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Saturday, December 17, 2016

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Former NSA Officer – CIA Lying About Russians Hacking DNC

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veteranstoday.com - Former NSA Officer William Binney: CIA Lying About Russians Hacking DNC [ Editor’s Note: The DNC hacking story has gone on way too long with weasel word accusations, especially given the capabiliti...

Does Google listen in on your life?

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computerworld.com - Many Google users believe the company records audio through phones and computers, then applies those recordings to the AutoComplete options in Google Search. I asked followers on Google+ about this...

A Gift For You: The Ultimate Content Marketing Box Set for B2B Marketers

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business.linkedin.com - Behold B2B marketers. We bring you tidings of great joy. Finally, the answers to all your sophisticated marketing questions can be found in one convenient box. The LinkedIn Marketing Solutions team...

Breaking: Assange Emerges to Confirm Russia Was NOT the Source of DNC/Podesta Leaks

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thefreethoughtproject.com - In an interview with Sean Hannity on Thursday, founder Julian Assange officially and definitively declared Russia did not provide hacked documents to Wikileaks — directly contradicting nebulous int...

Go Home, Uber, Your Self-Driving Cars Are Drunk

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wonkette.com - Hooray! The self-driving cars are here, and oh noes, they’re running red lights. California transportation regulators told Uber to call a cab for its self-driving cars Wednesday — by pure coinciden...

Washington Post automatically inserts Trump fact-checks into Twitter

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arstechnica.com - In an apparent first for any American news outlet, the Washington Post released a Chrome plug-in on Friday designed to fact-check posts from a single Twitter account. Can you guess which one? The n...

EQNS : Advanced Education In The Sciences - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ilya Uts”, CEO & Founder of the New York – USA based start-up “EQNS” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what yo...

Home routers under attack in ongoing malvertisement blitz

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arstechnica.com - As you read these words, malicious ads on legitimate websites are targeting visitors with malware. But that malware doesn't infect their computers, researchers said. Instead, it causes unsecured ro...

How to Include All Employees in Your Social Media Marketing : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Want to expand your business’s reach on social media? Have you thought about involving all of your employees? Your company’s social media reach can grow dramatically if all of your employees are he...

London fintech startup Curve brings mobile wallet and all-your-cards-in-one app to Android

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techcrunch.com - The mobile wallet lets you sync your debit and credit cards into a single app and to the accompanying Curve card powered by MasterCard. You then simply select which card you want the Curve card to ...

Super Mario Run tops 5 million downloads on day one, but half reviews are just one star

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techcrunch.com - Pokémon Go, step aside. In the first 24 hours, Nintendo’s Super Mario Run has beaten the record-breaking Pokémon game in terms of day one downloads. According to data from Apptopia, Super Mario Run...

Twitter tests design that ditches retweet icon for “sharing”

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techcrunch.com - Twitter ditched its stars in favor of hearts to “like” Tweets, and now, to get more people using Twitter, it is considering replacing its iconic “Retweet” button. TechCrunch has learned and confirm...

The relevance of media-streaming startups

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techcrunch.com - Alice Williams is a freelance writer specializing in business and tech. With 86 million users across multiple countries and roughly $2.2 billion in generated revenue in Q3 2016, Netflix is the shin...

Weekly Roundup: Trump meets with tech leaders, Yahoo suffers another massive hack

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techcrunch.com - This week, one could play Super Mario Run on iOS in a self-driving Uber if you lived in San Francisco. You could have also broadcast it live on Instagram or Snapchatted it to a group for the first ...

Apple will require HTTPS connections for iOS apps by the end of 2016

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techcrunch.com - During a security presentation at Apple’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference, the company revealed the deadline for all apps in its App Store to switch on an important security feature called App Tra...

Uber continues self-driving vehicle testing in SF in defiance of DMV

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techcrunch.com - Uber won’t stop operating self-driving vehicles in San Francisco, despite an order from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to do just that. The DMV says Uber needs a permit to test its aut...

Mercedes-Benz debuts Croove, its own car-sharing network

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techcrunch.com - It’s become a well-trod refrain, but carmakers are looking at what comes after ownership, and car-sharing between individual owners and renters is one of those models. Mercedes-Benz has begun its o...

Amazon Fire TV’s new look arrives today

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techcrunch.com - Ready for your Fire TV to get a makeover? Amazon says it will today begin to roll out an update that will bring new user interface, described as a “more cinematic experience” to Fire TV and Fire TV...

Encrypted messaging app Wire adds usernames so you can limit what you share with contacts

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techcrunch.com - Wire, the Skype co-founder Janus Friis-backed end-to-end encrypted mobile messaging app, has added a username option — allowing people to communicate with others via the app without having to share...

FREE PLR Membership Site - Resell Rights Weekly Review - Warrior Forum

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warriorforum.com - How would you like to have FREE instant access to valuable "private label rights" & "resell rights" products? Join the most popular PLR membership site on the web! I'll frequently update this Resel...

The Conversion Copywriting Guide by Crazy Egg

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blog.crazyegg.com - PPC campaigns, email marketing, social media management, SEO optimization or good old fashioned word of mouth. All viable and potentially profitable methods to grow your brand. But they’re also all...

Oceanhorn is a Zelda-inspired RPG now out on Android - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - When Oceanhorn debuted last year for the PC platform (via Steam), you could barely find a gamer who had bad things to say about it. Obviously, the recall to Zelda – probably the most popular action...

Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 just $250 on Amazon until Christmas - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - If you wrote down a nice Android tablet on your Christmas wish list and you still have Samsung on your nice (not naughty) list even after the whole Note 7 debacle, then you might want to check out ...

Facebook Messenger camera is now central to the messaging expereince - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Of course we all knew it was a matter of time before Facebook Messenger app challenges Snapchat directly. And with the global rollout of the Messenger camera which is taking center stage now to you...

Crowdfunding is building their video game — and Cuba’s future

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miamiherald.com - HAVANA — At a relative’s house in Miami’s Coconut Grove, Cuban artist Josuhe Pagliery is showing me something on his laptop that looks what he calls “super cool.” (That’s the English translation. I...

The Virtual Playing Field

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loyalty360.org - Imagine that you have access to the best seats available at any sporting event at a fraction of the cost. What if it became possible for you to sit courtside at the NBA Finals or behind home plate ...

Personalized and Sophisticated Customer Experiences Are within Your Retailer’s Reach

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loyalty360.org - You would be hard-pressed to discover a retailer or marketer today that will contest the critical importance of customer data. But not everyone can leverage this analytical tool with the same degre...

Pushstartr : Database Management Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ryan Nutley”, CEO of the Ireland based start-up “Pushstartr” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start...

Codility.com: An Automated Tool for Assessment of Programming Skills - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Codility is an automated tool for assessment of programming skills. As per Mrs. Sobantka; Codility is an automated tool for assessment of programming skills. Codility is designed for software devel...

ShopLocket.com: An E-commerce Platform that Lets Anyone Start Selling Professionally Online in Minutes - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - ShopLocket is the easiest way to sell online. Rather than having to build out a full online storefront or get lost in a marketplace, sellers are able to quickly sell from anywhere that they already...

Mekiwi : Easy-To-Use StartUp to Manage Daily Life - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Antti Kananen”, CEO of the Finland based start-up “Mekiwi” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-u...

How Google may be slowing down AMP by not using direct links to publishers

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searchengineland.com - One of the biggest disadvantages for publishers in using AMP — the accelerated mobile pages format — is that Google will not show a publisher’s actual URL when displaying AMP pages. Google says thi...

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...

Pampered Teacher : Sends Teachers a Subscription Box Filled with Hand-Selects 4-6 Teacher Gifts - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Cristin Frank”, Owner Of the NY – USA based startup “Pampered Teacher” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...

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...

Fripito : Up-To-Date Travel Guides - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Irma Stastova”, Marketing and Sales Manager of the Nevada- USA based start-up “Fripito” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that...

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...

Google studying ways to deal with offensive search suggestions & results

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searchengineland.com - As Google has come under fire for search suggestions like “are women evil” or actual results questioning whether The Holocaust happened, those who oversee its search engine aren’t ignoring the issu...

Shots fired: T-Mobile will give switchers a year of AT&T’s DirecTV Now service for free

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yahoo.com - T-Mobile sure does have a great sense of humor, but we doubt AT&T is laughing very much following the Un-carrier’s latest announcement. On Thursday morning, T-Mobile announced a new offer for AT&T ...

Here's the unexpected result of Donald Trump calling out Vanity Fair

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mashable.com - Donald Trump declared Vanity Fair's subscriptions were "Way down," and so, they went way up. The Condé Nast magazine reported its subscriptions increased 100-fold Thursday compared to the average ...

Wild Siberian survival reality show sounds a lot like 'Hunger Games'

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mashable.com - Move over Survivor, a Russian entrepreneur is developing Game2: Winter, a reality show throwing 30 people in the Siberian wilderness and seeing if they can survive for nine months all to earn a $1....

Self-driving Chevy Bolts will hit Michigan streets soon

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mashable.com - In light of the recent passage of the most lax autonomous car laws in the U.S., the streets of Michigan will likely soon be the among the most common places to test self-driving cars. First up: GM...

Evernote reverses controversial privacy policy but damage is already done

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mashable.com - Evernote has decided to "revisit" its controversial privacy policy following a swift backlash from its users. In a statement on the company's blog, Evernote said it would no longer be implementing...

‘Supermarket of the Future,' with augmented reality, opens in Milan

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curbed.com - Carlo Ratti, designer, MIT professor, and author of the book, The City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life, is brimming with ideas about how data-driven tech can c...

How To Buy The Best Car For The Least Money

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carshopping.biz - While some people enjoy purchasing a car, others find it generally unpleasant to do so. If you are one of these people, it makes sense to acquire some education about the process in order to gain i...

Moon Lighting Inaugurating the LED Lighting Maintenance & Other Services

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satprnews.com - THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS (December 15, 2016) – The Moon Lighting of the Woodlands and landscape lighting Kingwood is an outdoor illumination company that offers its services in the state of Texas. Firs...

What Verizon Could Buy Next

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fortune.com - With Verizon’s $4.8 billion acquisition of Yahoo in danger of being cancelled after two major hacking incidents, analysts are starting to look at what else the telecom giant could do to bolster its...

Smart devices abandoned on the road to nowhere

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nakedsecurity.sophos.com - You buy a thing. Say, it’s a kettle. You make hot water with it, maybe it whistles when it hits the boiling point. That’s about as fancy as it gets. You use the kettle for years, if not decades, un...

Twitter Has Keyboard Shortcuts, and You Should Be Using Them

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howtogeek.com - Do you browse Twitter with your mouse? Stop it! Twitter’s keyboard shortcuts make everything about using that website faster, and they’re easy to pick up. Not many people realize this, but web apps...

Twitter Yanks 'Spy Center' Data Access

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pcmag.com - Amidst concern from activists, Twitter has blocked so-called "fusion centers" from accessing a social media monitoring tool intended to keep journalists abreast of breaking news. In 2014, Twitter a...