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Overwinter Ahead: What Should Happen When Zcash's First Hard Fork Hits - CoinDesk

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www.coindesk.com - Privacy-oriented cryptocurrency zcash is about to undergo its first-ever hard fork. Called "Overwinter," the update requires all users of the nearly $800 million blockchain to switch to a new softwar…

The case against teaching kids to be polite to Alexa

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www.fastcompany.com - Should children be polite to virtual assistants? advertisement It’s a simple question. And for most parents and child development experts, the answer is simple, too: Yes, of course they should. Nobod…

Closing the Gap between What Consumers Want and What They Get

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www.strategy-business.com - Have you ever called an automated customer service line only to find yourself frustrated and loudly pleading into the phone, “Let me talk to a person!” If so, you’re not alone. According to PwC’s Con…

26 Twitter Tips for Beginners You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner

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sproutsocial.com - Whether you’re just starting out with a fresh Twitter account or have been tasked with growing an account for an established brand, it’s never a bad idea to learn some new tips and tactics to set you…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey world premiere hands-on: Ubisoft is going full Witcher

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arstechnica.com - LOS ANGELES—Ubisoft didn't do a great job hiding Assassin's Creed Odyssey ahead of this year's E3, thanks to a leaked promotional keychain of all things. But the game's developers at Ubisoft Quebec r…

Acer Chromebook Tab 10 review: Chrome OS revives Google’s tablet future

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arstechnica.com - Chrome OS took over schools with clamshells, but now Google is shaking things up with slabs. After a spring announcement, Acer has built the first Chrome OS tablet, the $329 Chromebook Tab 10, to giv…

Tesla fires back against alleged whistleblower: “He is nothing of the sort”

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arstechnica.com - In a lengthy statement provided Friday to Ars via a Tesla spokesperson, the company flatly denied that Martin Tripp, the man that the company sued earlier this week for alleged trade secrets violatio…

Twitter punishes users for doxing White House advisor Stephen Miller

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arstechnica.com - White House advisor Stephen Miller is widely seen as the mastermind behind President Donald Trump's controversial policy of separating parents from their children at the US southern border. Yesterday…

Microsoft Partners with Adents on Blockchain Fraud Detection System

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nulltx.com - Microsoft has partnered with Adents, a serialization and traceability solutions provider, to launch a blockchain-based track and trace solution targeting the supply chain industry. Known as Adents No…

Instagram Announced IGTV and YouTube Should Be Scared

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www.inverse.com - Instagram announced IGTV, the company’s new longform video app on Wednesday. It’s a bold move, but in a world where YouTube has become the defacto video platform on the internet, how will it set itse…

Facebook mistakenly leaked developer analytics reports to testers

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techcrunch.com - Set the “days without a Facebook privacy problem” counter to zero. This week, an alarmed developer contacted TechCrunch, informing us that their Facebook App Analytics weekly summary email had been d…

Huawei MateBook X Pro Review - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - The Huawei MateBook X Pro is a stunning new premium PC that outclasses the competition and does so at a lower price. What’s not to love? Well, the webcam, for one thing. But we’ll get to that. The co…

Top 5 Strategies To Improve Your Online Presence

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sd-entrepreneur.com - Everywhere you look online lately, people are offering their opinions about anything and everything. Why not put this effort to good use to further your career and showcase your expertise in a positi…

DHS employees warned their personal safety at risk due to outrage over Trump admin’s border policy

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www.theblaze.com - Top brass at the Department of Homeland Security warned agency employees about threats to their personal safety in an agency-wide email over the weekend amid outrage over the Trump administration’s c…

7 Easy Steps to Create a Powerful Social Media Marketing Strategy • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - Are you struggling with creating an effective social media marketing strategy? One that both fits in with your schedule and still provides massive value to your audience on a consistent basis? If you…

I Am The Droid You're Looking For • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - “In a galaxy far, far, away. There were online marketers known as Stormtroopers.” “In a galaxy far, far, away. There were online marketers known as Stormtroopers.” Well maybe not. But there are many …

The Secret Trick to Boost Your Instagram Engagement Rate • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - How would you like to boost your Instagram engagement rate? I’m so excited to be sharing with you a simple strategy that I use to increase my Instagram engagement rate. If you’re not using Instagram …

Happy Birthday Alan Turing! How Modern Technology Could Win WWII In 13 Minutes - Slashdot

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news.slashdot.org - Bletchley Park's successes were certainly an important factor in the Allied victory. But those successes didn't just depend on quick decryption. - BP was the first organization to take codebreaking t…

Voice Search: What Small Business Owner’s and Marketers Need to Know – Local Internet Marketing

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andyrkelly.com - Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Voice Search An increasing number of people are turning to search devices, but not necessarily search engines per se. We have laptops and our phones, and the…

NYT: 'Firefox Is Back. It's Time to Give It a Try.' - Slashdot

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news.slashdot.org - Firefox was ditched for the same set of reasons that Netscape was ditched: - Both Firefox and Netscape had become or were perceived as slow and bloated compared to the competition. I vividly remember…

Top 5 best e-learning authoring tools and websites

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www.techradar.com - Education is no different from any other business or organisation when it comes to technology - there is a lot of money and time to be saved by implementing digital strategies. That's where e-learnin…

What You Need To Know When Shopping For Laptops

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laptopsandnotebook.com - Laptops are increasing in popularity with the passage of time. If you haven’t got a laptop, you may not know just how convenient they really are. Here are a few tips that you’re able to use if you wa…

How To Pay Less For A New Car

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carshopping.biz - You may have had trouble in the past when buying a car. Perhaps you want some advice in how to buy the best car for you. When you are prepared for the occasion, everything works out much better. Use …

Top Benefits And Tips For Mobile Marketing

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internetmarketinginfos.com - Mobile marketing is actually kind of exciting to deal with once you just have reasonable expectations of what mobile devices can do for advertising your business. Done successfully, it can give your …

Struggling With Car Shopping? The Tips Below Will Make It Easy

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carshopping.biz - You may not have had trouble in the past when shopping for a used or new vehicle. Maybe you want some more knowledge so you can handle yourself better job at negotiating. When you have the right info…

Best 10 TV Antennas in 2018 and Beyond

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10sharks.com - Over the past few years, the prices of the widescreen HD televisions have significantly dropped, and the chances are that almost every home in our modern world has at least one television already. Ho…

How Criminals are Using Big Data for Their Crimes

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datafloq.com - For all the advantages big data has given to organizations, one that has proven especially beneficial is its use in tracking down and capturing criminals. The utilization of massive sets of data to f…

The Root - Video

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www.theroot.com - Atlanta Mayor Sends Message to Trump That She Won’t Allow ICE Detainees to Be Housed in City’s Jails06/21/2018 20:30 Judge of Characters: Why Is America Like This?06/22/2018 15:30 Atlanta Mayor Sends…

Amid 'idiotic blockchain phase,' EY and Microsoft tout smart contracts

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www.theregister.co.uk - In an effort to demonstrate there are actual uses for blockchain technology, global professional services biz EY and Microsoft have teamed up to offer companies a way to manage rights and royalties. …

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