Tuesday, August 15, 2017

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TECHNOLOGY

Echo: Ex-Hitman devs bring machine learning to stealth games

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arstechnica.com - The reference books that line the shelves of developer Ultra Ultra's modest Copenhagen office offers insight into the aesthetic of its first game, Echo. There's a book of 19th Century Interior Design…

Silicon Valley needs a history lesson

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qz.com - Hannah Horvath, the lead character in the HBO series Girls, is a satirical portrayal of the typical millennial living in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. “I give zero fucks about anything, and yet…

Why You Should Attend VM World on August 27 - OnRamp

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www.onr.com - VMworld 2017 is almost here, which means it’s time for the top minds in the digital workspace and cloud infrastructure industries to ascend on Las Vegas. VMware will host its 14th annual VMworld from…

Facebook and Instagram get redesigns for readability

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techcrunch.com - Taking inspiration from line drawings, Reddit, and Messenger, Facebook is overhauling the design of the News Feed to make it more legible, clickable, and commentable. Specifically, Facebook now makes…

Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro to launch together with the Note 8 - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Samsung is set to launch the Note this coming August 23 (or is it August 24?). After months of waiting since the Galaxy S8 duo was introduced, we’ll get to see the follow-up to the Note 7 which suffe…

Court rejects LinkedIn claim that unauthorized scraping is hacking

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arstechnica.com - A California federal court has handed a setback to LinkedIn in a case that could determine whether scraping a public website triggers anti-hacking law. The 25-page ruling, released on Monday, holds t…

Huddle is a mental health app that aims to be a safe space to share with peers

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techcrunch.com - Dan Blackman’s father was a well-known man in the community of his small Pennsylvania town. He was a lawyer, ran a good business and everyone liked him and liked drinking with him. His dad died a few…

Amazon debuts ‘Instant Pickup Points’ in the U.S. for pickups in minutes

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techcrunch.com - Amazon’s latest physical retail foray is called “Instant Pickup,” and it works as the name implies: Amazon shoppers can pick up orders for certain items within two minutes of making their purchase. T…

Qualcomm’s new depth-sensing camera tech is designed for VR and face scanning

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techcrunch.com - Qualcomm’s Spectra Module camera program is getting a few key new members set to arrive in the latest generation of Android handset. Most notable among the new options are depth sensing and biometric…

GoDaddy launches SmartLine to give businesses a second mobile phone number

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techcrunch.com - GoDaddy may be best known for its web domain registry (a business that’s been in the headlines recently), but it’s also moving into the voice and telephone business, starting with last year’s acquisi…

UPS is developing virtual reality tech to train its drivers

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techcrunch.com - UPS drivers preparing to get behind the wheel will soon be using virtual reality to do so. The company’s new VR training program will be rolling out next month at nine of the company’s training facil…

Andrew Ng is raising a $150M AI Fund

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techcrunch.com - We knew that Andrew Ng had more than just a series of deep learning courses up his sleeve when he announced the first phase of his deeplearning.ai last week. It’s clear now that the turn of Ng’s thre…

Allen-backed AI2 incubator aims to connect AI startups with world-class talent

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techcrunch.com - You can’t swing a cat these days without hitting some incubator or accelerator, or a startup touting its artificial intelligence chops — but for some reason, there are few if any incubators focused j…

Sling TV now works in the browser

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techcrunch.com - Despite having been one of the first to offer live, streaming TV over the internet, Dish’s Sling TV service has just now introduced a way to watch its service via a web browser. The company is today …

Creativity is overrated

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techcrunch.com - Eliot Gattegno is a Clinical Professor of Business and Arts at NYU Shanghai, where he teaches in the Program on Creativity and Innovation. Previously, he was the director and founder of the Center fo…

Google Allo arrives on the web, only pairs with Android phones at launch

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techcrunch.com - Google’s consumer-facing chat application Allo, a successor of sorts to Gchat, is today available on the web for desktop users. The service, which lets you chat with friends while taking advantage of…

Social virtual reality startup AltspaceVR may not be dead after all

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techcrunch.com - Social VR startup AltspaceVR may not be shutting down after all. The company, which raised more than $15 million in funding from GV, Comcast Ventures and others, announced last month that it was unex…

FCC’s favors for Sinclair are the natural byproduct of a pro-industry agenda

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techcrunch.com - Several Representatives are asking for an official explanation for why so many of the FCC’s actions seem to benefit Sinclair Broadcast Group, and a great New York Times report details a rather cozy r…

Beijing’s public transport system gets an app for paying fares — but Apple isn’t invited

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techcrunch.com - Apple continues to be locked out of China’s massive mobile payments space. The latest reminder came this week when Beijing’s transportation system opened up to smartphone payments… via an Android app.

Wave hello to Kano’s latest learn-to-code tool, a gesture controller

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techcrunch.com - Author note: Abel Owen is Ingrid’s nine-year-old son. These are mostly his words; Ingrid just helped type them a little faster. I use computers and the Internet all the time and really like them. The…

Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel programs and rules

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techcrunch.com - Uber is introducing a major revamp of their Uber for Business platform today, the first significant update they’ve done since the enterprise tool’s introduction. The new Uber for Business incorporate…

Forget Tough Passwords: New Guidelines Make It Simple

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www.npr.org - The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently revised its guidelines on creating passwords. eclipse_images/iStockPhoto hide caption The National Institute of Standards and Technology re…

Blatant clone or marketing hoax? The curious case of Tokyo 41 and Tokyo 42 [Updated]

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arstechnica.com - Update: Mode 7's Paul Kilduff-Taylor owned up to the marketing stunt in a blog post this morning, and explained the reasoning behind it a bit. "It’s incredibly hard to get attention for a smaller gam…

Sit? Stand? Nifty new workstation lets you lie down on the job

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arstechnica.com - California startup Altwork has what may be the solution with its first product: the Altwork Station. While adjustable sit/stand desks have been done before, the Altwork Station takes things to the ne…

Andy Rubin promises his delayed Essential Phone is still alive

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arstechnica.com - The "Essential Phone." Check out the camera dead space and the extra-tall status bar. The back contains a fingerprint sensor and two cameras. This shows the Essential charging dock, and we get a good…

Uber’s Levandowski: let’s “give physics lessons about stupid shit Elon says”

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arstechnica.com - The ongoing Waymo v. Uber lawsuit continues to yield more interesting information about the internal plans of the ride-hailing company and its self-driving car ambitions. Uber was recently compelled …

Aston Martin and Zagato team up again for Pebble Beach

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arstechnica.com - And then there were four. Now there's an Aston Martin Vanquish for every occasion. The Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake is the latest in a line of two-seat Aston Martin wagons. Just 99 will be made. Bu…

‘It knew what you were going to do next’: AI learns from pro gamers — then crushes them

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www.washingtonpost.com - Fans look on at KeyArena during the International Dota 2 Championships on Wednesday in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) For decades, the world’s smartest game-playing humans have been racking up l…

Storyzy is a quote verifier that wants to skewer fake news

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techcrunch.com - On the internet no-one knows you’re a dog. And no-one knows whether that “fact” you’re reading — say, about President Putin’s pet dog having been trained to cock its leg at the word “trump” — is bona…

Apple’s Hypercard Software, the Innovative 1980s Precursor to Hypertext, Now Made Available by Archive.org

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www.openculture.com - Archive.org is on a bit of a roll lately. After recently making available 25,000+ digitized 78rpm records from the early 20th century, they've turned around and put online Apple Hypercard software. W…

Why Apple’s Patent Infringement Matters

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dailycaller.com - Intellectual property (IP) rights are the cornerstone of U.S. innovation and the economy—providing more than 40 million jobs and $5.8 trillion of the nation’s GDP. While IP theft from foreign countri…

August Arrivals: 9 Crowdfunded Products Shipping This Month - Indiegogo Blog

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go.indiegogo.com - Contributing to a campaign on Indiegogo is much more than a simple transaction. It’s a pledge of support and the beginning of an exciting journey. Never before have consumers been able to see behind …

Indiegogo Now Supports Credit Cards for Fixed Funding Campaigns - Indiegogo Blog

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go.indiegogo.com - Starting today, backers can use credit cards to contribute to fixed funding campaigns. We know easy and secure payments are important to backers and entrepreneurs alike. By using a credit card, as op…

Fitbit Prides Itself on Driving Behavioral Change, Brand Loyalty

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www.loyalty360.org - Fitbit CEO James Park is very proud of his company’s ability to drive customer behavioral change that, ultimately, can lead to brand loyalty. “At Fitbit, we understand that health and fitness is incr…

Value and Variety Drive Attractive Customer Loyalty Programs

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www.loyalty360.org - Strategy and execution must be aligned for loyalty programs to achieve optimal results, but not all companies are equally committed to both these ideologies. For loyalty programs to be successful, th…

Codility.com: An Automated Tool for Assessment of Programming Skills - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Codility is an automated tool for assessment of programming skills. As per Mrs. Sobantka; Codility is an automated tool for assessment of programming skills. Codility is designed for software develop…

Papadakis Konstantinos : Latest Technologies Designed by High Detailed Graphics - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Konstantinos Papadakis”, Developer and Owber of the Greece based start-up “PapadakisKonstantinos” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exa…

BigMarker.com: A Global Network of People and Communities that Meet Face-to-Face Online - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - BigMarker offers a community based management platform for teams, groups and organizations to video conference and collaborate online. “BigMarker” enables anyone to host webinars and video conference…

Pollfish : A Survey Web Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Giannis Zaoudis'; CTO of the Cyprus-based start-up “pollfishCom”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. Wh…

Lapkin : Biodegradable Laptop Keyboard Cover - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Mihaela Muruianu”, Co-Founder of the London based start-up “Lapkin” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1.What is it exactly that you do and what your s…

Cibos : Sports Fan Mobile App - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Rick Gehman'; President of the Pennsylvania – USA start-up “Cibos”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. …

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 wha…

DealTrunk : Browser Extension To Display Best Deals From Online Retailers - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Amanda Wrzeszczynski”, Founder of the Pittsburgh, USA based start-up “DealTrunk” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do a…

CMS2CMS : A CMS Migration tool . - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - CMS2CMS is the web based service that helps to move content from the existing CMS to a new one easily and fast. Today, we had a quick overview with Mr. ‘Ruslan Savchyshyn'; Director and Founder in Uk…

TheVegasHookUp : Profile Filtering System - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Jamie Brewster”, Founder and CEO of the Oakland – USA based start-up “TheVegasHookUp” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that y…

GetEchoed : A Social Platform For People To Act On Their Goals - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Arpita Chakraborty'; Co-founder of the Indian-based start-up “getechoed”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted…

ShareWhere : Social Sharing Application - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Geoffrey Chan”, Founder of the Miami based start-up “ShareWhere” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your sta…

Living with Windows 10 S: It's Just Not Ready (Yet) - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Contrary to Microsoft marketing, the Surface Laptop was designed for Windows 10 Pro, not Windows 10 S. For the past two weeks, I’ve made an effort to use Windows 10 S every single day. The conclusion…

Microsoft Releases .NET Core 2.0 - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - This week, Microsoft released .NET Core 2.0, the second major version of its cross-platform, open source, and modular .NET platform. The software giant refers to it as its largest and most openly dev…

When Teens Don't Drive Safely, Toyota's Clever App Plays Their Parents' Embarrassing Music

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www.adweek.com - Here’s a sure-fire way to get teen drivers to stay safe behind the wheel: Threaten to embarrass them by playing mom and dad’s favorite tunes. That’s the idea behind Toyota’s new app from Saatchi & Sa…

Ebook Excerpt: How to assess your digital marketing mix quickly - Portent

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www.portent.com - This is an excerpt from a forthcoming analytics e-book from Portent entitled Finding Cross-Channel Opportunity Gaps & Closing Them. This is an excerpt from a forthcoming analytics e-book from Portent…

Millennial Parents and Their Kids Love Smart Speakers, but Data Privacy Issues Persist

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www.adweek.com - Google Home and Amazon Echo, if you haven’t heard, are giving millennial parents a glimpse into what a future with actual household robots may look like. Their children are loving the conversational …

7 Tips for Taking Amazing Photos from the Window Seat with Your Smartphone

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midliferoadtrip.tv - Unless it’s a long haul flight where the duration of the flight exceeds the strength of my middle-aged bladder, I always prefer a window seat. I never get tired of watching the ever-changing, terrain…

How to test and perfect nearly everything in PPC

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searchengineland.com - Every successful advertiser knows that great headlines, powerful ad copy and compelling calls to action are the keys to conversion. But the only way to know that your ads are as effective as possible…

Harrington: Google Doesn't Want Any Diversity of Thought

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freebeacon.com - BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff August 15, 2017 1:47 pm Washington Free Beacon reporter Elizabeth Harrington discussed a Google employee who was fired for a memo about the company's diversity practi…

The Art of Customer Loyalty in The Age of Consumer Experience and Engagement

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www.coxblue.com - For decades, many businesses have relied on customer loyalty programs to offer incentives for consumers to stay committed to their brand. However, many of these programs are becoming increasingly les…

3 Fast Ways to Grow Your Lean Startup with Eric Ries

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www.armanassadi.com - Total Reading Time: 4 minutes. I want to go through three ways to grow your startup. I was first introduced to this idea in the book The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. Now this isn’t something completely…

A Landing Page Guide Like Never Before: Everything You Need to Increase Conversions

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instapage.com - The average landing page converts just 2-5 out of every 100 visitors. And that really bums us out. We feel for the visitors to those landing pages: the people who have to drudge through blocks of jar…

What is Gated Content and How to Leverage It for Lead Generation

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instapage.com - It’s one of the most frequently asked questions marketers ask themselves once they finish producing a piece of content. How do we present it to our audience? Do we just give it all away or should we …

Gamification Analysis of Audible: Octalysis Level II

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yukaichou.com - In my last post, I commentated on why Scribd survived while Oyster was shut down. This week, I’ll examine a Scribd competitor: Audible. I’ll be sharing my experience with the audiobook subscription t…

Smart Suggestions For You To Use With Your IPad

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How To Be A Leader By Using Mobile Marketing

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marketingpromotion.biz - Mobile marketing may be a steady source of major or minor income for you. These ideas will give you an inside look at the world of mobile marketing. Don’t just send random messages to your customers.…

How to Make Money Online Selling Printable Quotes On Etsy with PicMonkey

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