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Thursday, June 9, 2016

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TECHNOLOGY

Your phone may soon sense everything around you

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phys.org - Suppose your smartphone is clever enough to grasp your physical surroundings—the room's size, the location of doors and windows and the presence of other people. What could it do with that info? We...

Samsung Galaxy S8 could get 4K screen

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slashgear.com - Market analysis, wishful thinking, or both? Whichever the case, Samsung's 2017 flagship might very well bear, not the first, a 4K screen. That is the prediction being made by some analysts like UBI...

IP Bill’s metadata stores “more intrusive” than comms data—top UK cop tells Ars

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arstechnica.co.uk - Collecting metadata "can be more intrusive than traditional communications data," Scotland Yard's deputy assistant commissioner has admitted to Ars. Neil Basu's made his comment during a briefing s...

Social Media Is a Waste of Time Without Building an Email List

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topdogsocialmedia.com - Are you spending tons of time executing a social selling strategy that’s not working as well as you hoped? Businesses need to start investing more time and energy into building an email list rather...

Egnyte now protects your documents, building on storage offering

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cloudpro.co.uk - Egnyte has added document protection to its hybrid file sync and share service, giving companies new controls over their files whether they are in the cloud or on-premise. The collaboration firm’s ...

We’ve Raised Another $4.5 Million — The Official Forge Blog

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blog.forge.gg - Enabling gamers to easily share their in-game moments has been an obsession of mine for my entire adult life. It all started with an amazing “WTF!” moment in World of Warcraft that happened during ...

Arianna Huffington plans new website about health and wellness

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bloomberg.com - A decade after co-founding the news site that bears her name, Arianna Huffington is poised to expand her media empire with a startup focused on health and wellness. Huffington, 65, has held talks w...

21 million driverless cars could be on the road by 2035, report says

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mashable.com - Driverless car technology could take hold faster than expected. SEE ALSO: Bosch's driverless parking system handles complex parking with ease Analyst organization IHS Automotive increased its estim...

How to Create a File Upload Form in WordPress

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wpforms.com - Do you want to allow users to add file attachments to your contact form? Giving users the ability to upload a file in your WordPress forms can make it easier for you to collect the information you ...

Apple gets into the SEM business with paid-search for app developers

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searchengineland.com - Apple is getting into the paid-search business. At next week’s WWDC, according to a report in The Verge, the company will unveil paid-search ads for the App Store. It’s also going to introduce a ne...

MatPat brings video games to life with new YouTube Red series 'Game Lab'

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mashable.com - Reporter's note: This is part of an ongoing series featuring each new original show or movie debuting on YouTube Red. The subscription streaming service's first slate of originals launched in Febru...

Pebble outs latest software update, announces Father’s Day promo

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androidcommunity.com - Pebble is one busy startup. It may not be the top smartwatch maker today but the company will definitely be in our geeky hearts forever for being a pioneer in the wearable game. It has introduced t...

The gaming industry can become the next big target of cybercrime

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techcrunch.com - Ben Dickson is a software engineer and freelance writer. He writes regularly on business, technology and politics. Video-game-related crime is almost as old as the industry itself. But while illega...

Dear Apple: Please use these ideas to modernize the Mac

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arstechnica.com - I took a vacation last month. I traveled some. I read a lot. And I refurbished an old late 2008 MacBook Pro, one of the original aluminum unibody models. I completely took it apart, dusted it out, ...

Underrepresented founders, apply for Include office hours with Pejman Mar and ffVC

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techcrunch.com - TechCrunch Include Office Hours are happening on June 16th and startups have 48 hours left to apply! Pejman Nozad, Mar Hershenson, Ajay Kamat and Neda Blocho from Pejman Mar Ventures, along with Ad...

Apple to introduce search ads on App Store along with changes to app review, discovery and splits

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techcrunch.com - Just ahead of its annual WWDC conference, Apple has announced a series of changes to its App Store, aimed at improving the experience for both developers and consumers alike. According to Senior Vi...

Ex-Mozilla team behind smart home hub Sense refunds Kickstarter backers, focuses on software

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techcrunch.com - Earlier this year, a company called Silk Labs, co-founded by former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal, unveiled its plans to address the smart home market with a hub called “Sense,” which interoperates with ...

Comfy raises $8 million for app to end office thermostat wars

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techcrunch.com - Building Robotics Inc., better known as Comfy, raised $8 million in Series B funding for building automation software that helps companies save energy on office air conditioning, while gathering em...

Google adds U.S. Cellular’s network to extend Project Fi’s coverage

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techcrunch.com - Google today announced that it has added U.S. Cellular, one of the larger regional carriers in the U.S., to its Project Fi network. U.S. Cellular joins Google’s existing network partners T-Mobile a...

Is HTML5 the new Windows?

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techcrunch.com - If you are as old as me, you remember the transition from MS-DOS to Windows in the early 1990s. Dominant applications like Lotus 123 and WordPerfect were quickly knocked from their perches as the e...

Review: Leica’s X-U is a pricey adventure camera

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techcrunch.com - Price as reviewed: $3,295 at Leica authorized retailers My personal experience with Leica cameras goes back to the launch of the Q, then the SL, where I found out there’s just something irresistibl...

Monster snaps up ‘Tinder for jobs’ app, Jobr

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techcrunch.com - Monster.com announced this morning it has acquired the San Francisco-based startup Jobr, which had been developing a job-finding app the company described as a Tinder for jobs, thanks to its use of...

Hack, Hustle, Nap, Repeat: Life as a Young Techie in San Francisco

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wired.com - The fact that nine out of every 10 startups fails doesn’t keep people from descending on the San Francisco Bay Area with dreams of getting rich while changing the world. Everyone wants to be the Ub...

Sorry, the Xbox One isn’t going to be a DVR anymore

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arstechnica.com - Last August, Microsoft finally confirmed earlier rumors by announcing that the Xbox One would be usable as a digital video recorder sometime in 2016. Now, it seems Microsoft is giving up those plan...

6 Hidden Features on LinkedIn You Should Take Advantage Of

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inc.com - LinkedIn is an everyday go-to tool for most people in business. Ironically, even though we use it so often and have for years, most of us usually stick to the same patterns of searching for contact...

How to Use Snapchat for Business : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Are you interested in using Snapchat for your business? Wondering how to integrate it into your marketing? Snapchat presents a unique opportunity to reach a new audience that is receptive to clever...

8 Tips to Help Secure Your Accounts Against Cybercrime

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socialmediatoday.com - The Internet enables us to do things we'd never have even dreamt about even a decade ago. We can buy and sell, learn and teach, meet new people and share experiences without ever leaving te comfort...

The Latest Updates to Instagram and What They Mean for Businesses

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socialmediatoday.com - Instagram has released a range of updates recently. In addition to a new logo and color scheme, they're also updating and adding to their business tools as well. So what are all the updates, and wh...

New leaked picture supports Galaxy Note 7 rumor

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androidcommunity.com - We’re still a few months away from the launch of Samsung’s new phablet, but of course that hasn’t stopped rumors and “leaks” (or maybe photo edited stuff) to come out. The latest leaked image from ...

Daydream Labs shares VR experiences, recommendations, and tips

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androidcommunity.com - Google is getting more serious at Daydream Labs. It is where geeks, devs, designers, and engineers come together to work on future virtual reality technologies that usually start as small concepts....

Slack now lets you make one-on-one and group voice calls 

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androidcommunity.com - While there are some things better discussed in messages and typed conversations, there are also times when you need to actually talk to the person or persons you’re conversing with. Carriers have ...

Sony Xperia X line coming to Canadian carriers this June and July

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androidcommunity.com - For folks who live in Canada and are wondering when they will be able to get a hold of any of the Sony Xperia X devices, wonder no more. The OEM has announced that all four of the smartphones in th...

“Hey Cortana” feature is now back, but only within the app

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androidcommunity.com - If you’re one of those (weird) people who prefer to use Cortana as their personal digital assistant on their Android device, you probably have been missing that “Hey Cortana” feature that they remo...

Save 32% on the Innori Virtual Reality Headset [DEALS]

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androidcommunity.com - The Innori Virtual Reality headset turns your plain old two dimensional smartphone screen into a stunning and interactive 3D environment. All you do is place your phone in the front of the headset,...

LinkedIn data used to disguise targeted malware attacks

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grahamcluley.com - Security experts at Fox-IT are warning of a malware campaign that they have seen spammed out in the Netherlands. Researcher Maarten van Dantzig warns that large numbers of emails have been sent out...

Check out these terrific resources… recommended by Ally!

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allyloprete.com - I’ve worked with several email marketing softwares, and this is –by far– my favorite. Mad Mimi is family owned and operated which is always a big plus in my book. It’s affordable (free for smaller ...

The Internet in Real-Time

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pennystocks.la - https://blog.twitter.com/2013/new-tweets-per-second-record-and-how http://www.businessinsider.com/everything-that-happens-in-one-day-on-the-internet-2012-3 http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File...

Current State of Customer Experience and Personalization: Not a Pretty Picture

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loyalty360.org - During the May 26 session titled, “Today’s Personalization is Broken. Learn the Breakthroughs that Work!” at the 9th annual Loyalty Expo, presented by Loyalty360 – The Association for Customer Loya...

More Small Businesses Using Mobile Apps for Customer Engagement

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loyalty360.org - For customers, having their favorite brands available in mobile app form may seem like a given. The portable convenience and exclusive features that come from a well-designed app are valuable tools...

3 Online Marketing Strategies to Attract Connected Consumers

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loyalty360.org - It’s the age old question of, “What came first, the chicken or the egg?” Except now the question is, “What came first, the connected car or the connected consumer?” Some argue that consumers are ev...

Many Brands Are Not Prepared to Deliver Mobile Customer Experience That Drives Customer Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - Mobile is such a staggeringly pivotal asset for loyalty marketers today. Customers expect brands to be able to provide the type of mobile experience that, ultimately, impacts brand loyalty. Yet, ac...

New App from Penn Station East Coast Subs Includes Reward-Laden Loyalty Program

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loyalty360.org - Fans of Penn Station East Coast Subs and its signature sandwiches, fries, and lemonade have reason to celebrate, as the company launched its new app last week, complete with a full-featured loyalty...

Liquid : Platform to Easily Segment and Personalize Your Apps in Real-Time - Start-Ups.Co

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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...

PrayerSpark : The First And Only Site For Interfaith Spiritually - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Michael Feder”, Founder of the Las Vegas – USA based startup “PrayerSpark” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and ...

Adlet: Advertising Platform for Bloggers - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had a nice chat with Ms. “Emma Coles”, CEO of the UK-based start-up “adlet.co” about his Company. 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-up is all about? Adlet is an online advert...

BlackBox-BI: A French Start-Up that Provides Easy to Use Affordable Business Intelligence for Companies of all Sizes - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - BlackBox-BI makes creating business dashboards easy. From data load to dashboard creation, BlackBox-BI focus is to make each step as easy as possible without compromising on functionality. “BlackBo...

Vertical Method : Posture Strength For Techies and The Desk-Bound Workforce - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Jennifer Davis”, Founder and CEO of the San Francisco- United States based startup “Vertical Method” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is...

KillerStartupsDesigns.com: A Website that Features Daily Start-Ups Based on Strict Aesthetic Standards - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - KillerStartupsDesigns features ONE startup daily that meets strict aesthetic standards and that is reviewed by a highly experienced Web/Graphic designer. 1. What is it exactly that you do and what ...

Hubchi : Online Marketplace For Booking and Entertainment - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Prasanthy Gurugubelli”, Founder at the Hyderabad – India based start-up “Hubchi” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you d...

MediaNest : Manage Video Marketing Campaigns on Social Media - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Natasha Robinson”, Co-Founder & CMO at the California- USA based start-up “MediaNest” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that ...