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Sunday, March 17, 2019

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Twitter tests conversation 'subscriptions'

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www.engadget.com - This new tool adds a button to the top right corner of threads. If you click it, you'll be notified when additional tweets are added to the thread. Because you don't need to "heart" or comment in a t…

Deriving Value from the Internet of Everything - CXO Transform

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cxo-transform.com - The Internet of Everything is connecting people, processes, and data in ways that we couldn’t do before, enabling us to see data and respond in different ways, access things in different ways, and in…

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followme4.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY The real reason America is scared of Huawei: internet-connected everything Shared by Futurist GlenHiemstra www.technologyreview.com - There was a time when the world’s two great superpower…

Portal automatically opens doors for wheelchair users, no button pressing required

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techcrunch.com - Buttons or plates (like the one above) that automatically open doors can do a lot to make a building more accessible, but they aren’t always a perfect solution. For wheelchair users with limited uppe…

U.S. federal court jury finds Apple infringed three Qualcomm patents

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techcrunch.com - Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has chalked up another small legal victory against Apple in another patent litigation suit. A jury in a U.S. federal court in San Diego found Friday that Apple owes Qualcomm…

Apple kerfuffles, praise groups, and media layoffs

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techcrunch.com - Lots of news and interesting tidbits to wrap up the week. Apple has been vindicated (for a brief moment anyway) in its long-standing dispute with Qualcomm. From Stephen Nellis at Reuters: A U.S. fede…

Niantic’s Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is a sorcerous smorgasbord for the Pokémon GO generation

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techcrunch.com - Niantic’s follow-up to the absurdly popular Pokémon GO, the long-awaited Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, has one major drawback: unlike its predecessor, you can’t explain it in a single sentence. There’…

The Tesla Model Y is a 300-mile-range Model 3 doppelgänger coming in fall 2020

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techcrunch.com - At first glance, it appeared that Tesla Model 3 had a doppelgänger. After years of teasers and hints, Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally unveiled the Model Y, a mid-sized all-electric vehicle that is slated…

Google filed a folding phone patent application, too

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techcrunch.com - Does a patent application mean a company is particularly serious about a technology? No. Is every company that makes phones at least toying around with a folding model? Yes, probably. It’s tough to k…

How Google influences the conversation in Washington

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www.wired.com - A few days after last year’s midterm election, a Google policy manager and lobbyist sent an email to a congressional staffer with a link to a blog post on the right-wing news site Red State, written …

How a wireless keyboard lets hackers take full control of connected computers

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arstechnica.com - There’s a critical vulnerability in a model of Fujitsu wireless keyboard that makes it easy for hackers to take full control of connected computers, security researchers warned on Friday. Anyone usin…

The Motorola Razr is coming back as a smartphone

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arstechnica.com - Lenovo, the current owner of Motorola Mobility, will release a new version of the iconic Razr cell phone, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing sources familiar with the matter. The…

Hands-on: What’s new in Android Q

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arstechnica.com - The Android Q beta is now live, and after playing "spot the differences," we're here to report our findings. For this first preview release, Android Q is mostly a lot of small tweaks for users and ne…

Huawei developed its own operating systems in case it’s banned from using Android and Windows

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www.theverge.com - Huawei has developed its own proprietary operating systems, and it’s ready to implement them in case its US legal battle leads to a ban on the export of US-made products and services like Android and…

Google Quietly Adds Search Engine Privacy Option To Chrome - Here's How To Enable It

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www.forbes.com - The latest Google Chrome web browser update has a pleasant surprise in store for users who value their privacy. The chromium engine under the hood of the browser has been tweaked to add DuckDuckGo to…

Apple hits back against Spotify’s App Store ‘tax’ complaint

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www.theverge.com - Apple has fired back against Spotify in an unusual press release that argues the music streaming service “wants all the benefits of a free app without being free.” Spotify filed an antitrust complain…

Looks like Google’s thinking about a folding screen of its own

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www.theverge.com - A recent patent application filed by Google suggests the search giant is experimenting with foldable display technology, similar to the panels seen on the Huawei Mate X and Samsung Galaxy Fold. The f…

Facebook’s Chris Cox Leaves After Privacy Pivot. He's Made Millions In Facebook Stock

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www.forbes.com - Facebook's outgoing chief product officer Chris Cox, (Photo by Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)Getty Images Getty Images Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, the product visionary who worked a…

Microsoft Eyes the Finish Line with New Windows 10 19H1 Build - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft has issued Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18358 to Insiders on the Fast ring. This one fixes a few more issues and introduces a Windows Defender Application Guard browser extension for bu…

Moving Away from Pocket Casts - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - After several days of experiments, I think I’m ready to move away from Pocket Casts, which no longer meets my podcasting needs. That said, this is an app choice I’m going to keep evaluating moving fo…

3 Reasons You Need To Ditch The Strap That Came With Your Camera

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www.lightstalking.com - When you buy a new camera you get just about everything you need to start shooting right away. Rummaging through all the accessories that come with a new camera, you’ll find cables and a battery and …

How to pick the best website audit tool for your digital agency

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searchenginewatch.com - There is certainly a big pool of choices for agencies to choose from when it comes to picking a website audit tool. There are standalone tools and those that come as part of a package. Some audit too…

Inside Garageband, the Little App Ruling the Sound of Modern Music

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www.rollingstone.com - Patrick Stump was livid. On a lurching tour bus rigged with a wobbly Jenga tower of recording equipment, the singer and Fall Out Boy frontman had been trying to lay down demos for the band’s second a…

Reddit Bans 'Gore' Subreddits Following New Zealand Massacre | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - According to the Daily Beast, those visiting the two subreddits on Friday “were met with a message saying the forums had been ‘banned from Reddit.'” The Daily Beast reported that the subreddits were …

Google Ads Will Recommend Which Columns to Add to Reports - Search Engine Journal

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www.searchenginejournal.com - Google Ads is introducing a new “recommended columns” feature, which will highlight the columns of data that are worth paying attention to. Reporting columns will be recommended to users based on the…

Twitter confirms a new ‘Subscribe to Conversation’ feature for following tweets of interest

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techcrunch.com - In addition to testing out a new format for conversations within a prototype app called twttr and other features like a “Hide Tweet” button, Twitter today confirmed it’s also developing a feature tha…

The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is … Google Docs

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www.theatlantic.com - When the kids in Skyler’s school want to tell a friend something in class, they don’t scrawl a note down on a tiny piece of paper and toss it across the room. They use Google Docs. “We don’t really p…

Helpful Suggestions For Successful Search Engine Optimization

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durac.info - A lot of people own a website, but many are not particularly effective. You must use SEO strategies in order for your website. The more visitors you have to your site, the better you’ll do at busines…

The Power of Predictions: Fine Art of Creating Viral Predictions

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futuristspeaker.com - When is the last time you made a prediction that people paid attention to? Like many things in life, there are a number of methods and techniques that can be used, but the thought processes involved …

How to make oled

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restaurant-coccolo.com - 3. Ask Question 1. Many newer models are rated for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of hours of continuous operation Has a Startup Cracked the OLED Problem? Everyone loves OLEDs, but no one knows …

#SMTLive Recap: Social Media Design On a Budget

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www.socialmediatoday.com - Social media has become significantly more visually focused over the past year or two. Instagram, a visual-first platform, has helped launch entire brands on its own, and study after study has shown …

Nuro’s Awesome Robot Delivery Pods Are Tootling Into Texas | Digital Trends

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www.digitaltrends.com - Having safely completed thousands of grocery deliveries using its autonomous vehicles within a single zip code in Scottsdale, Arizona, Nuro has just launched its next test phase in a much larger area…

Don't Miss these Intriguing Black Hat Asia Briefings - Dark Reading

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www.darkreading.com - Black Hat Asia kicks off in Singapore two weeks from today, and as you’re finalizing your schedule, organizers would like to quickly highlight some intriguing Briefings. “AcuTherm: A Hybrid Attack on…

How to digitize all your VHS and cassette tapes

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www.popsci.com - If your media collection stretches back before the digital age, you may have wondered how to transform your VHS and cassette tapes into formats stored on a laptop or tablet. This article is here to g…

Learn to Master JavaScript with This $49 E-Degree Bundle

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