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Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, raises $1.25 billion
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techcrunch.com - It pays to have the most popular game in the world. Epic Games, the creators of the runaway gaming smash hit Fortnite, have raised $1.25 billion in a new round of financing. It’s been 20 years since …
What to expect from Apple’s iPad event
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techcrunch.com - Thrills? Chills? iPads? Definitely yes on that last one, at least. The invites are out and the rumors have been pouring in, fast and furious. On Tuesday October 30, the company will be wrapping up ha…
Samsung reportedly debating foldable phone form factor and the S10’s headphone jack
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techcrunch.com - Samsung’s foldable phone has been floating around the company under the codename “Winner” for some time now. That bit of info isn’t new. It’s understandably taken the company a while to get the thing…
Waymo is testing what it should charge for its robotaxi service
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techcrunch.com - Self-driving startup Waymo, a Google spinoff owned by parent company Alphabet, has started to test pricing models for rides in its autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, the latest indication that the compa…
Snapchat’s new Camera desktop camera app brings AR masks to Twitch, Skype…
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techcrunch.com - Snapchat is launching its first Mac and Windows software that takes over your webcam and brings its augmented reality effects to other video streaming and calling services. Snap Camera can be selecte…
R.I.P. FilmStruck, the best streaming service for classic films
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techcrunch.com - Sad news for movie fans: FilmStruck, the streaming service developed by Turner Classic Movies, is shutting down. A message on the FilmStruck website says it’s no longer accepting new subscribers, wit…
Google rolls out ‘.new’ links for instantly creating new Docs, Slides, Sheets and Forms
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techcrunch.com - Google Docs just rolled out a time-saving trick that’s sure to be welcomed by heavy users of Docs, or any of Google’s other productivity tools like Sheets, Slides, Sites, or Forms. The company this w…
Microsoft closes its $7.5B purchase of code-sharing platform GitHub
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techcrunch.com - After getting EU approval a week ago, today Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub, the Git-based code sharing and collaboration service with 31 million developers, has officially closed. The Redmond, WA-…
What’s next for podcasting?
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techcrunch.com - The podcast market will discover the answer to a foundational question about its future in the next few years. Will it continue along the path of music streaming, where all podcasts are available eve…
Microsoft has no problem taking the $10B JEDI cloud contract if it wins
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techcrunch.com - The Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract bidding process has drawn a lot of attention. Earlier this month, Google withdrew, claiming ethical considerations. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos responded in an …
Want to Create Content That Delivers?
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www.targetmarketingmag.com - “About 1,670,000,000 results (0.51 seconds).” That’s the result you’ll get if you type “content marketing” into your Google search bar. That’s over 1 billion results in under one second. It makes sen…
What Apple might announce at its October 30 “special event” in Brooklyn
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arstechnica.com - This coming Tuesday, Apple will host its second live product announcement even of the fall. While September's event focused on three new iPhone models and an updated Apple Watch, we expect this event…
Tim Cook calls for strong US privacy law, rips “data-industrial complex”
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arstechnica.com - Apple CEO Tim Cook today called on the US government to pass "a comprehensive federal privacy law," saying that tech companies that collect wide swaths of user data are engaging in surveillance. Spea…
The 2019 Hyundai Nexo is an upmarket hydrogen fuel-cell SUV
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arstechnica.com - Once again, there were insufficient opportunities to photograph the Nexo, so please enjoy Hyundai's images. The interior design says to me "Art Deco meets Starfleet." I like it. This bronze color loo…
The 2019 Volvo S60 is Swedish style at a surprisingly good price
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arstechnica.com - The design is very Swedish muscle car, particularly with the optional sport suspension that lowers the car by 15mm. The rear lights suit the smaller S60 much more than the larger S90, in my opinion. …
X.org bug that gives attackers root bites OpenBSD and other big-name OSes
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arstechnica.com - Several big-name Linux and BSD operating systems are vulnerable to an exploit that gives untrusted users powerful root privileges. The critical flaw in the X.org server—the open-source implementation…
7 Ways To Design for a Global Audience | Webdesigner Depot
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www.webdesignerdepot.com - Before you ever sit down to design a website for a client, you develop user personas that are representative of their target audience. Once you’ve established an identity for the main user (or users)…
Microinteractions in User Experience
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www.nngroup.com - Many of our everyday interactions with computer systems fall under the large umbrella of microinteractions. Microinteractions provide feedback to the user, often through conveying system status or he…
Create an Alias For Your iCloud Address to Maintain Your Online Privacy
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lifehacker.com - Online privacy enthusiasts can get all kinds of disposable tools these days to keep their actual information safe. Disposable email addresses to keep their real address from being revealed, and dispo…
Most consumers have cyber security concerns, but a fraction take action | ZDNet
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www.zdnet.com - Since recent security breaches across major platforms like Facebook, have you updated your privacy settings on your social media platforms? If you have not, you are not alone. Almost half of consumer…
The Amazon Selling Machine
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www.theatlantic.com - Amazon is catnip to advertisers for the simple reason that it is already an integral part of the way we buy. About half of online shoppers start their product searches on Amazon. But the company also…
New MacBook Leak Confirms Secretive Mac Launch
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www.forbes.com - Apple is less than a week for its almost-traditional October launch event (and bullying the competition out of the way). The focus may be on the iPad and iPad Pro tablets, but new information confirm…
Samsung Galaxy S10 may be out in nine colors
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androidcommunity.com - The Samsung Galaxy S10 is perhaps the most anticipated Galaxy S model ever since the South Korean tech giant launched the flagship series. As early as April, just a few months after the Galaxy S9 and…
Palm re-launches as a “companion” phone on Verizon network
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androidcommunity.com - For those who are old enough to remember Palm Pilots, you’ve probably heard rumors the past few months that they were making a comeback of sorts. Well now we finally have confirmation that they are i…
Anker Nebula Capsule II mini projector, Model Zero speakers unveiled
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androidcommunity.com - We’re more familiar with Anker offering wireless chargers but we know the brand also sells mini projectors and speakers. The company has rolled out the Nebula Mars II Portable Projector back in June …
Google Photos Live Albums 10K limit is real
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androidcommunity.com - Google Photos has received Hub Home, Live Albums, and some Pixel 3 features a couple of weeks ago. The tech giant regularly sends updates to the photo cloud storage service to ensure consumers experi…
Google, Thiel feature in Saudi Prince's Silicon Valley tour
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www.arabianbusiness.com - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wrapped up a whirlwind tour of technology titans on Friday, part of a three-week US visit focused on economic opportunities to diversify the oil-rich nation. Th…
Tip: Transform Your Smart Display with a Live Album - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - I really like Google’s Smart Display platform, but a recent functional addition really puts it over the top. I’ve been meaning to review Lenovo’s Smart Display for months, but incessant travel has go…
Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: October 26 - Petri
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www.petri.com - Because it’s that time of the quarter, this edition of Short Takes looks a bit more closely at Microsoft’s most recent earnings announcement. Note: On Wednesday—a day earlier than usual—Microsoft pos…
What Is UX Design And Why Is It Important? | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - Designing a website in 2018 is about a whole lot more than simply adding some quickly hashed out content and some flashy graphics and pressing publish. In fact, anyone who does this is likely to get…
Community Coworking - How To Network To Business Success | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - The coworking community in Thailand is on its way to becoming as wildly popular as it is in other parts of the Asia-Pacific market. Thailand, by the way, is the perfect place for coworking profession…
Tesla Powerwall Keeps A Remote Home Powered Through 42-Hour Utility Outage | CleanTechnica
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cleantechnica.com - October 22nd, 2018 by Kyle Field A Northern California man in PG&E’s electrical service territory had his electricity turned off by the utility for high wildfire risk for a full 42 hours yet was able…
10 fun facts from the original Google paper
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searchenginewatch.com - Yesterday while I was having a blast reading “The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine,” I happened across some fun facts. We got into some of the more technical goods from the pap…
Link building tool roundup: Site crawlers - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - If a search engine’s crawler can’t find your content to index, it’s not going to rank. It’s also not a good signal, but, most importantly, if a search engine can’t find something, a user may not be a…
A Futurist Looks at the Future of Marketing
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Gerd Leonhard
hbr.org - Digital marketing is evolving as fast as any other medium on our tablets, smartphones, Google Glass and beyond. To learn about what the future may bring to this marketing genre, we reached out to Ger…
Facebook Messenger Marketing • My Lead System Pro
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blog.myleadsystempro.com - If you haven't heard of Facebook Messenger marketing yet, you certainly will very soon. Which is why, if you're a home business owner, you'll be doing yourself a huge favor if you read every word of …
Stocking up on Digitalization to Increase Share-of-Basket
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www.retailnews.asia - With the rise of e-Commerce, Asian retailers are under tremendous pressure to continuously push traditional boundaries and embark on digital transformation to engage consumers. Keeping up with the la…
What Retailers Need to Know About Voice Shopping
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www.shopify.com - Growing sales of Amazon Echo and Google Home suggest voice assistants aren’t a novelty item or fad. Currently, 32% of consumers own one of these devices, and that number is expected to grow by the en…
Egnyte is named a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Content Collaboration Platforms
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www.egnyte.com - The Egnyte team is excited to announce that we have been recognized as a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Content Collaboration Platforms. Everyone at Egnyte takes great pride in this…
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