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Friday, March 10, 2017

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TECHNOLOGY

Syscoin Adds New Services to Microsoft Azure BaaS Platform

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btcmanager.com - Syscoin have announced that they have completed all of the prerequisite steps for their first official Microsoft Azure BaaS (Blockchain-as-a-Service) Marketplace product certification and have push...

Malware expert says ‘fingerprint’ switch shows past attacks blamed on Russia, China are work of CIA

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www.rt.com - News that the CIA could make its malware look as if it derived from Russia, China or other actors emerged as part of WikiLeaks’ ‘Year Zero’ data release on Tuesday. According to the leaked informat...

Tactics for Resilience in Combat and Life

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www.entrepreneur.com - Battling addiction late in the Vietnam era, the U.S. Army’s Deputy Chief of Chaplains, Brigadier General Thomas Solhjem, found redemption through his faith and others' mentorship. As he realizes no...

Scam Alert: Do not answer calls from these area codes

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pix11.com - NEW YORK — If you receive a call or text from an unfamiliar area code, you maywant to read this first. Inc.com is reported that the “one ring scam” that shows up periodically has resurfaced — and i...

New Edge Moto Mod lets you Supercharge your Moto Z - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - The Moto Mod game is getting more intense. The modular system for the Moto Z introduced by Motorola is definitely a great choice. It still has a long way to go but it’s off to a good start as prove...

Watch ‘High Resolution,’ a video series about design

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techcrunch.com - Ever wonder how design has helped drive success for businesses like Airbnb, Facebook, Slack and IBM? How about how theirteams are structured? How they operate? What their processes look like? High ...

Quidd picks up $6.75M seed round to make digital collectibles ‘a thing’

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techcrunch.com - Anyone who has watched “The Big Bang Theory”, or known John Biggs, knows that some people care a lot about collectibles. But does that passion translate over to digital? Quidd, a Brooklyn-based sta...

Sling TV expands access to its Cloud DVR, as streaming TV competition heats up

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techcrunch.com - Dish’s streaming TV service, Sling TV, is today launching its new Cloud DVR feature to more customers through a “First Look” early access program. The DVR was first announced back in November, but ...

Done with Uber? Here are some alternatives

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techcrunch.com - I have to admit I’m pretty reliant on Uber.With a subpar public transportation system, the ridesharing app makes it significantly easier to find my way around San Francisco. Apart from the occasion...

Oculus CTO John Carmack is suing ZeniMax for $22.5 million

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techcrunch.com - The feud between Oculus and ZeniMax Media is opening back up once again, this time with the CTO of Oculus, John Carmack, suing his former employer for earningsthat he claims are still owed to him. ...

Uber get its self-driving vehicle test permit in California

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techcrunch.com - Uber is now listed as one of the companies licensed to test autonomous vehicle technology in California. The ride-hailing provider originally launched a pilot of its self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs in...

Gboard gets upgraded with instant translation, GIF & emoji suggestions and more

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techcrunch.com - Gboard, Google’s attempt to further infiltrate your phone by way of a keyboard application, is rolling out an update this morning that will introduce a handful of new features, including GIF and em...

Hugging Face wants to become your artificial BFF

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techcrunch.com - Meet Hugging Face, a new chatbot app for bored teenagers. The New York-based startup is creating a fun and emotional bot. Hugging Face will generate a digital friend so you can text back and forth ...

Triplebyte expands its recruiting platform beyond YC and signs up Apple and Facebook

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techcrunch.com - Triplebytewants to make recruiting and technical screening for tech companies more efficient. The screening process happens background-blind, so instead of putting the emphasis on the applicants’ r...

Astro raises an $8 million Series A for its AI-powered email solution for teams

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techcrunch.com - On the surface, Astro, launching its public beta today, is a nifty but not completely necessary email client that combines machine intelligence and a bot interface to improve workflows and increase...

Google’s Cloud Platform improves its free tier and adds always-free compute and storage services

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techcrunch.com - Google quietly launched an improvedalways-free tier and trial program for its Cloud Platform today. The free tier, which now offers enough power to run a small app in Google’s cloud, is offered in ...

How Facebook Messenger evolved into a chat camera

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techcrunch.com - A picture is worth a thousand words… that no one wants to type on a tiny screen. And even if you did mash in all that text, it’d still lose the subtleties of sarcasm or sincerity. To express the fu...

SD2 launches platform to help startups get cloud billing under control

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techcrunch.com - SD2 released a new cloud management platform today it’s calling CloudOps.ai to help startups, especially in emerging markets, control and manage cloud costs on AWS. Company co-founder Sachin Dev Du...

How to Create and Use Hashtag Lists for Instagram

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blog.tailwindapp.com - Do you have a problem keeping your digital assets organized to post on Instagram? Have you wondered why similar accounts have grown and your posts seem to be lacking similar engagement? This is why...

The many futures of VR, as seen at the Game Developers Conference

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arstechnica.com - reader comments 0 HTC showed off its new, controller-independent Vive trackers (now available as developer kits) by snapping them to a pair of boxing gloves and putting me into a quick game of Knoc...

For the first time, more people subscribe to Netflix than have DVR

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arstechnica.com - Netflix reached another milestone thatwill worry traditional cable companies even further. According to a study by Leichtman Research Group, Inc., more people in the US report subscribing to Netfli...

Microsoft put gross ads in Windows Explorer and I don’t have the energy to be angry

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arstechnica.com - I don't know what triggers OneDrive advertisements in Explorer. I don't know if they appear in Windows 10 stable builds or just Insider Previews as a taste of things to come. I don't know that I ev...

The all-new Land Rover Discovery: More versatile than a Swiss Army Knife

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arstechnica.com - It's a cliché to call versatile cars—and Land Rovers in particular—Swiss Army Knives. It's inaccurate; knives can cut, carve, slice, pick, pinch and screw. Land Rovers can't do any of those things....

A look at the CIA’s internal dank meme division

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arstechnica.com - There are lots of technical details on the Central Intelligence Agency's software development process for espionage tools in the documents dumped by WikiLeaks earlier this week—many of which we'll ...

Verizon exempts FiOS TV streams from mobile data caps

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arstechnica.com - Just a few weeks after escaping a net neutrality investigation into data cap exemptions, Verizon has decided to let its FiOS mobile video stream on its wirelessnetwork without counting against data...

Techrules shows how to make EVs interesting: Just add a jet engine

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arstechnica.com - Like all auto shows, Geneva has its share of vaporware projects that never go beyond the first hopeful display of dreams. Most people would have filed Techrules' turbine hybrid, seen in concept for...

Data usage tracker Glasswire finally available on Android - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - if you want to keep a close eye on the apps you’ve installed on your app as well as manage your data usage, you cannot manually track them all. Well, you can but it will cause so much stress and ha...

Samsung Galaxy S8’s clone hits the street ahead of official product launch - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Weibo is somehow our quickest link to the Chinese tech world. Because people in China are limited to this microblogging site (aka Twitter’s Chinese knockoff), we are always interested on everything...

We’ve cut the cost of Zoolz Dual Cloud Storage by more than 90% [DEALS] - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Think your hard drive is immune to failure? Think again. Safely backup all your files for life with 2TB of Zoolz Dual Cloud Storage. This package would normally cost thousands but, this week, you c...

Facebook 360 app now available on Samsung Gear VR - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - While you can actually see 360 degree photos and videos on your smartphone or tablet or even on your desktop, nothing beats viewing it using a virtual reality headset. And since a lot of people are...

Peoplegeist: A 100% Free Social People Search Engine that Puts You in Complete Control of What Others See and Learn about You Online - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Peoplegeist is, simply put, designed to make it easier to find information about people for the purpose of forming and maintaining stronger relationships. “Peoplegeist”is a social people search eng...

Sleeves Up Productions : Digital Content For Brands - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Erika Kramer”,CEO and Founder at New York – USA based start-up “SleevesUpProductions” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that ...

ZWOOKY : Innovative Contact System - Start-Ups.Co

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www.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 what...

ApprovalQ : Email Project Management Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Sharif Aly”,Aly of the California – USA based start-up “ApprovalQ” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your...

JobQuotes : Connect Consumers With Local Professionals For Any Project - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Brandon Large”, CEO & Founder of the Aliso Viejo, USA based start-up “JobQuotes” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do...

AppAppeal.com: Finding Web Apps Made Easy! - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - AppAppeal reviews and compares web applications to help people find the best web app for their needs. Our quality reviews are comprehensive, objective, and created by professional writers. We do no...

LoopLR.com: A Real-Time Social Video Platform for the Creation and Distribution of User Produced Video Content on Smartphones - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - LoopLR is a real time social video platform for the creation and distribution of user produced video content on Smartphones and Tabs. LoopLR is a real-time video sharing app for Smartphones. It let...

SpotLoss: A Device that Keeps Track of Everything from your Keys to your Kids - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - SpotLoss is a device that allows you to keep track of everything from your keys to your phone to your kids. The SpotLoss fob allows you to press a button on the fob to find your phone, or a button ...

How we hijacked Google's SEO guide search rankings

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searchengineland.com - I wanted to share some notes on an experiment my agency performed recently, which resulted in Google believing our website was the canonical version of their own search engine optimization starter ...

Gboard for Android Updated with Improved Voice Typing, More - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - The stock virtual keyboard for Android is getting a major update this week, Google says: Gboard for Android will gain emoji and GIF typing suggestions, improved voice typing, more keyboard themes, ...

Fake News Undermines the Credibility of Popular Social Networks

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www.adweek.com - The increasing presence of fake news and other spurious content is causing problems for social networks. Conspiracy theories seem tailor-made as viral content for social, and networks are strugglin...

How to Market More Effectively in a Mobile-First World

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www.adweek.com - Imagine you’re a marketer for a chain of retail stores, and rather than opening your doors and welcoming customers with a friendly smile, your staff removes store signage, blocks the doors, ignores...

4 Simple Strategies Of Improving WordPress SEO And User Experience

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seoforgrowth.com - Every organization or individual in business seeks to have more traffic on their website(s), especially if websites are their main channel of marketing and promoting products or services. To them, ...

10 + Reasons Why You Should Quit Facebook

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over60andactive.com - In 2004, Facebook was founded by American Mark Zuckerberg. At nineteen, the former Harvard student launched a social networking site along with three classmates. Facebook was intended for his fello...

New unconfirmed Google 'Fred' update shakes the SEO world

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searchengineland.com - Since yesterday morning, the SEO industry has been watching an unconfirmed Google ranking update that has been going on for the past 24+ hours. This update has been named the Fred update and it see...

Mobile page speed is important, but not (yet) for SEO

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searchengineland.com - There are plenty of good reasons to make your mobile site fast, and Google just reminded us of them with their new industry benchmarks for mobile page speed. Among them: But is SEO one of those rea...

Hmmm: Comey meets with top members of Congress to discuss the alleged wiretapping of Trump Tower - Hot Air

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hotair.com - My read on that letter Lindsey Graham sent to Comey yesterday was that it was an obvious pretext to authorize Comey to speak up on wiretapping, as he allegedly wants to do. Twenty-four hours later,...

Marketing Day: Facebook Messenger, quality content & Optimizely's OTT TV solution

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marketingland.com - Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: WebMD’s new Alexa health skill should go to pharmacy...

Bergan Turbo Scratcher Replacement Pads, 2 Pack

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familypetshop.net - 5 Best Bergan Turbo Scratcher Replacement Pads, 2 Pack Scratch Review Ragdoll Cats and Bergan Star Chaser Ball in Track Cat Toy – ねこ – ラグドール – Floppycats Cats Painting Artwork Kitty Casso Paint Kit...

Can the Intelligence Community Secure Its Own Hacking Tools?

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www.theatlantic.com - It’s a cliche of political scandals that “the coverup is worse than the crime”: Attempts to conceal misconduct, because they’re easier to prove and provide otherwise elusive evidence of a guilty mi...