TECHNOLOGY
GeoOrbital’s wheel turns almost any bike into an electric bike
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Michael
techcrunch.com - TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016’s “wildcard” participant GeoOrbital has a different take on the electric bike. Instead of putting a motor on the bike, they put it in the wheel. This crazy idea was actua...
Finally, a Mouse and Keyboard You Can Comfortably Use on the Couch
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Arnold Aranez
gizmodo.com - While a lot of televisions rattle off specs to make them appealing for PC gaming, and a lot of PC manufacturers shrink down their systems so they’ll fit in your media center, there’s still been one...
Ubuntu 16.04 proves even an LTS release can live at Linux’s bleeding edge
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - A disappointing trend has become clear to Linux users in recent years. Whenever Canonical offers a new Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release, it tends to be conservative in nature. (See our Ubuntu...
Steve Jobs’ Original Inspiration for the Apple Watch Is Probably Different Than You Think
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Jason Frovich
idropnews.com - Late Apple co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs, unfortunately passed away back in October, 2011 — over a full three years prior to Apple ultimately taking the wraps off its 1st generation wearabl...
Top 3 reasons to use a fitness tracker and fitness app - Focused on Fit
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Jason Frovich
focusedonfit.com - Did you invest in a fitness tracker this year? Or perhaps did you get one as a gift last Christmas? Are you still wearing it regularly? At Focused on Fit, we are big fans of Apple products and ther...
iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music. Will Apple Music Finish the Job?
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LeonardoZ
slate.com - Last week, an astonishing blog post by a man named James Pinkstone circulated on social media. In it, Pinkstone claimed that he had lost 20 years’ worth of music files as a result of signing up for...
When Digital Meets Culture, Entrepreneurs Learn to Adapt
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Jeff Knize
entrepreneur.com - Apply now to be an Enterpreneur360™ company and let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » Culture is one of the big buzzwords we hear thrown around the office. We all know we’re supp...
What the designer of the old Instagram icon thinks of the new one
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Plenty of people are complaining about the new Instagram logo and want it changed back to the "original." But wrap your mind around this little-known fact: The old Instagram logo — the square insta...
A fake funeral home wants people to text and drive
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - Thousands of drivers die every year in wrecks caused by texting behind the wheel. But where most see a tragedy, an enterprising funeral home might see a business opportunity. At least that's the mo...
Tesla crashes into trailer while in autonomous Summon mode, owner claims
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Imagine you're bragging to a passerby about your Tesla and it crashes itself into a trailer. Embarrassing. SEE ALSO: Volvo's in-car delivery service will bring packages to your trunk A Tesla Model ...
How AI And Crowdsourcing Are Remaking The Legal Profession
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Reg Saddler
fastcompany.com - "The legal industry is ripe for innovation," says attorney and journalist Robert Ambrogi, who covers the role of technology in law. In an influential April 13 blog post, Ambrogi proclaimed a boom i...
Facebook Open Sources its Capture the Flag (CTF) Platform
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Reg Saddler
thehackernews.com - Hacking into computer, networks and websites could easily land you in jail. But what if you could freely test and practice your hacking skills in a legally safe environment? Facebook just open-sour...
Samsung Galaxy TabPro S review: A taste of a future I’m not ready for
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Some context: Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 was released on August 24, 1996. It updated various parts of Windows 95, including Internet Explorer 3, FAT32 filesystem support, Firewire support, an...
The Blockchain is the new Google
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - The following is an excerpt from The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology by William Mougayar. In it, Mougayar waxes ecstatic about the future of ...
Software piracy claims can ruin your business and reward those responsible
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Robert J. Scott is a managing partner at Scott & Scott, LLP. There is a highly divisive and costly practice that software companies have inflicted on their customers for nearly a decade. This pract...
Change Is Good, But It's Also Really Hard - Om Malik
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Om Malik
om.co - Last month, I took a little break from all the hustle and bustle of the Internets and decided to focus on trying to get a better handle on my daily life. It included eating right, working out and, ...
Is the Nürburgring the ultimate 21st-century race track?
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The proposed layout of the track is superimposed onto this aerial photograph of Castle Nürburg and its surroundings. The proposed layout of the track is superimposed onto this aerial photograph of ...
Steam Gauge: What VR games are popular with HTC Vive’s early adopters
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - For years now, we've been hearing dueling predictions about the eventual fate of high-end, consumer-grade virtual reality. Will the technology cause a revolution in gaming and computer interaction?...
Civilization VI launches October 2016 with a cartoony new art style
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Civilization VI! Check out that art style. civilization.com The Pyramids of Giza are still here and are looking pretty snazzy with their original coat of limestone. civilization.com Some Japanese S...
Dozens of companies breached through SAP bug patched years ago
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - More than 36 organizations—some in the gas, telecommunications, and steel manufacturing industries—have been breached by attackers exploiting a vulnerability in older SAP business applications that...
Google Adwords bans ads for “deceptive,” “harmful” payday loans
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Google's Adwords platform includes rules to prohibit some advertising campaigns, and it employs a "limited," targeted approach for products and services that it deems "legally or culturally sensiti...
The Ultimate Guide To Google AdWords Campaign Management
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Larry Wentz
blog.kissmetrics.com - “No plan survives contact with the enemy” – Helmuth von Moltke Moltke, a German military strategist, was of course referring to battle plans, but the same is true with Google AdWords campaigns. The...
Introducing unlimited private repositories
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Webdesigner Depot
github.com - We couldn’t be more excited to announce that all of our paid plans on GitHub.com now include unlimited private repositories. GitHub will always be free for public and open source projects, but star...
1,000 Pixel-Perfect Hi-Res Web Backgrounds - only $18! - MightyDeals
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Webdesigner Depot
mightydeals.com - 1,000 Pixel-Perfect Hi-Res Web Backgrounds - only $18! Looking to give your website that extra oomph it needs? This fabulous Mighty Deal from IngImage may just do the trick. With 1,000 pixel-perfec...
5 Social Marketing Tactics for Content Distribution
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Reg Saddler
socialmediatoday.com - I remember publishing my first bylined article as a newly minted content marketer. I obsessively refreshed Google Analytics. I looked at the share counter on the post. I waited for comment moderati...
5 Ways to Use Storytelling in Your Social Media Marketing : Social Media Examiner
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Reg Saddler
socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want to use storytelling in your social media marketing? Are you looking for inspiration? Building your social media campaigns around stories helps you stand out from other brands, and grab ...
Leaks say T-Mobile to announce Samsung Galaxy J7, LG K10 on May 18
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - An “anonymous source” probably from within the carrier has leaked information that T-Mobile will be announcing on May 18 the availability of two new Android devices for their subscribers, the Samsu...
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Minecraft: Crafting, Mining and Survival - Joel Comm | Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Consultant
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Joel Comm
joelcomm.com - A few years ago, I remember my son coming to me to tell me about a new game called Minecraft. He told me it was a game that was a mashup of digital legos and monster slayer. He went on about zombie...
Why Millennials Don't Like Linkedin
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huffingtonpost.com - Linkedin is a powerful tool when used properly. It allows you to search for jobs, make connections with like minded people, join groups, and publish original content. But in the fast paced world of...
Mazda Takes New Approach to Customer Loyalty
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Mazda wants to elevate its customer engagement, heighten its customer loyalty, and spark its brand advocacy. As a result, it has taken a new approach to these critical customer engagement pieces. T...
Facebook will turn panoramas into “360 Photos” for feed and Gear VR’s 1M users
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Brett Prince
techcrunch.com - Those panoramas trapped on your phone will finally get a better viewing experience, both on News Feed and the Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR. Facebook is also releasing Gear VR usage stats for the ...
IAB Study Says Digital Video Is Now More Popular Than Prime-time TV
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Stephan Stavrakis
adweek.com - Television programming is losing more of its audience to digital, according to a new study commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau. The number of U.S. adults watching original video prog...
Heat Is Opening in New York, Its First Expansion Move Since Acquisition by Deloitte
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Stephan Stavrakis
adweek.com - When Deloitte Digital announced its acquisition of San Francisco agency Heat three months ago, the ad industry started buzzing about the improbable pairing: a creatively driven independent agency w...
Google seeking drivers for self-driving cars in Chandler
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Bill Austin
azcentral.com - Google filed a report with the California DMV Feb. 23 stating that a Lexus it was testing had tried to pass some sandbags in a wide lane and ended up hitting the side of a bus on Valentine's Day. N...
Is It Time to Try a New Social Platform?
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stejules
adweek.com - The old saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” works great if you’re talking about nostalgic holiday traditions or how much you love a car that would be better off in the junkyard. But when you...
Report: Top 1% of Monetizing Publishers Generated 94% of All U.S. iOS Revenue in Q1 2016
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adweek.com - A new report from application store optimization company Sensor Tower revealed that the top 1 percent of U.S. iTunes App Store publishers with paid apps, or apps supporting in-app purchases, genera...
Cramer: The real poetic justice behind Disney
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Jefferson Faudan
cnbc.com - Video game company Electronic Arts skyrocketed more than 13 percent, in large because of its partnership with Disney and a successful "Star Wars" game. The company conference call emphasized the im...
RIP Sunrise, the calendar app too beautiful for this world
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Schedule some time to mourn: Sunrise is sunsetting its beloved calendar application. Sunrise, a critically acclaimed calendar app acquired early last year by Microsoft, is being pulled from app sto...
360-degree photos are coming to Facebook's News Feed
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Facebook photos are set to get a lot more immersive. The social network will soon add support for 360-degree photos to its News Feed, Facebook announced Wednesday. SEE ALSO: Oculus adds new social...
U.S. House blocks Google-hosted apps, Yahoo Mail over security fears
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Jefferson Faudan
reuters.com - WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives' information technology team has blocked the congressional chamber from accessing software applications hosted on a Google cloud service in an attempt t...
'Antiques Roadshow' erroneously appraises high school art project at $50,000
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Kids, hold on to your macaroni art, because the Roadshow isn't always right. Years ago, Alvin Barr purchased a mysterious clay jug for $300 at a Eugene, Oregon estate sale. Unsure about the piece's...
Instagram debuts new, minimalist logo in major rebrand
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William Lark
marketingdive.com - Logo changes, especially for logos tied to a brand's identity, don't always go over well with consumers — recall the backlash over Uber's recent app icon change. Mere hours after Instagram debuted ...
Why Facebook Marketers Should Consider Targeting Science Brainiacs
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William Lark
adweek.com - With the help of Facebook IQ on Tuesday, we took a look at which topics on Facebook and Instagram were unusually buzzy in April—the ninth installment in a series from the social media company and A...
Instagram updates iOS apps with 'flat' designs, Google Translate gets offline support in 52 languages
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Jason Frovich
appleinsider.com - Instagram updates iOS apps with 'flat' designs, Google Translate gets offline support in 52 languages By Roger Fingas Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 10:58 am PT (01:58 pm ET) Facebook-owned Instagram o...
Star Wars Battlefront News: MAY 4TH HUTT CONTRACT REVEALED! Bacta Bomb and Play For Free
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Jason Frovich
jasonfrovich.com - Check out the Star Wars Card Trader App: http://m.onelink.me/20a2c486 Star Wars Battlefront News: MAY 4TH HUTT CONTRACT REVEALED Bacta Bomb and Play For Free! Featuring multiplayer gameplay on PS4,...
ODPi Becomes Gold Sponsor of The Apache Software Foundation
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Tamara Dull
marketwired.com - VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - May 11, 2016) - Apache: Big Data -- ODPi, a nonprofit organization accelerating the open ecosystem of big data solutions, today announced it is a gold sponsor of The ...
Why do Feds Keep Picking on Retailers and Give Tech a Pass?
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Future Lighting
fortune.com - When consumers think of U.S. companies with too much power, it’s a good bet they don’t put toner and paperclip mongers at the top of their list. Too bad the American government doesn’t feel the sam...
Optus Announces New Mobile POS Technology For Retailers
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Future Lighting
lifehacker.com.au - Optus has announced a new service called Retail Assist, a POS capability that will allow retailers to carry out tasks such as processing sales, checking stock and accessing customer information, al...
Enterprise Architecture and Business Transformation Management
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Rob Llewellyn
cxoweekly.com - The management of Enterprise Architecture and Business Transformation have both similarities and differences, although confusion sometimes arises between the two. While Enterprise Architecture mode...
Programmatic ad impressions are lower quality than direct-sold
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Marcus Mavakala
businessinsider.com - This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Overall, programmatic display and video ads – ads that are sold thr...
