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Report: Facebook ad clicks tumble, but the internet keeps on growing
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thenextweb.com - The new 2018 Q3 Global Digital Statshot report from Hootsuite and We Are Social shows that there was plenty of change in the world of digital, social, and mobile over the past three months. In partic…
Happy birthday, Kubernetes: Here’s to three years of collaborative innovation
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www.redhat.com - Three years ago the community celebrated the first production-ready release of Kubernetes, what is now a de facto standard system for container orchestration, at the 1.0 launch day at OSCON. Today we…
Announcing the 2018 Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City
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www.fastcompany.com - The Fast Company Innovation Festival once again takes over New York City, October 22–26. The fourth annual event—the year’s largest gathering of Fast Company‘s community of business and creative lead…
AS Roma - Success Story
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www.egnyte.com - The action isn’t all pitch-side for top-flight Italian football giant, A.S. Roma. Behind the glare of television cameras and the feverish atmosphere of the Stadio Olimpico, an information revolution …
Weaponized drones. Machines that attack on their own. 'That day is going to come'
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www.cnbc.com - Technicians and researchers are cautioning about the threat such technology poses for cybersecurity, that fundamentally important practice that keeps our computers and data — and governments' and cor…
Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up
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techcrunch.com - I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly. After a rough first impression, an apology from the CEO, several years of patching holes with data partnerships and some glimme…
FameGame wants to recreate reality TV for a mobile age
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techcrunch.com - The pre-social media phenomenon that was early 2000s American Idol might be a weird place to spend a lot of focus when it comes to thinking about the future. But it’s also worth noting how little the…
Dodged questions from Facebook’s press call on misinformation
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techcrunch.com - Facebook avoided some of the toughest inquiries from reporters yesterday during a conference call about its efforts to fight election interference and fake news. The company did provide additional tr…
Google Cloud goes all-in on hybrid with its new Cloud Services Platform
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techcrunch.com - The cloud isn’t right for every business, be that because of latency constraints at the edge, regulatory requirements or because it’s simply cheaper to own and operate their own data centers for thei…
Confusion reigns as Facebook briefly receives China business license
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techcrunch.com - Facebook’s long-running effort to go into China got a boost this week after the U.S. company was handed a license to set up a subsidiary in the country. But quickly after news broke, the license was …
Apple’s Search Ads expand to six more markets in Europe and Asia
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techcrunch.com - In December, Apple introduced a new pay-per-install ad product called Search Ads Basic aimed at smaller developers, to complement the existing Search Ads product, which then became known as Search Ad…
Daimler deepens ties with China’s Baidu on automated driving
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techcrunch.com - Daimler, the owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, and China’s Baidu are expanding their partnership with plans to cooperate more closely on automated driving and connectivity services in the German auto…
Computer vision researchers build an AI benchmark app for Android phones
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techcrunch.com - A group of computer vision researchers from ETH Zurich want to do their bit to enhance AI development on smartphones. To wit: They’ve created a benchmark system for assessing the performance of sever…
Dropbox add-on makes it easier to manage Gmail attachments
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techcrunch.com - When Dropbox announced it was integrating its storage product with GSuite in March, it was more of a heads up that the two companies were working together. Today at Google Next, Dropbox announced, a …
Outvote hopes to flip elections by getting Democrats to text their friends
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techcrunch.com - Outvote, a new Y Combinator-backed startup, wants to make grassroots-style campaigning easier and more personal, with the launch of an app that allows people to text their friends with reminders to v…
Chat app Line gets serious about gaming with its latest acquisition
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techcrunch.com - Line, the company best-known for its popular Asian messaging app, is doubling down on games after it acquired a controlling stake in Korean studio NextFloor for an undisclosed amount. NextFloor, whic…
Google announces Cloud Build, its new continuous integration and delivery platform
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techcrunch.com - It used to be that developers built applications with long lead times and development cycles. There was always plenty of time to prepare, but in today’s continuous delivery/continuous deployment (CI/…
Virtu teams up with Google to bring its end-to-end encryption service to Google Drive
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techcrunch.com - Virtu, which is best known for its email encryption service for both enterprises and consumers, is announcing a partnership with Google today that will bring the company’s encryption technology to Go…
‘Waze of Parking’ app SpotAngels raises $2.3 million
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techcrunch.com - SpotAngels, an app that uses crowdsourced data to help drivers find parking and avoid tickets, has raised $2.3 million from a group of investors that includes Google Maps co-founder Lars Rasmussen. L…
SmartArm’s AI-powered prosthesis takes the prize at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup
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techcrunch.com - A pair of Canadian students making a simple, inexpensive prosthetic arm have taken home the grand prize at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, a global startup competition the company holds yearly. SmartArm wil…
Facebook’s ‘Watch Party’ rolls out to all, letting Groups watch videos together
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techcrunch.com - For the past few months, Facebook has been testing something it calls “Watch Party”. It’s a feature that would let Facebook Groups host shared video streaming sessions, with everyone in the group bei…
Tommy Hilfiger has launched a ridiculous line of smart clothing that rewards you for wearing it
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techcrunch.com - Here comes more smart clothing nobody asked for. Fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger today announced the launch of a new line of men’s and women’s clothing, Tommy Jeans Xplore, which comes with smart-chip e…
Qualcomm says it will terminate its massive $44B offer to acquire NXP
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techcrunch.com - Qualcomm today said it wouldn’t extend its offer to buy NXP for $44 billion today as part of its release for its quarterly earnings, and instead be returning $30 billion to investors in the form of a…
Guy Kawasaki - What I learned from working with Steve Jobs
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thenextweb.com - Many people have written about what lessons they learned from Steve Jobs or how he inspired them to dream bigger. But I wanted to hear it directly from someone with first-hand experience of what it w…
A quick word on which versions of Mega Man X Legacy Collection to get—or avoid
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arstechnica.com - Today's launch of the Mega Man X Legacy Collection series is a biggie in the retro-anthology craze. At its best, Capcom's "X" fork of Mega Man puts a giant exclamation point at the end of the "action…
Forward-box: Xbox Adaptive Controller’s packaging is a good Microsoft move
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arstechnica.com - SEATTLE—Earlier this year, Microsoft unveiled the new Xbox Adaptive Controller, and our hands-on time made us believe it may truly bridge the accessibility gap for gamers when it launches this Septem…
Google launches “Shielded VMs” to protect cloud servers from rootkits, data theft
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arstechnica.com - This week, Google is rolling out a number of new cloud security technologies aimed at making the public cloud a safer place. Among them is Shielded VMs, a feature of Google Cloud Platform that protec…
Leaked benchmarks show Intel is dropping hyperthreading from i7 chips
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arstechnica.com - While Intel's naming scheme for its processors is often best described as "obtuse," there have been some patterns that the company seemed to follow. For desktop processors, the i7 branding denotes ch…
Meet the Xiaomi Mi A2—even low-end phones are now losing the 3.5mm jack
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arstechnica.com - The Xiaomi Mi A2, next to what I guess are some Mint Lifesavers. The front and back of the Mi A2. (This whole gallery is the Mi A2, we'll do the A2 Lite later.) At any angle that looks like a sizable…
Snoopware installed by 11 million+ iOS, Android, Chrome, and Firefox users
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arstechnica.com - People often use ad blockers, disk-cleaners, and similar utilities to stop online trackers from monitoring their online activities. Now, researchers have uncovered a host of apps and browser extensio…
Decade-old Bluetooth flaw lets hackers steal data passing between devices
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arstechnica.com - A large number of device makers are patching a serious vulnerability in the Bluetooth specification that allows attackers to intercept and tamper with data exchanged wirelessly. People who use Blueto…
Fresh Fonts Freshen up Your Font News – Type Thursday – Medium
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medium.com - Thomas Jockin: Hey Noemi, thanks so much for joining me today. Noemi Stauffer: Hi Thomas, thank you so much for having me! I’m excited to be here and tell you more about what I do and how I (pretty r…
How to Make the Most of Google G Suite's Amazing New A.I. Features
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www.inverse.com - Ahead of its Cloud Next conference kicking off Tuesday, Google has revealed some major artificial intelligence additions that will be coming to its cloud collaboration software, G Suite, in “the comi…
How to Check for Hidden Cameras in an Uber or Lyft
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lifehacker.com - At least one driver working for Uber and Lyft has been livestreaming passengers without their consent, according to a recent story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Viewers on Twitch have been rating t…
Dropbox still faces questions over claims of improper data sharing
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www.zdnet.com - Confusion swirled after a report claimed last week that file storage service Dropbox had given away data on thousands of academics. Dropbox denies giving researchers non-anonymized user data The rese…
Windows 10 now uses machine learning to stop updates installing when a PC is in use
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www.theverge.com - One of the more frustrating aspects of Windows 10 is the operating system’s ability to start installing updates when you’re in the middle of using it. While Microsoft has tried to address this aggres…
Secret Samsung GPU product could pave the way for Samsung’s gaming smartphone
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androidcommunity.com - Rumors have been flying about that Samsung was sitting on a breakthrough graphics chip that could revolutionize the GPU industry at multiple levels. Samsung had just hired a top GPU specialist – Dr. …
Android P Final Preview, Beta 4 update ready for Pixel and Essential
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androidcommunity.com - We’re still not sure if it’s going to be Pistachio as Huawei may have hinted but we believe Android P will be revealed very soon. Some features may be limited to the Pixel 2 and the next-gen Pixel 3 …
Xiaomi Pocophone F1 specs, Beryllium codename revealed
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androidcommunity.com - Now that the Xiaomi Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite are out, it’s time for the Chinese OEM to start working on a new smartphone. The company already started on one and we can look forward to the POCOPHONE F1. W…
PUBG Mobile update brings clans, new ‘War Mode’, and a new sniper rifle
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androidcommunity.com - When it comes to battle royale games on Android, we’re pretty sure NetEase got to the market first with Rules of Survival, but there’s no denying the PUBG – that is, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – i…
Sony Xperia XZ3 rendered images, 360-degree video shared online
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androidcommunity.com - Sony Mobile may be thriving but it’s not giving up. We have several reasons to believe the company will still survive another year especially after we were reminded why it’s a name to be reckoned wit…
Wear OS finally gets an update for faster Pay, minor fixes
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androidcommunity.com - What’s in a name change? Well, we probably expected a lot when Google changed then name of their smartwatch platform from Android Wear to the seemingly simpler Wear OS. But since then, there hasn’t b…
Meizu 16 Plus, Meizu 16 renders appear online before official launch
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androidcommunity.com - Meizu is set to introduce new smartphones in the coming weeks and months. There’s the Meizu X8 that was pictured recently with a notch design plus a mysterious Meizu Android Go phone that should be o…
ASUS ZenFone 5Z US pre-order now available
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androidcommunity.com - If you were excited about being able to get your hands on the high-end new smartphone from Asus, we have good news for you. The Zenfone 5Z is now available for pre-order in the US and even better new…
Outlook.com Gets New Dark Mode - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - As promised, Microsoft is launching the new dark mode for Outlook.com today. The company teased the new dark experience for Outlook on the web earlier this month, and it’s now bringing the experience…
Windows 10 Won't Waste Your Time With Unexpected Updates Anymore - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Microsoft just released two new Windows 10 builds to Insiders. The firm today started testing the next Windows 10 update, codenamed 19H1, with a select group of Insiders, and it’s introducing a major…
Google Launches Enterprise SKU for Drive, Brings Redesigned Gmail to All G Suite Customers - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Google is announcing some new updates for its G Suite customers at its Google Cloud Next conference today. The company introduced some new AI-focused features for G Suite just yesterday, and it’s ann…
Google Doubles Down on Cloud Security - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Google is advancing the security features for its Cloud customers. The firm today announced a couple of new security features for Google Cloud that will help companies protect their data and customer…
Watch Out For Your Business Setup Before Joining Hands With A Digital Marketing Company | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - Businesses, let it be small or big, have been scammed for a very long time now. Moreover, with the advances in the internet, scamming has become much easier. Not everyone running a business is a tech…
How Website Visitor Behavior Affects Your SEO | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - When people discuss search engine optimization, the conversation generally begins with improving a website’s metadata and ends with building links. Where’s the love for how people use your site? – Th…
Google updates its search quality rating guidelines - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - Google is out with an update to its search quality rater guidelines. that includes some new areas of focus for raters. Google contracts with over 10,000 search quality raters worldwide to evaluate it…
Google announces its first foray into the security key market
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James Hickey
mashable.com - Google is having a busy week at its Cloud Next '18 conference, but it's primarily been all software announcements. That changed on Wednesday with the Titan Security Key. SEE ALSO: WiFi security is fi…
Putin's Soccer Ball for Trump Had Transmitter Chip
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www.newsmax.com - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s gift of a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump last week set off a chorus of warnings -- some of them only half in jest -- that the World Cup souvenir could b…
Why tech isn’t diverse—and how to fix it.
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story.californiasunday.com - When people talk about tech’s lack of diversity, they often talk about the pipeline problem: the idea that there aren’t enough qualified women and people of color to hire, which is why the industry i…
Survey: Net Neutrality Could Be Midterm Issue - Multichannel
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www.multichannel.com - Net neutrality could be the midterm election issue supporters of strong rules are hoping for, at least if legislators are looking to capitalize on the issue, positioning is key. That is according to …
The Expanse Roleplaying Game
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www.kickstarter.com - The following are some of the unique features of The Expanse in comparison to other AGE games: We are offering the core rulebook of the Expanse RPG in two formats: The Standard Edition is now (thanks…
14 Ways to Use Live Streaming for Business and Get More Sales
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www.influencebuzz.com - Here are fourteen different ways that you can not only implement live streaming videos into your business, but also examples of how other brands that we have worked with have already done it effectiv…
Solid Tips On Multiple Domain Hosting
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Rolf Joho
agentmonhost.com - Read the article for suggestions on how to choose a web host that can make it easy to maintain your website maintenance. Check the hosting site to determine what kind of sites they offer. Some free h…
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Iphone
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iphonefindmyphone.com - Having an iphone can be a person to be quite creative by melding many types of devices into one. For someone new to using an iphone, the iphone can be complicated. Even those who have been using the …
How to Research a Company Effectively Before Your Interview
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www.social-hire.com - Research, research, and then research some more for good measure. You’ll find this advice in almost any article written about getting ready for a job interview. But why is researching the company so …
Improve Your Internet Marketing Techniques By Following These Tips
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Rolf Joho
duracmarketing.com - Affiliate marketing is an excellent way to enhance profits for many people rich. If you take the time to learn about it, you can make money too. The following article will help you to make your busin…
Low On Cash? Check Out These Free To Play Video Games
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Rolf Joho
toys.internetinfomedia.com - Video gaming is a hobby that has been enjoyed for years. The world of gaming grows each year with new genres and new kinds of fans, but there is information that you need to be aware of. The followin…
What Can Facebook Marketing Do For Your Business?
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duracmarketing.com - Facebook is a great place to stay in touch with others, including the customers of your business. People love to use social media sites to communicate, so they are rapidly growing. Keep reading to fi…
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