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Friday, March 22, 2019

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Sirin Labs Announces Integration with MyEtherWallet | Finance Magnates

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www.financemagnates.com - Sirin Labs, creators of the cryptocurrency-focused Finney smartphone, announced a mutual integration with popular Ethereum wallet interface MyEtherWallet (MEW). With the integration of MEW’s service,…

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followme4.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY Generation Z: What to expect from the newest addition to the workforce Shared by Tamara Dull www.visualcapitalist.com - Every generation approaches the workplace differently. While talk ov…

Opera for Android version 51 now has built-in, free VPN

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androidcommunity.com - When you’re accessing free, public Wi-Fi in airports, hotels, cafes, you probably know by now that it isn’t as secure as you would like it to be. That’s why people would like to have VPN access excep…

Roots of rhythm: a brief history of the music game genre

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arstechnica.com - Once made up solely of bizarre, quirky titles that gained little more than cult followings, the music game genre has arguably become the strongest area in all of gaming over recent years. Titles like…

Veteran tech journalist Dan Frommer launches his own subscription publication, The New Consumer

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techcrunch.com - Dan Frommer has worked at some of the best-known publications in tech and business journalism — he was editor in chief of Recode, an editor at Business Insider and he’s even done some writing and cha…

Nintendo’s Labo: VR Kit is not Virtual Boy 2.0

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techcrunch.com - Even the most successful tech company is going to have a stumble from time to time. Nintendo’s 45 years in the video game industry is spotted with a few doozies, but none are more infamous than the V…

Tesla sues former employees, Zoox for alleged trade secret theft

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techcrunch.com - Tesla has filed a pair of lawsuits against a handful of former employees who went to work at self-driving vehicle startup Zoox and Chinese EV automaker Xiaopeng. The separate lawsuits filed late Wedn…

How Amazon and Walmart are putting robots to work behind the scenes

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techcrunch.com - Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week Brian Heater, fresh off a trip to Pittsburgh to vis…

Facebook’s AI couldn’t spot mass murder

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techcrunch.com - Facebook has given another update on measures it took and what more it’s doing in the wake of the livestreamed video of a gun massacre by a far right terrorist who killed 50 people in two mosques in …

These kids designed their own targeted ads, and they’re hilarious

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www.fastcompany.com - By now, we’ve established that the internet is terrible and targeted advertising is largely to blame. Ad networks follow us around websites and apps, profiling who we are and what we do in a quest to…

Energizer’s brick of a smartphone uses “world’s most powerful” phone battery

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arstechnica.com - Mobile World Congress has been home to some truly unique smartphone designs this year, and one of the strangest has to be the Energizer PowerMax P18K Pop, an attention-grabbing brick of a smartphone …

T-Mobile now sells $50 home Internet, but good luck actually getting it

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arstechnica.com - T-Mobile today said it is starting "an invitation-only pilot for in-home Internet service on LTE" and will connect up to 50,000 homes this year in rural and underserved parts of the country. It will …

Tales of an aging gamer: Why don’t I pick up a controller as often as I used to?

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arstechnica.com - Despite a wider variety than ever before, video games don’t have the same effect on me as they used to. That might not sound like a problem to some of you, but it is to me. I have played video games …

Google tries to reassure gamers about Stadia speed and latency concerns

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arstechnica.com - Google's Phil Harrison (you may remember him from his days at Sony). The controller connects wirelessly, as the icon there clearly indicates. From the data center to any screen. That's Stadia's promi…

A look at the CIA’s internal dank meme division

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arstechnica.com - Clearly, the folks on the Applied Engineering Division's development team understand the intricacies of the software development process. ...and mastering password management (this image is on a page…

Some Notes About Accessibility | CSS-Tricks

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css-tricks.com - Earlier this month Eric Bailey wrote about the current state of accessibility on the web and why it felt like fighting an uphill battle: As someone with a good deal of interest in the digital accessi…

Society Desperately Needs An Alternative Web

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www.forbes.com - I see a society that is crumbling. The rampant technology is simultaneously capsizing industries that were previously the bread and butter of economic growth. The working man and woman have felt its …

Apple backs news literacy programs in US and Italy

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www.engadget.com - How exactly will Apple help these fake news non-profits? Financially, though the company did not disclose the exact details of its contribution. News Literacy Project CEO Alan C. Miller said in a pre…

Newest Huawei P30 series images shared on the web

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androidcommunity.com - Here are the latest Huawei P30 images. They look very legit we’re not going to analyze the source and the quality of the photos anymore. We’re just excited about the March 26 announcement. We won’t b…

Poweramp now has Chromecast, Google Assistant support

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androidcommunity.com - For those who still prefer to have their own music players on their mobile devices rather than listen to streaming services, Poweramp is one of the apps that you can use for that. The app has enjoyed…

Taiwanese Pokemon grandpa is now an ASUS Zenfone spokesperson

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androidcommunity.com - Remember Grandpa Shark? Err, we mean, Pokemon Grandpa? The Taiwanese grandad that showed us the best way to play Pokemon Go by driving around Taiwan with 11 smartphones is now a spokesperson for Asus…

New Pandora Modes lets you customize your station-listening experience

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androidcommunity.com - Unlike its strongest competitors and all their customization features, Pandora, specifically its original station listening experience, has been more of a “lean back” kind of thing. By bringing other…

Facebook now rolling out quoted replies feature for Messenger

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androidcommunity.com - When you have a lot of online conversations going on and each thread is pretty active, it can sometimes be hard to keep track of all the things going on. Some messaging apps have already brought the …

ROKiT phones introduced with special life services

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androidcommunity.com - If you’re not familiar with ROKiT smartphones, you will be now as a host of models have just been made available online. The lineup of ROKiT phones varies from standard feature phones to smartphones …

Moto Z4 early render shows really small bezels, tiny notch

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androidcommunity.com - The Moto Z4 will follow the Moto Z3. We are almost certain of that as we have been seeing a number of renders and speculations. Mainly, they are for the Moto Z4 Play but it only means a Moto Z4 will …

AT&T, Comcast announce first cross-network Caller ID test

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androidcommunity.com - The Shaken/Stir protocols that some networks are implementing are pretty useful to block those nuisance calls that may be spoofing caller ID numbers. The problem, of course, is that it can only be us…

Oracle Talks the Future of Loyalty: Part II

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loyalty360.org - Loyalty360 has seen that many brands are substantially restructuring their loyalty programs or launching new ones altogether. These trends suggest that something serious has changed. To get a grasp o…

NexDock 2

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www.kickstarter.com - You might remember the 1st generation NexDock from a few years ago, when thousands of you supported our vision to build the world’s most affordable laptop. We successfully shipped over 3,000 units to…

Microsoft Shares a Few More Details about xCloud at GDC - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - This week has been full of gaming news, first with Google showing Stadia and now we have Microsoft talking a bit more about how games will work with its upcoming services. At GDC today, the company s…

Screen time stats 2018: How your phone impacts your workday – RescueTime

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blog.rescuetime.com - It’s no secret that most of us spend too much time on our phones. And sure, it’s not all bad. Our phones are incredible tools for keeping us connecting, informed, and (sometimes) productive. However,…

Amazon to introduce video ads in mobile-app search results - report - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Amazon.com is starting to roll out video advertising on its smartphone apps. Currently, nearly every search result yields a graphical ad unit at the top of the SERP. According to Bloomberg, video ads…

How To Create A SaaS Business Model That Works

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www.bitrebels.com - The evolution of the internet and technology, has allowed and even dictated various new types of businesses and companies to develop. One of these is the SaaS business model which caters for companie…

Why Do Entrepreneurs Think That Software Are A Great Idea

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www.bitrebels.com - Software developers have been harnessing various tools to create programs and software that help with different aspects of life, many of which have become so ubiquitous that it’s easy for us to take …

How To Go Completely Virtual And Mobile

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www.bitrebels.com - Advancements in technology and work culture has provided a ripe environment for people to work virtually. The dream of being able to travel and work from anywhere has become a reality for millions of…

Why bother with user experience: UX tips for SEO experts and business owners

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searchenginewatch.com - The times when ranking high in search results as the final goal have passed. As search algorithms are improving and there’s no place for keyword stuffing anymore, SEO experts should adopt for trends …

Get Comfortable! This iPad Stand Won't Hurt Your Neck (or Your Wallet)

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www.idropnews.com - It’s not uncommon for people to place their tablet on a table or their lap as they navigate the web. For obvious reasons, this strains your body, especially your neck, back and shoulders. And the mor…

Why Facebook waited 3 months to disclose its latest privacy screw-up

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mashable.com - Facebook is all about making the world more open and connected, except perhaps when it comes to sharing its own colossal privacy screw-ups with its more than 2 billion users. After KrebsOnSecurity fi…

China’s 5G Market Soon Larger Than US, Europe Combined

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www.infowars.com - Chinese technology companies are currently one of the world’s pioneers in the development and testing of future data transmission tech, which is believed, will become life-changing for the entire wor…

Australian ISPs Ban Liveleak, But Not Facebook & Twitter Over Shooting Video

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www.infowars.com - Australian ISPs have banned the popular video site Liveleak despite it having deleted uploads of the Christchurch shooting video – and despite Facebook and Twitter not getting blocked for the exact s…

Windows Virtual Desktop is now in public preview

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techcrunch.com - Last year, Microsoft announced the launch of its Windows Virtual Desktop service. At the time, this was a private preview, but starting today, any enterprise user who wants to try out what using a vi…

Wild Wild Web - The Futures Agency | A global network of futurists and keynote speakers

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thefuturesagency.com - When we think about the short, exciting history of the Internet, it helps to first think back to the events that shaped what we like to call the American “Wild West”. Then and now, a new world was fo…

How To Get Free Instagram Followers And More Likes

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www.forbes.com - According to some marketing pundits, increasing your Instagram follower count is the holy grail. There is a lot of noise about how to get free Instagram followers, more likes, more shares, more engag…

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