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Tuesday, April 2, 2019

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Fake News Is Endangering India's Election

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www.theatlantic.com - EW DELHI—In the days following a suicide bombing against Indian security forces in Kashmir this year, a message began circulating in WhatsApp groups across the country. It claimed that a leader of th…

Topical SEO: 7 Advanced Concepts of Link Relevance & Google Rankings

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moz.com - Most marketers understand that links to websites count as “votes” on the web. Google — and other search engines — use these votes to rank web pages in search results. The more votes a page accumulate…

Jordan Last, Developer of Podcrypt Podcasting Donation App | The Rob McNealy Program

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robmcnealy.com - In this podcast, Rob McNealy interviews Jordan Last, the developer of Podcrypt, an app where users can donate crypto to podcast creators based on the amount of time they listen. Jordan Last is a soft…

Samsung Galaxy A30 now available on B&H, Newegg with US warranty

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androidcommunity.com - The Samsung Galaxy A30 was announced in February as major mid-range upgrades alongside the Galaxy A50. The A30 is now available in the United States via B&H Photo and Newegg. The new phone will be re…

WordPress.com parent company launches work collaboration platform Happy Tools

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techcrunch.com - Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce and Jetpack, is launching a new suite of products focused on the future of work — Happy Tools. Automattic is a remote company with over 850 e…

Pokémon GO and the April Fools’ joke that made billions

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techcrunch.com - It’s the morning of March 31st, 2014, and the Google Maps team is about to release its April Fools’ Day gag to the world. It wasn’t the first time this team had goofed around with an April Fools’ day…

Bragi sells off hardware business, will focus on licenses and software

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techcrunch.com - Bragi was a promising early contender in the bluetooth earbud space. The company came to prominence in 2014 with a massively success $3.3 million Kickstarter. And to its credit, it actually brought p…

Pandora to test interactive voice ads later this year

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techcrunch.com - Radio ads broadcast a message to listeners, but Pandora’s new voice ads will allow listeners to respond by speaking aloud – either to get more information about the product being advertised, or to sk…

Android security: 0.04% of downloads on Google Play in 2018 were ‘potentially harmful apps’

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techcrunch.com - Google’s Android, now 10 years old, has not been a stranger to security issues over the years. But with the mobile operating system now installed on over 2 billion devices globally, Google has been t…

Cloudflare’s Warp is a VPN that might actually make your mobile connection better

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techcrunch.com - Since its launch on our stage way back in 2010, Cloudflare has focused on making the internet faster and more modern — but the mobile internet has until recently been beyond its reach. Today the comp…

Sign up for the TechCrunch Hackathon at VivaTech in Paris

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techcrunch.com - Calling all hackathon fans across Europe and beyond. It’s time once again to put your creative coding skills to the test at the TechCrunch Hackathon at VivaTech 2019, which returns to Paris on May 17…

New book looks inside Apple’s legal fight with the FBI

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techcrunch.com - A new biography of Apple chief executive Tim Cook out this month describes the moment — and the deliberations — after the FBI issued an unprecedented legal order demanding Apple undermine the securit…

How to brand your new business – Learn

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www.canva.com - Alex Lawson launched ARLO BLAK in November 2016. With a background in PR, she knew the importance of design for branding, and the power of social media for promotion. She's put that knowledge to work…

Apple's origins: An oral history from inside the loop

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www.cnet.com - Editors' note: This article originally ran April 1, 2016, for Apple's 40th anniversary. Whether Apple was actually started by two guys in a California garage may be debatable, but what's certain is t…

Tesla has a self-driving strategy other companies abandoned years ago

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arstechnica.com - An overhaul to Tesla's Autopilot webpage might represent the clearest acknowledgment yet that the company has failed to deliver on Elon Musk's ambitious vision for a self-driving future. "You will be…

Flight management system crash causes airline delays across US

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arstechnica.com - A fault in software used by most US airlines caused a wave of flight delays this morning across the US, affecting hundreds of flights. "Several airlines are experiencing issues with a non-FAA flight …

Bezos rep says Saudis stole racy texts, leaked them to the Enquirer

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arstechnica.com - The government of Saudi Arabia gained access to the private contents of Jeff Bezos's phone, a Bezos-hired private investigator alleged in a Saturday post at the Daily Beast. According to the investig…

FTC gives ISPs green light to block applications as long as they disclose it

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arstechnica.com - When repealing net neutrality rules, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and fellow Republicans argued that consumers had nothing to worry about, because the Federal Trade Commission …

The Analogue Mega Sg answers why anyone would pay $190 for a new Sega Genesis

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arstechnica.com - To start any conversation about the Analogue Mega Sg—a new, $190 take on the original Sega Genesis (née Mega Drive in Europe and Japan) that's available for "pre-order" but has already begun shipping…

The Nissan Kicks—an odd name but a decent little crossover

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arstechnica.com - Not a scale model of the Nissan Rogue—it's the Nissan Kicks. It's Nissan's entry-level SUV, it starts at $18,540, and it's been selling like hotcakes. Our test car came with an optional ($200) paint …

Relive your Snake addiction with Google's April Fool's gag

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www.creativebloq.com - For readers of a certain age, the game Snake will bring back hazy memories of squinting at the screen of a Nokia 3210 as you furiously try to beat your best mate's high score. To give people the chan…

WPML, qTranslate or Polylang - Which to Choose and Why? (2019)

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winningwp.com - If you want to publish your content in more than one language, the most common approach is to create a multilingual website. As you’d expect, WordPress boasts a number of excellent purpose-built mult…

Firefox Mobile Introduces Left-Handed Browsing | Webdesigner Depot

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www.webdesignerdepot.com - Firefox’s mobile browser’s nightly release has become the first browser to implement a left-handed option in its preferences. First proposed at the then bi-annual web conference, way back in 1998, th…

Disney bans smoking, large strollers from US parks

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www.cnn.com - (CNN) — Getting ready for that summer vacation to Disney? Whether you travel to Florida or California, you'd better plan ahead if you're a smoker or a stroller user. On Thursday, Disney announced tha…

Google may have “accidentally” leaked their confusing Nest Hub Max

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androidcommunity.com - Whenever we get a major leak about an upcoming product, the cynics in us always assume that it’s a strategy of the company to pretend to leak it since they want us to talk about it. And if the produc…

Apple Music for Android may soon have Chromecast support

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androidcommunity.com - Just last week, Apple Music for Android added support for Chromebook devices, meaning that aside from playing the app on your smartphones and tablets, you can also now play it on any Chromebook. To t…

Samsung Galaxy Tab S5 Tab may run on a Snapdragon 855 chipset

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androidcommunity.com - A few weeks ago, Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab S5e. The South Korean tech giant only introduced the new model but it hasn’t reached the market yet. It is said to come to Germany and other regions i…

LG V50 ThinQ 5G phone model rolling out this month

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androidcommunity.com - The LG V50 ThinQ is the latest premium flagship Android phone from LG. It joins the LG G8 ThinQ but the LG V smartphone will be more known as a 5G phone. LG has been working on the 5G market in South…

AT&T hits 1 Gigabit wireless speed on 5G, first in the US

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androidcommunity.com - The 5G tech is rolling out. The new connectivity era has begun after several years of planning and testing. It was promised to us back in 2015 to be ready by the Winter Olympics and true enough it ca…

Italian Android spyware identified on the Play Store, deleted

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androidcommunity.com - We like many things Italian–leather and pizza are on top of the list. Definitely, the Italian Android spyware isn’t something we appreciate. The Security Without Borders recently discovered a new spy…

Facebook now gives you more details on why you’re seeing that post

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androidcommunity.com - For the longest time, Facebook’s algorithm or why you’re seeing what you’re seeing on your news feed has remained a mystery to ordinary users. Yes, digital marketers probably have a deeper understand…

NVIDIA SHIELD TV with Android TV has hidden split screen mode

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androidcommunity.com - Split screen for Android has been a great feature but not many people take advantage of it. We know some get annoyed but it will still remain as one of the most useful for the busy multitaskers. It i…

Technology Didn’t Disrupt Your Industry: Q&A with Thales S. Teixeira, Part III

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loyalty360.org - This is the third of four installments of our conversation with Thales S. Teixeira, Lumry Family Associate Professor at Harvard Business School. In the previous installment, Teixeria explained how Be…

How to Scale Your Life with Brian Solis - Bad Boys of Tech

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badboysoftech.com - Computers. Devices. Apps. Digital assistants. We are surrounded by so much so-called convenience and automation. So why are so many people struggling with focus, anxiety, creativity, forgetfulness an…

ISP selling data: why you should care? | VPNpro

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vpnpro.com - You may not know it, but there’s a good chance that your Internet Service Provider (ISP) routinely sells your data to boost their profits. Since Congress voted to roll back FCC protections against th…

Apple Cuts Prices of iPhone, More in China - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Apple has once again cut the price of the iPhone in China in order to meet the new realities it faces in that country. But this time is a bit different: Apple has also cut prices on iPads, Airpods, a…

Atari Reveals the Final Design of the New VCS Console - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Atari just delayed the release of the new VCS, but it also has some good news for fans: Here’s the final design of the retro video game console. “One of the best-received aspects of the Atari VCS is …

Skype Is Automatically Answering Some Calls on Android - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Skype for Android has a really weird issue. And it’s a massive privacy problem. Believe it or not, Skype has a feature called automatic answering that automatically answers your calls for you. And on…

Google Ads API v1_1 out: Update client libraries for new features - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Google released v1_1 of the Google Ads API last week. To use the newest features, you’ll need to update your client libraries. Here’s a look at the key updates in the latest version. Asset-based disp…

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