Wednesday, April 19, 2017

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TECHNOLOGY

Facebook Reveals New 6DOF Surround 360 Camera - VRScout

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vrscout.com - The camera brings multiple perspectives to live videos. Just over one year ago, Facebook unveiled their $30k Surround 360 camera that could capture footage in 3D and render it all out through the c...

vSphere Integrated Containers 1.1 Delivers New User Experience Enhancements - Cloud-Native Apps

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blogs.vmware.com - Authored by Karthik Narayan, Senior Product Manager, Cloud Native Applications Today, we are pleased to announce the release of vSphere® Integrated Containers™ 1.1! vSphere Integrated Containers wa...

The Washington Post cuts off ad tech vendors slowing its site - Digiday

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digiday.com - It’s hard for publishers to say no to vendors that advertiserswant to work with. But in its effort to speed up advertising, The Washington Post has had to rethink its use of vendors. As the Post ha...

Honesty is not the best privacy policy

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www.computerworld.com - Digital privacy invasion is more than a theoretical or actual threat to our freedoms. It's also a huge distraction. Take MIT genius Steven Smith. He's recently taken time away from his specialties ...

How to Communicate Effectively During a Crisis

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www.entrepreneur.com - The following excerpt is from Jill Schiefelbein’s bookDynamic Communication. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound While you hope to never experience a crisis situation in your busin...

Cyber attacks: British firms storing customer data more prone to breaches

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arstechnica.co.uk - Nearly half of British businesses suffered a cyber attack or data breach in the past year, a new government survey has revealed. It found that UK firms, large and small, that hold the personal data...

Wall to Wall: Egnyte Tops the Charts from SMB to Enterprise

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www.egnyte.com - Our focus on business has been razor sharp from day one, and today we cemented the title. After a decade of relentless dedication to meeting our customers’ evolving demands, Egnyte has been recogni...

Report: Google will add an ad blocker to all versions of Chrome web browser

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arstechnica.com - The Wall Street Journal just dropped a shocker of a report: Google, the biggest web advertising company in the world, is planning to build an ad blocker into Google Chrome, the world's most popular...

7 Startups Decamp to the ‘Smartest Place in the World’ to Rethink Mobility

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streetfightmag.com - One government official from Smart Nation talked to usabout the many things being tested in Singapore with an eye toward improving mobility and IoT in general. And they aren’t stopping in the carpa...

HireOwl : Connects Startups to Talented University Students for Internships - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “John Lidington”, Founder of the NY – United States based startup “HireOwl” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do an...

Google said to be planning a built-in ad-blocker for Chrome

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techcrunch.com - Google is planning to add an ad blocker to Chrome, its web browser, and to possibly turn it on by default for all users. That seems counterintuitive, for a company that makes the majority of its re...

Renault imagines the Grand Prix car of 2027

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arstechnica.com - We're three races into the 2017 Formula 1 season, and it's a new era for the sport. The cars are wider, heavier, faster, and more powerful. Lap times are down—although perhaps not by the "five seco...

Sapho gets $14M more to make legacy software more useful with ‘micro apps’

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techcrunch.com - In recent years, Microsoft, Facebook and Slack (and many more) have all built new productivity platforms forworkers to integrate and communicate about dozens of other API-enabled enterprise apps, b...

Docker brings containerization to legacy apps

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techcrunch.com - At the DockerCon conference today in Austin, Docker announced a new service called the Modernize Traditional Applications (MTA) Program that enables customers to move certain legacy apps into Docke...

Sony debuts the new Alpha 9 mirrorless camera with 20fps continuous shooting

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techcrunch.com - Minutes ago, Sony announced the new Alpha 9 flagship with and a new G Master telephoto lens. The Alpha 9’s cherry on top is a new digital 35mm full-frame stacked 24.2MP CMOS sensor, with 20fps cont...

That fancy smart gadget you plugged into your car could allow hackers to turn off the engine

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techcrunch.com - More and more devices, from smart dash cams to head-up displays to Bluetooth-enabled diagnostics dongles, are looking to tap your car’s built-in diagnostic (or OBD-II) port for power and data. The ...

Snap’s anti-developer attitude is an augmented liability

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techcrunch.com - Facebook just invited outside developers to help it build an augmented reality content platform. Snapchat banned outside developers in 2015 and has never had a real platform. Mark Zuckerberg knows ...

Baidu is making its self-driving car platform freely available to the automotive industry

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techcrunch.com - Baidu is opening its self-driving vehicle platform in a bid to help drive the development of autonomous cars. The Chinese internet giant today announced itsApollo project that will see its platform...

Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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techcrunch.com - Microsoft acquired the popular mobile to do list application Wunderlist back in 2015, and now it’s preparing users for its eventual demise with the release of its new application “To-Do,” announced...

The world of Minority Report is about be unlocked, and the key is inside your phone

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techcrunch.com - Remember that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise’s character walks into a Gap and an AI voice asks him if he’s still enjoying the trousers he bought last week? That vision was dreamt up by M...

Spotify’s half-priced student pricing expands worldwide

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techcrunch.com - Hot on the heels of Pandora’s public launch of its on-demand streaming service, Pandora Premium, rival Spotify is looking to make its service more appealing to younger users by rolling out discount...

Planned Parenthood enrolls in 500 startups’ seed program

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techcrunch.com - Planned Parenthood has been threatened repeatedly with defunding in several states since Trump became our 45th president. But has also, as a consequence, received a serious spike in donations (40 t...

The next iPhone could feature a Touch ID sensor on the rear

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techcrunch.com - Reliable iPhone leaker Sonny Dickson just shared new design schematics for the upcoming iPhone. The most interesting thing is that the leak clearly shows a spot on the rear of the device for the To...

Mirantis launches its new OpenStack and Kubernetes cloud platform

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techcrunch.com - Mirantis, one of the earliest players in the OpenStack ecosystem, today announced that it will end-of-life Mirantis OpenStack support in September 2019. The Mirantis Cloud Platform, which combines ...

Amazon Quietly Launches Influencer Program Rife with Potential FTC Violations

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www.thefashionlaw.com - In its push to gain traction in the fashion world, which has not been an easy feat to date, Amazon quietly launched an influencer platform last month. As distinct from its existing Amazon Affiliate...

Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly

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stratechery.com - Having told a few jokes, summarized his manifesto, and acknowledged the victim of the so-called “Facebook-killer” in Cleveland, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg opened his keynote presentat...

Dealmaster: Get a Dell 43-inch 4K multi-client monitor for just $854

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arstechnica.com - reader comments Greetings, Arsians! Courtesy of our partners at TechBargains, we're back with a new list of deals and steals. Today you can get a stunning Dell 43-inch 4K monitor for $854, a steal ...

Send Wi-Fi companies floor plans, receive the ultimate mesh networking test

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arstechnica.com - The old showbiz adage continues to hold true (even in Wi-Fi testing): you can't please everyone.Shortly after our last round of mesh Wi-Fi testing, in which a six-pack of Plume devices surprised th...

What’s New for Designers, April 2017 | Webdesigner Depot

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www.webdesignerdepot.com - From new tools to code snippets to typefaces that will make your design life better, this month’s design newbies are a lot of fun to play around with. My favorites include a task management app tha...

Getting Traction for Your Newly Launched Website

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1stwebdesigner.com - Day 1. Your site is now live. It is the best thing ever. Install Google Analytics. Remember to write a privacy page and disclaimer page about Analytics and cookies. Sit glued to your Analytics acco...

Rain fade should never be an issue on satellite: Clear Networks | ZDNet

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www.zdnet.com - While retail service providers (RSPs) are not pleased at being unable to access consumer National Broadband Network (NBN) satellite hardware by design, the network should be able to handle weather ...

Ditching your cable? Get SelectTV by Freecast instead [DEALS] - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Thinking of cutting the cord? Get access to largest content library on the web with a one year subscription to SelectTV by FreeCast, offered this week at 33% off the retail price to readers of Andr...

Keyboard Mod for Moto Z prototype to be presented to Motorola - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - The Moto Z prides itself in still pursuing the modular model when some have practically given up on it (cough, LG). Motorola has opened up the market not just for established hardware producers but...

Facebook’s first VR app surprises, lets us collaborate and be juvenile

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arstechnica.com - After receiving a robust reveal at 2016's Oculus Connect conference, the first bonafide Facebook VR experience launched for free as part of a surprise announcement on Tuesday morning. Ars Technica'...

Where New Slang Comes From

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pudding.cool - Ty Dolla $ign’s “Wavy” was never that popular (it didn’t even chart), and searches for wavy’s definition continue to grow. So unlike “In Da Club,” I think of Ty’s track as an initial spark rather t...

Google settles Russian antitrust case over default Android apps

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marketingland.com - Google and Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) have settled the antitrust case focused on the pre-installation of Google apps on Android handsets. It was initiated following a complaint by ...

Picovico : Cloud Based Service To Convert Photos Into Videos - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Yogesh Aggrawal”,Global Marketing Associate of the Kathmandu Nepal-based start-up “Picovico” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly...

SkilledWizard.com: A Professional Social Network Platform Dedicated Exclusively to Skilled Workers - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - SkilledWizard is a platform for Skilled Workers Worldwide. They set out to erase the void that currently exists today. “SkilledWizard.com”‘s mission is to unite skilled / blue collar workers worldw...

Conversion In A Box : Web Based Niche Marketing Tool - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Mark La Fay'; Founder of the – USA start-up “Conversion In A Box”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1....

SpyderMate: A Suite of Five Unique and Powerful SEO Analysis Tools that Allows you to Manage any Number of Internet Marketing Campaigns Easy - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - SpyderMate is a suite of unique and powerful internet marketing tools structured to make managing any number of internet marketing campaigns easy. “SpyderMate” is a suite of five powerful SEO analy...

Brian Zuercher Of VenueSeen On Social Media Photography And Managing Customer Relationships - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Brian Zuercherhad a precocious interest in business for a boy from the Buckeye State. He likes his sports, too, but ever since the days of running the school store, the entrepreneurial path has bec...

Plink.com: A Facebook Credits-Based Loyalty Program - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Plink is a Facebook Credits-based loyalty program that rewards Facebook members for dining and making purchases at their favorite restaurants and stores. As per Mr. Stratz; Plink is a Facebook Cred...

Room In The Moon : Social Travel Website - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Rafael Dos Santos';CEO of the – UK start-up “Room in the Moon”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. Wh...

Flipit : Global Couponing Environment in Australia - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Jochem Vroom'; Founder of the Netherlands start-up “Flipit”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. What ...

Facebook Login and Account Kit Now Boast More Ways to Connect Businesses, Users

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www.adweek.com - Connections are key, and on that note, Facebook announced several updates to its Facebook Loginand Account Kit at its F8 developers conference in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday. Software development eng...

3 Ways to Get What You Want by Doing Your Homework - Copyblogger

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www.copyblogger.com - Polly Professional has a lot going on today. She has a blog post due, a podcast script to write, an employee review to conduct, two client meetings, and she’s meeting her cousin Penny for dinner. M...

Why Brands Like HBO and WWE Are Flocking to Streaming Subscription Services

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www.adweek.com - In the history of TV—all 75 years of it—there has never been a time when so much content has been so readily available to watch. But with the average cable package now topping $103, according to Le...

Top 4 Amazing Augmented Reality Apps For iPhone

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www.bitrebels.com - Ever since the craze of Pokémon GO infiltrated colonized cities and neighborhoods, iPhone users have been searching for more applications that make the use of augmented reality technology. Even tho...

Bing Ads Editor gets Review Extension support, better keyword import & more

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searchengineland.com - A slew of helpful new changes have made their way into Bing Ads Editor’s new release, version v11.10. The changes enhance functionality, add features and alleviate issues within the Bing platform. ...

SearchCap: Google webspam report, Bing Ads Editor update & Ripoff report in Google

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searchengineland.com - Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. While more messages were sent, Google said they received less than half the 2015 numb...