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How to use Google Pay
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www.theverge.com - Recently, Google has been busy updating the Google Pay app to support desktops, on top of its well-known mobile support. Nowadays, Google Pay is supported at most major markets, gas stations, and dep…
Oracle acquires machine learning platform Datascience.com
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venturebeat.com - Oracle announced today that it has acquired DataScience.com, a privately held cloud workspace platform for data science projects and workloads. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In the …
Ars Technica System Guide, Spring 2018: The show-your-work edition
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arstechnica.com - In the December 2017 System Guide, we discovered the unexpected. Given the bevy of pre-built computing devices now available, there's a lot of debate and confusion about building one yourself these d…
Dashdash, a platform to create web apps using only spreadsheet skills, nabs $8M led by Accel
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techcrunch.com - Sometimes I think of spreadsheets as the dirty secret of the IT world today. We’ve seen a huge explosion in the number of productivity tools on the market tailored to help workers with different aspe…
To make Stories global, Facebook adds Archive and audio posts
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techcrunch.com - Facebook’s future rests on convincing the developing world to adopt Stories. But just because the slideshow format will soon surpass feed sharing doesn’t mean people use them the same way everywhere.…
Parsable secures $40M investment to bring digital to industrial workers
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techcrunch.com - As we increasingly hear about automation, artificial intelligence and robots taking away industrial jobs, Parsable, a San Francisco-based startup sees a different reality, one with millions of worker…
Google acquires Cask Data to beef up its tools for building and running big data analytics
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techcrunch.com - Google is pushing hard on its efforts to build out a deeper enterprise business around Google Cloud, which continues to trail behind Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure when it comes to revenues and u…
How ZTE became the focal point of US/China relations
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techcrunch.com - Here in the States, ZTE has been content with a kind of quiet success. The Chinese smartphone maker has landed in the top five quarter after quarter (sometimes breaking the top three, according to so…
Gear for getting better at your side gig
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techcrunch.com - This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter’s independently chosen editorial picks, it may earn affiliate commissions that support its work. In this day a…
Facebook faces fresh criticism over ad targeting of sensitive interests
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techcrunch.com - Is Facebook trampling over laws that regulate the processing of sensitive categories of personal data by failing to ask people for their explicit consent before it makes sensitive inferences about th…
I’m in love with Astell&Kern’s crooked, beautiful, ridiculously expensive MP3 player
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techcrunch.com - It may be old-fashioned, but I find dedicated MP3 players wonderful little devices. I’ve used tons over the years (the Zune HD is still the best) and I’m glad to see they live on in some fashion, eve…
How to Make an Email Newsletter Your Customers Love - CoSchedule
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coschedule.com - Did you know email marketing drives a reported 4,400% ROI? Believe it. Email is low-cost and direct. If people are on your email list, it’s because they want to hear from you. So, give them what they…
Forget scanning license plates; cops will soon ID you via your roof rack
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arstechnica.com - Such a vast expansion of the tech now means that evading such scans will be even more difficult. For years, Ars has been reporting on automated license plate readers (ALPRs, or simply LPRs)—a special…
Porsche’s Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo is a heck of a hybrid
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arstechnica.com - The 2018 Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo; try saying that out loud ten times or crafting a catchy headline that includes it all but is no more than 70 characters in total. The Panamera's st…
Tesla’s new battery in Belgium shows value is in dispatch speed
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arstechnica.com - Tesla Powerpacks balancing the grid in Terhills, Belgium. Thus far, batteries haven't taken over grids around the world. Due to the sheer expense of batteries, large installations have generally been…
Company used by police, prisons to find any mobile device breached (again)
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arstechnica.com - Securus Technologies—the company that provides a geolocation service used for cell phone tracking by law enforcement agencies—has been hacked, exposing the usernames and weakly protected passwords of…
Comcast charges $90 install fee at homes that already have Comcast installed
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arstechnica.com - Comcast is making it difficult for many new customers to avoid paying installation fees—even if they purchase their own modems and are willing to set them up themselves. Based on our tests, signing u…
Smart Compose and offline mode have arrived in Gmail
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arstechnica.com - As promised, Google has rolled out new key features for Gmail. Native offline mail support is now available after it was promised as a follow-up to the major redesign that launched late last month. Y…
It has been a bad week for encrypted messaging and it’s only Wednesday
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arstechnica.com - The past three days have highlighted the potential perils that can threaten people who rely on desktop computers to send encrypted messages. The events—which involve encrypted email and the desktop v…
Hands-on with the OnePlus 6: An all-glass, notched smartphone for $529
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arstechnica.com - The notch houses the earpiece, front camera, and some sensors. It's only as tall as the status bar. The bottom chin isn't as big as on some other phones. On the back you get dual cameras and a finger…
Intel makes its first 10nm Cannon Lake chips official
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arstechnica.com - Intel's transition to building processors on a 10nm manufacturing process has been delayed repeatedly. Once upon a time the company said that it'd go into mass production at the end of 2015; with its…
Bootstrap UI Libraries for Angular, React and Vue.js — SitePoint
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www.sitepoint.com - This article lists a number of resources that provide Bootstrap components for your Angular, React, and Vue.js apps. These days, the web is populated with single page applications (SPAs) which feel f…
People like convenience more than privacy – so no, blockchain will not 'decentralise the web'
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Reg Saddler
www.theregister.co.uk - Comment In the same way it has become de rigueur to slag off Facebook for its many privacy sins while billions still dump their data into the service, it's also pretty trendy to pretend that blockcha…
How Alphabet plans to keep hackers away from this year’s election
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www.fastcompany.com - As we all look ahead to this year’s midterms with a mixture of excitement and panic, fully expecting hackers to once again target U.S. election systems, Alphabet security incubator Jigsaw announced t…
Bob Brier and the Hunt for the New York Obelisk
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Reg Saddler
www.ancient-origins.net - Bob Brier is arguably the world's most famous Egyptologist. Professor at Long Island University in New York, where he has tenure, he teaches both philosophy and Egyptology. A popular host on Learning…
Toggle settings on your phone often? Android P may have a solution for you
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androidcommunity.com - Developers are barely scratching the surface of what the upcoming Android P will mean for our smartphones since it’s still early days, but already things seem very promising. Aside from bringing a lo…
Nokia X6: Here’s what you’re getting
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androidcommunity.com - A couple of weeks ago, we told you about the Nokia X6 set to be launched by HMD Global. Several leaked image renders showed the notch and we didn’t doubt about the design since a number of top OEMs h…
HOW TO: Managing notifications on your Android device
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androidcommunity.com - When your Android device wants to alert you of something, this arrives in the form of a notification. These notifications alert you to most elements and apps on your Android device which may have new…
This Search Engine Is Profitable Without Tracking You Online. And Google and Facebook Could Do It Too
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Charles Yeo
time.com - Facebook could be profitable without tracking you as intently as it does, but the social media network doesn’t want you to realize that. Gabriel Weinberg does. Weinberg is the creator of the search e…
Google rolls out free cyberattack shield for elections and campaigns
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Charles Yeo
www.cnet.com - Elections have been prone to cyberattacks in the past. Google wants to protect political campaign websites. For about an hour on the night of a primary election in May, residents in Knox County, Tenn…
How Google One Actually Stacks Up to the Cloud Competition
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Charles Yeo
fieldguide.gizmodo.com - These days it’s hard to do without a little bit of cloud storage space, whether it’s for your holiday photos or your digital music, and Google just revamped its offerings with new price points, a new…
Is Google One Cloud Storage a Good Deal?
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Charles Yeo
lifehacker.com - Odds are good you’re using at least one cloud service to store most of your important data, but it can be tough to stay under most services’ free limits if you have a ton of stuff. Google just announ…
HTC just announced the world’s first blockchain phone
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Arleen Boyd
bgr.com - HTC is about to unveil a flagship phone that nobody will want to buy, the U12 handset the company teased using iPhone 6 parts not too long ago. But it turns out that, on its road to what appears to b…
Do No Evil. Unless You Do. | Bruce Turkel
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bruceturkel.com - For years Google has crowed about their code of conduct, “Don’t be evil.” In 2015 they doubled down on the concept, if not the actual words, when they introduced their new tagline “Do the right thing…
OnePlus 6 Arrives May 22, Will Start at $529 - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - OnePlus announced its latest flagship smartphone today, and as expected, the OnePlus 6 features a near bezel-less display with a notch. “With the OnePlus 6, we focused on one thing above all else,” O…
Report: Low-Cost Surface Tablet Coming in 2018 - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - A credible Bloomberg report claims that Microsoft will deliver a $400 Surface-branded tablet by late 2018. The device would better compete with Apple’s entry-level iPad and would return Microsoft to …
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672 - Windows Experience Blog
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blogs.windows.com - Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring in addition to those who opted in to Skip Ahead. We’re still reeling from how awesome the Mic…
Data Security Tips for the Remote Workforce
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.dumblittleman.com - As technology advances at a rapid pace, hackers and cybercriminals are finding it easier to hack into a company’s system to steal data. According to the SMB cybersecurity report, almost 43% of all sm…
Sir Alan Sugar warns about Bitcoin scam adverts using his image
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www.thesun.co.uk - LORD Alan Sugar has warned Brits against Bitcoin scams using his name, urging them to steer clear. Fraudsters are using ads featuring celebrities to tempt you into giving your cash away. The Apprenti…
Google News no longer supports the standout meta tag and Editors' Pick - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - With the launch of the new AI-powered Google News last night, Google has pulled support for two webmaster and SEO features for Google News publishers: the standout meta tag and the Editors’ Pick sect…
Top time-saving tools for SEOs
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searchenginewatch.com - I recently moved to a new position at a new company, with a new computer and a new, clean install of Google Chrome. It wasn’t clean for very long, though, as I logged into my Chrome account and watch…
Martin Lewis slams Facebook for scam ads that steal money from users
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www.thesun.co.uk - MARTIN Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert.com, has slammed Facebook for ignoring calls to stop scam adverts on the social media website. Speaking to The Sun exclusively outside Facebook's London hea…
Google tried to block autoplay videos on Chrome. But it broke apps and games
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www.theguardian.com - Google has partially rolled back Chrome’s blocking of autoplaying video with sound after it was found to break a large collection of web apps and games. The blocking feature was launched in April, an…
Quick Fixes to Turn Your SEO Around – Local Internet Marketing
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Andy Kelly
andyrkelly.com - Let me be clear, SEO is absolutely a marathon, not a sprint. To do it well, it takes a lot of time and effort and needs to be a continuous practice. With that being said, there are a few low-hanging …
How the tech behind the creepy ads that follow you around the internet works
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www.techrepublic.com - Companies drop pixels or cookies to track you, Adweek's Josh Sternberg told TechRepublic's Dan Patterson. "It's seeing web history, your interests, based on what you're searching for on search engine…
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