Help Streamline Your Workload This Summer

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Reg Saddler


socialmediatoday.com - When it comes to managing an ever-growing to-do list, many people struggle to get everything done. Whether you’re a business owner, a solopreneur, or an individual contributor, sometimes it can see...

Toyota Is Buying Up Robotics Companies. Could Boston Dynamics Be Next?

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gizmodo.com - In March, the Toyota Research Institute bought up Cambridge-based startup Jaybridge Robotics, and according to Tech Insider, they may be expanding with another famous Massachusetts company: Google’...

Confessions of a Graphic Designer: Should Every Follower Be Followed Back?

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seattledesigner.blogspot.com - Common sense says you should follow whomever you want. But recently I read a post by a blogger who felt everyone on Twitter—especially those in "leadership" positions—should follow everyone back. ...

Work & Play Bundle Now Provides Less But Costs More - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - A friend with an expiring Work & Play bundle subscription noted that the new deal is not as good as it was last year: The current version of the Bundle is $50 more expensive than before and provide...

38 Tips on Social Media Etiquette for Business

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jeffbullas.com - The problem with common sense is that it isn’t very common. When you add the global reach of social media the reality is that bad manners, poor behaviour and forgotten etiquette become amplified. S...

Blendle now lets you pay-per-article from US apps

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theverge.com - Blendle is a Dutch startup which aggregates news from media companies that maintain a paywall, then allows users to pay a small amount per article to read what they like. Micropayments make the bar...

If Google’s right about AI, that’s a problem for Apple – Marco.org

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marco.org - May 21, 2016 ∞http://marco.stfi.re/2016/05/21/avoiding-blackberrys-fate Before the iPhone, RIM’s BlackBerry was the king of smartphones. They seemed unstoppable, because by most accounts, they were...

Apple iPhone 5 32GB Nero

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alphalevel.net - Apple iPhone 5S 32GB Smartphone, Grigio Siderale [Germania] for EUR 839,00 EUR 430,95 New from EUR 430,95 Used from EUR 280,00 Continua a immaginare. L'abbiamo lucidamente sognato. Maniacalmente pr...

Want to get more unpaid landing page traffic? Try these 3 things!

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instapage.com - You built Google AdWords and Bing Ads accounts, established your monthly budget, confirmed the keyword phrases you are going to advertise on, and created your awesome ready-to-convert landing page....

Marketing Strategies Today: How do Facebook videos compare to YouTube videos?

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caribbeannewsnow.com - By Mitch Carson If you are a regular Facebook user, you might have noticed that there are more videos in the newsfeed than there used to be a few months ago. This development has mainly been due to...

AdEspresso takes Facebook marketing to the next level

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realtybiznews.com - In order to stay connected with current and prospective clients, and generate new leads, many real estate agents turn to Facebook. After all, it’s one of the most popular social media sites used by...

7 Local Marketing Myths That Are Holding Your Business Back

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andyrkelly.com - 7 Local Marketing Myths That Are Holding Your Business Back There is a unique challenge to online local marketing. Your competition pool is often smaller and much more unique. Therefore the goal of...

Hosting In Several Easy To Follow Steps!

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agentmonhost.com - If you want to get your website on the Internet, you need some sort of best webhosting, so it’s time to learn about it. You might envision and even get daunted by the idea of your page sitting on s...

Cats And Dogs 2 – Nintendo DS

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familypetshop.net - Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore ... (Nintendo DS) 60fps Official Cats and Dogs revenge of Kitty Galore Nintendo DS video game trailer Cats & Dogs The Revenge of Kitty Galore (Nintendo DS) ...

Are You Baller Enough To Drive These Super-Luxurious SUVs?

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gq.com - Meet the Jaguar F-Pace, Maserati Levante, and Bentley Bentayga—luxury SUVs that might incur the wrath of the plebes Let's say you have money. Vacation-house money. Maybe even his-and-hers-catamaran...

Newspaper Industry Files Federal Suit Against Ad-blocking Industry

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legalinsurrection.com - Newspapers face a range of problems from loss of public trust to loss of print readership to bankruptcy and collapse to transitioning to digital journalism. The newspaper industry has lumbered, so...

When to use White Hat Gamification Design - Yu-kai Chou & Gamification

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yukaichou.com - (Below is a snippet of Gamification Book: Actionable Gamification – Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards. Please subscribe to the mailing list on the right to order the book when it launches. Th...

The phones of 2017 will be all about VR

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mashable.com - If you've tried virtual reality, whether or not it blew your mind probably depends on how you experienced it: whether it was with a high-end headset like the Oculus Rift or one that used a smartpho...

The Real Deal! | Android Apps for Musicians and Music Makers – stupidDOPE

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stupiddope.com - Android is taking over the smartphone world if you look at the best-selling mobile operating system. Yes, Apple still remains as a tour de force of the mobile world – they are, after all, the ones ...

HP just officially made backpack VR computers a trend

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theverge.com - HP's recently launched Omen gaming line will soon include a high-end PC that's also a backpack, designed for walking around in virtual reality. Because we live in a strange world, this is becoming ...

How Might the U.S. Deal With an Aggressive Iran?

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newsadvance.com - Several weeks ago I asked a University of Virginia Osher Lifelong Learning Institute class how they would expect the Obama administration to respond if hard-line Islamist elements in Iran were allo...

This infographic shows Tesla's rivals in the electric vehicle industry

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visualcapitalist.com - If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Elon Musk should be blushing. In addition to the increased competition from big auto manufacturers, there are also now many venture-backed start...

Setting Goals: In Pursuit of Fabulous!

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lainaturner.com - How often do you set a goal and then fail to follow through, get discouraged and give up, or completely forget about it 3 days later and are on to the next? It used to happen to me all the time. I ...

Twitter paid 2.1 crores under its ‘HackerOne’ programme in 2 years

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deccanchronicle.com - Mumbai: Microblogging site Twitter has been going through numerous changes over the past few months and has encountered numerous errors during the process. However, the effect has been limited to a...

The Information Professional – Software Diplomat

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bigmenoncontent.com - As people use more web and mobile applications in their personal lives, they’re expecting more out of technology in their professional lives. The role of the Information Professional has become eve...