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State Dept. Turned Off Security Features on Hillary Clinton's Homebrew Email Server - Breitbart
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breitbart.com - Just weeks later, according to previously disclosed emails, hackers attacked the server, forcing Clinton’s staff to shut it down. The next day, one of Clinton’s closest aides, Huma Abedin, wrote to...
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...
What changed for 'Call of Duty' after all the YouTube hate? Nothing
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mashable.com - The Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare reveal wasn't well-received on YouTube. Okay, that's an understatement: The game's debut trailer currently ranks as the most disliked in the site's history. So h...
Legrand® Enables PoE Intelligent LED Lighting at Launch Fishers, Joins Cisco Digital Ceiling Framework
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prnewswire.com - NEW LONDON, Conn., June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Legrand®, a global leader in high-performance network infrastructure solutions, today announced it has joined the Cisco Digital Ceiling framework. A...
Sevenhugs bets on smartphone-free connected home future with $14.6M Series A
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Jefferson Faudan
techcrunch.com - French startup Sevenhugs closed a $14.6 million Series A today led by Xerys on a quest to better integrate smart home technology. Sevenhugs has already developed a sleep tracker and is nearing comp...
Relax surfers, Dorsal’s crowdsourced shark reporting app is now available in the USA
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Jefferson Faudan
techcrunch.com - I’m not a surfer. I can barely stand up on a skateboard. The sport does look thrilling in the slo-mo action videos you see on YouTube and I’ll admit that when I have been to the beach and seen surf...
YouTube went down this morning for the first time in forever
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - YouTube suffered a major outage this morning that appeared to affect most of its users worldwide. Although the site was back up again within the hour, it marks the first major outage for the Google...
Samsung's new Notebook 7 Spin is a tablet and laptop
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Lenovo had it right from the start — and Samsung wants a piece of the action. For years now, Lenovo's Yoga 2-in-1 laptops have attracted customers with screens that can flipped all the way back to ...
Microsoft Issues Firmware Updates for Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 - Thurrott.com
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thurrott.com - Microsoft has issued June 2016 firmware updates for its Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 tablets. And if I’m reading this right, they may have just fixed an issue I’d been experiencing with Surface B...
betternet :Provides Parents With Information About Their Kids' Online Behavior - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Colton Shields”, Co-Founder of the Provo – USA based start-up “bettrnet” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and w...
Photo reveals even Zuckerberg tapes his Webcam and Microphone for Privacy
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Reg Saddler
thehackernews.com - What do you do to protect your 'Privacy' and keep yourself safe from potential hackers? Well, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just need a bit of tape to cover his laptop webcam and mic jack in order t...
SoundCloud improves music discovery with new Suggested Tracks feature
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techcrunch.com - SoundCloud is launching a new feature that aims to help its users find new tracks and artists they’ll love, based on their activity and listening history. Called “Suggested Tracks,” the addition is...
Simple Habit is an app to squeeze mindfulness into your busy day
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techcrunch.com - The stress of running a startup guided founder Yunha Kim to her next idea: a mindfulness app called Simple Habit, offering audio meditations as short as five-minutes so that busy people can squeeze...
The Perfect Memory camera will record your entire life
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techcrunch.com - Imagine having a perfect recall and a way to auto-edit your life into exciting, fun snippets (even if your life isn’t exciting or fun.) That’s what the Perfect Memory wireless camera aims to do. Th...
Microsoft announces new data protection tool to help enterprises secure their data
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techcrunch.com - Microsoft today announced a new project that aims to help enterprises protect their data as it moves between servers and devices. The new Azure Information Protection service builds on the Azure Ri...
An early look at macOS Sierra
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techcrunch.com - macOS Sierra is Apple’s latest version of its operating system for the Mac. While the final version will only be available in the fall, I’ve been playing around with the first beta for the past few...
YouTube’s 15-minute outage attributed to routine engineering push
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techcrunch.com - A routine engineering push was the source of a 15-minute global YouTube outage this morning, not a hack or DDOS attack. The issue has since been resolved, but was surprising given how reliable the ...
Being open to open source and creating a new business category at VMWare
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techcrunch.com - Elisa Schreiber is the marketing partner at Greylock Partners and the producer of the Greymatter video series. In the age of developer-defined infrastructure, where developers have decision making ...
Review: HP’s Spectre shows a great ultrabook can suffer from being thin
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techcrunch.com - At that level of thinness — 10.4mm to be exact — long battery life and ports are the first things to get axed. But HP’s Spectre tries to beat the odds and as it turns out, comes pretty close. Price...
Slither.io is snaking its way on to homescreens
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techcrunch.com - Slither.io is not new, but it is crazy popular. The game has been sitting at number one on the iOS gaming charts for some time now. Slither.io has been available for just over three months now and,...
Watch Microsoft Accelerator’s Bangalore Demo Day here
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techcrunch.com - TechCrunch is pleased to bring you Microsoft Accelerator’s Bangalore Demo Day today, Wednesday June 22nd starting at 11:35pm PT. The Microsoft Accelerator is an immersive three- to six-month progra...
Google and Facebook push the president’s cybersecurity commission for transparency
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techcrunch.com - Poisoned trust. Yearnings for transparency. The cyber Pearl Harbor. Executives from Google, Facebook, Dropbox, and other major tech companies met with the president’s Commission on Enhancing Nation...
Apple confirms iOS kernel code left unencrypted intentionally
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techcrunch.com - When Apple released a preview version of iOS 10 at its annual developers conference last week, the company slipped in a surprise for security researchers — it left the core of its operating system,...
BET Play is Viacom’s new $4 per month streaming service, arriving today outside the U.S.
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techcrunch.com - A new streaming service from Viacom is hitting the international market today: BET Play, a video-on-demand application aimed at an adult audience, offering access to programming from the entertainm...
15 years later, new Ecco the Dolphin game leaks onto Dreamcast
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - You probably thought that Sega's official abandonment of the Dreamcast back in 2001 meant we wouldn't see any new, Sega-produced Ecco the Dolphin games for that system. If so, you thought wrong. Th...
Microsoft will use Steam to sell Windows games, not just its own store
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arstechnica.com - While some of Microsoft's older game titles, such as Age of Empires II HD (a 2013 update of a 1999 game) are found on Valve's Steam platform, its latest high-profile titles, such as Forza 6 Apex an...
If you kill the headphone jack, you need to replace it with something better
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - An all-new "iPhone 7" design may not surface this fall. As the rumors that the next iPhone will drop the 3.5mm headphone jack have intensified, I’ve been keeping tabs on the specific argument that ...
Instagram Hits 500 Million Users, 300 Million Daily Actives
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Reg Saddler
socialmediatoday.com - Instagram has been on a massive rise of late. The image sharing network hit 300 million accounts back in December 2014, which, at the time, saw it eclipse Twitter and spark questions as to whether...
6 Ways to Use Periscope for Your Business : Social Media Examiner
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Reg Saddler
socialmediaexaminer.com - Want to use mobile live-streaming to market your business? Periscope is already proving to be an incredibly powerful social tool, and savvy marketers are using it in innovative ways to grow their b...
VPN Providers Protest Plans to Expand Government Hacking Powers - TorrentFreak
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Reg Saddler
torrentfreak.com - Back in April the U.S. Supreme Court approved a rule change that will allow law enforcement to obtain a warrant to hack into computers and even phones anywhere in the world. The changes affect Rule...
5 Steps for Crisis Management Using Social Media
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Reg Saddler
huffingtonpost.com - Today, good news -- or bad news -- breaks in real time. And anything can go viral in short order. This is great for cute babies laughing in videos, or heart-warming tales of good deeds. It's not gr...
5 Best Practices for Using Facebook Live
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Reg Saddler
socialmediatoday.com - It’s no secret that video is where the action is on Facebook. Brand publishers are discovering that they can push their ROI even further by taking advantage of Facebook Live, a real-time, in-the-mo...
Google makes 2-Factor Authentication a lot Easier and Faster
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Reg Saddler
thehackernews.com - When it comes to data breaches of major online services like LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter and VK.com, it's two-factor authentication that could save you from being hacked. Two-factor authentication o...
Opera Mini for Android updated with color themes and ad blocker counter
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - We just said that Opera browsers are getting the built-in ad blocker feature last week. The Opera Mini for Android is finally getting the improvements on the UI plus the ad-blocking additions as me...
Unicode version 9 supports 6 new languages, adds 72 emojis
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - You can never have too many languages to support, characters to add, of course emojis to use. That is why we are much thankful to the Unicode consortium because they keep expanding our digital lang...
Battleheart now available for Android devices again
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androidcommunity.com - Game developer Mika Mobile has had a well documented beef with Android that caused them to stop making games for the platform. But it looks like they’ve truly made their peace as they have started ...
VLC for Android 2.0 updated with networking browsing, popup-video view
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Finally, a new update is available for the Android version of VLC. The version 2.0 of this well-loved media player is a major upgrade so we can expect exciting new features and enhancements. Some i...
Twitter and Vine loosen limits to hold on to users
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latimes.com - The forced brevity that gave Twitter its rapid-fire feel is getting pared back for the second time in as many months. On Tuesday, the San Francisco social media company began welcoming videos of up...
Vines can now include 140-second video attachments
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theverge.com - Twitter-owned Vine rose to prominence with its looping 6-second videos, a creative constraint that created a notably diverse and entertaining playground. But almost four years after launching, the ...
Effective Survey Execution Can Result in Brand Loyalty Spike
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Surveys have the potential to reveal crucial insight into customer sentiment and behavior. Through effective surveying, a brand can analyze shifting customer trends and predict how to best proceed ...
Rocky Brands goes with Clutch for Unique Loyalty Program Development
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Part of designing a successful loyalty program is knowing the audience. Program features that attract some members may be the same things that drive others away. Rocky Brands, maker of a wide varie...
Grand Customer Experience Plans for Facebook
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a simple goal: To connect the world globally. These mobile customer experiences derived from Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger are on their way to a greater end re...
Verizon Enterprise Solutions Award Highlights Commitment to Customer Experience
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loyalty360.org - Verizon Enterprise Solutions recently earned a prestigious honor: The 2016 World Class Briefing Program of the Year from the Association of Briefing Program Managers (ABPM). This is the industry’s ...
Liquid : Platform to Easily Segment and Personalize Your Apps in Real-Time - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Alexandre Vaz”, CEO at the Lisbon – Portugal based start-up “Liquid” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what y...
XLR8 : Social Matching and Communication Platform for Entrepreneurs - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Rick Duree”, Chief Firestarter of the Missouri- United States based startup “XLR8″ Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that ...
Wob.io: An Online Jukebox that was Designed with the Express Aim of Being Simple and Easy to Use - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Wobio provides free music streaming, special tailored online radio per user, and lets you connect with artists and friends. According to Mr. Alp; Wobio provides free music streaming, special tailor...
Contus : Mobile App Development Company - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Today, we had an in-depth and very interesting interview with Mr. ‘Sriram Manoharan'; Founder of Contus at Tamil Nadu – India. “Contus” is a leading mobile app development company Below is the full...
InMobi to pay nearly $1 million following FTC charges of location tracking deception
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Brett Prince
marketingland.com - Ad network InMobi has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers and tracked their locations without knowledge and consent. In its complai...
PebblePost’s updated platform makes direct mail more like digital ads
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Brett Prince
marketingland.com - PebblePost is dedicated to remaking snail mail into personalized marketing. Since October of last year, the New York City-based company has offered what it describes as the “first programmatic dire...
Marketing Day: May's top 10 video creators, AdWord changes & viral content
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marketingland.com - Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: PebblePost’s updated platform makes direct mail more...
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