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Monday, February 27, 2017

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TECHNOLOGY

Moto G5 and G5 Plus: Metal finish, larger cameras boost these budget Androids

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arstechnica.co.uk - Lenovo has announced the Moto G5 and G5 Plus, the next generation of its budget G-series phone line. The angle is the same as that of the Moto G4 phones: good hardware for relatively little money. ...

How Your Company Can Benefit from Yearly Dynamics SL Training

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blog.abouttmc.com - After all, your employees are familiar with Microsoft Office Suite, so why can’t they just learn Dynamics SL as they move along? Why? Because even though Microsoft Dynamics happens to be some of th...

10 Tips to Hack Your Social Media Growth

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maximizeyoursocial.com - Today I want to talk about something I haven’t talked about before: growth hacking, or specifically hacking your social media growth. Growth hacking is basically how to quickly create a robust soci...

Chrome users warned over malicious scam virus

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www.digitalspy.com - If you're one of the many millions of people who use Google Chrome as your internet browser, be on the lookout for a malware scam that could compromise your personal details and passwords. Security...

Samsung releases teasers for upcoming Galaxy S8 - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - We’re still a few weeks away from the unveiling of the new flagship device or devices from Samsung, but they did tease us a little during the ongoing Mobile World Congress. They have released two v...

ARCHOS announces 50 Graphite and 55 Graphite, budget phones with dual-lens cam - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - French tech brand Archos announced over the weekend two new smartphones–the Archos 50 Graphite and the Archos 55 Graphite. The Graphite is a new series of mobile devices that offer budget-friendly ...

Goodbye Withings, hello Nokia

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techcrunch.com - Say goodbye to Withings. It’s been less than a year since Nokia completed its acquisition of the French smart devicesmaker and now it the Withings brand is about to be sunset. Withings’ devices and...

Motorola does the unthinkable and unveils gadget concepts

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techcrunch.com - The gadget world is stale and boring now. Phones look the same. Action cameras copy GoPro, headphone companies copy Beats. Most electronic companies are overly cautious about going to far. Vaporwar...

Sony surpasses expectations, selling 915 thousand PlayStation VR headsets in first four months

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techcrunch.com - Turns out there might actually be money in VR hardware. Since going on sale just four months ago, Sony details to the NYT that the company has sold 915 thousand of its virtual reality headset, the ...

Motorola picks Amazon’s Alexa as its voice assistant

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techcrunch.com - From ‘Hey Alexa’ to ‘Hello Moto’… Motorola has announced a partnership with ecommerce giant Amazon that will see the latter’s voice assistant tech embedded natively into most of Motorola’s devices ...

Google Assistant, its AI-based personal helper, rolls out to Nougat and Marshmallow handsets

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techcrunch.com - Google continues its march to expand its placein the mobile ecosystem, anchored by the fact that its Android OS is by far the most ubiquitous smartphone platform in the world. Today, the company an...

Listen to Andy Hertzfeld on Steve Jobs movie, General Magic, and his time at Google

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techcrunch.com - Last week I jumped on a callwith Andy Hertzfeld, a Silicon Valley legend who really shouldn’t need an introduction. However, in case you aren’t familiar with Andy’s work, he was an early Apple empl...

Not another AI post

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techcrunch.com - Federico Antoni is managing partner at ALLVP, an early-stage VC based in Mexico. He is a lecturer in management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. “Over the last couple of years, a billio...

Nokia 3310 returns as HMD reimagines a classic (and Snake)

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techcrunch.com - HMD hopes that its licensing of theNokia brand brings in the punters for what might otherwise be viewed as three very vanilla Android phones, but at the same time it’s also announcing another new h...

HMD unveils 3 Android smartphones in Nokia clothing

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techcrunch.com - Nokia, the mobile phone brand that arguably created as well as led the mobile phone market for many years, once died a tragic death, first the victim of its own arrogance at being the early leader;...

Samsung just proved it doesn’t need the world’s largest mobile conference anymore

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techcrunch.com - Mobile World Congress is underway in Barcelona. By most metrics it’s the largest conference in the world dedicated mostly to mobile technology and gadgets. And Samsung just punted. Mobile World Con...

LG unveils the G6, swapping modularity for new screen dimensions and waterproofing

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techcrunch.com - The modular G5 was a novel device, but novelty alone doesn’t sell phones. So LG went back to the drawing board for its followup, and the result is, on a whole, a fairly straightforward flagship sma...

Huawei gives smartwatches another shot

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techcrunch.com - Smartwatches are hard. Recent numbers certainly reflect that fact. Motorola bowed out and Pebble simply evaporated. This week at Mobile World Congress, Huawei continues the good fight with the simp...

LG is right, phones need to focus on usability instead of battling it out over specs

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techcrunch.com - The big news about the LG G6 is its screen. Not big in the phablet sense (which isn’t to say, of course, that 5.7 inches isn’t substantial), but big as in wide, with an unusually large 18:9 aspect ...

Nokia and BlackBerry are betting on smartphone nostalgia

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techcrunch.com - Memories are short in the world of consumer electronics. Probably for the best when it comes to certain brands. This week at Mobile World Congress, two companies are attempting to reignite those go...

Huawei’s shiny P10 flagships come in (almost) all the colors of the rainbow

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techcrunch.com - If you’re bored of the same old monotone/metallicsmartphone color choices, Chinese mobile maker Huawei has been thinking a little differently for its just announced P10 and P10 Plus flagship handse...

LG proves that taller screens are the future of smartphones

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techcrunch.com - Bigger screens don’t cut it anymore. Now, we need taller screens. I’ve been playing with the LG G6 for the past 24 hours. In many ways, it is just another phone. But the company is trying something...

DJI looks to enterprise applications with the Matrice 200

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techcrunch.com - The enterprise category is a no-brainer for the world’s largest drone manufacturer. Sure, it’s not as sexy as the consumer and cinematography categories with which the company is most closely assoc...

LG G6 Hands On: A beautiful design with a disappointing processor

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arstechnica.com - BARCELONA, Spain—We're live from Mobile World Congress, and the time has come for the stampedeof high-end Android devices to begin. The first out of the gate—and one of the best looking—is the LG G...

HP’s repairable Surface clone gets a boost from Kaby Lake

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arstechnica.com - Mobile World Congress usually focuses on phones and phone-related technology, but even so we're still going to see a few companies announce new PCs that didn't quite make the cut for CES in January...

Nokia 3310 hands-on: It’s hard not to like this modern take on the feature phone

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arstechnica.com - BARCELONA, SPAIN—Feature phones are cool again! At least that's the feeling you get when you are holding the new Nokia 3310, a candy bar feature phone made out of weapons-grade nostalgia.It doesn't...

Router assimilated into the Borg, sends 3TB in 24 hours

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arstechnica.com - Harsh language was appropriate under the circumstances. My router had just been hacked. Setting up a reliable home network has always been a challenge for me. I live in a cramped three-story house ...

The Complete Web Developer Course with Rails Online Training Program - 92% off!

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www.mightydeals.com - Whether you're a complete beginner or have tinkered around a bit with some code, The Complete Web Developer Course with Rails can turn you into a full-fledged, professional programmer in just 12 sh...

Samsung now brings Secure Folder to Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - There are apps and files that are not meant for public consumption for one reason or another, and if you’re using the Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge, you now have a new way of protecting this ...

LG G6 hands-on: FullVision with the user’s vision - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - LG has had a rather tough 2016. It designed the LG G5 at the height of the modular smartphone fever. Unlike the stillborn Project Ara, LG was able to deliver. But, as it turned out, that modular sm...

Six Flags, Samsung Partner to Take Virtual Reality Roller Coaster Customer Experience to New Heights

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loyalty360.org - SixFlags Entertainment Corp. and Samsung Electronics America recently announced a broad marketing partnership which appoints Samsung as the “Official Technology Partner” of the world’s largest regi...

CMYKC : Uniting Creatives Within Local Kansas City - Start-Ups.Co

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www.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...

Pajap: A DIY Mobile Apps Service embedded with a New Technology that Allows you to Create Full Featured 100% Native and Hardware Accelerated Mobile Applications - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Pajap provides an innovative mobile service, which provides new routes in native mobile application development, end user experience and advertising methods. “Pajap” is aDIY mobile apps service wit...

HiveFlux : Real-time Overview of What Everyone In the Company is Working - Start-Ups.Co

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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 wh...

Airwalk Design : Pinterest For Designers - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Daniel Schwarz';Founder & CEO of the London-based start-up “Airwalk Design”. Below, is the full interview that we have cond...

HireOwl : Connects Startups to Talented University Students for Internships - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “John Lidington”, Founder of the NY – United States based startup “HireOwl” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do an...

SpareFoot.com: The World's Largest Marketplace for Self-Storage - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Sparefoot is a simple and efficient solution for locating storage facilities, comparing prices, and booking storage units online. According to Mr. ‘Betts';Sparefoot is a simple and efficient soluti...

Pollfish : A Survey Web Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Giannis Zaoudis';CTO of the Cyprus-based start-up “pollfishCom”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. W...

The Conversion Journey: Lead Generation

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lps.leadpages.net - The Five Stages of the Conversion Journey. In order to turn more leads into customers, you have to understand the path taken by visitors to your website. We’ll break down each of the 5 stages of th...

Boxagon: Social Commerce Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Juan Diego Farah'; Co-Founder and CEO of the UK-Based Start Up “Boxagon”. Below, is the full interview that we have conduc...

MonitorBacklinks.com: An Easy Backlink Checker Tool that Notifies you via Email or in your Changelog if Someone Removes your Links or Makes them Nofollow - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Monitor Backlinks looks to replace the notepad and spreadsheets that SEOs use to keep track of their backlinks, checking their status regulary and notifies when they get removed or nofollowed. “Mon...

Room In The Moon : Social Travel Website - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Rafael Dos Santos';CEO of the – UK start-up “Room in the Moon”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. Wh...

HMD Announces a Family of New Nokia Smartphones - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Nokia is back, baby. And the Finnish tech firm is picking up right where it left off, with a family of Android-based smartphone handsets. OK, it’s a bit more nuanced than that, of course. Without g...

These 12 Agencies Have Masterfully Adapted in an Increasingly Digital Marketplace

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www.adweek.com - Faced with the relentless onslaught of digital change, agencies have been forced to adapt quickly or risk irrelevance. For the most part, the industry has responded in some form or another. Our lis...

3 Steps Brands Can Take to Have Personalized Conversations With Consumers in the Age of Automation

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www.adweek.com - The equation is out of whack. We all know that ads are the price of content, but for an increasing number of people, the content isn’t worth the exchange. Ad blocking is on the rise, video streamin...

50 Best Social Media Tools From 50 Most Influential Marketers Online - Coaching Blog - Professional Coaching Training

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www.coaching-blog.com - Let’s be honest, social media is a jungle. Forget about the flood of apps, integrations, and add-ons, just figuring out which network you should invest in is overwhelming. What if you could ask tod...

7 Best Gamification Fitness Apps

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wellnessforce.com - As anyone who’s ever tried to lose weight knows, the most difficult part of the process is sustaining long term will-power and momentum after the initial excitement and burst of hope. With fitness ...

Nokia goes back to the future with 49 euro phone

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www.dailymail.co.uk - BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Nokia's newly revitalised phone business went back to the future on Sunday, re-introducing a brightly coloured version of the classic 3310 talk and text phone, ...

Nokia 3310 back with longer battery life and Snake

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news.sky.com - The device, which first came out in 2000 and was discontinued five years later, was known for its long battery life, indestructible nature and popular snake game, with 126 million units produced. T...

Beware of phone scam targeting grandparents

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www.starjournalnow.com - With spring break just around the corner, this may be a good time to remind people – especially grandparents of a popular scam that has been seen throughout the state. Law enforcement from around t...