Sunday, April 24, 2016

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TECHNOLOGY

US govt drops fight with Apple over locked iPhone in drug case after getting password elsewhere

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rt.com - Investigators in New York have already gained access to the device in question, US prosecutors said in a letter filed in a federal court in Brooklyn this week, marking the end to yet another contro...

The Internet of Things keeps letting me down

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slashgear.com - It can be tough sometimes, being an Internet of Things cheerleader. A world of devices that silently talk between themselves should be making my life easier; instead, it's giving me a serious heada...

Listen up, PR: 4 alternatives to your next press release

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mashable.com - This article is part of SWOT Team, a series on Mashable that features insights from leaders in marketing, brand-building and public relations. The press release has essentially remained the same si...

How China Censors Mass Media in Your World

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eweek.com - How China Censors Mass Media in Your World By Mike Elgan | Posted 2016-03-15 Print NEWS ANALYSIS: The recent censorship crackdown inside China is typically met with a shrug, b...

How to Become the Ultimate 'Digital Nomad' Right Now

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inc.com - Entrepreneurs like myself are born with the travel bug, but some prefer to keep their actual home temporary, too. Tech expert Mike Elgan knows the digital nomad life well after spending years livin...

5 can't-miss apps: Airtime, theSkimm, Zenege and more

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mashable.com - Tech 5 can't-miss apps: Airtime, theSkimm, Zenege and more With Apple dropping the new rose gold Macbook and Yahoo getting closer and closer to a sale, you may have missed some of this week's best ...

Start-up Sirin to launch ultra high-tech phone for executives

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reuters.com - JERUSALEM A British-Israeli start-up plans to sell a mobile phone from next month that will offer users unprecedented levels of technology and security -- and retail for close to $20,000. Sirin Lab...

Entering the matrix: CJ Wilson Racing launches a virtual racing series

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arstechnica.com - This is the real #35 Cayman GT4 Clubsport. And this is its Forza simulacrum. They've done a pretty a good job. CJ Wilson Racing Marc Miller and Danny Burkett, two of the team's racing drivers, will...

‘Steve – The Jumping Dinosaur’ is a simple game you can play from the iOS Notification Center

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techcrunch.com - Casual gaming, say hello to super-duper casual gaming. A mobile game that you can play in your iPhone’s Notification Center — yes, without even unlocking your phone — is now the No. 15 top game in ...

Tech fatigue

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techcrunch.com - This isn’t a rant post. But if you have worked in tech for long enough, you know this feeling — tech fatigue. At some point, everything new feels old, everything different feels dumb. If you get st...

Sirin Labs blasts into the secure smartphone space with a $72 million seed round

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techcrunch.com - Dennis Mitzner lives in Tel Aviv and writes about startups and technology trends. Sirin Labs, a new high-end smartphone manufacturer, has raised a $72 million seed round from Singulariteam founder...

How Facebook Connect changed the consumer internet

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techcrunch.com - Stacey Ngo is a communications manager at Greylock Partners. When Facebook opened its API, the platform spawned a completely new way of distributing apps on the web. Developers now had unprecedente...

It looks like the Google Play Store is headed to Chrome OS

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arstechnica.com - The work-in-progress dialog box that a user was able to bring up. The work-in-progress dialog box that a user was able to bring up. This checkbox for "Enable Android Apps" flashes up for a split se...

Project Fi app update helps you manage your data better

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androidcommunity.com - If you’re one of the lucky ones that is in an area where Google’s cellular network Project Fi is available, then you might want to update your Android app. The new version 1.2.1 now has a widget th...

Top 5 Apps That Will Make Your Smartphone a More Powerful Tool

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androidcommunity.com - For the first time ever, Google is recognizing the best apps for the previous year. The tech giant will be having the 'Google Play Awards 2016' at the Google I/O this May in Mountain View, Californ...

50 Social Media Marketing Influencers to Follow

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toprankblog.com - One of the largest and most influential social media conferences, Social Media Marketing World, starts this week in San Diego. Bringing together a mix of industry experts, influencers, brands, prac...

Morces.com: Get More Than Just a Mobile Site! - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Morces is an absolute free platform for all users to go mobile in a matter of minutes! In addition to optimizing website for mobile devices, Morces provides comprehensive set of social tool such as...

'Silicon Valley' recap: Pied Piper gets a new boss

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mashable.com - As the smartly droll HBO comedy kicks off its third season, Silicon Valley picks up where it left off with renewed vigor: Richard Hendrix (Thomas Middleditch) has been fired as CEO of Pied Piper an...

3 Things Investors Must Know About Alphabet Inc.'s Android N | Fox Business

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fool.com - Alphabet 's Google recently launched the second developer preview for Android N, the newest version of its mobile operating system. The changes in the OS, which will be officially launched later th...

Taking on Tesla: China's Jia Yueting aims to outmuscle Musk

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reuters.com - BEIJING/DETROIT Tomorrow's cars will be all-electric, self-driving, connected to high-speed communications networks ... and free. That, at least, is the vision of Jia Yueting, a billionaire entrepr...

10 IoT Startups You Need To Know - InformationWeek

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informationweek.com - The Internet of Things (IoT) is a very big deal. Simply huge. Gartner recently found that 43% of enterprises and organizations are planning to use IoT by the end this year and 64% plan to roll it o...

Facebook Vs. Reddit: Sustain An Engaged Community

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ghostinfluence.com - Relationships (and audiences) are both an asset and a restriction. I’m not yet entirely sure whether it was your interest in the balance of love and business or an unhealthy obsession with romance ...

EE aims to improve 4G and relocate customer services - BBC News

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bbc.co.uk - Mobile phone operator EE is aiming to bring 4G to 95% of the UK landmass by 2020 as well as relocating its customer services to the UK and Ireland. In 2015, the firm was fined £1m ($1.4m) by commun...

iOS 10 Wishlist: Siri Gets Chatty

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iphonehacks.com - It’s been five years since Siri came out. And until last year, it was just fine. It kept getting better – faster, new languages – that’s it. But this year, a couple of things happened that have mad...

Analyst Believes the 'iPhone 7' Won't Have 'Many Attractive Selling Points'

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iphonehacks.com - This year, following the launch of the iPhone 6s in 2015, Apple is expected to launch a new iPhone, rumored to be called the “iPhone 7,” and, if history is any indicator, the device should feature ...

The UX Of Ethics: Should Google Tell You If You Have Cancer?

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fastcodesign.com - "If I’m on a park bench, and I’m next to someone, and I hear them talking about symptoms of cancer, am I obligated to turn around and tell them they might have cancer?" Samuel Volchenboum, Director...

Daily Deals: $160 off iPad Pro, 50% off Onkyo receiver, $2.50 screen protectors, and more

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idownloadblog.com - Hello! Welcome to iDB’s new exploratory ‘Daily Deals’ post. Here you will find a roundup of some of our favorite deals of the day on tech and tech-related products such as smartphones, tablets, acc...

How to Digitise Your Business Strategy - CXO Weekly

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cxoweekly.com - Digital transformation is far more than simply using cloud services, launching an app or building a new web site. This recent Forrester Report explains that digital transformation requires a fundam...

Is Barcelona showing the upside of smart city-ness? - ReadWrite

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readwrite.com - Barcelona is Spain’s poster child for the seemingly endless enthusiasm for Smart City initiatives among those in the Internet of Things space. And why not? Industry players stand to make money and ...

Weekend Traffic Jam Link Up

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lainaturner.com - So glad to have you drop by Traffic Jam Weekend! Link up your old posts for new traffic and remember to show some comment luv on other posts. If you are interested in being a permanent co-host or a...

Use Breaking News to Build Buzz for Your Business

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smallbusinesspr.com - We are living in an age where you have more outlets than ever before to get your news: on your television, on your computer, on the radio, in the newspaper, and on your phone. But did you know that...

Fine, I'll say it: Apple updated the wrong MacBook

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thenextweb.com - I hate to say it, but I have to: Apple updated the wrong MacBook. While I love the 12-inch MacBook — and enjoy the recently updated specs — it’s not what we needed. Our biggest ever edition of TNW ...

The Average Webpage Is Now the Size of the Original Doom

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wired.com - Today the average webpage is about the same size, data-wise, as the classic computer game Doom, according to software engineer Ronan Cremin. A compressed copy of the installer for the shareware ver...