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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

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TECHNOLOGY

Nvidia graphics may return to Apple Macs, hints new job listings

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arstechnica.co.uk - Despite Nvidia's success in Windows-based PCs—it currently holds a 73 percent market share in discrete GPUs—the GPU maker hasn't had much luck with the Mac, which currently uses chips from rival AM...

When A.I. whispers in your ear all day

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computerworld.com - Over the past 30 years, tools once reserved for presidents, spies, generals and media moguls have been made available cheaply to billions. Wireless communication. GPS. Satellite photography. Stream...

How Machine Learning Can Help Fight Off Cyber Attacks

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fortune.com - Although cyber attacks against businesses like the recent one against Yahoo are increasing, hackers are using the same techniques they always have. They’re just doing it lot more and a lot faster. ...

ProsperWorks Raises $24m In Series B Funding To Extend Its Lead As The #1 CRM For Google Apps

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prnewswire.com - By focusing on delivering the best user experience for a very specific customer segment, ProsperWorks has grown its seven-figure revenue by 504% year over year (YOY) and attracted 63,000 businesses...

YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI

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rogerstringer.com - Two weeks ago, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry published research which claimed that half of 16 to 24-year-olds use stream-ripping tools to copy music from sites like YouT...

Google My Business API adds features in version 3.1

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searchengineland.com - Google has added some new features to the Google My Business API. They are now up to version 3.1 and in that upgrade they added several features. The Google My Business API lets businesses quickly ...

Pullstring launches bot-authoring tools for fun & profit

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techcrunch.com - Pullstring — née ToyTalk — today launched its eponymous product out of private beta and into the hands of creators of conversational interfaces everywhere. Out of the box, creators can make bots fo...

GoGoGuest helps coffee shops manage their WiFi, customer-by-customer

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techcrunch.com - Be honest: Have you ever spent an entire day working at a coffee shop, despite only buying a single cup of coffee? I’ve definitely been guilty of this, and I’ve also been to coffee shops that try t...

Hinge closes the door on casual dating to focus on serious relationships

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techcrunch.com - Hinge, the dating app that uses Facebook to connect you with friends of friends, has today announced that it will be sunsetting its original app. In its place, Hinge will be launching an entirely n...

Exploit the hours employees spend on social media

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biznology.com - When Dan Krueger and I send out our Gerris Corp influencer marketing emails, we time the mail-merged blast for around nine on the morning, East Coast time on a Tuesday. We’re doing this because inf...

No music taste? Spotify's 'Daily Mix' will just curate some for you.

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mashable.com - Love music but not enough to actually seek out new artists? Hate music but want other people to think you love it? Don't worry! Spotify's released a new discover feature and it's a lazy person's dr...

A 'safe' Note7 exploded and destroyed this guy's MacBook Pro with it

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mashable.com - Stop me if you heard this one before: A Samsung Galaxy Note7 exploded. Hui Renjie, 25, who purchased a Note7 in China that was deemed "safe" with a non-defective battery, claims his phone blew up M...

Scam alert: Beware of WhatsApp Gold - Nation | The Star Online

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thestar.com.my - PETALING JAYA: WhatsApp users should beware of messages asking customers to download an exclusive WhatsApp Gold version that actually infects users' phones with malware. Users have reportedly recei...

Sponsor: 3 ways to keep your kids safe online | Komando.com

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komando.com - The internet is filled with tons of helpful information. There are copious amounts of sites with educational tools designed to help teach you a variety of things. You can learn how to speak a forei...

Launching a “Google for sound”, Deepgram raises $1.8 million

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techcrunch.com - Deepgram co-founders, 20-year-old wunderkind Noah Shutty and his University of Michigan lab supervisor Scott Stephenson, definitely have faith in sound. The two left behind promising research in pa...

With Daily Mix, Spotify taps algorithms to make infinite playlists from your favorite tunes

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techcrunch.com - Are you a Spotify user who likes music, but don’t have the motivation to shuffle all of it into useful playlists? Today, the streaming company is launching a new service called Daily Mix that is pa...

Waylens Horizon action camera for cars captures the thrill of driving

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techcrunch.com - Do you ever wonder what life looks like from your car’s perspective? The Waylens Horizon automotive can show you. Dashcams are a dime a dozen, but the Horizon is designed to be more like an action ...

DJI’s folding drone is smaller and better at tracking than GoPro’s offering

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techcrunch.com - “I’m sitting in New York City,” Adam Lisberg tweeted last week, as GoPro CEO Nick Woodman, dropped to his knees, unzipped a backpack and unveiled the company’s long-awaited Karma drone at an event ...

Kustomer, founded by Salesforce alums, nabs $12.5M to repair customer care

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techcrunch.com - The need to contact customer support is the bane of many a modern consumer’s existence: not only is it likely that you are doing it because you have a problem that needs fixing, but you are inevita...

Uber is researching flying short-haul urban transportation

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techcrunch.com - Short-haul flights in airborne taxis: It’s next-level alright, but is it next-level hype, or something city-dwellers can actually look forward to? Uber is betting it’s the latter, according to comm...

You can use encrypted chat app Signal on desktop now

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techcrunch.com - Signal, the encrypted chat app powered by Open Whisper Systems, is finally available as a desktop app. The free app, which has earned praise from Edward Snowden and security experts like Matt Green...

Blue’s latest podcasting mic goes super portable

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techcrunch.com - Blue Raspberry brings to mind Slurpees as much as anything. The name of Blue Microphone’s latest offering is seeming an homage to its longstanding Blueberry condenser mic, but then, between the Sno...

Pearl’s RearVision is a backup camera for those who want the best rear view

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techcrunch.com - Pearl’s goal as a company is to make modern tech available on older cars, and its first product is the Pearl RearVision, a wireless backup camera system that’s easy to install and uses your smartph...

The SMOVE stabilizes and charges your phone for steady video shoots

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techcrunch.com - When unmanned aerial vehicle makers and gimbal engineers get together they like to have a few beers and make something like the SMOVE. Designed to connect to a regular smartphone the SMOVE is basic...

Wink’s smart home hub gets some key upgrades for its second generation

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techcrunch.com - The smart home has come a long way in the two-plus years since the original Wink Hub was launched as a spinoff of New York-based hardware crowdsourcer, Quirky. Among other things, a number of major...

Samsung waiting to see where VR hype cycle lands before moving on standalone headsets

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techcrunch.com - At a company event today in San Francisco, Samsung President & Chief Strategy Officer Young Sohn detailed that the company is actively pursuing both smartphone-focused VR headsets and standalone so...

Unsafe at any clock speed: Linux kernel security needs a rethink

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arstechnica.com - The Linux kernel today faces an unprecedented safety crisis. Much like when Ralph Nader famously told the American public that their cars were "unsafe at any speed" back in 1965, numerous security ...

Google Allo’s limitations explained in one word: “India”

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arstechnica.com - Google's new instant messaging client Allo doesn't seem like a compelling product. Allo is missing many of the basic features you might expect in an instant messaging app: it only works with one de...

10 Communication Skills Every Blogger Should Hone - The Blog Herald

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blogherald.com - Being good at communication is one of the most important skills for people in any field. Studies show that 85 percent of a person’s success is attributable to communication skills. When you’re a bl...

Content Promotion Strategies: 50 Ways to Drive Traffic To Your Next Article

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orbitmedia.com - Where there’s traffic there’s hope. A visitor is an opportunity for conversion, which could mean a lead, a customer or a subscriber. But no traffic means no conversions. This is why content markete...

10 Recent Changes Impacting Facebook Advertisers

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jonloomer.com - Facebook has made a flurry of updates during the past month or so. Updates include… Somewhat subtly, Facebook announced that ad blocker software would no longer work when users accessed the social ...

Nace el primer bebé del mundo con ADN de tres padres

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telemundo.com - Londres, 27 sep (EFE).- El nacimiento del primer bebé del mundo engendrado mediante una técnica de reproducción asistida que emplea ADN de tres padres diferentes se ha hecho realidad, según reveló ...

5 Creative Ways to Grow Your Email List : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - New tools and placement options have made it easier than ever to create an offer that compels blog visitors to share their email address with you. In this article you’ll discover five unique ways t...

3 Ways to Use Google Analytics to Evaluate Your Audience : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Does your business use multiple social media platforms? Wondering where you can make improvements? With Google Analytics, you can uncover valuable data about your audience and determine which socia...

Google to Launch 'Andromeda OS' — An Android-Chrome OS Hybrid

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thehackernews.com - Google's long-rumored Android-Chrome hybrid operating system is expected to debut at the company's upcoming hardware event on October 4. The company has been working to merge the two OSes for rough...

Is Facebook having a crisis of confidence over all the bad news its algorithms are making?

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techcrunch.com - Answers in the comments, please. Additional suggestions also welcome. I ask because Facebook is surveying users to ask whether they think it cares about them. Yes, it is literally using the word “c...

Xiaomi Mi 5S, Mi 5S Plus unveiled in China - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Finally and officially, Xiaomi has announced the new Mi 5S and 5S Plus smartphones. Apart from the new Mi TV 3S, the top Chinese phone manufacturer has proudly unveiled the latest Android-running d...

Google Play Indie Games Festival announce 3 winners,4 nominees - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - The Google Play Indie Games Festival has just finished and several game developers are going home happy. Three games were chosen as the winners, as judged by Google and the festival goers who teste...

FitBit Charge 2 now officially released in global markets - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - There may be a lot of new fitness wearables available in the market right now, but one of the earliest brands to offer consumers a way to track all their fitness activities is FitBit. And now their...

Four Reasons Why Marketers Need a Cross-Device Strategy

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loyalty360.org - Let’s declare once and for all that “the year of mobile” is dead. Mobile is now where U.S. adults spend the majority of their digital time–and over 60% of their time with retail sites. So it’s an u...

SpareFoot.com: The World's Largest Marketplace for Self-Storage - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Sparefoot is a simple and efficient solution for locating storage facilities, comparing prices, and booking storage units online. According to Mr. ‘Betts'; Sparefoot is a simple and efficient solut...

nspHire : Job Search App - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Rasheen Carbin”, CMO at the US based start-up “nspHire” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-up i...

Pawn Essentials : Flea Market Meets Google Search - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Luke Makris”, CEO & Founder of the Annapolis – USA based startup “PawnEssentials” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you ...

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...

HiveFlux : Real-time Overview of What Everyone In the Company is Working - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Bruno Figueiredo”, CEO at the Lisbon – Portugal based start-up “Hiveflux” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and w...

AbbeyPost : Brand-New Marketplace and Community - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - AbbeyPost is a brand-new marketplace and community designed exclusively for plus size women’s fashion! Shopping is an inherently social activity, but for over 100 million plus size women in the US,...

Fitnescity : Allows Users To Connect With Personal Trainers - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Leila Zemrani”, Founder and CEO of the New York – US based start-up “Fitnescity” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you d...

Why contextual campaigns provide value across the enterprise

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marketingland.com - Together we’ve looked at why context is digital marketing’s next frontier. Since then, I’ve delved further into the topic, publishing research that looks at the value of marketing in the “phytigal”...

Facebook’s advertiser count surpasses 4 million brands with 20% buying video ads

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marketingland.com - Back in March 2016, you might remember Facebook announcing that 3 million businesses actively advertise on its social network. Well, now that number is 4 million. That’s 1 million advertisers added...

Tinder Boost lets you pay your way to the front of the line

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techcrunch.com - Tinder is introducing a new premium feature called Tinder Boost. The feature will let users pay to have their profiles displayed first to other users on the app in the same locale for thirty minute...