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Friday, September 23, 2016

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TNS Tutorial Friday: The CoreOS rkt Container Engine, What It Is and How It Compares to Docker - The New Stack

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thenewstack.io - In this week’s episode of The New Stack’s Tutorial Friday, we explore CoreOS’ container engine, rkt, discussing how developer choice and flexibility have affected the container ecosphere, and gain ...

What Every Marketer Needs To Know About The All New Instagram Business Profiles • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - Are you considering switching your Instagram to the all new Instagram business profile? So many people have come to me with questions about whether or not to switch & how to get started with Instag...

How Dollar Shave Club is Nailing Facebook Marketing

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huffingtonpost.com - In 2012, the now infamous Dollar Shave Club infiltrated the razor blade industry and took it by storm with a wacky homepage video that went viral. 4 years and 2.7 million Facebook followers later, ...

Renowned blog KrebsOnSecurity hit with massive DDoS attack

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cbronline.com - The security blog KrebsOnSecurity has been hit with one of the largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks of all time. The site, which is run by security expert Brian Krebs, was hit by a ...

3 Ways to Increase Twitter Followers While on the Go - Social Quant - Twitter Growth Done Right

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socialquant.net - Life happens but social media never takes a break—and neither can you if you want to increase Twitter followers and keep them engaged. Vacation, travel, illness, meetings, car troubles, childcare, ...

7 ways Apple’s iPhone 7 is much better than any Samsung phone

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bgr.com - The second half of 2016 has been very interesting as far as flagship smartphones go. First Samsung released the sleekest and most impressive smartphone the world had ever seen, but had to subsequen...

"How I Work": Tom Cates, CEO of salesEQUITY @ThomasMCates #HowIWork - Heinz Marketing

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heinzmarketing.com - “How I Work” is one of my favorite recurring features in Inc Magazine as well as via Lifehacker’s This Is How I Work Series, and recently several sales experts (including Anthony Iannarino, Dave B...

Moving from Docker to rkt

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medium.com - Even the coolest products and services come with vendor lock-in. And no matter how enthusiastic I have been about Docker in the last three years, at some point this vendor lock-in starts to hurt. T...

BT Openreach boss says “we don’t lack ambition,” tight-lipped on breakup fight

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arstechnica.co.uk - BT's Openreach chief Clive Selley—a veteran of the company with engineering chops—has headed up the telecoms giant's infrastructure wing for six months now, during a highly volatile time for the fu...

Gfycat raises $10 million to help creatives fire up the memes

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techcrunch.com - A startup called Gfycat (which is pronounced “Jiffy Cat”) has raised a mammoth $10 million seed round to turn its already popular user-generated content platform into a revenue generating concern. ...

The best thing you can do to protect your online accounts from hackers

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mashable.com - Two-factor authentication: Learn these words well and you'll feel better when giant hacks splatter passwords and email addresses all over the dark web. SEE ALSO: Yahoo confirms massive leak of 500 ...

12 of the most successful entrepreneurs who dropped out of college

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mashable.com - Is getting buried in student loan debt really a necessity when there are hundreds of work-from-home jobs that don’t require a degree? That depends. For some people, attending college is about netw...

LinkedIn is about to look a lot different

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mashable.com - SAN FRANCISCO — LinkedIn unveiled a redesigned version of its website Thursday, which adds new messaging features — including bots — as well as a simplified feed. The company also introduced a new...

Bumble's new feature will use selfies to verify your identity

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mashable.com - Bumble users will soon have a new way to make sure the profile they're looking at isn't fake. The company will launch a new photo feature next week that will allow users to go through a verificati...

Twitter is pushing further into one of the mobile ad economy's biggest moneymakers

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mashable.com - Twitter is pushing further into one of the most lucrative segments of the mobile ad economy. The social network announced Thursday that it is now letting advertisers run native app-install advertis...

This instant film camera is absolute fun even with Michael Kors branding

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mashable.com - At what point does the Michael Kors brand stop meaning anything? Perhaps when it's slapped on an instant camera. In its latest partnership, Fujifilm has released a Michael Kors-branded version of i...

This landmine internet mystery turned into one of the greatest trolls of all time

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mashable.com - The internet is filled with trolls and liars who find joy in deceiving others. But it's also home to plenty of truth-seeking sleuths, ready to call out those who spread lies and pranks. On Dec. 31...

Facebook Profile Expression Kit Released for Android, iOS Developers

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adweek.com - Facebook introduced its Profile Expression Kit at its F8 global developers conference in April, and Thursday, the social network announced that it is available to Android and iOS developers worldwi...

Bug that hit Firefox and Tor browsers was hard to spot—now we know why

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arstechnica.com - A recently fixed security vulnerability that affected both the Firefox and Tor browsers had a highly unusual characteristic that caused it to threaten users only during temporary windows of time th...

Ghostdrone has one-year klutz-insurance and beginner-friendly controls

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techcrunch.com - Not one for the self-conscious, Ghostdrone 2.0 VR from EHang adds a new twist to flying a UAV around. Rather than using a traditional controller, to fly the Ghostdrone VR, the user dons a headset t...

Waze launches Bluetooth beacons to avoid tunnel blackouts

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techcrunch.com - Waze’s engaged community is definitely its most powerful asset, and now the company wants to broaden its community to include tunnel operators who want to fill in the current gaps in wireless navig...

Fotr forces you to print every iPhone photo you take

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techcrunch.com - When was the last time you printed a photo? Well, Fotr is a new iPhone app that wants to turn that trend on its head, by automatically printing every photo you take. The idea is to bring back an as...

Apple could also be in talks to acquire Lit Motors

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techcrunch.com - Apple is rumored to be in talks to acquire McLaren, but that’s not all. While the New York Times was digging on the McLaren story, they also found out that Apple is also talking with Lit Motors for...

Kids can build a LEGO drone with Flybrix kits

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techcrunch.com - A company called Flybrix is putting legos on the wing. The San Francisco startup today began selling build-a-drone kits for kids age 14 and up comprised of: LEGO bricks, boom arms and motors that d...

Scale Model, the betaworks-backed tool for audience targeting, goes self serve

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techcrunch.com - Scale Model, the betaworks-backed marketing platform for better audience targeting, has today announced the launch of its fully-baked V2. Scale Model hooks into the Twitter Ads API to help brands a...

TypeScript, Microsoft’s JavaScript for big applications, reaches version 2.0

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arstechnica.com - TypeScript, the JavaScript-based language that Microsoft devised to make developing large Web applications easier, reached its version 2.0 milestone today. JavaScript poses certain challenges when ...

What Every Designer Should Know About Spec Work - Design Reviver - Web Design Blog

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designreviver.com - If you took these four guys into a room and announced “Here’s the deal… I want each of you to paint one wall in this room, and whichever one of you I think has done the best job of their wall gets ...

How To Design Error States For Mobile Apps – Smashing Magazine

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smashingmagazine.com - To err is human. Errors occur when people engage with user interfaces. Sometimes, they happen because users make mistakes. Sometimes, they happen because an app fails. Whatever the cause, these err...

Handshake 3.0: Staying Human In The Digital Age - TalentCulture

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talentculture.com - In the age of working social media, Twitter is the water cooler, FaceTime means smile at the phone, Instagram, Pinterest is for eye candy and the closest encounter your team may have is via a netwo...

Facebook Group Marketing: How to rapidly build your reputation

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sarkemedia.com - For a rapid growth in your marketing strategy, and a corresponding growth in sales, the most effective platform is currently Facebook Groups. Make them a consistent element of your marketing plan, ...

Facebook Celebrates International Day of Peace with Exploding Hearts

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socialmediatoday.com - Here’s another interesting event integration from Facebook. Following on from the recent Star Trek Reactions (which, as an aside, annoyed some Star Trek fans because the emotionless Spock represent...

Socialmedia Is Not Just Having A FaceBook Account - smqueue

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smqueue.com - More and more clients are asking their partners to create integrated campaigns that include social media and digital components in the mix. However, what they often fail to take into considerati...

Elsewhere is a VR headset that comes with an app that makes all your iPhone videos look like 3-D

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wired.com - A little over three years ago, the Popslate presented an intriguing idea: What if a case could turn the back of your phone into an E Ink display? Like a lot of first-generation, crowdsourced produc...

JBL Reflect Contour stays in your ears with top-of-the-line sound - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Probably most of the people who run or bike or workout and listen to music while doing so have had this problem. You’re in the groove of your fitness routine, getting motivated by the music pumping...

Drop Test: iPhone 7 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note 7 - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Some people say that drop tests are a waste of time but David Rahimi of PhoneBuff is doing such extreme tests to gadgets to help the consumers make informed decisions. The last one we featured was ...

Android-powered BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition up for purchase - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - BlackBerry is very much busy these days updating its Android-powered devices. The BlackBerry PRIV and the DTEK50 may soon be joined by the DTEK60 according to recent rumors. While waiting for the n...

HP Sprocket lets you print your mobile photos and share them - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - One of the trends for the past few years when it comes to mobile photography is that this generation loves both the digital and the physical photos. You see the proliferation of various photo shari...

Lexar announces new media storage products and solutions - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Media storage products may not be the sexiest products in the market, but of course they’re some of the most important, especially for photographers, videographers, mobile documentary filmmakers, e...

Foolography’s Unleashed is a small DSLR controller asking for your funding - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - To date, most DSLR photography enthusiasts will argue that no company has given them a wireless controller and app control that does the job. But German outfit Foolography is trying to get to that ...

ALLie Go gives your ALLie 360 camera extended battery life - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - For you to be able to truly enjoy taking 360 videos of your current trip, the battery life of your camera is a crucial part of that experience. The ALLie camera is the “first true 360-degree everyd...

CNNgo app for Android TV offers limited video snippets - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Android TV as a platform may be limited but it’s not going anywhere. More OEMs are expected to take advantage of it as we advance into a future where smart home technology will soon be a standard. ...

Yahoo admits massive data breach, 500m accounts possibly affected - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - It’s not a good day for those of you who continue to stick with Yahoo for their primary email accounts. At the very least, this is going to make you change your password and security questions if y...

INTERVIEW: Hasselblad CEO on the X1D, the lens 'roadmap' and the potential impact of a Brexit vote - Amateur Photographer

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amateurphotographer.co.uk - A. It’s been in development since the end of 2014, and then we really kickstarted it at the beginning of 2015. Q. How do you think this will impact the business? A. I hope it will have a very posit...

GetQuantify.com: A Real-Time Online Collaboration Application for Small Businesses - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Getquantify is real-time online collaboration application for small businesses. Organize your tasks into projects and keep your team up to date. “GetQuantify.com” is a real-time online collaboratio...

Trainoholics : Skill Development Arena - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Sandesh HS'; Founder of the Karnataka – India start-up “TRAINOHOLICS”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted ...

CMYKC : Uniting Creatives Within Local Kansas City - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Abigail Gallagher, Co–founder at the Missouri, USA-based start-up “CMYKC.” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what y...

MassivBrand : New Innovative Home Technology - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Michelle Bair”, Owner – of the Arizona – US based start-up “MassivBrand” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...

Mangomolo : Stream Personlized Live and On-Demand Content - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Wissam Sabbagh”, CEO of the Beirut – Lebanon based StartUp “Mangomolo” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what ...

CMS2CMS : A CMS Migration tool . - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - CMS2CMS is the web based service that helps to move content from the existing CMS to a new one easily and fast. Today, we had a quick overview with Mr. ‘Ruslan Savchyshyn'; Director and Founder in ...

My Home Needs That : Search Engine Dedicated to Furniture and Homeware - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Adam Pilling”, Foundert at the London – UK based start-up “MyHomeNeedsThat” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and...