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All The Cars That Died In 2017

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jalopnik.com - A lot of cars died in 2017. For some, they will be dearly missed; for others, this was probably for the best. While everyone else is making lists of resolutions and what they plan to accomplish in 20…

Apple buys app development service Buddybuild

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techcrunch.com - Apple continues to ramp up its efforts to court developers by making it easier to create and iterate their apps for its platforms. The iPhone giant has now acquired Buddybuild, a Vancouver-based app …

Some apps were listening to you through the smartphone’s mic, says report

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techcrunch.com - There may be a reason why that ol’ “Facebook is listening to you talk” conspiracy theory refuses to die – and not just because Facebook’s ad technology has gotten so good, it’s downright creepy. As i…

Cybersecurity in 2018: Three predictions and one hope - Help Net Security

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www.helpnetsecurity.com - Effective cybersecurity means keeping a close eye on the threats you currently face, and an even closer eye on the threats to come. As you consider your security strategy and investments for the comi…

Spotify faces $1.6 billion lawsuit from music publisher alleging copyright infringement

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techcrunch.com - Spotify is facing a $1.6 billion lawsuit from Wixen Music Publishing, the publisher that represents artists like Tom Petty, Missy Elliot, Stevie Nicks and Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter first rep…

Samsung’s C-Lab projects include smart glasses and a portable directional speaker

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techcrunch.com - Samsung’s Creative Lab is one of the more entertaining additions to CES in the last several years. Deemed C-Lab for short, the department is a sort of in-house accelerator, where Samsung employees ca…

A look back at Uber’s hellish year

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techcrunch.com - In July, there were a few big breaks in the case between Waymo and Uber over self-driving car technology. As a result, the scope of the case started to come into focus as both companies began prepari…

You can get that $29 battery replacement, regardless of your iPhone’s health

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techcrunch.com - Apple hasn’t been super specific when it comes to those $29 iPhone battery replacements. After all, the company would no doubt like to the whole business behind it. What precisely it would take to qu…

Fast-growing Chinese media startup ByteDance enters 2018 with some uncertainty

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techcrunch.com - One of the fastest rising Chinese startups of last year had a bumpy ride into 2018 after falling foul of China’s internet censors for the first. ByteDance, the new media firm behind news app Toutiao …

Why an Amazon Acquisition of Target Would Be Genius

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www.inc.com - It takes moxie to go public with a huge prediction regarding what’s going to happen in tech, particularly if the prophesy would seismically alter the landscape of commerce. While plenty of people are…

You’ll probably never own LG’s 88-inch 8K OLED TV, and that’s OK

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arstechnica.com - CES, the tech industry’s biggest annual trade show, kicks off next week, which means it’s time for various gadget makers to start teasing their most striking announcements. LG has already partaken in…

Navistar CEO: We’ll have more electric trucks on the road than Tesla by 2025

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arstechnica.com - In an interview with Trucks.com, the CEO of international truck-maker Navistar said that his company would have more electric trucks on the road than Tesla by 2025. CEO Troy Clarke’s claim is a bit o…

With a new acquisition, Apple looks to improve workflow for developers

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arstechnica.com - Apple has acquired Buddybuild, a startup that offers services to aid app developers with user testing and iteration. Apple will roll the Vancouver-based Buddybuild team into its Xcode engineering div…

Best VPN Services

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www.tomshardware.com - If you obsess about your privacy, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service might be something you are considering. A VPN creates a secure tunnel between a client device and a Local Area Network (LAN),…

How Marketers Can Use VR to Make Them a Success

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www.entrepreneur.com - Virtual reality (VR) is the next big technology. And it’s growing at an extraordinary rate. The Oculus Rift for gamers has been one of the most successful VR devices to date. By 2020 it’s expected th…

Samsung to unveil 3 new C-Lab projects, launch 7 commercial products

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androidcommunity.com - The upcoming Consumer Electronic Show has been well-used by Samsung to showcase not just their new gadgets, but also to introduce to the world new projects from their Creative Lab program. More popul…

Google Assistant to guide cyclist in cross country ride to CES

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androidcommunity.com - If Google offered to sponsor your ride to CES 2018 in Las Vegas, all expenses paid, would you go? Most of us will probably say yes, right? But if the ride is on a bike and will take you 10 days, with…

Telegram now lets you add multiple accounts, give quick replies,

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androidcommunity.com - The New Year brings a lot of new things for the digital world as well. If you’re a fan of messaging app Telegram and you have more than one account registered for some reason, they gave us a holiday …

Roamit app lets you quickly transfer files from Android to Windows

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androidcommunity.com - You may be enjoying your Android phone and tablet for both personal and work use but sometimes you’d wish you can just easily sync them with your Windows-powered laptop. Cross-platform isn’t always e…

APK teardown reveals Nokia 1, Nokia 7 Plus, and other camera features

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androidcommunity.com - We believe Nokia has many plans this 2018. We’re already anticipating for the Nokia 1 budget Android Go phone and the Nokia 9 with dual selfie cameras. The latter just hit the FCC so we know it’s arr…

What Is the Best Social Media Platform for Driving Traffic?

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tech.co - There almost too many social media accounts to count at this point. Everyone that has taken at least a vague interest in putting their business out to the public has jumped onto Facebook. Whether yo…

5 Key factors for a successful restaurant loyalty program

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www.loyalty360.org - Loyalty is more than a marketing program Loyalty should be viewed as the journey to growing and retaining your customers through a mutually valuable relationship. Loyalty is not a points program an…

Intel’s Radeon Chipset Shows up Ahead of CES - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Late last year, Intel announced it’s partnership with AMD to build a high-performance processor with discrete graphics to power thinner devices without compromising much of the power that you get on …

BrightLine Aims to Help Streaming Services Target and Measure Their Ads

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www.adweek.com - It may be a new year, but one of the biggest pain points in the world of television streaming remains the same: how do we know who we’re reaching? BrightLine, a company that helps dynamic and interac…

8 Outstanding Instagram Marketing Case Studies

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blog.thesocialms.com - There is no denying that Instagram is still on the rise. But compared with other social networks like Twitter and Facebook where brands can easily promote themselves and their content simply by shari…

This App is The Perfect Solution For All Working Parents

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www.lifehack.org - It can be quite difficult these days for families with young kids to go out for an evening on the town. Unless you are lucky to have a reliable family member that can watch the kids on short notice, …

Using Your Website To Gain Social Media Followers | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - So you Tweet, you post to Facebook, you Snapchat and Instagram. You say the cleverest things imaginable. Yet your followers remain at unimpressive levels. So you retweet, you share, you comment. Your…

There's nothing stopping climate change deniers from using Google AdWords

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searchengineland.com - Targeted, personalized ads have long been held up as a win-win-win, for consumers, advertisers and publishers. An article from The New York Times about climate change deniers using Google AdWords to …

Report: Amazon in discussions with consumer brands about ads on Alexa

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searchengineland.com - According to a report on CNBC, Amazon is in talks with several large consumer product companies, such as Procter & Gamble, about advertising and sponsorship opportunities through Alexa and voice sear…

New York Times Colluded With US Government on Cablegate Release - WikiLeaks

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sputniknews.com - WikiLeaks acquired over 250,000 US State Department diplomatic cables from Chelsea Manning, a US Army intelligence analyst. In November 2010, The New York Times along with several other large outlets…

Gruesome Photos Remind Gun Owners To Check Their Holsters - Bearing Arms - accidental discharge, alien gear holsters, equipment care

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bearingarms.com - When I first saw the image, all I could do was be thankful it wasn’t me. A single bullet reportedly entered and exited the man’s leg in what is being described as a holster failure. Originally posted…

You should worry about how you buy your next phone

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mashable.com - If you have to get owned by the man, at least pick the man. Now that net neutrality is a sad old corpse, internet providers may soon exert more control over what you access online. We don't know how …

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