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Easy & Effective! A First Look At Autel Robotics' X-Star Premium Drone
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stupiddope.com - As you know, we love technology and all of the amazing advances. Like you, we are intrigued by the world of drones and all of their unique features. Today we get a closer look at the X-Star Premium d…
India’s leading digital wallet Paytm’s adding messaging to rival WhatsApp
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SingingSteve
thenextweb.com - Following India’s massive demonetization exercise last year – an effort to curb the spread of black money across the country – Paytm has grown its digital wallet service to a whopping 225 million use…
Backblaze/b2-sdk-java
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Backblaze
github.com - b2-sdk-java is a Java sdk for B2 clients. See the B2 API docs to get some context. As a whole, b2-sdk-java is currently ALPHA software. The core library is being used internally at Backblaze for new …
NetApp at Cloud Field Day
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Gina Minks
24x7itconnection.com - I recently attended Cloud Field Day in the Bay area and one of the companies I had the privilege of meeting with for a product strategy review was NetApp. If you are familiar with NetApp they are tr…
Why Amazon's home makeover show should make Google and Facebook nervous
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Susan Cooper
mashable.com - Amazon is churning out more content designed to sell you things. The online shopping giant's latest move is a home makeover show featuring YouTube stars like baking enthusiast Rosanna Pansino and bea…
Google reportedly offered $30 billion to acquire Snapchat
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techcrunch.com - Nerdy Google has failed at social time and time again, so it considered buying teen sensation Snapchat. The search giant held informal talks with Snap and floated an offer of $30 billion in 2016 befo…
Piggy looks to build a simple app for first-time investors in India
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techcrunch.com - The name “Piggy” might seem weirdly uninviting for an investment app — which is serious business — but co-founder Nikhil Mantha says it holds a kind of comfort that should attract users in India to s…
Report: Xiaomi is world’s top wearable maker for first time as Fitbit sales slide
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techcrunch.com - Xiaomi’s good run has continued after a research firm founded that the Chinese firm has ranked top for sales of wearable devices worldwide for the first. Sales of Fitbit devices, meanwhile, plunged b…
Cadillac’s Super Cruise ‘autopilot’ is ready for the expressway
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techcrunch.com - Cadillac is about to start selling vehicles with an autonomous driving mode and TechCrunch got an early look at the technology in a production car. “Wait for the green light and let go,” the Cadillac…
YC-backed Muzmatch definitely doesn’t want to be Tinder for Muslims
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techcrunch.com - At first glance, YC-backed Muzmatch‘s dating app might look best described as a ‘Tinder for Muslims’. But co-founders Shahzad Younas and Ryan Brodie are clear about what sets their target audience ap…
Online learning startup Codecademy launches paid Pro courses
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techcrunch.com - Codecademy has spent the last several years building a large community of learners with free lessons aimed at teaching its users the basics of how to code. But now it’s betting that many of them will…
LinkedIn is rolling out a free Tinder-style service to pair users with mentors
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techcrunch.com - LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social network for the working world with over 500 million users, has put a lot of effort into new areas of business like content, education and bringing on new users in…
The Moto Z2 Force Edition makes sacrifices for the sake of modularity
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Last year, the Moto Z legitimized modular phones. Plenty had tried and failed to deliver a device with swappable hardware components, but Lenovo/Motorola managed to pull it off — and sold “millions a…
Tesloop does emission-free electric freight shipping – with a Tesla Model X
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techcrunch.com - Tesloop is a company that saw great potential in the Model X from Tesla – not as a consumer vehicle, but as a means of providing city to city fleet passenger transport, similar to a train or bus with…
Upward! – Mamoon Hamid – Medium
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Om Malik
medium.com - I am thrilled to join Kleiner Perkins to help shape the next decades of this iconic institution. I came to Silicon Valley two decades ago as a 19 year-old Electrical Engineer. I wanted to design semi…
Game of Thrones script for “Spoils of War” leaks after HBO hack
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - HBO has been working hard to clean up the leaked files via a flurry of DMCA takedown notices—but conversely, one DMCA notice sent to Google, and apparently seen by Variety, reveals that "thousands" o…
The Lucid Air could be Tesla’s most credible rival—as long as it gets funding
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arstechnica.com - The Air's exterior styling disguises just how much space there is on the inside. Designer Derek Jenkins said that the biggest challenge with the exterior styling was integrating the car's sensor suit…
USS Ford launches first F/A-18, software fix for catapult pending
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Last week, an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the US Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 successfully landed and then took off from the recently commissioned USS Gerald R. Ford—the first full use of…
What does it take to power gaming at 16K resolution?
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The key to the build is four Quadro P5000 video cards provided by Nvidia. While each card performs similarly to a consumer-level GTX1080 (8.9 teraflops, 2560 parallel cores), these are pro-tier cards…
Red Hydrogen phone gets a video preview: It’s big—very big
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Many were confused earlier in July when Red, makers of ultra high-end 4K and 8K cameras for Hollywood, announced it was making an Android smartphone. Dubbed Red Hydrogen, the phone's substantial $1,5…
Download me—Saying “yes” to the Web’s most dangerous search terms
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - There’s a saying—"there’s no such thing as a free lunch." On the Web, however, it sure seems like there is. In the time span of a lunch break, a few keywords in a search engine promise free entertain…
Samsung’s Bixby—A frustrating voice assistant with all the wrong features
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Bixby versus the Google Assistant. Video edited by Justin Wolfson. Bixby—Samsung's voice assistant designed to take on Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, Google's Google Assistant, and Microsoft's Cortana…
The FCC is full again, with three Republicans and two Democrats
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The US Senate today confirmed the nominations of Republican Brendan Carr and Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel to fill the two empty seats on the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai c…
The external graphics dream is real: Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box reviewed
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The external graphics card (or eGFX), long the pipe dream of laptop-touting gamers the world over, has finally come of age. Thanks to Thunderbolt 3—which offers up to 40Gbps of bandwidth, the equival…
10 Things Every Designer Hates to Hear | Webdesigner Depot
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Webdesigner Depot
www.webdesignerdepot.com - It’s happened to every designer at some point: A client or co-worker makes an absolutely cringe-worthy comment about your work. Feedback is important. And often the problem with some of these element…
When You'll Get Your Tesla Model 3—And How to Get It Faster
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Reg Saddler
www.wired.com - The long-awaited, much-anticipated Tesla Model 3 has officially arrived, and judging by early reviews (including ours) Elon Musk's $35,000 sedan delivers on a decade of hype, complete with unique tec…
4 Ways to Build Facebook Lookalike Audiences to Expand Your Targeting
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Reg Saddler
www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want to reach more consumers with your Facebook ads? Looking for creative ways to reach more people like your ideal customers? Lookalike audiences allow you to build new audiences using an est…
Snapchat for Business: 12 Do’s and Don’ts
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Reg Saddler
www.socialmediatoday.com - Snapchat is on the rise, and businesses are starting to join the network to connect with a younger demographic. Snapchat can be a little intimidating at first, but it's an excellent network for buil…
Microsoft WARNING — 'Use Windows 7 at Your Own Risk'
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Reg Saddler
thehackernews.com - Someone is threatening Windows 7 users with a misleading warning. Since Windows 7 runs on 55 percent of all the computers on the planet, Microsoft is worried that its goal to reach 1 Billion Windows …
6 Ways to Improve Your B2B Content Strategy
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Reg Saddler
www.socialmediatoday.com - A B2B content strategy is the key to your lead generation system. Content is made to attract, acquire, engage a clearly defined customer audience – and then drive profitable customer action. In order…
Elon Musk says people are canceling Tesla Model 3 orders because it's like an 'hour-and-a-half wait for hamburgers'
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Reg Saddler
www.businessinsider.com - Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that 63,000 people cancelled their Model 3 reservations over the course of more than a year — but was quick to add that it's a relief for the electric-car maker. "I…
OnePlus 5's upcoming new color may be red (or gold) - Android Community
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androidcommunity.com - The OnePlus 5, like previous OnePlus flagship devices, is a pretty decent smartphone. It has been released for a few months now, and while reviews have mostly been positive, there have been a few (se…
Honeywell thermostats now has Google Home support - Android Community
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androidcommunity.com - As home speakers continue to be a growing market, you can expect connected, smart appliances to also continue to bring support to various connected speakers. Honeywell and its line of smart thermosta…
Samsung still top in Q2 sales; Xiaomi back in top 5 - Android Community
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androidcommunity.com - It’s only the second quarter of 2017 but based on numbers and market share figures from Strategy Analytics, Samsung has managed to recover from its awful year of 2016 and is still the number one in t…
HiveFlux : Real-time Overview of What Everyone In the Company is Working - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
www.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 wha…
Render.st: An Easy to Use and Affordable Online Render Farm, with a Great Customer Support - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
www.start-ups.co - Render Street is an easy to use and affordable render farm for 3D projects with very good customer support. “Render Street” is a global provider of rendering services. Below is the full interview tha…
Mangomolo : Stream Personlized Live and On-Demand Content - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Wissam Sabbagh”, CEO of the Beirut – Lebanon based StartUp “Mangomolo” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what yo…
Limetr.ee: A Web Application that Allows you to Safely Keep Messages, Photos and Videos you Want to Preserve as a Legacy for your Child - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
www.start-ups.co - Limetree is about gathering family and friends around your children’s history. About the legacy you want to pass to your child. About safeguarding memories for the future. Below is the full and in-de…
Pushstartr : Database Management Platform - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
www.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-u…
Hubchi : Online Marketplace For Booking and Entertainment - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Prasanthy Gurugubelli”, Founder at the Hyderabad – India based start-up “Hubchi” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do …
716Labs : Helps App Developers In The Marketng Validation stage - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Scott Falbo”, Co-Founder of the Buffalo – USA based start-up “716Labs” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what yo…
Contus : Mobile App Development Company - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
www.start-ups.co - Today, we had an in-depth and very interesting interview with Mr. ‘Sriram Manoharan'; Founder of Contus at Tamil Nadu – India. “Contus” is a leading mobile app development company Below is the full i…
Imboard : Event Discovery and Promotion App - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Dominic Smith”, CEO of the Baltimore USA-based start-up “Imboard” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your st…
Microsoft is Adding Visualizations, Equalizer, and More to Groove Music - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Microsoft’s music streaming app, Groove Music, will soon be updated with a few new, and highly requested, features – like visualizations. And like in the movies, I crowbarred through the outer platin…
Brands Use Instagram Stories More Than Twice as Often as Snapchat
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.adweek.com - Can Instagram finally eat Snapchat’s lunch once and for all? According to a new report from L2, brands are uploading to Instagram Stories more than twice as often as they are on Snapchat. The firm tr…
Facebook’s Content Gamble
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.adweek.com - Facebook has, over the past year, explained its view on traditional video content and tried to identify its approach to competing (or dominating) the market. But what is “the market?” And what exactl…
Google Shopping shakes up mobile product card unit ads with swipeable carousel, filters
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searchengineland.com - Google has started testing a different variation of mobile product card units, which is the Google Shopping format of a knowledge panel. The store listings, spotted by Josh Leiber Wednesday, appear i…
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
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Gerd Leonhard
www.theatlantic.com - One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas. She answered her phone—she’s had an iPhone since she was 11—sounding as if she’d just woken up. We chatte…
3 Blogging Tools to Improve Your Content Quality
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Themelis Cuiper
www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Looking for free or low-budget tools to help? In this article, you’ll discover three blogging tools that will help you catch typos and improve readability of your blog posts. 3 Blogging Tools to Impr…
Should Schools Bother With Instagram?
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SingingSteve
www.schneiderb.com - The question begs for whether school marketing directors should bother putting time and effort into the newer social media platforms popping up each year. As we all know, a school marketing director’…
Hope marketing: sound strategy or wishful thinking?
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Tyson Quick
www.lilachbullock.com - Recently, I got into a conversation with someone about hope marketing. About how if you believe enough and hope enough for good things to happen to your business then they will eventually happen. But…
PBTO54: The Fuzzy and the Techie- The Important Role of Humanities in a Tech Driven World by Pushing Beyond the Obvious - Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed
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Scott Hartley
player.fm - Credits: Opening music credit goes to Riju Mukhopadhyay & Pavan Cherukumilli In this episode, we host Scott Hartley. He is a venture capitalist and author of THE FUZZY AND THE TECHIE , a Financial Ti…
The Lead Magnet: The Marketer’s Best Way To Lure Prospects
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Tyson Quick
instapage.com - In digital marketing, no other piece of prospect information is as coveted as the email address. With an email address, marketers can begin the lead nurturing process and send relevant, targeted cont…
Facebook Marketing And You: Tips And Techniques
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Rolf Joho
internetmarketinginfos.com - It is imperative that you know all you can about marketing with Facebook before starting a campaign. You ought to review this information to find out ways you can market with Facebook. Consider holdi…
Top Ten Learning Games For Kids
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Yu-kai Chou
yukaichou.com - (If you are confused about what all the Core Drive #s are about in this post, make sure you check out the Gamification Framework: Octalysis first!) This is a follow-up to last week’s post on What are…
How Apple Inc. successfully harnesses Epic Meaning & Calling
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Yu-kai Chou
yukaichou.com - Newton’s Pride is Not Just a Fruit. It’s Got Gravity. Epic Meaning & Calling is generally best communicated during the Discovery and Onboarding Phase of a Player’s Journey. You want to communicate ve…
Bateleur, the new malware backdoor targeting restaurant chains, from the makers of Carbanak
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Lee Munson
www.grahamcluley.com - The developers of the notorious Carbanak banking trojan have added a new JavaScript backdoor to their tool set. The new threat, dubbed "Bateleur", appears to be targeting chain restaurants based in t…
Fight 'Credential Stuffing' with a New Approach to Authorization - Dark Reading
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Lee Munson
www.darkreading.com - The year 2016 has been called "the year of stolen credentials," and with good reason. Between the massive breaches at Yahoo, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Twitter, and Dropbox, it’s estimated that over 2 billion…
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