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Friday, July 6, 2018

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Build a Health Tracking App with React, GraphQL, and User Authentication

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scotch.io - I think you’ll like the story I’m about to tell you. I’m going to show you how to build a GraphQL API with Vesper framework, TypeORM, and MySQL. These are Node frameworks, and I’ll use TypeScript for…

Hackers, sign up for Disrupt SF Virtual Hackathon today

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techcrunch.com - Calling all creative hackers, coders and programmers around the world. We’ve cooked up a special Virtual Hackathon to celebrate TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2018 — our biggest Disrupt event ever.…

Nokia to build and test 5G apps in China with Tencent, leveraging 1B+ WeChat and QQ users

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techcrunch.com - The world is still years away from wide-scale 5G networks — which proponents say will bring a new generation of services connecting people and objects in the Internet of Things — but those hoping to …

Tinder Loops, the dating app’s new video feature, rolls out globally

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techcrunch.com - Tinder Loops, the recently announced video feature from Tinder, is today rolling out globally. Tinder has been testing this feature in Canada and Sweden since April, when it was first announced, and …

MoviePass subscribers will now pay surcharges for popular showtimes

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techcrunch.com - MoviePass subscribers were just greeted with a special Fourth of July surprise from the company, but it’s not good news. Surprise! The company’s plan to introduce summer surge pricing goes into effec…

First space, then auto—now Elon Musk quietly tinkers with education

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arstechnica.com - In a corner of SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, a small, secretive group called Ad Astra is hard at work. These are not the company’s usual rocket scientists. At the direction of Elon …

LTE wireless connections used by billions aren’t as secure as we thought

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arstechnica.com - The Long Term Evolution mobile device standard used by billions of people was designed to fix many of the security shortcomings in the predecessor standard known as Global System for Mobile communica…

US forces smartphone giant ZTE to fire its CEO and leadership team

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arstechnica.com - The Chinese smartphone giant ZTE has completely replaced its corporate leadership, naming new people to be CEO, CTO, CFO, and several vice presidents. The new CEO of ZTE will be Xu Ziyang, a former h…

Enterprise Wi-Fi at home, part two: Reflecting on almost three years with pro gear

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arstechnica.com - There is a moment of perfect stillness after the cable slips through my fingers and vanishes back up the hole in the ceiling like an angry snake. Then the opening stanza of a rich poem of invective l…

Report: Amazon will publish toy catalog this holiday to fill Toys ‘R Us void

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arstechnica.com - Amazon's move into retail meatspace has largely hinged around opening (or acquiring) brick-and-mortar stores. But this holiday, the online retailer will reportedly try something different: printed ca…

Bitcoin Developer Jimmy Song: Private Blockchains Make ‘Zero Sense’

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cointelegraph.com - Bitcoin (BTC) developer Jimmy Song stated that using blockchain tech for a private, centralized system, such as an enterprise, ‘makes zero sense’ in an interview with Laura Shin June 26. Song, also a…

iPhone 9: Analyst Reveals Striking New Design and Colors for 2018 Model

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www.inverse.com - Apple is bringing a splash of color to this year’s iPhone lineup, if a new analyst report is to be believed. Ming-Chi Kuo, a former KGI Securities analyst with an impressive track record of predictio…

20 Brilliant Quotes on Competition From Highly Successful Business Leaders

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www.inc.com - "Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes." -- Bill Gates "Taste the relish to be found in competition -- in having put forth th…

7 steps to rebrand yourself for a career change

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www.fastcompany.com - Ready for a career change, but worried you don’t have the experience or skills to land a job in your desired field? Filling your resume with your previous work experience that has no similarity to th…

Google promises it doesn’t read your email

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androidcommunity.com - After that report from the Wall Street Journal saying that Google is giving 3rd party apps access to your Gmail inbox, we of course expected the tech giant to respond. They did not deny of course tha…

Samsung Android Go is not an Android Go

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androidcommunity.com - Google launched the Android Go over a year ago because Android One was a no go. It is basically the same but with some minor differences. For one, the Android One runs not just on budget-friendly dev…

Netflix introduces new tier with HDR support in Europe

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androidcommunity.com - While there are still not a lot of mobile devices that have support for HDR (high dynamic range if you didn’t know yet), those who do have it would now prefer to watch their movies or TV shows in tha…

Samsung Galaxy Note 9: more details revealed by the S Pen

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androidcommunity.com - We’re only a month away from the Unpacked 2018 event scheduled by Samsung and the anticipation has gone up a level. We’re expecting several new things and improvements and so we’re excited for August…

Microsoft Will Release a Dark Mode for Outlook.com - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - In a support forum post, Microsoft said that it will finally release a Dark Mode for Outlook.com. Someday. “We’ve been working on Dark Mode for a few months now and you can expect this in the product…

Windows 10 at 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Three years ago, Microsoft was finalizing the development of the first version of Windows 10. But today, five versions later, Windows 10 is in a very different place. And while there have absolutely …

5 Business Myths You Should Know When Starting A Business | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - There’s a lot of mythology in the world of entrepreneurs. You’ll hear heroic stories of young entrepreneurs who bootstrapped their business into stellar heights. You’ll hear about terrible gambles th…

5 Things To Know Before Shooting 360 Video | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - Capturing video in 360 degrees is all the rage these days. It offers an immersive experience that was once unimaginable. Thanks to continuous improvements both on hardware and software, all the tools…

Is Your Web-Based Application Mobile Friendly Enough? | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - There is a world of reasons that play in favor of owning a web-based application. Not only will it mean increased ease of access from any device and at any time, but also the convenience of updating …

Lesser Known Features Of International Calling | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - International calling. It has become so important; for both casual usages as well as for business purposes. The reason for that is plain and simple, people need to remain connected. This need to be i…

Facebook launches video marketing tool

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searchenginewatch.com - My latest column looked at the future of video in relation to search. The piece inevitably turned to Facebook. I pointed to the trialling of new types of video content (360 and live streaming) on the…

Young girl's character 'gang-raped' in Roblox online game

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news.sky.com - Amber Petersen shared a distressing account of her daughter's experience on the iPad version of Roblox, which saw her character being attacked by two males - and then a female. Sky News has chosen no…

GOP Rep. Todd Rokita Says FTC, DOJ Should Investigate Google | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - In a letter to the DOJ and FTC, Rep. Rokita warned that “market dominance creates an often-insurmountable barrier to entry for new innovators who could better serve consumers.” It is the second time …

Stormy Daniels’s Lawyer Targeted by Feds Over Unpaid Taxes | National Review

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www.nationalreview.com - Skip to content Sections The Corner Bench Memos The Morning Jolt The G-File News All Articles Authors Podcasts Photos Videos Podcasts Mad Dogs & Englishmen The Remnant The Editors The McCarthy Report…

Oprah Says a Presidential Run Would ‘Kill’ Her | National Review

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www.nationalreview.com - Skip to content Sections The Corner Bench Memos The Morning Jolt The G-File News All Articles Authors Podcasts Photos Videos Podcasts Mad Dogs & Englishmen The Remnant The Editors The McCarthy Report…

How Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What’s on Tonight

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www.nytimes.com - Mr. Brookman of the Consumers Union, who reviewed the opt-in screen, said the trade-off was not clear for consumers. “Maybe the interactive features are so fantastic that they don’t mind that the com…

4 Influencer Tools to Find and Vet YouTube Influencers : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want to work with influential YouTubers to promote your products or services? Looking for tools to help you partner with the right YouTube influencers? In this article, you’ll discover four to…

3 Ways To Get More Subscribers On Your YouTube Channel

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - Being the #2 search engine online means that it is highly trafficked and an incredible place to build your audience. One of the questions I get asked quite often by my students is how to get more sub…

Content Marketing Strategy: The Definitive Guide to Content Marketing • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - In other words, content marketing basically means any marketing you do that involves creating and sharing value.This can include your blog, your social media posts, your videos, landing pages, your e…

Is Your Business Trending? Harnessing Of Power Of Social Media

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marketingpromotion.biz - Social networking is extremely popular and many online businesses use it as a great new tool for advertising. It is easier than you think, and the more you work on it the simpler it becomes. Take you…

Hosting Explanations You Can Actually Understand

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agentmonhost.com - Do you know what you’d do if you had issues with your website, and you couldn’t figure out how to fix them through your hosting control panel? Since so many people design their own websites, many bes…

Helpful Advice For Finding A Great Laptop

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laptopsandnotebook.com - Do you want to know how to get the bank? The better informed you are about your needs and choices, the better off you’ll be. Keep reading and you’ll learn more about the process. If you want to get b…

Silicon Valley insiders say Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter are using 'behavioral cocaine' to turn people into addicts

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www.businessinsider.com - Silicon Valley insiders have told the BBC that tech firms, including Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter, deliberately engineering their platforms to foster addictive behavior. Aza Raskin, the inventor o…

Who Made Gartner's 2018 Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT? - RTInsights

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www.rtinsights.com - Internet of Things (IoT) platforms coupled with edge computing will account for up to 60 percent of industrial IoT analytics by 2020, according to Gartner. Gartner’s new Magic Quadrant for Industrial…

How Visual Search will Redefine Retail Merchandising

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www.whichplm.com - Here, Ted Mann, CEO of Slyce, shares some retail advantages of visual search. Slyce specializes in visual product search. Avid readers will remember Ted’s feature as part of our ‘Conversations’ serie…

Smartphone companies pursue 3D sensing functionality for smartphone cameras

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www.embedded-computing.com - Back in 2011, LG and HTC launched 3D phones in the mobile phone market. With these first smartphones equipped with a dual camera setup, the trend soon faded away. Later, in the next consecutive years…

Where 3 million electric batteries will go when they retire

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www.impactlab.net - GM, Toyota and BYD are part of a potential $550 billion industry. The first batches of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles are hitting retirement age, yet they aren’t bound for landfills. Ins…

Latest 2018 iPhone leak brings bad news for Samsung

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bgr.com - While Apple depended on Samsung as its sole supplier of OLED displays in 2017, a report from The Korea Times suggests that another supplier will join the ranks for Apple’s next round of premium iPhon…

Remo Doorcam is a Camera for Renters

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homealarmreport.com - HomeAlarmReport » Smart Homes » Remo Doorcam is a Camera for Renters By hanging over the door in much the same manner as your typical holiday wreath, Remo+ DoorCam makes it so that anyone can quickly…

Millions of websites using HTTP may be labelled “Not Secure” with July Google Chrome update

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www.itsecurityguru.org - DigiCert Inc., the leading global provider of SSL/TLS certificates and other PKI solutions for securing web traffic and the Internet of Things (IoT), is providing industry guidance that millions of w…

Gentoo hack caused by three rookie mistakes

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www.theregister.co.uk - The developers of Gentoo Linux have revealed how it was possible for its GitHub repository to be hacked: someone deduced an admin’s password and perhaps that admin ought not to have had access to the…

Cannabis Boxes Curated by Celebrities Are Big Business

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www.greenentrepreneur.com - I was in my last semester as an information systems major at George Washington University. I was purchasing rolling papers and other cannabis accessories from Amazon but noticed I had to re-order fre…

Microsoft Dynamics 365: Ideal for 'vertical' markets

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www.erpsoftwareblog.com - Just two years ago, according to a Forbes article, cloud computing was on track to reach a 22.8% growth rate by 2018. What’s more, “62% of all CRM software” was predicted to be cloud-based with SaaS …

Spending My Childhood in Physical Therapy Inspired Me to Start My Own Company

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www.entrepreneur.com - My friends Hoyoung Ban and Young Choi always peppered me with business ideas. Because one has experience working at an internationally recognized company and the other has a Ph.D. in engineering and …

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