Thursday, April 20, 2017

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TECHNOLOGY

Justice Dept. debating charges against WikiLeaks members in revelations of diplomatic, CIA materials

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www.washingtonpost.com - Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to bring criminal charges against members of the WikiLeaks organization, taking a second look at a 2010 leak of diplomatic cables and military documents and...

Facebook combats fake news with new warning label

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www.chicagotribune.com - The Silicon Valley tech firm has started rolling out a new warning label for news stories that are “disputed” by a third-party fact checker, such as Snopes and PolitiFact. These fact-checking organ...

Parents of Children With Learning Disabilities: How to Find Time to Take Care of Yourself

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motheringoutsidethelines.com - Self-care is important for all parents, but when you’re a parent of a child with learning disabilities, taking care of yourself becomes absolutely crucial. This is because children with learning di...

Airwalk Design : Pinterest For Designers - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Daniel Schwarz';Founder & CEO of the London-based start-up “Airwalk Design”. Below, is the full interview that we have cond...

Groups in Outlook now available for Android devices - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - If you’ve been using Microsoft products for your productivity and work essentials, then you’ve probably tried out Groups to make life easier when you collaborate with teammates. You have a shared s...

Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 3 review: Twilight struggle

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arstechnica.com - Dawn of War 2’s extremely ambitious (though somewhat flawed) campaign was sort of like a multi-character Diablo with loot and branching missions. That plan is gone altogether in the latest iteratio...

Apple Can Still Read Your End-to-End Encrypted iMessages

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thehackernews.com - If you are backing up your data using iCloud Backup, then you need you watch your steps NOW! In government fight against encryption, Apple has positioned itself as a staunch defender of its user pr...

First-ever US Honda Civic Type R finally arrives with 306 horsepower

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arstechnica.com - There's a global following for Type R models in the Honda world, but the only time we had a factory-authorized one in the US market was actually from sister brand Acura. That happened back when Int...

Apple releases a bit of code to let you put Live Photos on your sites

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techcrunch.com - Apple’s Live Photos are fun — they’ve definitely captured a few unexpected magical moments for me that standard stills would’ve missed. But for the most part, they live on your phone and stay withi...

Snap acquires the crucial geofilter patent from Mobli for a record $7.7M

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techcrunch.com - According to Snap’s S-1 Filing for its IPO, of the $400m in revenues the company has, $360 million is made by selling “Geofilters”, or photo filters based on location which advertisers can buy. So ...

With its Unity Buy SDK, Shopify now lets mobile games sell real goods

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techcrunch.com - Mobile game developers tend to enjoy offering swag related to their games, especially if those amass any kind of decent-sized audience. The Unity Buy SDK from Shopify, announced at its Unite develo...

Shopify Pay aims to complete the picture for online checkout

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techcrunch.com - Shopify introduced a new product at its developer conference today, which will reduce friction during online orders and simplify checkout across any stores that run on Shopify’s ecommerce platform....

A chat with Pluralsight founder Aaron Skonnard on the global move to sharpen tech skills through online training

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techcrunch.com - Utah hasa strong history in the tech industry – Omniture, WordPerfect and Landesk all started there; Pixar co-founder Ed Catmul and Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell both graduated from the Universit...

Completed wants to take on LinkedIn with a Yelp-style rating model

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techcrunch.com - If Black Mirror is anything to go by, rating everyone around you isn’talways a great idea, but Completed wants to make it easier to rate and rank the business professionals around you. It’s kind of...

MasterCard trials biometric bankcard with embedded fingerprint reader

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techcrunch.com - MasterCard is trialling a Chip and PIN bankcard that includesan embedded fingerprint reader, introducing a biometric authentication layer for card payments — and taking a leaf out of the book of Ap...

This phishing technique is more interesting than dangerous

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techcrunch.com - There’s no shortage of ways adversaries will employ to get you to click through to a malicious website, some technical, some psychological. This one is interesting because it leverages a useful fea...

Ambient noise could be your next multi-factor authentication token

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techcrunch.com - We’re all pretty used to two-factor authentication now, and it isn’t much of an inconvenience to have to type in a 4-digit code when you log in from a new location. But some Swiss security research...

Amazon’s new Alexa developer policy now bans all ads except in music and flash briefings

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techcrunch.com - Amazon has quietly introduced a change to its Alexa Skills Developer agreement aimed at further restricting advertisements within Alexa’s voice apps, which it calls “skills.” Amazon carves out an e...

Tesla owners sue: “Enhanced Autopilot Features…simply too dangerous to be used”

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arstechnica.com - Three Tesla owners across the United States have sued the California automaker—saying that some of the main safety features that they expected to have when they purchased their cars in late 2016 ar...

AeroMobil answers the question, “it’s 2017, where’s my flying car?”

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arstechnica.com - The flying car—or lack thereof—has become 21st-century shorthand for complaints about the future and questionable technological progress. Futurists in the 1950s and 1960s promised us cities in spac...

Mozilla, Microsoft rebuilding their browsers’ foundations without anyone noticing

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arstechnica.com - One of the common questions I see about the rapid release schedules for the browsers (every six weeks or so for Chrome and Firefox) and even Windows-as-a-Service (Edge has a major update every six ...

Hang out with a hologram of Sir David Attenborough thanks to VR

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arstechnica.com - Sky has teamed up with London's Natural History Museum to help fulfil the lifelong dream of many a natural history fan: to hang out with, and be educated by, the legendary documentary maker Sir Dav...

Another Android flagship, the Nexus 6P, ends up in a class-action lawsuit

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arstechnica.com - Seems like makers of flagship Android devices can't get it right these days. We recently reported onan ever-expanding class-action lawsuit targeting LG's flagships: the G4, G5, V10, V20, and Nexus ...

FCC helps AT&T and Verizon charge more by ending broadband price caps

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arstechnica.com - The Federal Communications Commission today voted to eliminate price caps in much of the business broadband market by imposing a new standard that deems certain local markets competitive even when ...

How to make a truly democratic game design tool

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arstechnica.com - In 2012, I wrote a book called Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, and in the back I listed all the accessible, no-programming-required game-making tools I could. Recently, I’ve been surveying the cur...

How to Add a Services Section to Your Facebook Page : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - The Services section on Facebook allows professional service businesses to create a Services tab to highlight their offerings. In this article, you’ll discover how to use the Services section of yo...

5 Ways to Find More Time to Blog : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Writing quality content will help you attract more customers and increase your visibility. In this article, you’ll discover five ways to find more time to blog. When you’re committed to a particula...

Facebook plots the demise of the dual-camera setup with AI - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - At F8 2017, Facebook’s annual developer conference, the people behind the gigantic social networking entity have proved again that they are very much on artificial intelligence (AI) bandwagon. To p...

Samsung Galaxy S8 Durability Test: Scratch, Burn, and Bend - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - We’ve all been waiting for this. Of course, we’d love to do our own but naah, we’re not that privileged enough and we don’t have the heart to try and destroy a highly expensive and premium phone li...

Yahoo Mail app now lets you use any email address - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - We don’t really know why you would, but Yahoo is still hoping that you would choose their email app as your default on your mobile device. Okay, they do have a few great features after all. But eve...

Master & Dynamic partner with Sir David Adjaye for MA770 Wireless Speakers - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - If you’re in the market for high-end quality speakers (translate that to “money is no object”), then you’re going to want to take a look at Master & Dynamic’s new MA770 high-end wireless speakers. ...

Lenovo Flex 11 Chromebook debuts with a 360-degree hinge and durable design - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - In a humble attempt to be a more relevant part of the mobile market, here’s Lenovo with the new Flex 11 Chromebook. We usually see Yoga Books and more convertible tablets from the company but this ...

betternet :Provides Parents With Information About Their Kids' Online Behavior - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Colton Shields”,Co-Founder of the Provo – USA based start-up “bettrnet” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wh...

Stores.Miscake.com: A Web-Based Service for Creating Online Stores - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Miscake Stores is a service for creating online stores. It is designed both for small merchants and big resellers. Below is the full interview that we have conducted with Mrs. Richardson regarding ...

EzyOnlineBookings.com: An Online Booking System that Allows Businesses to Take Appointment Bookings Right on their Existing Website - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - EzyOnlineBookings.com is an online booking system that allows businesses to take appointment bookings right on their existing website. According to Mr. ‘Gol'; EzyOnlineBookings.com is an online boo...

Samsung Galaxy Book Launch Begins April 21 - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Creators who are getting tired of waiting on Microsoft to revise its Surface Pro lineup will have an interesting new alternative to consider starting tomorrow: That’s when Samsung begins launching ...

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2017) First Impressions - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is consistently among the best Ultrabooks in the market. And it looks like the 2017 rendition is upholding the tradition: This version stuffs the latest technology in ...

First Month Free + No Charge Migration to a Faster WordPress Website - Copyblogger

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www.copyblogger.com - It’s been less than three months since we launched StudioPress Sites, our new solution that combines the ease of an all-in-one website builder with the flexible power of WordPress. The response and...

Is Mobile About to Overtake Traditional TV Viewing?

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www.adweek.com - Gone are the days when the only way to watch TVwas from your couch. “You can watch content when you’re waiting in the doctor’s office. You can watch it when you’re waiting for your car to be repair...

A Multi-Faceted Marketing Machine – Why Good SEO Takes Time

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www.bitrebels.com - Great SEO rankings don’t happen overnight. We’ve seen it before and we’ll likely see it again over and over again. Many businesses try a few half-hearted attempts at SEO and give up when they don’t...

5 Technology Essentials for Your Small Business in 2017 - Cox Blue

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www.coxblue.com - As a small business owner, it can be hard to tell where you need to concentrate when it comes to technology. There’s a lot out there that looks cool or flashy, but doesn’t actually help you get thi...

The Characteristics of A True Leader

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leadchangegroup.com - What makes a great leader? When we look at people the whole world admires like Steve Jobs or Richard Branson or even throughout history like Winston Churchill or Henry Ford we can see that they are...

Apple Readies iPhone Overhaul for Smartphone’s 10th Anniversary

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www.bloomberg.com - Ten years after Steve Jobs held up the original iPhone to a gushing San Francisco crowd, Apple Inc. is planning its most extensive iPhone lineup to date. Apple is preparing three iPhones for launch...

Sources: US prepares charges against WikiLeaks' Assange

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www.cnn.com - Assange remains holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, seeking to avoid an arrest warrant on rape allegations in Sweden. In recent months, US officials had focused on the possibility that a ...

Verizon is losing customers like crazy, even with unlimited data plans

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www.yahoo.com - In the first six weeks of 2017, Verizon Wireless lost 398,000 on-contract wireless customers. Consideringthat analysts expected Verizon to add nearly 250,000 customers in the first quarter, that’s ...

9 Tools That Will Convince You to Get Active on Medium

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www.internetmarketingninjas.com - I confess, being more active on Medium has been on my list for a couple of years now. Still getting there, so to get inspired, I’ve decided to look into the related tools. And I was impressed. Real...

It’s official: Everyone hates the iPhone 8 design that just leaked

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bgr.com - Apple’s next-generation iPhone 8 is slated to debut this coming September, and it should be released either later that month or sometime soon after. But new flagship iPhones always launch in Septem...

Real-world car mpg and emissions figures: the new 2017 tests explained

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www.autoexpress.co.uk - Motoring’s biggest conundrum, and often the top gripe for car buyers, is how distant real-world fuel economy figures – and real world emissions figures – are from what the manufacturers quote. Moto...

Solid Tips About Better Web Marketing Strategies

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marketingpromotion.biz - The tips presented below can help you get off to a great start in the field of Internet marketing to its full advantage. Create an eye-catching “Link to Us” link.People who share your interests wil...

[Official Video] Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy – Pentatonix

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