Monday, January 23, 2017

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TECHNOLOGY

Trump names Ajit Pai as new FCC chairman

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money.cnn.com - Trump has picked Ajit Pai to serve as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Pai is currently the senior Republican commissioner at the FCC and does not require Senate approval...

Galaxy S8 will be skipping MWC 2017 - SlashGear

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slashgear.com - Samsung might be confident that it has pinned down the cause of the its exploding Galaxy Note 7, blamed on battery manufacturing defects, and its steps to make sure they don’t happen again. It migh...

Has your Twitter engagement recently dropped? - Biznology

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biznology.com - In the last couple weeks, the notifications I have been receiving via my @chrisabraham Twitter handle have plummeted. Serious chirping crickets. So, I did some searching and it looks like either Tw...

Breathometer ordered to refund purchases of its breathalyzers as part of FTC settlement

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techcrunch.com - Breathometer, a startup that quickly rose to prominence due to an appearance on Shark Tank, has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in which it will offer refunds for mobile-co...

Cisco’s WebEx Chrome plugin opens 20 million users to drive-by attacks

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arstechnica.com - The Chrome browser extension for Cisco Systems WebEx communications and collaboration service was just updated to fix a vulnerability that leaves all 20 million users susceptible to drive-by attack...

Faraday Future sued by visual effects studio for $1.8 million

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techcrunch.com - There’s a chance some of Faraday Future’s videos and photos feature special effects instead of images of the real vehicles. And now the company known for creating such promos for other automakers i...

Chinese bike-sharing startup Mobike snags strategic investment from Foxconn

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techcrunch.com - Just weeks after landing a $215 million Series D funding round, Chinese bike-sharing service Mobike has scooped up a strategic investment from manufacturing giant Foxconn, the firm that helps Apple...

Trump’s inauguration broke live video streaming records

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techcrunch.com - Though some cried while others cheered, both sides tuned into to watch President Trump’s inauguration in sizable numbers – record-breaking numbers, in fact. The event has broken new ground, becomin...

Hacking the Army

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techcrunch.com - lthough the idea of bug bounties reportedly originated in the mid-1990s at Netscape. Rice traced it back even further, digging up a Hunter & Ready advertisement from 1983 that offered to reward hac...

Insight Venture Partners invests $165 million in automated testing startup Tricentis

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techcrunch.com - Tricentis, a startup that helps enterprise development teams automate software testing, got a bushel of money today from Insight Venture Partners — $165 million to be exact. As part of the deal, In...

As PC sales shrink, the gaming PC market grows faster than expected

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arstechnica.com - All told, the market for pre-built and "DIY" gaming-focused PCs (which also includes "upgrades and accessories such as input devices and audio/communication systems") exceeded $30 billion for the f...

Asus takes on Raspberry Pi with 4K-capable Tinker Board

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arstechnica.com - Tech giant Asus is taking on the Raspberry Pi with its own DIY-friendly single-board computer that's said to offer 4K video playback and 24-bit audio support in exchange for a hefty £55 price tag. ...

Virulent Android malware returns, gets >2 million downloads on Google Play

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arstechnica.com - A virulent family of malware that infected more than 10 million Android devices last year has made a comeback, this time hiding inside Google Play apps that have been downloaded by as many as 12 mi...

The Power Of Intention - Dragos Roua

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dragosroua.com - If you ask a teenager these days about the Law Of Attraction, chances are that you will get a decent answer. Most likely, that teenager will know at least the basic information on the topic. He may...

Update Your iPhone Right Now

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wired.com - Apple updates iOS with enough regularity that it begins to feel routine. And most time, it is, especially the farther you get from the company’s yearly, feature-packed version overhauls. iOS 10.2.1...

How to Use Social Media at a Protest Without Big Brother Snooping

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wired.com - If you’re marching or protesting today, or any day, you may take photos or videos. Maybe some light livestreaming. So long as you’re in public places and aren’t breaking any other laws, that is you...

This Google Expert's Top SEO Tips For Job Seekers In 2017

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fastcompany.com - When’s the last time you Googled yourself? If you said never, it’s time to start. Recruiters and potential employers are already searching you to decide if you’re a candidate worth pursuing. And if...

11 Must-Attend Conferences for Entrepreneurs 2016-2017 - Indiegogo Blog

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go.indiegogo.com - In today’s world, connecting with entrepreneurs, innovators and creatives couldn’t be easier with how digitally connected we’ve become. But there is something to be said about face-to-face conversa...

Trainoholics : Skill Development Arena - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Sandesh HS'; Founder of the Karnataka – India start-up “TRAINOHOLICS”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted ...

Sleeves Up Productions : Digital Content For Brands - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Erika Kramer”, CEO and Founder at New York – USA based start-up “SleevesUpProductions” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that...

SmartUse: Mobile Application To Handle Construction Projects - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Ms. ‘Lucie Perrier'; Marketing Director of the New York-based start-up “SmartUse”. Below, is the full interview that we have con...

Mekiwi : Easy-To-Use StartUp to Manage Daily Life - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Antti Kananen”, CEO of the Finland based start-up “Mekiwi” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-u...

Ekayan: A web based app for people to find out what their friends think about them, and get recognized for what's admirable about them - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - “Ekayan” facilitates you to anonymously admire your friends, and know what your friends think about you. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted with Mr. ‘Gupta’ regarding his start-up ...

Google Voice Gets Its First Major Update in Five Years - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - The original vision for Google Voice was solid, but Google has let the service languish for five years. Today, that is finally changing. “When we first introduced Google Voice our goal was to creat...

Introducing Windows Defender Security Center - Windows Experience Blog

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blogs.windows.com - Security threats are some of the leading concerns our customers have with technology today and that’s why we’ve built Windows 10 to be the most secure version of Windows ever. With comprehensive, b...

Microsoft's Windows 7 Problem Isn't Going Away - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - Windows 7 usage share didn’t change much over the past year. That is a huge problem for Windows 10, and for Microsoft. After the many issues it had getting the Windows XP installed based moved forw...

Microsoft Ships First Xbox One Creators Update Build to Some Insiders - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - Microsoft announced today that the first wave of Xbox Insider Program members are gaining access to a pre-release version of the Creators Update. This update focuses on performance, people, competi...

The Fragmentation of Focus, And What You Can Do About it!

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lifehack.org - Over the past two years, I have noticed something change in me. At first, it was barely noticeable, it was subtle — but increasingly I have become more aware of it. What I noticed was the fragmenta...

Snapchat Is Trying to Get Publishers to Cut Back on Racy and Misleading Content

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adweek.com - Snapchat Discover is one of today's hottest sources of news, but it's possibly ... too hot? With an expected IPO just months away, Snapchat wants to start cleaning up Discover's often racy content—...

Time Inc. Acquires Ad-Tech Company Adelphic to Beef Up Programmatic Advertising

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adweek.com - As Time Inc. continues to pivot from being seen as a print magazine publisher to a digital media player, the company has acquired programmatic ad-tech company Adelphic. Adelphic will join Viant, a ...

Google Dance returns to SMX West

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searchengineland.com - This is the Google update all search marketers have been waiting for! We’re thrilled to announce that Google will again host an evening of fun and activities for the SEO and SEM community attending...

FitFluential Radio - The Intersection of Health, Wellness and Fitness: Fitting in Health & Fitness - A No BS Solution with Gary Vaynerchuk

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fitfluential.libsyn.com - Gary Vaynerchuk is a man known to build not buildings but businesses. Just after college, he was able to elevate his family’s wine business from being a relatively small $3M to a whopping $60M busi...

Meet the new FCC chariman, harbinger of doom for net neutrality

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mashable.com - The government's primary media regulator has a new leader—and he's among the most outspoken critics of the net neutrality regulations put in place during the Barack Obama administration. Aji Pai, w...

Why this tech CEO is hopeful about the future of online publishing

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mashable.com - President Donald Trump is prompting a tirade against media outlets. Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat are clamoring for user attention and advertiser dollars in part by tying exclusive and extensive p...

Samsung finally put the Note7 scandal to rest—here's what it could do for their future

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mashable.com - We may never know why Samsung’s battery manufacturing partners made a handful of critical errors that led dozens of (the once widely-praised) Galaxy Note7 smartphones to overheat, and/or burst into...

Android Pattern Lock might be vulnerable to (very determined) thieves

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mashable.com - Imagine unlocking your phone in a cafe, unaware that a hacker is secretly videotaping you. Theoretically, they could crack your Android code by analyzing your hand movements with computer vision al...

Blog: Apple supplier Foxconn mulling $7 billion investment in US to create 50,000 jobs

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americanthinker.com - The world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, the principal supplier of iPhones and iPads, has let it be known that Pennsylvania may be the home of a massive investment in US manufactur...

White House Shuts Down Phone Comment Line, Tells Callers to Use Non-Existent Facebook Messenger Account Instead

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variety.com - The White House has shut down its public comment line and switchboard, instead telling callers, with an automated message, that they should contact the new administration via Facebook Messenger ins...

11 Top-Notch Proofreading Tools for Content Marketers

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convinceandconvert.com - Content writing is often dismissed as merely filler for your website, but in fact, it is akin to an exact science. Get it right, and you’ll be able to bring in more readers and, with a little luck ...

Clean, Custom Collaborations! Ducati & Diesel Team Up To Create A Limited Edition Diavel – stupidDOPE.com

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stupiddope.com - As you can probably tell by now, we love stunning, custom rides. Today we get a look at a custom collaboration that comes from the creative minds at Ducati and Diesel. Today we get our first look a...

Obama’s Cyber Legacy: He Did (Almost) Everything Right and It Still Turned Out Wrong

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nextgov.com - The Obama administration made an unprecedented all-fronts effort to secure cyberspace. So, why are we less secure? For eight years, cyberspace proved the Obama administration’s most unpredictable a...

Alexa and Google Assistant have a problem: People aren’t sticking with voice apps they try

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recode.net - Amazon Echo and Google Home were the breakaway hits of the holiday shopping season. But both devices — and the voice technologies that power them — have some major hurdles to overcome if they want ...

Amazon and Google fight crucial battle over voice recognition

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theguardian.com - Amazon and Google always thrive in the fourth quarter as people get out their wallets for Christmas. Both companies – or in Google’s case, its parent group, Alphabet – are therefore expected to ann...

Ban now lifted, Interior Department returns to Twitter with a bison and an apology

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csmonitor.com - January 23, 2017 —The Interior Department returned to Twitter early Saturday with an image of a bison and words of apology, after it issued an abrupt, department-wide freeze of Twitter, under order...

Floating warehouses, pocket-sized drones and a private tunnel network: Look at Amazon’s most ambitious, astonishing delivery patents

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recode.net - Over the past year, Amazon has been on a drone and transportation patent spree as the online retail giant continues to make moves toward becoming its own delivery service. In mid-December, Amazon C...

A history of the Amiga, part 10: The downfall of Commodore

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arstechnica.com - As the 1990s began, Commodore should have been flying high. The long-awaited new Amiga models with better graphics, the A1200 and A4000, were finally released in 1992. Sales responded by increasing...

Facial recognition systems to replace passports at Australian airports by 2020

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telegraph.co.uk - Australia is planning to adopt a new contactless passenger identification system that would eliminate the need for passport scanners, paper landing cards and manned immigration desks, the Australia...

Know Your Customers Better With Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM

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blog.abouttmc.com - Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM provides everything an organization needs to know and understand about their customers like never before. Building customer relationships requires in all in one place to ...