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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

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Why Your Brand Is More Than Just a Visual Identity

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business.linkedin.com - Editor's Note: This guest post is authored by Josh Ritchie, Cofounder of ColumnFive. Much like beauty, a brand is in the eye of the beholder. But that doesn’t mean a brand is just about looks. One of…

YouTube CEO says EU’s new copyright legislation threatens jobs, smaller creators

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techcrunch.com - YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki published her quarterly letter to creators today, which included very strong language regarding the EU’s controversial copyright reform directive. Specifically, her letter …

How to Get More Keyword Metrics for Your Target Keywords

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moz.com - If you’re old in SEO years, you remember the day [not provided] was introduced. It was a dark, dark day. SEOs lost a vast amount of trusty information. Click data. Conversion data. This was incredibl…

Brazil’s DST change inadvertently affects millions of Android phones

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androidcommunity.com - When you’re making some changes to a traditionally scheduled Daylight Savings Time, you might want to take into consideration the fact that Android smartphones and therefore its users, will also be a…

Social Media Content Ideas: 20 Ways to Grow Your Following

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blog.bufferapp.com - As a social media manager, it can be super fun to strategize and come up with multiple ways to share content with your audience. But it’s also easy to get stuck in a creative rut. I know I’ve certain…

Pulumi raises $15M for its infrastructure as code platform

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techcrunch.com - Pulumi, a Seattle-based startup that lets developers specify and manage their cloud infrastructure using the programming language they already know, today announced that it has raised a $15 million S…

Don’t miss Q&A Sessions at Disrupt Berlin 2018

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techcrunch.com - Every TechCrunch Disrupt Main Stage features an incredible roster of speakers representing the best and brightest leaders, luminaries and legends at the crossroads of startups, technology, entreprene…

Cowboy, the Belgian e-bike startup, raises €10M Series A

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techcrunch.com - Cowboy, the Belgium startup that’s designed and sells a smarter electronic bicycle, has raised €10 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Tiger Global Management, with participation from p…

Minds, the blockchain-based social network, grabs a $6M Series A

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techcrunch.com - Minds, a decentralized social network, has raised $6 million in Series A funding from Medici Ventures, Overstock.com’s venture arm. Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne will join the Minds Board of Directors.…

A look at the Android Market (aka Google Play) on its 10th Anniversary

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techcrunch.com - Google Play has generated more than twice the downloads of the iOS App Store, reaching a 70% share of worldwide downloads in 2017, according to a new report from App Annie, released in conjunction wi…

How to Plan a Successful Ask Me Anything (AMA) Experience : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Have you ever wanted to do your own Ask Me Anything (AMA) event? Wondering how to run these online Q&A sessions on social media? In this article, you’ll learn how to organize and manage an online AMA…

Gates, Allen & Yesterday’s Terabyte

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om.co - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wrote a heartfelt eulogy for his co-founder, Paul Allen, who passed away (earlier this month.) The eulogy has since been reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and The A…

Report: Intel is cancelling its 10nm process. Intel: No, we’re not

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arstechnica.com - Media reports published today that Intel is ending work on the 10nm process are untrue. We are making good progress on 10nm. Yields are improving consistent with the timeline we shared during our las…

Verizon declares success, says Florida network is back up after hurricane

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arstechnica.com - Verizon Wireless service is back up and running "essentially everywhere" throughout the area hit by Hurricane Michael, the company said today. "Verizon engineers and fiber crews have been working aro…

Volvo’s new V60 is proof the station wagon must never die

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arstechnica.com - Forget the impending death of the sedan, as an automotive species the station wagon should be on life support. Which is a shame, because station wagons are great: the utility of an SUV without the hi…

Grand Theft Auto V hack exposed single-player games to malicious trolls

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arstechnica.com - You can see an example of the single-player hacking in action in this Twitch clip, where a troll follows user SnowieLive after kicking him from an online session and continually kills his avatar in t…

Report: Baidu-TRON ‘Partnership’ Involves Cloud Computing Provision, Not Blockchain

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cointelegraph.com - The unconfirmed “partnership” between decentralized internet project TRON (TRX) and China's largest internet search provider Baidu will center on cloud computing resources, not blockchain, according …

The Evolution of Website Web Design Trends from the 90s to Now

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line25.com - Just like us, the Internet has gone through some phases as its grown up. From its very basic and primitive beginnings in the mid 90s, to its rebellious phase in the 2000’s and its precocious phase in…

To Curb Terrorist Propaganda Online, Look to YouTube. No, Really.

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www.wired.com - Before most people even knew that terrorist outreach was happening online, YouTube was a top recruitment venue for jihadi terrorist groups. The platform, which consistently ranks among the most traff…

How your email habits might be making you a worse boss

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www.fastcompany.com - The average worker receives 124 emails a day, but if you’re a leader, you may want to back away from your inbox. Keeping up with your messages can prevent you from achieving your goals and being a go…

Better Together feature appears in Chrome OS Dev channel

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androidcommunity.com - As Jack Johnson has always said, “We’re always better when we’re together.” That’s what Google is also thinking about when creating a feature that would make a user’s Chromebook and Android smartphon…

Pixel 3 XL Durability Test: Watch the phone gets scratched, burned, and bent

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androidcommunity.com - We knew it would happen soon. The Pixel 3 XL Durability Test video has just been shared by Zack Nelson aka Mr. JerryRigEverything. Zack is definitely known to try everything he gets his hands on. Som…

Chrome now has picture-in-picture enabled by default

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androidcommunity.com - When you’re working or studying, there are times when you just want to have a video playing in the background so you won’t fall asleep or even for inspiration or pure entertainment. But unless you ha…

OnePlus 6T has a new official launch date

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androidcommunity.com - The OnePlus 6T has a new launch date. We’ve been waiting for October 30 but looks like the Chinese OEM is more than ready that it decided to make an announcement earlier. It’s only a day earlier so t…

Samsung shows off upcoming Sensor Integrated Technology

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androidcommunity.com - Samsung is set to introduce new technologies in 2019. We’re looking forward to that Galaxy X foldable smartphone and the Galaxy S10 variants with Fingerprint On Display. It’s going to be an interesti…

Pixel 3’s memory management seems to be a bit problematic

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androidcommunity.com - If you’re used to your smartphones being able to handle multiple apps at once without forcing them to close at one point, then you may have some problems if you’re planning on buying the Pixel 3 or P…

Report: Qualcomm is Working on an ARM Version of Google Chrome - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Qualcomm is allegedly working on an ARM version of the Google Chrome web browser for Windows 10 on ARM. “We are,” Qualcomm’s Miguel Nunes said when asked by Android Authority if the firm was working …

New Samsung Headset Seek to Overcome Mixed Reality's Biggest Problem - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - The Samsung HMD Odyssey+ will set you back a whopping $500, but it comes with a higher-resolution display that the firm says eliminates the dreaded “Screen Door Effect” that dogs the first generation…

A New Intellivision Games Console is Coming ... in 2020? - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Intellivision Entertainment announced yesterday that it will ship a new video game console called Amico. But it won’t debut until late 2020—two full years from now—and it isn’t designed for original …

Huawei Will Not Sell New Flagship Smartphones in the U.S. - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - After trying to make a major splash in the U.S. this past year, Huawei is retreating thanks to state-sponsored xenophobia. And it said today that it will not even try to sell its newest flagship smar…

5 Things You Need To Know About Google's Mobile First Index

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www.jeffbullas.com - If you’re concerned about search engine optimization, chances are that you keep a close eye on what the big search engines are up to – especially Google. Anyone following the search engines will tell…

Transformation of Search Summit roundup

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searchenginewatch.com - This past Friday we held our inaugural Transformation of Search Summit here in NY. Let’s just say, we’re already looking to book our venue for next year! On a scale of one to success, it was smashing.

SEO agencies – Important questions to ask before choosing one - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Have you ever had a negative experience using a search engine optimization agency? If so, you are by no means alone. It seems like just about every business owner has heard SEO horror stories or has …

Implementing full-scale cross-channel attribution for enterprise companies - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Attribution is a pain point for companies of all shapes and sizes. There are so many options; so many decisions to be made, and there are no clear rules or parameters to guide you. There are no rules…

Report: Twitter Employee Helped Saudi Government Spy on Dissidents | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - The New York Times reported that a Saudi Arabian Twitter employee is “suspected of spying on user accounts to help the Saudi leadership,” and that he was able to access the phone numbers and I.P. add…

Watch: Man Says Hackers Stole His Tesla with Just a Tablet

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www.infowars.com - A man in England says his Tesla Model S was stolen after two hackers using a tablet gained entry to the vehicle. According to Business Insider, the man, Essex-resident Anthony Kennedy, says the thiev…

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: It 'Doesn't Make Sense' to Refuse to Work with Pentagon | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - Following protests by employee-activists across multiple companies, including Microsoft and Google, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has stated that it “doesn’t make any sense to me,” for the company to refuse …

DC's Bible Museum: 5 of Our Dead Sea Scroll Artifacts Are Fake

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www.newsmax.com - Five artifacts thought to be part of the Dead Sea Scrolls are fake and will not be displayed anymore, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC has announced, CNN reported on Monday. After CNN last y…

’The Creepy Line’ Documentary Explores How Google and Facebook Can Undermine Democracy | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - The Creepy Line is a new feature-length documentary that explores how Silicon Valley tech companies can use their vast influence to crack down on speech and undermine democracy. The film focuses spec…

Opinion | Who Will Teach Silicon Valley to Be Ethical?

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www.nytimes.com - Facebook introduced a new home video device called Portal, and promised that what could be seen as a surveillance tool would not share data for the sake of ad targeting. Soon after, as reported by Re…

This 10-year-old coder is already so successful she's caught the attention of Google and Microsoft

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www.businessinsider.com - Samaira Mehta is a 10-year-old girl growing up in Silicon Valley who has quietly attracted an almost cult-like following because of her work as a programmer. She's the founder and CEO of a company ca…

Social Media Marketing Plan • Attraction Marketing Profits

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - If you are a business owner, many, if not most, of your customers have one or more social media accounts. If you're not already set up with a profile for your company, what's stopping you? Read on to…

How to Get More Facebook Likes - Get Massive Likes on Facebook

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - When it comes to social media in general and Facebook in particular – getting more likes, followers and fans is critical to gaining enough “social proof” and cause your content to often go viral. Gai…

Proven Twitter Marketing Strategy for Traffic, Leads and Sales

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - Watch the video to discover a 3 step formula to use Twitter to generate tons of new leads every day! You'll learn how to get their phone numbers and this approach will work for any business. 80% of t…

Jeff Bezos Banned PowerPoint in Meetings. His Replacement Is Brilliant

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www.inc.com - In his 2018 annual letter, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos repeated his rule that PowerPoint is banned in executive meetings. What Bezos replaced it with provides even more valuable insight for ent…

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Consumer Groups Say FCC Deregulatory Fever Harming Hurricane Michael Recovery

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www.techdirt.com - By now Techdirt readers should be fairly keyed into FCC head Ajit Pai's schtick: kill most meaningful oversight over the telecom sector at the industry's direct behest (including net neutrality and m…

Readalong: Reality is Broken, Ch 3 - More Satisfying Work - Yu-kai Chou: Gamification & Behavioral Design

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yukaichou.com - This continues the Readalong by Erik van Mechelen of Jane McGonigal’s ‘Reality is Broken’ with insights from Yu-kai Chou’s Octalysis framework. For in-depth discussions of this book and others, join …

Another Report Shows That FOSTA Increased (Not Decreased) Sex Trafficking; Where Is The Outrage?

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www.techdirt.com - Before FOSTA passed, a ton of experts warned it would lead to bad things, and now we're seeing more and more stories about how FOSTA is actually increasing the sex trafficking problem, rather than de…

Broadband Industry Sues Vermont For Daring To Protect Consumers, Net Neutrality

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www.techdirt.com - As we've made pretty clear, the broadband industry is successfully obliterating most meaningful federal and state oversight of their broken, largely uncompetitive broadband monopolies. They've had gr…

First OnePlus 6T camera sample appears, but what does it tell us?

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www.androidauthority.com - The Oneplus 6T launch event is around the corner, and we already have a good idea of what to expect from the phone. How its camera will handle is less certain, but OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has dished out…

Alexa's new Whisper Mode is rolling out to some Amazon Echos

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www.techradar.com - Sssshhhh... if the kids (or parents) are asleep and you don't want to wake them up with a blast of Amazon Alexa's voice, you can now activate a special Whisper Mode to have your Echo speak more quiet…

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