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Thursday, October 4, 2018

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The 9am Rush Hour – Paul Lewis – Medium

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medium.com - The worst time of day to travel. For many it’s not possible to travel at any other time of day because they need to get to work by 9am. This is exactly what a lot of web code looks like today: everyt…

Why Professional Networking Is the Missing Piece to Your Success

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www.inc.com - By Sam Bahreini, a serial entrepreneur and growth marketer. Personal relationships are important for entrepreneurs because they provide an outlet separate from the company and can help you avoid burn…

Facebook tests Snap Map-style redesign of Nearby Friends

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techcrunch.com - Helping friends meet up offline has been a massive missed opportunity for Facebook . Whether because the brand is too creepy or the politely opt-in 2015 rollout of its location sharing feature wasn’t…

9 Landing Page Ideas to Improve Your Conversion Rates and Sales

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instapage.com - That famous proverb holds true with a lot of things, and landing pages are no different. It’s completely normal (and recommended) to review other companies’ landing page examples for inspiration to c…

Fast Company Recognizes Autodesk with Four 2018 ‘Innovation by Design’ Honors | Autodesk News

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adsknews.autodesk.com - More than 398 companies, projects and products were submitted to Fast Company’s 2018 Innovation by Design” awards honoring creative work at the intersection of design, business and innovation across …

'Human Uber' Lets You Attend Events Remotely Using Someone Else's Body

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www.unilad.co.uk - Ever thought the worst bit about socialising is the physical effort it takes to actually get up and go out? You know the feeling. You’re burrowed away in your bed or sofa, got your comfy clothes on a…

Backblaze and macOS 10.14 Mojave

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www.backblaze.com - Last week, Apple released macOS 10.14 “Mojave.” Many Backblaze users experienced a less-than-ideal update experience. We wanted to take a moment to summarize what happened, how to fix the issue, and …

Northwest fast food chain hack exposed customer credit cards

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techcrunch.com - A beloved regional burger chain in the Pacific Northwest is the latest fast food company to suffer a major data breach. Burgerville, headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, disclosed today that any c…

Bumble to launch in India before year-end

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techcrunch.com - On the heels of Tinder’s launch of a Bumble-like feature in India, which allows women to initiative the conversations, Bumble is today formally announcing its plans for an expansion into India. The c…

Anne Kjær Riechert to talk about digital integration at Disrupt Berlin

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techcrunch.com - Everybody has a say when it comes to helping refugees and asylum seekers in Europe. That’s why Anne Kjær Riechert co-founded the ReDI School of Digital Integration to harness the expertise of the tec…

Kia’s all-electric e-Niro is a crossover with 300 miles of range

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techcrunch.com - Kia is finally sharing more details about its upcoming the all-electric crossover — the 2019 Kia e-Niro — that made its debut in Korea earlier this year. The upshot: it’s got some range. The producti…

KZen raises $4 million to bring sanity to crypto wallets

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techcrunch.com - KZen, a company run by former TC editor Ouriel Ohayon, has raised $4 million in seed to build a “better wallet,” obviously the elusive Holy Grail in the crypto world. Benson Oak Ventures, Samsung Nex…

Welcome Kirsten Korosec, Kate Clark, Zack Whittaker and some guy named Eric

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techcrunch.com - We’ve got some new faces around TechCrunch, some of them real fresh and some who you might know. Though you might have seen some of their bylines around the site I thought it would be nice to officia…

Palo Alto Networks to acquire RedLock for $173 M to beef up cloud security

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techcrunch.com - Palo Alto Networks launched in 2005 in the age of firewalls. As we all know by now, the enterprise expanded beyond the cozy confines of a firewall long ago and vendors like Palo Alto have moved to se…

GoodTime raises $5 million to bring artificial intelligence into the interview process

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techcrunch.com - GoodTime, the algorithmically enhanced interview process management platform, has raised $5 million in a new round of funding led by Bullpen Capital. The company uses natural language processing to l…

The Google Assistant gets more visual

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techcrunch.com - Google today is launching a major visual redesign of its Assistant experience on phones. While the original vision of the Assistant focused mostly on voice, half of all interactions with the Assistan…

Twitter launches a ‘Data Saver’ mode that makes its main app more like Twitter Lite

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techcrunch.com - An updated version of the Twitter mobile app will allow users to gain more control over their data usage – similar to how the Twitter Lite app designed for emerging markets works. Now, instead of hav…

Can LG’s strange hybrid smartwatch breathe life into Wear OS?

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techcrunch.com - Along with the new V40 ThinQ, LG showed off this odd little addition. It’s true that hybrid smartwatches are no longer a novelty in and of themselves at this point, but the Watch W7 takes a bizarre a…

Europe is drawing fresh battle lines around the ethics of big data

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techcrunch.com - It’s been just over four months since Europe’s tough new privacy framework came into force. You might believe that little of substance has changed for big tech’s data-hungry smooth operators since th…

Apple’s Tim Cook is sending a privacy bat-signal to US lawmakers

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techcrunch.com - Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has today been announced as the keynote speaker at a European data protection conference taking place in Brussels later this month — at a time when US lawmakers are asking tech g…

In a quest to centralize all your media, Plex now includes web series

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techcrunch.com - At CES, media software maker Plex said it would this year add support for podcasts, web series and other digital media to its platform. It then rolled out podcasts this May, and now it’s introducing …

Google’s cyber unit Jigsaw introduces Intra, a new security app dedicated to busting censorship

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techcrunch.com - Jigsaw, the division owned by Google parent Alphabet, has revealed Intra, a new app aimed at protecting users from state-sponsored censorship. Intra is a new app that aims to prevent DNS manipulation…

Kobo’s Forma e-reader takes on Kindle Oasis with an asymmetric design and premium price

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techcrunch.com - Kobo’s latest e-reader is a complete about-face from its anonymous, cheap, and highly practical Clara HD; the Forma is big, expensive, and features a bold — not to say original — design. It’s clearly…

It wasn’t just you, Instagram was down for about an hour but it’s back now

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techcrunch.com - Instagram just got a new CEO this week after the fairly controversial exit of its founding duo. The last thing the Facebook-owned company needs right is an outage — but that’s exactly what happened t…

Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime on Wii U ‘stumbles’ and balancing nostalgia with reinvention

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techcrunch.com - Nintendo is nearing its 130th birthday, and the company is once again in the midst of major changes as it embraces mobile platforms and online services. But Nintendo of America’s president Reggie Fil…

Here are the newest additions to Microsoft’s Surface line

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techcrunch.com - Want excitement? Here’s something approaching that. Today’s Microsoft October event wasn’t exactly a blockbuster, but product lead Panos Panay did mention that this is the most new Surface products t…

The Freewrite Traveler offers distraction-free writing for the road

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techcrunch.com - If you’ve ever tried to write something long – a thesis, a book, or a manifesto outlining your disappointment in the modern technocracy and your plan to foment violent revolution – you know that dist…

Anti-spam service Truecaller is now a messaging app too

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techcrunch.com - Truecaller, the app that helps screen spam calls and messages, is becoming a chat app as it continues to develop into a social service. The company announced today that it is introducing a chat featu…

Wi-Fi branding to get a lot simpler with upcoming “Wi-Fi 6”

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arstechnica.com - The Wi-Fi Alliance, the trade group that develops and promotes wireless networking standards, is attempting to make Wi-Fi naming a bit simpler with the introduction of 802.11ax next year. The plan is…

New Zealand Customs now might force you to open up your phone—or pay up

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arstechnica.com - According to the Customs and Excise Act of 2018, which took effect on October 1, travelers must comply if officials believe there is a "reasonable cause." The law does not spell out exactly what that…

My confusing, 10-day journey to getting a UWP game to work on Windows 10

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arstechnica.com - Our recent review of Forza Horizon 4, arguably Microsoft's biggest new game this holiday season, came packed with praise. The combined chops of car-sim veterans Turn 10 and open-world stunners Playgr…

Nintendo president: Our future is as an “entertainment” company

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arstechnica.com - SEATTLE—Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime appeared at Seattle's Geekwire Summit on Wednesday to speak broadly about the company's future, and, while the talk didn't include new p…

Bay Area: Join us on 10/10 to talk about the future of election security

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arstechnica.com - During the 2016 presidential election, security experts at Facebook discovered that Russian operatives had been actively attempting to undermine the democratic process. Using ads and fake accounts on…

Spotify is now available on Garmin Fenix 5 Plus smartwatches

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arstechnica.com - Garmin announced a partnership today that will excite its users who rely on Spotify for music. Those with Garmin Fenix 5 Plus devices can now download the new Spotify app from Garmin's Connect IQ app…

Unannounced 3rd-gen Chromecast gets sold at Best Buy, packs Bluetooth

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arstechnica.com - Left: The new Chromecast. Right: The old "second gen" Chromecast. 9to5Google scored some pictures of the new Chromecast, too. This FCC-ID shows it's not the same old Chromecast. More pictures from re…

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick brings 4K, HDR, and Dolby Atmos for $50

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arstechnica.com - Per usual, there's not much in the way of ports on the Fire TV Stick. The USB port pictured here is for power only. You do get to see your media streamer smile back at you, though. The new Alexa remo…

Entire broadband industry sues California to stop net neutrality law

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arstechnica.com - Four lobby groups representing the broadband industry today sued California to stop the state's new net neutrality law. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of Californ…

Why I use NodeJS for basically everything I do. – Kieran Maher – Medium

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medium.com - I have to write a lot of scripts. A lot of scripts. Oftentimes this is because there are a lot of tasks that are too complex to do by hand, or too massive to be done by hand. So I turn to writing scr…

The Essentials of WordPress SEO - Everything You NEED to Know (2018)

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winningwp.com - Almost everyone wants their WordPress website or blog to rank well in Google — hopefully, at the top of the first page. To do this, you’ll need to learn at least the essentials of WordPress SEO. That…

When HTML Can Be Better Than JSON – Fagner Brack – Medium

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medium.com - That’s the beginning of many people's career as a Web Developer. However, the communication between servers and browsers are more than just a bunch of random JSON payloads and JavaScript frameworks. …

Agile methodology is becoming a must for marketing teams - MarTech Today

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martechtoday.com - Pamela Della Motta, director of product, marketing technology for the New York Times talks about how Agile methodology helped teams collaborate. Agile methodology is not just for developers anymore. …

Huawei Honor 8X rolls out in key European markets

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androidcommunity.com - The Huawei Honor 8X reached TENAA before the formal launch. We also saw that Honor 8X Max listing and soon, the phones were ready with dual cams and notched displays. The smartphones were initially l…

Pixel launchces Instagram account, hides easter eggs in posts

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androidcommunity.com - One of the things that Google prides itself when it comes to its Pixel devices is the quality of pictures that you can take on its camera. It took them three years but they’re finally showcasing phot…

Sony Xperia XA3 video and image renders show dual rear cameras, headphone jack

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androidcommunity.com - This is the first time we’re learning about the Sony Xperia XA3 but we find it interesting information and rendered images appear to be almost final. We have a feeling Sony is more than half-way done…

Microsoft brings Your Phone live, gives updates to several apps

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androidcommunity.com - While the focus of the recently concluded Microsoft event was, of course, the newly-announced Surface devices, they also brought some interesting news, software-wise. We’re seeing several cross-platf…

LG Watch W7: Wear OS gets mechanical hands

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androidcommunity.com - The last smartwatch we remember from LG was that LG Watch Timepiece hybrid wearable we said would be arriving soon. We didn’t have a follow-up since then but we also knew Google was testing out new A…

Bringing Innovations Direct to Consumers, the Indiegogo Way - Indiegogo Blog

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go.indiegogo.com - If there’s one thing we’ve learned in over 10 years of helping entrepreneurs on Indiegogo, it’s that without question, one of the biggest challenges they face when launching a new product is finding …

Loyalty360 Reads: September 25th, 2018

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loyalty360.org - AT&T Expands Service to Help Businesses AT&T is expanding its business wi-fi service to 60 countries to help businesses stay connected and run critical operations. The company plans to expand servi…

Victoria’s Secret Unveils Revamped Pink Loyalty Program

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loyalty360.org - Victoria’s Secret Pink, the lifestyle brand dedicated to the independent college-age girl, has released an updated version of its loyalty program, Pink Nation. The new Pink Nation offers a redesigned…

Silicon Valley’s Keystone Problem: ‘A Monoculture of Thought’

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www.nytimes.com - Consider, for instance, how women are treated in “The Big Disruption.” Anahata is egregiously misogynistic, which Ms. Powell said was inspired by her time at Badoo more than Google (though Google, of…

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme First Impressions - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme blends high-end specifications with its vaunted style and build quality. Is it a Surface Book 2 killer? And does it offer enough advantages to lure someone who might have…

Tip: The Magic Window for Windows 10 RS5 is Here - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - The clock is now ticking for Windows Insiders who would like to get off the pre-release train and stick with the shipping version of Windows 10. That’s right: We’re in the magic window again. I write…

After PayPal Ban, Men’s Rights Activist Roosh V Shuts Down His Site

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motherboard.vice.com - Roosh Valizadeh—a “men’s right activist” who has argued that rape should be legal on private property, organized fat-shaming campaigns, and defended white nationalist Richard Spencer—announced yester…

Google publishes documentation on dynamic rendering for crawling, indexing JavaScript webpages - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Google announced on Twitter Wednesday morning that it has published help documentation around what is dynamic rendering, when to use it, and how to implement it. This help documentation is designed a…

Apple CEO: 'Don't Believe' Tech Companies that Claim They Need Users' Data | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - In an interview with Vice News Tonight, Apple CEO Tim Cook warned users about the dangers of giving tech companies too much of their own data, and said that any company telling users that the absolut…

WiFi Alliance releases simplified names for wireless standards

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mashable.com - The WiFi Alliance wants to rebrand WiFi in a way that's certainly less wordy, but still requires a techy-translation unless you're a WiFi devotee. A consortium of companies that bring consumers wirel…

How She Got 20,000+ Targeted Instagram Followers in 7 Months • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - I am always asked what’s the secret to getting 30,000+ (between my two Instagram accounts) followers like I have done over the last 7 short months on Instagram. I remember when I first started out wi…

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…

4 big Orangetheory upgrades that will make your workout even more competitive

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www.wellandgood.com - With over 1,000 studios (in 17 different countries, no less) and 800,000 members, Orangetheory is one of the fastest-growing boutique fitness franchises in the country. Clearly, they’re doing somethi…

Proven PPV Marketing Secrets Revealed - Pay-Per-View Pays

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - PPV marketing (pay-per-view) is the system of creating a promo pop-up window to appear on a website that accepts pop up ads. The advertiser is charged by the number of times the ad pops up and is “vi…

Facebook Mobile Messenger Marketing for Traffic, Leads & Sales

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - Facebook Messenger (otherwise called Messenger) is an instant messaging solution. The software program application was released in August 2011 by Facebook. Unlike a lot of SMS message applications, M…

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