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Facebook is about to hit 2 billion users. Here’s a closer look at the rise of the social giant
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www.weforum.org - Facebook is fast approaching the point at which it will be used regularly by a third of the planet. In its results for the first quarter of 2017, the company said it had 1.94 billion monthly active...
Meet the first 8 startups backed by AI studio All Turtles
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venturebeat.com - Last week former Evernote CEO Phil Libin announced plans to leave his job as managing director of investment firm General Catalyst to launchAll Turtles, an AI startup studio. Libin and cofounders J...
Microsoft brings scalable Git to Visual Studio in improved GVFS
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www.infoworld.com - Microsoft has been mapping out plans to improve its Git Virtual File System(GVFS), including linking it to the Visual Studio IDE and getting it supported in third-party Git clients. GVFS is an atte...
Twitter for Apple TV adds live, 360 degree video and Periscope’s global map
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techcrunch.com - Twitter launched a version of its service on Apple TV and other media player platforms last fall in order to deliver its live video content to the big screen. Today, the company is updating its App...
No Agenda Newsletter
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followme4.blogspot.com - No Agenda Newsletter Memorial Day is a good time to subscribe If you want real analysis based on research and digging deeper into a story,No Agenda is your show. To keep it alive please support No ...
Report: Microsoft to buy security firm Hexadite for $100M as Cloudyn still in progress
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techcrunch.com - While we wait to get more news on Microsoft closing a reportedacquisition of Cloudyn, another report has emerged of one more enterprise startup that the software giant is buying in Israel. Calacali...
Stae helps cities take advantage of their data
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techcrunch.com - Stae wants to help local governments collect, manage and process data about their infrastructure. The company just raised $1.5 million from Story Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and Samsung Ventures....
DJI’s tiny new Spark drone is $499 and kind of a big deal
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techcrunch.com - The big news at DJI’s “huge Seize the Moment” event in New York City is, as expected, prettysmall. The world’s largest consumer drone maker cracked the code of portability with last year’s backpack...
Hackers are hiding malware in subtitle files
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techcrunch.com - An impressive new exploit gives hackers the ability to control your desktop through malware spread by fake movie subtitles. The exploit, which essentially dumps the malware onto your desktop and th...
Samsung’s new Gear 360 cam gets $229 retail price, goes on sale tomorrow
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techcrunch.com - Samsung announced today that it will begin selling its new 360-degree camera in-stores and online starting tomorrow for $229. Across the pond, the phone had been available for pre-order for£219, or...
Robotic toymaker Sphero unveils Ultimate Lightning McQueen — a chatty, smartphone-controlled car
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techcrunch.com - While Sphero has released a whole lineupof robotic, Internet-connected toys, it remains best-known for its BB-8 droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Today it’s launching its next Disney tie-in ...
The end of the Apple dynasty?
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techcrunch.com - Chrys Bader was previously the co-founder and chief designer at Secret, a product manager at Google, and a YCombinator alumni. Query him on Whale. Apple is misplaying the hand Steve Jobs left them,...
How to Run an Instagram Story Takeover : Social Media Examiner
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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Want to reach more people with your Instagram stories? Have you considered hosting an Instagram Story takeover to grow a larger following? Collaborating with highly engaged Instagram users will int...
1Password adding new Travel Mode security feature for leaving sensitive information behind
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9to5mac.com - 1Password is launching a new feature for members called Travel Mode that makes it easier to remove sensitive information from the app. The idea behind Travel Mode is to give users the ability to fl...
Comcast vendor sent cease-and-desist to operator of anti-Comcast website
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arstechnica.com - A Comcast vendor sent a cease-and-desist letter to the operator of "Comcastroturf.com," a website that helps people find out if their names were used by bots that have flooded the Federal Communica...
Huawei goes after Apple’s MacBook with new thin-and-light Matebook X
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arstechnica.com - Huawei has only been making PCs for a few years now, but the company has been paying attention to its competition. Today, Huawei announced a new laptop, the Matebook X, which looks like Apple's Mac...
IKEA’s low-cost smart lights get Alexa, Google, and Siri voice support
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arstechnica.com - IKEA recently released its own line of Wi-Fi enabled smart lighting called Trådfri. While great value—prices start at just £15/$20 for a bulb and dimmer—the Trådfri range was limited to use with th...
Nokia 3310 review: No matter how much you think you want it, you don’t want it
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arstechnica.com - That the new HMD-made Nokia 3310 was the star of this year's Mobile World Congress says more about how dull smartphones have become than it does about the appeal of Nokia's chintzy slab of noughtie...
Intel to make Thunderbolt 3 royalty-free in bid to spur adoption
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arstechnica.com - We're big fans of Thunderbolt 3 here at Ars, attracted by its enormous versatility, high performance, and the promise of being a single port and a single cable that can do it all. While the technol...
The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Amiga platform never died
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arstechnica.com - The Amiga computer was a legend in its time. Back when the Macintosh had only a monochrome 9-inch screen, and the PC managed just four colors and monotone beeps, the Amiga boasted a 32-bit graphica...
A wormable code-execution bug has lurked in Samba for 7 years. Patch now!
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arstechnica.com - Maintainers of the Samba networking utility just patched a critical code-execution vulnerability that could pose a severe threat to users until the fix is widely installed. The seven-year-old flaw,...
Learning These 9 Tough Skills Will Immediately Improve Your Entire Life
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themission.co - We often focus only on learning skills that are directly pertinent to our jobs during the busy workweek. Wealthy and successful people, on the other hand, never stop reaching for new heights and le...
How To Make WordPress Faster - Much Faster! (A Simple Guide)
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winningwp.com - Website speed is a big deal. It has a direct influence on the chances of a visitor returning, conversion rates, customer satisfaction levels, and even the chances of your website ranking well in se...
Google now mingles everything you've bought with everywhere you've been
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www.theregister.co.uk - In a move with echoes of the fictional internet giant described in Dave Eggers' The Circle, Google's has begun trawling through billions of personal credit card records, matching them to your brows...
What is mobile gigabit and why should you care?
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www.engadget.com - Gigabit here refers to transfer speeds of one gigabit per second -- that's 1,000 Mbps -- and it's faster even than most Americans' home internet. But before we get into how it does that, let's quic...
YouTube Marketing Made Simple: 5 Examples, 3 Tips, and 12 Tools
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www.socialmediatoday.com - It takes tons of work, and part of that hard work has come in the form of their awesome YouTube videos, with a new video added daily! Marc and his team strive to add something more to there videos ...
Facebook Live launches Live Chat with Friends, brings Live With to all - Android Community
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androidcommunity.com - It seems that more and more people are getting into the whole Facebook Live and Mark Zuckerberg and co are coming up with more ways to get even more people involved with either watching or creating...
Google Maps volunteers to be your Summer tour guide - Android Community
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androidcommunity.com - You probably have a lot of apps and blog posts that are already telling you what you should be doing for the summer (well, summer if you’re in North America, that is). But if you want things that y...
Instagram’s Explore now has location and hashtag stories - Android Community
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androidcommunity.com - If you’ve already become bored with the accounts you follow on Instagram and would like to discover more pictures and videos, the photo sharing network has added two new ways for you to explore the...
The Ticwatch 2 is just about the perfect active smartwatch [DEALS] - Android Community
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androidcommunity.com - Looking for a smartwatch that’s as user friendly as it is functional? Then check out the Ticwatch 2 Active Smartwatch, offered to Android Community readers at at 15% off the regular retail price. S...
Why the Chinese Will Pay for Content That Americans Won't
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adage.com - Back in early 2016, Li Xiang was just another overworked magazine editor in Beijing. Then along came an opportunity to produce a business newsletter on a brand-new app called De Dao. In just a few ...
Musistic : Music Technology Company - Start-Ups.Co
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www.start-ups.co - We had a nice chat with Mr. “Jimbo Lattimore”,CEO of the Memphis USA-based start-up “Musistic” about his Company. Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and...
RunLastMan : Sports Betting Platform - Start-Ups.Co
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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Graham Carrick”,CEO at the Dublin – Ireland based start-up “RunLastMan” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...
Crowdid : E-Commerce Platform Selling Crowdfunded Products - Start-Ups.Co
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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ed Havens”, Founder (CMO) at the San Francisco – USA based start-up “crowdid” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do an...
Ven.io: A Comprehensive Healthy Lifestyle Solution which Generates a Nutritional Plan that is personalized for You - Start-Ups.Co
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www.start-ups.co - Venio provides a comprehensive healthy lifestyle solution, which generates an interactive meal-plan that is personalized around your taste, health goals, and dietary preferences. Below is the full ...
StoryMarkLife.com: A Mobile and Tablet Applications Company for Lifestyle and Business that’s Redefining the Way we Capture and Share Experiences - Start-Ups.Co
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www.start-ups.co - StoryMark Life is a mobile and tablet applications company for lifestyle and business that is redefining the way we capture and share experiences. “StoryMark Life” is a mobile and tablet applicatio...
MinYawns : Minions To Supervillains - Start-Ups.Co
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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Billy Sheng'; Founder of the Start Up “MinYawns”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. What is it...
Fitnescity : Allows Users To Connect With Personal Trainers - Start-Ups.Co
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www.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 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...
Point Shout : Mobile App to Listen, Engage and React to Customers' Needs - Start-Ups.Co
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www.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 do...
ShareWhere : Social Sharing Application - Start-Ups.Co
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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Geoffrey Chan”, Founder of the Miami based start-up “ShareWhere” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your s...
ShopLocket.com: An E-commerce Platform that Lets Anyone Start Selling Professionally Online in Minutes - Start-Ups.Co
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www.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...
Trendii : Social Commerce Platform - Start-Ups.Co
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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Christopher Latter”, Co-Founder at London – UK based start-up “Trendii” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what...
Google Pushes Chrome Further Into the Enterprise - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Google this week announced a set of updates for its Chrome web browser that are aimed at speeding its adoption in Microsoft’s key market, the enterprise. “Chrome is not just for personal use,” Goog...
Apple Makes an Education Push Of Its Own - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - With both Microsoft and Google announcing major new education initiatives in recent weeks, Apple today tossed its hat into the ring as well. The consumer electronics giant is now offering a full-ye...
Smartphone Sales Grew 6.35 Percent in Q1 2017 - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - With both Gartner and IDC weighing in on smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2017, a more complex picture has emerged of the health of this industry. Note: As always, I’m averaging the sales e...
4A's Survey Finds 'More Risk Than Benefit' in Brands Tackling Political and Social Issues
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www.adweek.com - A new survey by the 4A’s andresearch partner SSRS found that while brands are more interested in values-based marketing, consumers mostly don’t like it when brands take on political and social issu...
3 Facebook Advertising Mistakes Experienced Advertisers Must Avoid
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www.adweek.com - Facebook is a gold mine for today’s digital advertiser. Recent stats show just how potent the social network is in the industry—60 percent of advertisers expect to increase ad spend there in 2017. ...
Facebook Outlines the 3 Steps It Will Take to Address Viewability
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.adweek.com - Facebook execs offereda peek at how the social giant approaches measurement during a news conference today that included an update on its upcoming audit with the Media Rating Council. Facebook also...
The consumer decision journey in the increasingly complex search retail marketplace
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searchengineland.com - In the retail space today, it’s no longer business as usual. Retail is in a constant state of flux as more and more brands announce store closings; we’ve experienced a staggering 97 percent increas...
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