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Saturday, September 24, 2016

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Ashley Madison, MySpace and LinkedIn hacks: what changed? - BBC News

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bbc.co.uk - As half a billion people's Yahoo account information appears to have been stolen by hackers, we take a look at the most well-known recent hacks and ask what happened next - for customers, companies...

Gets Your Hands on Forza Horizon 3 Today With Ultimate Edition Early Access

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news.xbox.com - We are just days from the global launch of Forza Horizon 3 on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC on September 27 (September 29 in Japan); however if you absolutely cannot wait to be the boss of the Horizon...

Q&A: Doug Stephens on How to Give Retail Customers Something Unique, Memorable, and Valuable

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credibly.com - The following Q&A with Retail Prophet founder and ‘The Retail Revival’ author Doug Stephens is excerpted from Credibly Business Journal: Understanding the Needs of the New Consumer, the first in a ...

Google’s Keyword Planner is Changing - and Not Necessarily for the Better

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socialmediatoday.com - For years Google's Keyword Planner has been a free and invaluable resource used by SEOs and marketers alike. Now it appears that the full functionality of the Keyword Planner has been made off limi...

Malware: From detection to the source

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community.hpe.com - The concern over cybercrime continues to increase and along with it, the increased need for built-in enterprise security. Attacks via malware are second only to malicious insiders. There are a lot...

Survey Says: Yes, U.S. Consumers Will Buy Cars From Apple And Google

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fastcompany.com - Automakers may have a good reason to fear competition from tech companies. Though some have scoffed at the idea that tech companies like Apple and Google could cause any real concern, a new survey ...

Facebook can't run away the realities of video advertising anymore

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mashable.com - Count down three seconds in your head. It goes fast, right? I bet you did it the "one-hippopotamus way." That's actually considerably more than 3 seconds. Ask Siri to set a 3-second timer and then...

An editor for 'The Verge' took a job with Apple — and didn't tell his employer

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mashable.com - An editor for The Verge took a job with Apple — but didn't tell his employer. Chris Ziegler, a founding editor at the tech-focused digital media publication, began working for Apple in July 2016. ...

Can GoPro win over normals with its new cameras and drone?

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mashable.com - GoPro kicked off the week with a huge event in Squaw Valley, Calif., to announces its new Hero 5 Black and Hero 5 Black action cameras, and its Karma drone, and they all look suh-weet. On this week...

Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Verizon are all eyeing up a Twitter bid

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techcrunch.com - There are reasons you might be skeptical of a Salesforce acquisition of Twitter. Twitter is fundamentally a consumer-facing product, currently with a very strong focus on repositioning itself as a ...

Apple’s iMessage App Store already has over 1,650 apps, majority are sticker packs

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techcrunch.com - In just over a week, Apple’s iMessage App Store has grown to over 1,650 applications and sticker packs – more than the original iPhone had at launch as well as the 1,000 total that were ready for i...

Apple said to be working on an Amazon Echo competitor

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techcrunch.com - With iOS 10, Apple firmly planted its flag in the smart home world. After a few years of laying the groundwork with Homekit functionality for third-party products, the company finally offered up a ...

Self-driving Uber vehicles spotted on the streets of San Francisco

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techcrunch.com - Several folks started noticing self-driving Uber cars in downtown San Francisco yesterday, fueling speculation the ridesharing company could soon be deploying autonomous vehicles for commercial use...

$129 Google WiFi router that can team up with others tipped for Oct 4

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techcrunch.com - Google will build upon its OnHub strategy with a new simple Wi-Fi router for the home, according to a new report from Android Police. Dubbed simply Google WiFi, It will cost $129, the site reports,...

The multi-functional Balldur is a Swiss Army lamp

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techcrunch.com - At its minimalist worst, the Balldur is a cool-looking lamp. It’s made of smooth wood and ceramic and has a bulb that would make Thomas Edison proud. The Balldur (whatever that means) feels like an...

Hands-on with HP’s fun little photo printer

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techcrunch.com - HP, it seems, will always be a printer company. It’s an inescapable part of the company’s DNA. Precisely what shape that takes moving ahead, however, is another question entirely. After all, printe...

Oh Snap! Looks like Snapchat could be rebranding

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techcrunch.com - Ephemeral media app Snapchat appears to be doing a little disappearing itself. A leaked video and domain records suggest that the company (though probably not the app) is preparing to rebrand as Sn...

Tony Hawk, Rob Dyrdek tell us why skateboarders make good startup investors

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techcrunch.com - Skateboarders make great startup investors, according to Rob Dyrdek and Tony Hawk. The legendary skaters spoke to us about a mindset that helps them be on the lookout for the next big thing. “The s...

Voxels are in vogue among indie developers

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techcrunch.com - That’s the feeling I got from the amount of voxel-based offerings on the show floor at PAX West — and these 3D pixels fit the bill whether they’re powering a stylized dungeon crawler or simulating ...

RideGuru includes driver payouts in its price comparison service for ride hailing apps

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techcrunch.com - When you hail a cab via an on-demand app there’s more to consider than how much it’s going to cost you. How much the driver is getting paid is something you might want to think about, given how con...

Apple’s iTunes soon to serve up “Spoken Editions” of publishers’ content

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techcrunch.com - If you prefer listening to the news over reading the news, you’ll soon have a new way to do so, via iTunes. In the near future, you’ll be able to browse through a variety of podcasts focused on tur...

Solve real problems, provide real solutions

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techcrunch.com - We love the internet. We love apps. We love the Internet of Things. But most importantly, we love ideas. The accessibility that the internet provides, however, is also what makes it unbelievably di...

Google lands in hot water after backtracking on earlier Allo privacy promise

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techcrunch.com - When Google first announced Allo, its newest chat app, there was some controversy around why the service didn’t use end-to-end encryption by default and only in its Incognito mode. The reason for t...

Snapchat’s 10 second video glasses are real and cost $130 bucks

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techcrunch.com - Snapchat’s long-rumored camera glasses are actually real. The startup’s first foray into hardware will be a pair of glasses called “Spectacles” and will go on sale this fall for $129.99, according ...

iHeartRadio will launch two paid, on-demand music services

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techcrunch.com - iHeartRadio could be getting more competitive with on-demand music services like Apple Music and Spotify next year. Launched by the radio and media company Clear Channel (which has since rebranded ...

Driver’s ed app Aceable raises $4 million

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techcrunch.com - Although self-driving vehicles feel like a near future reality, people still need driver’s licenses to get around independently in cars today. Now, an Austin, Texas startup called Aceable has raise...

AT&T sues Nashville in bid to stall Google Fiber

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arstechnica.com - AT&T has sued Nashville to stop a new ordinance designed to accelerate the deployment of Google Fiber. The lawsuit (PDF) was filed in US District Court in Nashville yesterday, only two days after t...

Why the silencing of KrebsOnSecurity opens a troubling chapter for the Net

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arstechnica.com - For the better part of a day, KrebsOnSecurity, arguably the world's most intrepid source of security news, has been silenced, presumably by a handful of individuals who didn't like a recent series ...

Consumer group: Microsoft should compensate unhappy Windows 10 upgraders

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arstechnica.com - British consumer rights group Which? isn't very happy with the way that Microsoft has handled Windows 10. The group says that Microsoft should compensate Windows 10 users for when the upgrade cause...

Mozilla’s rebrand reaches the final four

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webdesignerdepot.com - Mozilla’s rebranding project has been going on the entire Summer. Now, as we head into the Fall, the company’s rebranding objective is nearing the final stretch. It’s heading into the long-awaited ...

Critical DoS Flaw found in OpenSSL — How It Works

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thehackernews.com - The OpenSSL Foundation has patched over a dozen vulnerabilities in its cryptographic code library, including a high severity bug that can be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. OpenSSL i...

Facebook Adding Polls and Personal Payment Prompts to Messenger

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socialmediatoday.com - Less than 48 hours after Google released their new, AI-assisted, messaging app, Facebook has also launched a new AI feature for Messenger. And while that function, in itself, is relatively minor, i...

Yahoo Confirms 500 Million Accounts Were Hacked by 'State Sponsored' Hackers

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thehackernews.com - 500 million accounts — that's half a Billion users! That's how many Yahoo accounts were compromised in a massive data breach dating back to 2014 by what was believed to be a "state sponsored" hacki...

Samsung says half of recalled Note 7 already exchangd for new ones - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Samsung has made an unofficial commitment that until they have already exchanged those recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices, they will not be selling any new versions of the phablet. Probably that is one...

Google intros App Preview Messaging feature for Google Play Services - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Google is working on something new that will allow you and me to connect with our friends easier through Android. There’s the idea of ‘App Preview Messaging’ that is now on preview mode, hoping to ...

Enjoy up to 60% off in SHIELD Fall games sale until September 26 - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - If you love playing games on your NVIDIA SHELD, then you will probably want to take advantage of their Fall games sale, as you only have a few more days to enjoy this. There are several games avail...

Galaxy S7, S7 edge to get Grace UX when upgraded to Nougat - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - We’ve seen reports of Android 7.0 Nougat being tested on the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. Now we have a few more details about it, although of course these are all still unofficial. Appare...

Google graduates VR SDK out of beta, Daydream access now open - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Google announced today that the Google VR software development kit (SDK) is finally moving out of beta, so developers can start working with it for building apps specifically for Google Daydream, w...

Benro TMA28A Series 2 Mach3 Aluminium tripod - Amateur Photographer

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amateurphotographer.co.uk - Benro has expanded its already broad range with the TMA28A Series 2 Mach3 Aluminium tripod. As the name suggests, the legs are constructed of strong, lightweight aluminium. The spider and upper leg...

Point Shout : Mobile App to Listen, Engage and React to Customers' Needs - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ionut Danifeld”, Co-Founder at the Brussels – Belgium based start-up “PointShout” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you d...

Textr : Group Messaging App - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Sam Getty”, Founder of the Atlanta, Georgia – USA based start-up “Textr” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...

Rawporter.com: A Mobile Application That Helps People Earn Money for Shooting and Sharing Photos and Videos - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Rawporter helps people earn money for shooting and sharing photos and videos. All items captured with the app or uploaded online are indexed so they become discoverable by search engines and can no...

ZWOOKY : Innovative Contact System - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Thomas Stoll”, CIO at the Uerikon – Switzerland based start-up “ZWOOKY ” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...

BigMarker.com: A Global Network of People and Communities that Meet Face-to-Face Online - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - BigMarker offers a community based management platform for teams, groups and organizations to video conference and collaborate online. “BigMarker” enables anyone to host webinars and video conferen...

TheVegasHookUp : Profile Filtering System - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Jamie Brewster”, Founder and CEO of the Oakland – USA based start-up “TheVegasHookUp” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that...

Pear-U : Relationship Making Application - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Sachet Gagwani”, Founder/CEO of the Ashburn – USA based start-up “Pear-U” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wh...

Xerendi Initiative : Educational Learning For Kids - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Uchenna Ibekwe”, Principa and Founder of the Virginia – United States based startup Xerendi_Initiative” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. Wha...

Brian Zuercher Of VenueSeen On Social Media Photography And Managing Customer Relationships - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Brian Zuercher had a precocious interest in business for a boy from the Buckeye State. He likes his sports, too, but ever since the days of running the school store, the entrepreneurial path has be...

Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: September 23 - Petri

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petri.com - Because I’m sick and have to fly again on Sunday, this edition of Short Takes focuses on a massive Microsoft stock buyback, a UK consumer watchdog that hates Windows 10, Microsoft goes green, Yahoo...

Android Browser Security--What You Haven't Been Told

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linuxjournal.com - This article focuses on flaws in Android's stock web libraries, while acknowledging related exploits. Some modern Android browsers have critically weak encryption and other dangerous flaws that can...