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Xbox One Update Brings Amazon Alexa Integration, Next-Gen Avatars, Dolby Vision - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft is today rolling out the October 2018 Update for Xbox One. The company is introducing some major new features with the latest major update for the Xbox One system, launching much-awaited fe…
Made and Distributed in the U.S.A.: Online Disinformation
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www.nytimes.com - Facebook said it would be the most domestic pages and accounts it had ever removed related to influence campaigns. The company said it had discovered the activity as part of its broader effort to roo…
10 Facts About Google's Censored 'Project Dragonfly' Chinese Search Engine | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - The search engine will blacklist terms and searches about human rights, democracy, and protest. Project Dragonfly will aid the Chinese government by blacklisting certain search terms and websites rel…
The new Razer Phone 2 tries again to make the 120Hz gamer phone a thing
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arstechnica.com - The Razer Phone 2. Note the inscription: "Designed by Razer in California." It might not have a notch in the display, but it's still imitating Apple, apparently. Razer has announced the second iterat…
Facebook mistakenly deleted some people’s Live videos
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techcrunch.com - This time instead of exposing users’ data, a Facebook bug erased it. A previously undisclosed Facebook glitch caused it to delete some users’ Live videos if they tried to post them to their Story and…
Google’s Apigee officially launches its API monitoring service
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techcrunch.com - It’s been about two years since Google acquired API management service Apigee. Today, the company is announcing new extensions that make it easier to integrate the service with a number of Google Clo…
Google updates its Assistant on smart displays and phones
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techcrunch.com - Earlier this week at its annual hardware event, Google announced a number of new features for its Assistant coming to the new Pixel 3 phones and Google’s own Home Hub smart display. As it turns out, …
Improbable brings its massive multiplayer platform to Unity game engine
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techcrunch.com - As battle royale games like Fortnite pit more players against each other, studios are starting to realize the potential of bringing a massive online audience together at one time. This ambition has a…
MindBody-owned FitMetrix exposed millions of user records — thanks to servers without passwords
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techcrunch.com - FitMetrix, a fitness technology and performance tracking company owned by gym booking giant Mindbody, has exposed millions of user records because it left several of its servers without a password. T…
A flood of fake installers will really update Flash for you – but also install cryptocurrency mining malware
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techcrunch.com - If you think that Flash, the once-popular web plugin, couldn’t die fast enough, even those annoying fake Flash installers riddled with malware aren’t going anywhere any time soon. In fact, they’re ge…
Zuora partners with Amazon Pay to expand subscription billing options
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techcrunch.com - Zuora, the SaaS company helping organizations manage payments for subscription businesses, announced today that it had been selected as a Premier Partner in the Amazon Pay Global Partner Program. The…
YC-grad Papa raises $2.4M for its ‘grandkids-on-demand’ service
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techcrunch.com - One of the latest additions to the on-demand economy is Papa, a mobile app that connects college students with adults over 60 in need of support and companionship. The recent graduate of Y Combinator…
Google+ for G Suite lives on and gets new features
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techcrunch.com - You thought Google+ was dead, didn’t you? And it is — if you’re a consumer. But the business version of Google’s social network will live on for the foreseeable future — and it’s getting a bunch of n…
Facebook rolls out 3D photos that use AI to simulate depth
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techcrunch.com - What if you could peek behind what’s in your photos, like you’re moving your head to see what’s inside a window? That’s the futuristic promise of Facebook 3D photos. After announcing the feature at F…
Shopify opens its first brick-and-mortar space in Los Angeles
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techcrunch.com - Shopify, the provider of payment and logistics management software and services for retailers, has opened its first physical storefront in Los Angeles. The first brick and mortar location for the Tor…
Grado takes the wraps off their first pair of wireless headphones
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techcrunch.com - Legacy open-backed headphone maker Grado is taking their classic design into the future with the small Brooklyn company’s first pair of wireless headphones. The GW100s have a familiar look but integr…
ServiceNow to acquire FriendlyData for its natural language search technology
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techcrunch.com - Enterprise cloud service management company ServiceNow announced today that it will acquire FriendlyData and integrate the startup’s natural language search technology into apps on its Now platform. …
G2 crowd, a business software marketplace, raises another $55M at just under a $500M valuation
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techcrunch.com - G2 Crowd, a platform that lets businesses search for, compare reviews and pricing for, and then buy software and other IT services — it likes to refer to itself as the “Amazon of business software” —…
The Internet Bill of Rights is just one piece of our moral obligations
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techcrunch.com - Congressman Ro Khanna’s proposed Internet Bill of Rights pushes individual rights on the Internet forward in a positive manner. It provides guidelines for critical elements where the United States’ a…
Why missing Saudi journalist’s Apple Watch is an interesting, but unlikely, lead
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techcrunch.com - Police investigating the missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are searching for his Apple Watch to obtain his health and location data before his disappearance. But that may prove impossible, acc…
Nintendo’s ‘souped-up’ NES Zelda loads you with gear for an easier adventure
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techcrunch.com - Nintendo has set a strange new precedent with the release of Legend of Zelda SP on the Switch: it’s essentially the original NES game but with Link starts loaded up with good gear and cash. In a way …
Every store is an experience and every experience is a selfie
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www.vox.com - The lighting in Timberland’s new pop-up store is supposed to mimic daylight. Like the lighting in a reptile tank. This measure is in place to keep more than 2,000 live plants happy, including 10 full…
Echo Show 2018 review: Seeing is believing, and there’s a lot more to see
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arstechnica.com - Lost among the slew of Amazon's recent device announcements was an update to the Echo Show. While Amazon absolutely mentioned the second-generation smart display, you may have overlooked it completel…
Supermicro boards were so bug ridden, why would hackers ever need implants?
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arstechnica.com - By now, everyone knows the premise behind two unconfirmed Bloomberg articles that have dominated security headlines over the past week: spies from China got multiple factories to sneak data-stealing …
PC market flat, as Surface becomes a top-5 computer brand in the US
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arstechnica.com - Microsoft was the fifth-biggest PC maker in the US in the third quarter of this year, according to industry advisory firm Gartner. The top spot in the US belongs to HP, with about 4.5 million machine…
Feel better about your PlayStation VR with sweet new games Astro Bot, Firewall
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arstechnica.com - There's only so much breathing room between the season's biggest video game releases, and that has meant an incredibly brief respite at Ars HQ. What do we gnaw on between massive games like Spider-Ma…
Create Sites Easily with WP Page Builder | Webdesigner Depot
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www.webdesignerdepot.com - There’s little doubt that WordPress is one of the biggest web technologies in the world, powering around a third of the web, and growing all the time. Until recently WordPress was only for the initia…
Sandsifter program finds bugs, secret instructions and other oddities in computer processors
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boingboing.net - The Internet Archive now offers in-browser emulation of more than 13,000 Commodore 64 floppy disks. The Sentinel, Paradroid, Oregon Trail, Wasteland… they’re all there, waiting for you. Software Libr…
EFF to Texas AG: Epson is screwing Texans
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boingboing.net - You remember when HP tricked its users into downgrading their printers by sending them a fake "security update" that actually made the printers refuse third-party and refilled ink cartridges? The com…
More Windows 10 October update woes? HP users report BSOD after Tuesday patch | ZDNet
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www.zdnet.com - The cumulative update for the few PCs that moved to Windows 10 version 1809 before Microsoft halted its rollout is causing BSOD errors on some HP machines. The suspected cause of blue screen of death…
Facebook removes 800 accounts and pages for political spam, disinformation | ZDNet
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www.zdnet.com - Facebook removed today 559 Pages and 251 accounts that engaged in political spam and disinformation --or "inauthentic activity," as the company refers to this behavior. The social network said spam i…
Meeting With Donald Trump Was Only the Second Dumbest Thing Kanye Did Today
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www.inverse.com - It’s still not exactly clear why Kanye West is so enamored with the science denying, race-baiting commander-in-chief. But fortunately, it’s only a matter of time before the truth gets out thanks to s…
Samsung Galaxy A9 officially official with rear quad cameras
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androidcommunity.com - Samsung has finally and officially unveiled the new Galaxy A9. The 2018 model of the mid-range phone has been part of the rumor mill for months now. The Galaxy A9 Star was made official back in June …
Google releases promotional videos of newly announced devices
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androidcommunity.com - If you’re still feeling a bit overwhelmed about all the announcements that Google made during their Made by Google event last October 9, prepare to feast your eyes on all of the promotional videos th…
Google discontinues Reply, will probably focus on Smart Compose and Reply
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androidcommunity.com - Not all experiments have a happy ending. If you were relying on one of Google’s experimental apps called Reply to, well, reply to third-party apps like Hangouts, Messenger, etc, then we have bad news…
Google Photos brings Live Albums, Home Hub and Pixel 3 features
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androidcommunity.com - Google Photos is probably one of the best products that the tech giant has come up with the past few years and it looks like they keep adding more features to make it even more indispensable for thos…
4 Reasons Why CMOs Should Invest in Voice Marketing
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loyalty360.org - This post originally appeared on the PullString blog. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last twelve months, you’ve heard about voice assistants. They go by the name of Alexa, Google As…
Marketing Evolution: From Personalization to Individualization
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loyalty360.org - Personalization. Personalization. Personalization. “Be sure to personalize the content you create and send to customers.” We’ve heard it time and time again. But it is 2018 now, and personalization d…
PC Market Flat-Lined in Q3 2018 - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - PC sales were flat in the quarter ending September 31. But there was one surprise: Lenovo regained the top spot in the market, displacing HP. “Weakness in consumer PC demand continued in the third qu…
This Could Be Our First Ever Look at the Next-Gen Microsoft HoloLens - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft first revealed its HoloLens AR headset back in 2015. The company has been working on a new version of the HoloLens for years now, though it had reportedly stopped the development of the V2 …
Google Pixel USB-C Earbuds First Impressions - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Quietly launched on the same day as its hardware event this week, Google’s new Pixel USB-C earbuds are a low-cost and stylish mobile audio solution with integrated Google Assistant capabilities. I sp…
The News from Leak Woebegone - Windows Weekly 590 - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Leo, Mary Jo, and I discuss the suddenly disastrous Windows 10 version 1809 rollout, and much, much more. Download this episode and subscribe Enjoy Windows Weekly on YouTube Tip of the week: History …
Razer Launches the Second Generation of Its Flagship Gaming Phone - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Razer took the wraps off its second-generation flagship gaming phone, the Razer Phone 2, last night. The company’s flagship phone aimed at gamers is getting some major upgrades on the inside to offer…
Top Most Important Gaming Platforms In 2018 [Infographic] | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - Online gaming has taken the world by storm and more games than ever end up on people’s gaming platforms, whether they are mobile devices or stationary computers. It should come as no surprise that mo…
Google data breach + Berners-Lee’s Solid — is the power shifting?
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searchenginewatch.com - I don’t usually go for drastic headlines, but it does seem like some tides have been turning of late. We’ve all followed the stories of data breaches, new regulations, fake news, hacks, ever-rising p…
Voice search isn't the next big disrupter, conversational AI Is - Search Engine Land
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martechtoday.com - Within the search marketing space, there has been a lot of talk about voice search. Many are projecting voice search as the next big thing – in fact, as the next marketplace disruptor. But the truth…
Can the Right Playlist Help You Exercise More, Slow Your Heart, and Calm Your Mind? This Music Picking Service Is Betting On It
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fortune.com - Music—whether it’s the song in a commercial or the background noise in a store—is capable of increasing customer engagement. For the past few years, Feed.fm has worked with businesses to provide cura…
Review: The tiny $129 Echo Sub is a huge audio upgrade
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techcrunch.com - Want to make your music more interesting? Add a subwoofer. That’s what Amazon did and, suddenly, the entire Echo smart speaker lineup is a lot more interesting. If you were not impressed with the sou…
Artcurial announces highlights from its Automobiles sur Les Champs sale
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artdaily.com - PARIS.- The Automobiles sur Les Champs sale is always a highly anticipated event for collectors’ car enthusiasts. Over the course of a weekend, the most beautiful avenue in the world is transformed i…
How to Recruit MLM Leaders for Fast Network Marketing Success
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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - The problem is that most people go after their broke friends and family because they think it is easier. The actual reality is it is often much more difficult to recruit these recruit these individua…
The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship
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www.inc.com - Editor's Note: This article won an award in the Magazine Personal Service category in the 2014 Annual Awards Contest of the Deadline Club, the New York City chapter of the Society of Professional Jou…
A Future Where Everything Becomes a Computer Is as Creepy as You Feared
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www.nytimes.com - Mr. Schneier argues that the economic and technical incentives of the internet-of-things industry do not align with security and privacy for society generally. Putting a computer in everything turns …
Marketer’s guide to Arm TechCon
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www.embedded-computing.com - Arm TechCon, taking place October 16-18th at the San Jose Convention Center, brings together over 4,000 engineers, architects, developers, and product engineers in a three-day experience with Arm. Ex…
Must-Attend Ecommerce Conferences in 2019
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www.cpcstrategy.com - Posted by Tara Johnson on October 5, 2018 in Ecommerce Conferences provide a great opportunity for networking, discovering new products, and learning about the latest technologies, trends and strateg…
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