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Sunday, December 30, 2018

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Here's what happened in the world of AI in 2018

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thenextweb.com - The year, sadly, has come and gone without the emergence of a superintelligent AI overlord. And, assuming Santa doesn’t have a new deep learning paradigm in his sack of toys, we’ll have to try again …

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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY 4 Things Coming to Hulu in 2019 - Offline Viewing, Disney, & More - Cord Cutters News Shared by Susan Cooper www.cordcuttersnews.com - 2018 was a big year for Hulu with a ton of new featur…

Crawling from the wreckage

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techcrunch.com - Things are tough all over — but especially in the digital media business of 2018. Probably the most high-profile flameout this year was at Mic, which laid off most of its staff ahead of an acquisitio…

Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, banked a $3 billion profit in 2018

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techcrunch.com - Epic Games had as good a year in 2018 as any company in tech. Fortnite became the world’s most popular game, growing the company’s valuation to $15 billion, but it has helped the company pile up cash…

Cybersecurity 101: How to protect your cell phone number and why you should care

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techcrunch.com - Assuming you have your strong passwords in place and your two-factor authentication set up, you think your accounts are now safe? Think again. There’s much more to be done. You might think your Socia…

These 10 enterprise M&A deals totaled over $87 billion this year

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techcrunch.com - M&A activity was brisk in the enterprise market this year, with 10 high-profile deals totaling almost $88 billion. Companies were opening up their wallets and pouring money into mega acquisitions. It…

The best and worst gadgets of 2018

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techcrunch.com - There were countless gadgets released in 2018. It’s the end of the year, so Brian and I rounded up the best of the best and the worst of the worst. Some where great! Like the Oculus Go. Or the Google…

How Much of the Internet Is Fake?

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nymag.com - In late November, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight people accused of fleecing advertisers of $36 million in two of the largest digital ad-fraud operations ever uncovered. Dig…

Don’t buy a 5G smartphone—at least, not for a while

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arstechnica.com - 2019 is going to be the year of 5G—at least, that's what the cellular industry keeps saying. We're going to see the launch of several 5G smartphones from OEMs like Samsung, Motorola, and OnePlus, and…

Discord Store to offer developers 90 percent of game revenues

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arstechnica.com - Discord has announced that it will start taking a reduced, 10-percent cut from game revenues generated on its online store starting next year, one-upping the Epic Games Store and its recently announc…

How to Stop SEO Disasters During Website Migration | Webdesigner Depot

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www.webdesignerdepot.com - After many weeks and months of preparations, you are ready to go; you’ve done everything that you needed to do to make sure that the design and development of the new site has been put together perfe…

The Reddit detectives have decoded Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

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www.theverge.com - Early in the morning on Friday, December 28th, Netflix slipped its viewers a late Christmas present: a new episode of Charlie Brooker’s technological-dystopia anthology series Black Mirror, in the fo…

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. may face MURDER and MANSLAUGHTER charges

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www.dailymail.co.uk - California's top prosecutors could charge Pacific Gas and Electric Co. with murder, manslaughter and other crimes if their power lines are deemed to have caused the deadly wildfires. California Attor…

Microsoft Calls for Laws to Prevent Bias in Facial Recognition AI

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www.bloomberg.com - Microsoft Corp. called for new legislation to govern artificial intelligence software for recognizing faces, advocating for human review and oversight of the technology in critical cases. “This inclu…

Homeland Security Will Let Computers Predict Who Might Be a Terrorist on Your Plane — Just Don’t Ask How It Works

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theintercept.com - You’re rarely allowed to know exactly what’s keeping you safe. When you fly, you’re subject to secret rules, secret watchlists, hidden cameras, and other trappings of a plump, thriving surveillance c…

Social Customer Care: Why Marketers Should Care

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Wondering how social customer care improves your marketing results? Want tips for acquiring and retaining customers? To explore why marketers should care about taking care of customers, I interview S…

The Ultimate Guide to Customizing Your iPhone's Home Screen Without Jailbreaking

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ios.gadgethacks.com - Your iPhone is just that — yours. Why should your home screen look like everyone else's? While iOS, and by extension, Apple, famously locks its users into its way of doing things, there's a lot more …

Great Tips About Facebook Marketing That Anyone Can Use

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iim.internetinfomedia.com - The most effective day to post coupons is on a Sunday. There are many myths floating around, so how do you know how to properly market on Facebook? Engage your customers by replying to their posts as…

Mobile Devices Will Be Marketing The Future

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marketingpromotion.biz - The new big thing in advertising is mobile marketing. Read the information below to see how to use mobile marketing to the benefit of your advantage. You need to build a solid database. Do not just a…

Solid Advice To Integrate Mobile Marketing Into Your Business

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iim.internetinfomedia.com - Mobile marketing has become an integral part of any business plan, but it can be tricky though! There are an abundance of options available that you must educate yourself to be fully able to choose t…

Beginning Web Designer Tips On Designing On The Web

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agentmonhost.com - There are many different uses for how you use your website. You can use it as a hub for information, entertainment, or an entertainment portal. A well trained webmaster is the design of a website. He…

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. In its announcement, Gartner explains, “The …

The very human problem blocking the path to self-driving cars

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www.impactlab.net - It was a game of Dots that pushed Erik Coelingh to rethink his entire approach to self-driving cars. Coelingh, Volvo’s head of safety and driver assist technologies, was in a simulator, iPad in hand,…

Netflix permanently pulls iTunes billing for new users

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venturebeat.com - Netflix is further distancing itself from Apple’s iTunes tax bracket. Earlier this year, the streaming giant enabled iOS users in more than two dozen markets to bypass the iTunes payment method as pa…

Instagram and LinkedIn Rising: How Social Media Marketing Changed in 2018

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. Join us for this special “year in review” episo…

Diese Autos gibt es 2019 nicht mehr

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www.n-tv.de - Man muss deswegen keine Trauermiene aufsetzen. Aber eine kleine Träne kann man schon verdrücken, wenn man sich an die Autos erinnert, die uns 2018 verlassen haben. Es ist wieder einmal Zeit für geset…

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