Friday, February 03, 2017

TPS Consulting Daily


TECHNOLOGY

Using Chrome On Windows XP Or Vista? Here's How To Avoid Losing Secure Gmail On Feb 8

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www.forbes.com - I know, upgrading your operating system is a pain. Your programs have to be reinstalled, you have to relearnthe quirks of a new operating system, and it just takes so much more time and money than ...

One of the worst comments sections on the internet is shutting down

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techcrunch.com - Good riddance to one of the worst places to socialize on the internet. Amazon-owned IMDb announced today it will be closing down its discussion board later this month, and turning off the ability f...

Snap stumbles towards a volatile IPO

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techcrunch.com - Slowing growth, huge losses, and no shareholder control could make Snap Inc’s IPO a perilous gamble for investors. What it does have going for it is an addicted user base, fast-growing revenues, an...

Don’t Tweet: New tool gives insight into who’s behind Twitter “eggs” and trolls

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arstechnica.com - President Donald J. Trump loves his Twitter account. Much has been made of Trump's 140-character missives, which he at least in part blasts out to the world unfiltered with his own fingers (and som...

Chevrolet says in-car 4G LTE data use jumped almost 200% in 2016

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techcrunch.com - Car makers are increasingly making data connections the default in new vehicles, and it’s having an impact in terms of usage: Chevrolet released numbers today that show in-car use of its OnStar 4G ...

LG confirms 5K MacBook display router issue, will outfit new ones with extra shielding

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techcrunch.com - Earlier this week, word got out that LG’s fancy new UltraFine 5K display washaving some serious issues, becoming “become unstable” and “unusable” when placed near a router. At the time, 9to5Mac spo...

Google Now Launcher to be pulled from the Play Store in Q1 2017

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arstechnica.com - The Google Now Launcherhas been the go-to choice for Android users looking for a simple, stock home screen since its general availability in 2014. If you had a skinned phone and wanted something th...

Zenimax says it may try to stop Oculus from selling VR headsets

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arstechnica.com - The threat comes in a statement provided to Ars late yesterday, in which Zenimax cites what it calls "uncontested" evidence of "the theft by John Carmack of Rage source code and thousands of electr...

Nvidia stops promotional game resales by tying codes to hardware

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arstechnica.com - Graphics card maker Nvidia is putting a stop to the resale of bundled promotional game keys by tying them to a specific graphics card purchase. Previously, retailers sent promotional game codes to ...

Memory – Timely

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timelyapp.com - Timely is a Norwegian startup based out of Oslo. We're obsessed about time and think time tracking shouldn't exist as something you have to do manually in 2017. We want to be the time tracking app ...

How to Run an Instagram Influencer Campaign : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - An influencer campaign is an effective way to promote your business and generate leads byleveraging the audience of another Instagram account. In this article you’ll discover how to run an influenc...

Tablet market shares continue to decline, Q4 down despite holiday shopping - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - The tablet market is now unsure. We’ve been seeing the tablet market share going down, no thanks to the increasing popularity of smartphones. Actually, it’s not just smartphones as the convertibles...

T-Mobile offering 1-year free Netflix to sell Galaxy S7, S7 edge - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - With the new Samsung flagship set to make its debut pretty soon, carriers are probably looking to unload the still existing units of the current one, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. If you’re the...

Social Media Etiquette: What's Safe To Share On Social Networks?

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www.huffingtonpost.com - Social networks - self-contained online forums where users can share their lives and careers and engage in ongoing dialogue with others in the form of text, photos, videos, comments and other forms...

Scoopinion.com: A Web-Based Application that Turns Your Browser into a Learning Magazine - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Scoopinion builds your personal magazine by matching what people like you have read well and you haven’t. It’s an effortless way to make the news good for yourself and the community. As per Mr. Kos...

BlackBox-BI: A French Start-Up that Provides Easy to Use Affordable Business Intelligence for Companies of all Sizes - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - BlackBox-BI makes creating business dashboards easy. From data load to dashboard creation, BlackBox-BI focus is to make each step as easy as possible without compromising on functionality. “BlackBo...

Pampered Teacher : Sends Teachers a Subscription Box Filled with Hand-Selects 4-6 Teacher Gifts - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Cristin Frank”, Owner Of the NY – USA based startup “Pampered Teacher” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what...

Rawporter.com: A Mobile Application That Helps People Earn Money for Shooting and Sharing Photos and Videos - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Rawporter helps people earn money for shooting and sharing photos and videos. All items captured with the app or uploaded online are indexed so they become discoverable by search engines and can no...

Still worried that you don't rank #1 for your "biggest" term? Let's talk about SEO reporting that really matters.

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www.portent.com - Have you given or received an SEO report that involved keyword data recently? What did that section of the report look like? We’re all aware of the profound changes that have been happening in our ...

Google Docs: A modern tool of powerful resistance in Trump's America

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mashable.com - During a time of impassioned protests, controversial policies, and steadfast political resistance, the people of Trump's America and those standing in solidarity across the globe are coming togethe...

An X-ray look inside the beauty of electric hybrid vehicles (Paid content by Toyota Prius Prime)

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mashable.com - There’s more to electric hybrids than what meets the eye. On the outside, these cars are sleek and stylish — like aerodynamic works of art. But on the inside, there’s cutting-edge technology and...

Google will kill its beloved Android launcher

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mashable.com - Google will discontinue its beloved Google Now Launcher app on March 1, according to an email to phone manufacturers published by Android Police Friday. While the company will allow phone-makers to...

3 steps for cutting the cable cord in 2017 (Playstation Vue)

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mashable.com - Anyone who has ever dealt with a cable company’s customer service department knows that the industry is stuck in 1995 — or perhaps in the ninth circle of… well, you know where. But it’s 2017. We no...

Can Augmented Reality Turn Window Shoppers Into Buyers? - VR Voice

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vrvoice.co - Can Augmented Reality Turn Window Shoppers Into Buyers? By Rick Robinson For starters, nobody wants to wear the headgear, those myriad virtual reality headsets that open a second life for oursenses...

Elon Musk Is Betting Big On Donald Trump

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www.theatlantic.com - Less than a week before the 2016 presidential election, when most media observers thought Hillary Clinton was a lock to win, Elon Musk called CNBC and unloaded on Donald Trump. “He doesn't seem to ...

Mobile and Desktop Advertising Strategies Based on User Intent

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instapage.com - If you advertise on AdWords or Facebook, both platforms have likely tried to sell you on the power of mobile advertising at least once. Your attention to a marketing blog right now suggests a famil...

Jason Carney Joins Mad Mobile as VP Technology Operations

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www.broadwayworld.com - TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ Mad Mobile announced today the addition of technology veteran Jason Carney as VP of Technology Operations. Carney joins Mad Mobile with more than 20 years of ...

Amazon Go Is the Future (Plus 4 Reasons The E-Commerce Giant Might Just Win Retail)

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www.forbes.com - If you think Amazon Go, the new walk in/walk out concept grocery store, is about produce, you’re missing the point. Amazon Go might currently be in beta - but it represents Amazon’s ambition to be ...

The next iPhone could fold in two

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www.digitaljournal.com - Patents granted to Apple for a folding mobile device were uncovered back in November. More material has since come to light that suggests Apple is developing technology that could let future iPhone...

Volvo to run ‘largest’ test of driverless cars in London

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www.insurancebusinessmag.com - Volvo to run ‘largest’ test of driverless cars in London Major car manufacturer Volvo will soon test its own driverless vehicles, which it plans to sell in the next few years, in the UK, potentiall...

Lawmaker calls CEO 'stupid,' then takes down Twitter page

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www.indystar.com - Don Brown founded two highly successful Indiana companies. He has four college degrees. And he recently donated $30 million to the Indiana University School of Medicine — the largest gift the schoo...

Credit card sized COMs: Which form factor to choose?

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embedded-computing.com - As Intel launched the new Apollo Lake processors, the SGET released the SMARC 2.0 specification, leading many engineers to wonder, “Which credit card sized form factors should I choose – COM Expres...