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The Layouts of Tomorrow
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mxb.at - If you’ve been to any web design talk in the last couple of years, you’ve probably seen this famous tweet by Jon Gold: which one of the two possible websites are you currently designing? pic.twitter.…
TPS Consulting Daily
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followme4.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY Pinterest Profile Changes: What Marketers Need to Know : Social Media Examiner Shared by Themelis Cuiper www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you use Pinterest to drive traffic to your blog or…
Microsoft No Longer Plans to Bring VR to the Xbox One - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft does not have any plans to bring virtual reality to its Xbox consoles. The company previously mentioned its plans for VR on the Xbox One X, aka Project Scorpio, but we never really got to s…
The Mac gaming console that time forgot
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Apple in mid-1993 was reeling. Amidst declining Mac sales, Microsoft had gained a stranglehold over the PC industry. Worse, the previous year Apple had spent $600 million on research and development,…
Interview: What went into making Divinity: Original Sin 2’s definitive edition
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arstechnica.com - LOS ANGELES—Larian Studios had been making OK-to-pretty-good PC RPGs for years. The company had its dedicated fans, but it was hardly mainstream. So 2014's Kickstarter-driven Divinity: Original Sin s…
Why emergency braking systems sometimes hit parked cars and lane dividers
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arstechnica.com - The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday provided new details about a March crash in Mountain View, California, that claimed the life of engineer Walter Huang. The Model X had its Autopil…
YouTube introduces channel memberships, merchandise and premieres
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techcrunch.com - YouTube creators are gaining a number of new tools to generate revenue from their videos outside of traditional advertising, as well as those that will help them better engage their fans, according t…
A huge spreadsheet naming ICE employees gets yanked from GitHub and Medium
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techcrunch.com - A massive database of current ICE employees scraped from public LinkedIn profiles has been removed from the tech platforms hosting the data. The project was undertaken by Sam Lavigne, self-described …
Instagram launches IGTV app for creators, 1-hour video uploads
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techcrunch.com - Instagram is ready to compete head-on with YouTube. Today at a flashy event in San Francisco, the company announced it will begin allowing users to upload videos up to one hour in length, up from the…
Lydia now supports Samsung Pay
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techcrunch.com - While French banks are just catching up to Apple Pay, French startup Lydia is adding support for Samsung Pay. If you have a recent Samsung phone, you can now add a virtual card to Samsung Pay and pay…
Facebook tests ‘subscription Groups’ that charge for exclusive content
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techcrunch.com - Facebook is starting to let Group admins charge $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to special sub-Groups full of exclusive posts. A hand-picked array of parenting, cooking and “organize my home” Gr…
Twitter acquires anti-abuse technology provider Smyte
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techcrunch.com - Twitter this morning announced it has agreed to buy San Francisco-based technology company Smyte, which describes itself as “trust and safety as a service.” Founded in 2014 by former Google and Insta…
The best home Wi-Fi and networking gear
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techcrunch.com - Editor’s note: This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter’s independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and TechCrunch earn affiliate commissions. I…
Hinge sells 51 percent of shares to Match Group
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techcrunch.com - Match Group, parent company of dating apps Tinder, OKCupid and Match, announced yesterday that it has acquired a 51 percent stake in Hinge. With this new acquisition, Match Group has the right to acq…
Plexus gloves bring VR sensations to your fingertips
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techcrunch.com - Bringing a user’s hands into VR has been a pretty logical move for ambitious companies in the space. The mouse and keyboard just don’t make sense and while more conventional physical controllers make…
The future of AI relies on a code of ethics
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techcrunch.com - Facebook has recently come under intense scrutiny for sharing the data of millions of users without their knowledge. We’ve also learned that Facebook is using AI to predict users’ future behavior and…
AT&T launches a low-cost live TV streaming service, WatchTV
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techcrunch.com - AT&T this morning announced the launch of a second TV streaming service, called WatchTV, days after its merger with Time Warner. The lower-cost alternative to AT&T’s DirecTV Now will offer anyone – i…
Happn takes on Tinder Places with an interactive map of missed connections
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techcrunch.com - Dating app Happn, whose “missed connections” type of dating experience connects people who have crossed paths in real life, is fighting back at Tinder. Seemingly inspired by Happn’s location-based fe…
A Tesla telenovela
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techcrunch.com - Tesla’s lawsuit against a former employee was filed just 24 hours ago and it’s already ripe fodder for Hollywood. As CEO Elon Musk has noted in the past, Tesla is a real drama magnet. Get ready, it’s…
Priscilla Chan to discuss Chan Zuckerberg Initiative at Disrupt SF
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techcrunch.com - The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the biggest philanthropic organizations in the world, and the most technology-forward foundations in history. By integrating technology, CZI believes it can a…
Bag Week 2018: Mission Workshop’s Radian rolltop starts simple but grows piece by piece
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techcrunch.com - Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outwar…
Win cash and prizes from Visa and HERE Mobility at the Disrupt SF 2018 Virtual Hackathon
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techcrunch.com - Calling all hackers, programmers and tech heads from around the world: The Hackathon at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 is a virtual reality. We wanted something truly special to celebrate the biggest, mo…
If you kill the headphone jack, you need to replace it with something better
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arstechnica.com - As the rumors that the next iPhone will drop the 3.5mm headphone jack have intensified, I’ve been keeping tabs on the specific argument that Daring Fireball’s John Gruber made yesterday: that removin…
Android P Preview 3 hands-on—Here’s all 157 new emoji, some UI tweaks
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arstechnica.com - Android P Developer Preview 3 came out yesterday, and we're here to break down all the changes in Google's latest in-development Android release. After Preview 2 was deemed a beta, Google is calling …
Tesla lawsuit target called “horrible human being” by CEO Elon Musk
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arstechnica.com - He also denied to Ars on Thursday that he had made a comment to a friend to "shoot the place up," which prompted a visit by the Storey County Sheriff. The local authorities ultimately determined that…
Building a panopticon: The evolution of the NSA’s XKeyscore
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arstechnica.com - Like this prison in Cuba, the NSA has turned the Internet into a place where the watchmen can see all. The National Security Agency's (NSA) apparatus for spying on what passes over the Internet, phon…
“Flip Grip” brings classic arcade screen orientation to portable Switch
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arstechnica.com - It's like holding a tiny arcade cabinet screen in your hands. The rear view shows the tiny tab/button that locks the Switch into place. That's a lot of Flip Grips. Note the letters on the mocked-up c…
Analytics Without the Numbers – Explaining Our Product Design Decisions
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www.gethighlights.co - I spent 2 years teaching usability and user-centered design to professionals. My favorite story from this time was the story of how Microsoft redesigned the Office Suite by Jensen Harris (See: The St…
UX Design Tools for 2018 (For Mac AND PC) – Prototypr
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blog.prototypr.io - Okay, so there are a lot of design tools out there these days. A significant amount of discussion is happening around the topic of ‘Design Systems’. It’s a wanky name (It is. Seriously), but it’s a s…
Introducing the GraphQL Guide – The GraphQL Guide
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blog.graphql.guide - Today I’m happy to announce the beta release of The GraphQL Guide, a book that I’ve been working on with Loren Sands-Ramshaw! The Guide shows you why GraphQL APIs are the true successor to REST APIs.…
Topcoat - Lightning-fast CSS Framework Developers Will Love - Hongkiat
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www.hongkiat.com - When picking a frontend framework you’ll usually look at aesthetics first. And don’t get me wrong, aesthetics are important! But your website’s performance is crucial to usability just as much as the…
These are the 5 “super skills” you need for jobs of the future
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www.fastcompany.com - Chances are your job description has changed over the past five years. Or maybe your role didn’t even exist a short time ago. The workplace of today and the future looks quite different due to techno…
No internet: The unbearable anxiety of losing your connection | ZDNet
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www.zdnet.com - Some of you were born before the internet. You, like me, lived through a period of time when analog was real. The CNET VPN Directory lists many of the most popular VPN Services available. Think back.…
Google Flutter Release Preview 1: what you need to know
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androidcommunity.com - This isn’t the first time we’re hearing about Flutter but it may new to some of you. Back in 2013, Google acquired gesture-based company Flutter. Fast forward to five years later, the tech giant rein…
BlackBerry KEY2 launches with dual cameras, Speed Key button
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androidcommunity.com - The time has come for BlackBerry to unveil a new smartphone. After months of speculations, here now is the BlackBerry KEY2. It’s obviously a follow-up to the BlackBerry KEYOne that launched in 2017. …
Google Assistant just got a bit smarter at conversations
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androidcommunity.com - When you first heard of voice digital assistants, you were probably imagining talking to a highly intelligent android, just like you saw in sci-fi movies and tv shows. The reality of conversing with …
Xiaomi Mi Max 3, Nokia 5.1 Plus: here are the details from TENAA
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androidcommunity.com - If the United States has FCC, China has TENAA as its top certification body for new devices. When a gadget hits TENAA, it only means the product is ready for the official announcement and release soo…
AT&T brings WatchTV alongside new “unlimited” plans following Time merger [DEALS]
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androidcommunity.com - While we still don’t have the unlimited plans of our dreams (meaning actual unlimited and not the throttling we get now), carriers are trying to make it up to us by offering features that will help s…
The man who was fired by a machine
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www.bbc.com - "It wasn't the first time my key card failed, I assumed it was time to replace it." So began a sequence of events that saw Ibrahim Diallo fired from his job, not by his manager but by a machine. He h…
Days before Hawley launched Google probe, Peter Thiel donated to his Senate campaign
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www.kansascity.com - Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel made the maximum contribution to Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley four days before Hawley’s office launched an investigation into Google. Thiel, a co-found…
Apple Delays AirPower Charging Mat Once Again Due to Technical Hurdles - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - When Apple launched its next-gen iPhone back in September of last year, the company also announced a new wireless charger: AirPower. The company’s AirPower charger isn’t your regular wireless charger…
Hands-On with Google Messages for Web - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - This week, Google announced that it was bringing its Android Messages app to the web. I finally gained access, and I’m curious now why this didn’t happen years ago. Set up is simple enough: Open the …
Google begins sending goodbye old AdWords UI notices - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - We knew it was coming, just not this soon perhaps. In March, Google announced that it would retire the old AdWords interface by the end of the year. This week, some advertisers received notifications…
Google rolls out updates to give users easier access to privacy controls - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - Google is rolling out a redesign of Google Account to give users clearer access to their privacy controls and settings. Jan Hannemann, product manager of Google Account, announced the updates on Goog…
How to avoid these common PPC mistakes
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searchenginewatch.com - Whether you’ve just started with PPC or work in the industry for years, you still remember a mistake that you’ve never thought you could make. After all, human errors are part of our nature. Every PP…
Elon Musk gets into it with former Tesla employee he sued for alleged data hacking
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mashable.com - Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been quieter than usual on Twitter for the past day — maybe because he's too busy emailing a former employee he called out for "sabotage" and proceeded to sue for stealing tra…
CIA Tech Official Calls Amazon Cloud Project 'Transformational'
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www.newsmax.com - Top CIA technology official Sean Roche gave an enthusiastic review on Wednesday of the agency’s multimillion-dollar cloud computing deal with Amazon.com Inc. “It’s been nothing short of transformatio…
Google and Levi’s ‘connected’ jacket will let you know when your Uber is here
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techcrunch.com - Remember Project Jacquard? Two years ago, Google showed off its “connected” jean jacket designed largely for bike commuters who can’t fiddle with their phone. The jacket launched this past fall, in p…
How to Add Instagram Action Buttons to Your Business Profile : Social Media Examiner
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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Want to sell tickets or take reservations on Instagram? Looking for a way to let customers purchase from you without leaving Instagram? In this article, you’ll learn how to set up Instagram action bu…
Getting Past the Dreaded Answer: NO
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www.ronkarr.com - What happens when a customer says no to you? What do you do? Ninety percent of salespeople accept no as an outright rejection and just move on. But that is the worst thing you can do! In doing so, yo…
Complete Guide of Video Types For Business | Influence Buzz
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www.influencebuzz.com - So, you're doing your research and trying to decide if creating videos is the best way to promote your brand? Great! Now all you have to do is figure out what type of video is best for you to help …
Prospecting on Facebook: 5 Simple Steps to Attract Prospects to YOU Everyday! • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO
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blog.myleadsystempro.com - Are you ready to get started prospecting on Facebook to attract people to you and grow your business by leaps and bounds? Facebook is a massive pool of potential customers and clients that cannot be …
Ipad: Tips, Tricks And Advice You Can Use
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laptopsandnotebook.com - You want make better use of your iPad, but you may not know how. Do not allow this device to simply be an app used for gaming console. There are so many wonderful things you can do with an iPad. Read…
Creative Internet Marketing Techniques And Methods You Can Use Right Now
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internetmarketinginfos.com - Do you have a successful business?When you have a great idea, be ready to start up your own business. Read on and learn some great Online marketing tips below so that you can position yourself to pro…
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