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Saturday, March 4, 2017

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Human Drivers Could Go the Way of Elevator Operators

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www.pcmag.com - As NPR pointed out in 2015, "every new automatic device that enters our lives, from automatic doors to escalators, has had to face this awkward moment where people are skeptical and maybe scared." ...

5 Ways You May Be Able to Make Money Blogging

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www.americanexpress.com - As we move into a new year, many people may start a blog with the hopes of making some money in the process. An easy setup and a low cost of entry makes blogging a saturated space—there are free co...

Curated advertising is coming to highway billboards

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www.technologyreview.com - Last November if you were driving a BMW x5 or a Volvo XC60 on the highway ringing Moscow, you might have noticed a digital billboard on the side of the road flash an ad just as you approached, one ...

How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide

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www.nytimes.com - Uber’s use of Greyball was recorded on video in late 2014, when Erich England, a code enforcement inspector for Portland, Ore., tried to catch an Uber car downtown as part of a sting operation agai...

Google censorship of Natural News: Statement from the Health Ranger

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naturalnews.com - (Natural News) After six days of being blacklisted by Google, the NaturalNews.com website has been restored to Google’s search results. The action by Google follows the largest and most vocal backl...

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

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www.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 yo...

Ekayan: A web based app for people to find out what their friends think about them, and get recognized for what's admirable about them - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - “Ekayan”facilitates you to anonymously admire your friends, and know what your friends think about you. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted with Mr. ‘Gupta’ regarding his start-up “...

Google Pixel 2 definitely coming this year, still as a premium flagship device - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - It was only a couple of days ago when we heard Rick Osterloh saying there won’t be any new Pixel laptop at the moment. The tech giant doesn’t have any plans of releasing a follow-up to the Pixel C ...

Delta Windows Updates shrinks downloads 65% for Insiders, 35% for everyone else

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arstechnica.com - The Windows 10 Creators Update, due some time in the next couple of months, enables differential updates as part of what Microsoft calls the Unified Update Platform. These updates only contain the ...

A Wii U owner’s send-off to a deeply flawed but essential Nintendo console

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arstechnica.com - I haven't taken a poll or anything, but I suspect I'm the only person on the Ars staff who happily and without reservation plunked down for the Wii U version ofThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wi...

Op-ed: The Internet belongs to the people, not powerful corporate interests

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arstechnica.com - When I was growing up in Brooklyn, my father owned a small pest-control business. If his competitor down the street had received preferred electricity service, he would have been rightly outraged—a...

Mixed reality arcades are the next big market opportunity — but not for VCs

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techcrunch.com - Sunny Dhillon is a partner at Signia Venture Partners. VR’s quest to become the next dominant computing platform has hit a few bumps in the road lately. There’s no way around the fact that VR heads...

GM’s new Maven Reserve service offers monthly vehicle rentals

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techcrunch.com - Alternative models to car ownership now abound, and GM’s putting one more on the table: Maven Reserve, an offering within its Maven on-demand rental service that lets users rent new GM cars for 28 ...

Uber plans to turn its app into a ‘content marketplace’ during rides

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techcrunch.com - Uber can’t seem to avoid headlines for the wrong reasons right now, as it gets slammedfor its toxic work culture, its connections to a polarizing U.S. President, and its CEO’s attitude to Uber driv...

U.S. consumers now spend 5 hours per day on mobile devices

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techcrunch.com - The time U.S. users are spending in mobile apps is continuing to grow, and now, according to new data released this week by analytics firm Flurry, we’re up to 5 hours per day on our mobile devices....

Amazon shuts down its cable store, probably because ISPs are awful

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techcrunch.com - Remember that time when Amazon decided it wanted to sell you internet service and cable TV? Well, that’s done now. Yep, Amazon’s “Cable Store” is no more. As you may recall, around a year ago, the ...

Ars System Guide: March 2007

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arstechnica.com - The God Box takes an unusual swing towards reality in this update, shifting from a dual-socket server-class board to a single-socket consumer-grade board for the first time in ages. The move gives ...

Op-ed: Protect the Open Internet with a bipartisan law

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arstechnica.com - Let’s put the scare tactics and apocalyptic rhetoric aside. The Internet worked great in 2014 when there were no net neutrality rules. And it still works great today after the Federal Communication...

Elite: Dangerous crowdfunding campaign reinstated after copyright flap

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arstechnica.com - After a three-week pause due to a copyright complaint, Kickstarter has un-frozen the crowdfunding campaign for Spidermind Games’ Elite: Dangerous pen-and-paper RPG. The campaign’s page is back onli...

Uber rethinks defiance, will apply for self-driving car permit in California

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arstechnica.com - On Thursday, the San Jose Mercury News reported that Uber apply for a permit to test its self-driving cars on California roads. In December, the company said that it would not apply for the permit,...

The Porsche Cayman GT4 with the magic carpet ride

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arstechnica.com - A constant source of fascination for me is the software-defined car. Back in ye olden days, reconfiguring your car to suit the racetrack and then back again for the grocery run meant spending time ...

The Silicon Shift That’s Transforming How Tech Giants Make Phones

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www.wired.com - Apple does it. Samsung, too. You may not be as familiar with Huawei, but it’s been doing it for years too. And now the Chinese smartphone powerhouseXiaomi has joined this growing club of big compan...

Content Creation Hacks: How to Quickly Produce Valuable Content : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Looking for an easier way to make your content work for you? Discover easy ways to create and repurpose your content, courtesy of Nick Westergaard. The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-deman...

Sony Xperia XZ Premium awarded as “Best New Smartphone at MWC 2017” - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - We were highly anticipating for the LG G6 at this year’s Mobile World Congress mainly because the G5 was tagged as the Best Device at the MWC 2016. We got our hands-on feature on the other South Ko...

Allo brings more features to make your chats more fun - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Messaging apps have to step up their game every month in order to keep up with their competitors as they constantly think of more fun ways to attract new users and even bring over some from the oth...

Microsoft resets OneDrive storage to 1TB per user - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Carriers and cloud storage developers have learned the hard way that if you give users “unlimited” anything, chances are they would really take advantage of it and use it whatever way they want. Mi...

Cheekd : Mobile Dating App - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Lori Cheek”, CEO of the USA based start-up “Cheekd” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-up is al...

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

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www.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 what...

betternet :Provides Parents With Information About Their Kids' Online Behavior - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Colton Shields”,Co-Founder of the Provo – USA based start-up “bettrnet” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wh...

CareerSonar a Social Job Discovery - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co interviewed Mr. ‘Aviram Ben Moshe';Co-founder & CTO at the US (NY)based start-up “CareerSonar”. “CareerSonar” ranks all jobs available online by the strength of your inside connections...

Papadakis Konstantinos : Latest Technologies Designed by High Detailed Graphics - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Konstantinos Papadakis”, Developer and Owber of the Greece based start-up “PapadakisKonstantinos” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it ex...

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

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www.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 w...

While Vine Camera’s Future Is TBD, the Lessons for Influencer Marketing Are Clear

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www.adweek.com - The announcement of Vine’s closuretoward the back end of last year marked a sad, nostalgic day for digital content creators. So it came as quite the surprise when, last month, Twitter relaunched th...

The Memory App For iPhone | Instant Recall Of Everything, Anywhere - TECHWIBE

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www.techwibe.com - If you are looking for a memory app in which you can store all your sensitive data like important dates, credit card details, bank Details, etc. so that you can quickly access that data in the time...

Does SEO Still Matter? | Rainmaker.FM

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digitalcommerce.com - You’re listening to The Digital Entrepreneur, the show for folks who want to discover smarter ways to create and sell profitable digital goods and services. This podcast is a production of Digital ...

Review of the Alienware Area51 R2 - Dragon Blogger Technology

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Raymond Philippe




www.dragonblogger.com - Hey guys, so I am sure in your searches for the perfect gaming PC, you have at one point come across one flavor of an OEM or boutique PC builder and well, this review is about one of them. Now I kn...

48 Fatal SEO Mistakes to Avoid Weakening Your Rankings

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Raymond Philippe



cognitiveseo.com - The internet is a scary thing. Who knows what you could find out there, on the dark side. You must be very careful to avoid being a victim of the numerous SEO mistakes that exist on the internet, s...

UPDATED: A visual history of Google ad labeling in search results

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searchengineland.com - In February, Google kicked outthe “Ad” label with the green background in favor of a version with a thin green border on a white background. We’ve updated our look back at the way Google has treate...

Why You Don't Need To Know Any HTML Code To Start A Website

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www.bitrebels.com - In this article, we discuss why HTML coding skills are not really needed in most cases nowadays. We talk about what is HTML and how it flourished as well as why you don’t need to know it. We walk y...

Google Assistant might take weeks to reach your Android phone

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searchengineland.com - Excited to get Google Assistant on your Android phone? You might have to hang in there. While Google Assistant officially rolled out this week to phones beyond Google’s own Pixel, the company says ...

Thought Leadership: How to Become Known to People Who Matter : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want to be recognized as an expert in your field? Wondering how to make a name for yourself? To explore how to become known, I interview Mark Schaefer. The Social Media Marketing podcast is ...

Mass Innovation Nights 96

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mass.innovationnights.com - We are looking forward to our first ever event at Cramerin Norwood on March 15th at 6pm. Don't forget, it is the 3rd not 2nd Wednesday of the month, thanks for being flexible! Storytelling, brandi...

3 Types of Videos That Can Help Drive Sales on Social Media

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instapage.com - We recently shared an article on 4 Types of Social Video That Get Viewers Respond to Your Brand. But videos are not only great for engaging with fans on social media — they can have a significant i...

Understanding the world you operate in - Talenetic

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www.talenetic.com - Last week I wrote about the importance of understanding your position in the recruitment value chain; as important is today’s topic “understanding the market you operate in”. The external environme...

Comcast Careers Director, Retail Technology in Philadelphia, PA

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jobs.comcast.com - Comcast's Product and Platform Services team is seeking a Software Engineering Director to lead development and operations efforts for Retail Services. This team is focused on delivering the techno...

Tech Support Scam Uses Website Elements to Spoof Microsoft Support Page

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www.tripwire.com - A new tech support scam is using website elements to trick users into thinking their browser has loaded a Microsoft support page. Like other ruses of the sort, this ploy begins when malicious ads r...

Nearly 1m Coachella user details potentially accessed in breach

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nakedsecurity.sophos.com - Coachella, a popular music festival in southern California that features acts like Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Radiohead, revealed this week that its website had been breached, potentially compromising ...

Mike Pence’s (Imaginary) Leaked AOL Emails Prove He’s Basically Your Dad

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www.wired.com - From: GovMikePence342@AOL.com To: Gary_Honeycutt@state.indiana.gov Subject: Happy Anniversary!! Hi Gary…hope you and Cath have a swell day today…there is an animated “e-card” waiting for you at htt...

MWC: These might be the droids you are looking for

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Lee Munson




nakedsecurity.sophos.com - Naked Security is reporting this week from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Rick Deckard wouldn’t have had much trouble spotting the robots at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC). Instead of ...

10 shocking predictions about driverless cars

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www.cobizmag.com - The night before my talk for the Texas Transportation Forumin Austin, Texas, my wife and I were involved in a car accident. Since Uber and Lyft no longer operate in Austin, we were in the back of a...