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IOTA admits it has no formal partnership with Microsoft
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Joel Mackey
thenextweb.com - Following some speculation from the cryptocurrency community, IOTA has come out to clarify that it currently has no formal partnership with Microsoft, despite its announcement from earlier in Novembe…
Laptop Sale: Save on Laptops & Notebook Computers - Best Buy
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Neil
www.bestbuy.com - Valid 12/10/17–12/16/17. Markdowns taken from regular or Was prices. Minimum savings is $100. Excludes special order, clearance, open-box, refurbished and pre-owned items. About Intel Performance Tes…
Twitter just keeps getting l o n g e r
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Mike Elgan
qz.com - Twitter is a social network, launched in 2006, that lets its users communicate short messages of 140 characters to each other and the wider web. But over time, messages got longer. First, you could i…
How Amazon Will Change the Way Australian Consumers Shop - Power Retail
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Redstage
www.powerretail.com.au - We know that the Australian consumer is increasingly becoming more comfortable with online shopping. Online sales have grown 13 percent over the past year, while total retail sales growth sits at 2.9…
'You are being programmed' - ex-Facebook VP
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Gina Minks
www.bbc.com - A former Facebook executive has criticised the social network for ripping society apart during a question and answer session. Chamath Palihapitiya, who worked as Facebook's vice president for user gr…
NXP and Alibaba Cloud Announce Strategic Partnership for Edge Computing and IoT Security - Financial Buzz
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Franco Gonzalez
www.financialbuzz.com - SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) today announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing and business unit of Alibaba Group …
How hate speech crowdfunding outfit Hatreon crept back online
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - If you want to make a living creating white supremacist content, you’re probably not going to do it via sites like Kickstarter and Patreon, which prohibit hate speech. Fortunately there’s Hatreon, a …
Netflix reminds everyone it’s creeping on them
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - This week Netflix trumpeted its users collectively streaming one billion hours of content weekly in 2017. Also this week: Netflix reminded its ~110M global subscribers that while they’re paying to wa…
Trump signs bill banning Kaspersky Lab software from federal use
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Capping off months of controversy, espionage claims and international intrigue, the U.S. government ban on Kaspersky Lab software has been signed into law. The ban, wedged into the Fiscal Year 2018 N…
Tinder is testing a feed of real-time updates from your matches, including posts from Instagram and Spotify
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Tinder announced today it’s beginning a test of a new feature called “Feed” designed to help users learn more about their matches. The Feed, which will appear as a tab on the Messages screen, will in…
WhatsApp business accounts will either be verified, confirmed or unconfirmed
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Another tidbit around how WhatsApp’s incoming business accounts will function: According to a FAQ for users of the messaging platform — on “Chatting with businesses” — they will either have one of th…
Apple’s App Store now lets you pre-order iOS apps and games before they launch
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Apple has quietly allowed developers to make their apps available for pre-order. It’s a basic feature — as Android fanatics will point out — but nevertheless one that has been missing from the App St…
Descript gets $5M to make sound editing like a word document
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Right before jumping on the phone Friday afternoon, Andrew Mason, who then ran a walking tour startup called Detour and ran Groupon, was hand-correcting a transcription of a speech by John F. Kennedy…
Homeis, a culture network for immigrants, launches and nabs $4m seed round led by Spark Capital
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Immigrating to a new country is one of the most challenging experiences any person can face. In a single instant, your social networks, your ability to communicate, and your knowledge of how a societ…
A Genius Way to Get More Attention for Tweets Also Makes Life Easier
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Guy Kawasaki
www.inc.com - Twitter isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it's an important social media platform for marketers. When the company announced that it was doubling the message length, many complained. However, new resea…
FCC chair still refuses to help investigate net neutrality comment fraud
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The Federal Communications Commission has again refused to help New York's attorney general investigate impersonation and other fraud in public comments on the FCC's net neutrality repeal. For the pa…
Net neutrality repeal based on false description of Internet, inventors say
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality repeal "is based on a flawed and factually inaccurate understanding of Internet technology," a group of inventors and technologists told members…
Original iPhone Developer Explains Why You Should Shut Down Your Background Apps
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Joel Comm
www.inc.com - When we were kids, we were all told to put away our toys after we've finished playing with them. It takes time (and a lot of nagging) but eventually the message gets through. We still hear it when we…
How Reddit and others “broke the Internet” to support net neutrality today
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Reg Saddler
arstechnica.com - Reddit was just one of many websites pointing visitors to Battleforthenet, a joint project by Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, and Free Press Action Fund. Kickstarter warned that ISPs will be a…
Motorola slashes prices up to $150 so you can gift someone a smartphone
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - If you still don’t have a nice gift for some of your loved ones this Christmas, a good quality smartphone would not be a bad idea. Motorola is hoping that you think theirs are quality, and they’re gi…
AT&T rolls out Real-Time Text communication system for hearing impaired
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - For the longest time – and we mean like 50 years long – a system called TTY or “text telephone” was introduced so that hearing impaired people could communicate over a telephone. It required special …
Google’s new ‘Appsperiments’ brings you three new photography apps
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Google has just introduced three new photography apps as part of its new “Appsperiments” series. These apps are designed to take the potential of mobile photography to greater heights using the lates…
LG V30 Plus unlocked version can now be pre-ordered on B&H
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - If you liked the LG V30 but weren’t really satisfied with the storage space and the earphones that came with it, then the LG V30 Plus may appeal to you. And while the unlocked version is not yet avai…
To Remain Competitive, You Must Provide a Great Customer Experience
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Loyalty360
www.loyalty360.org - How would your customer satisfaction scores increase if you could effectively help customers immediately, regardless of the number of inquiries? Is this a pipe dream, the promise of bots powered by …
Stardock Groupy Delivers Tabbed Windows Ahead of Microsoft - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Stardock is releasing its tabbed windows solution Groupy today. The company launched Groupy as a beta almost a month ago, and today it’s releasing it to everyone. As Brad wrote last month, Groupy is …
Is Content Still ‘King’ in Voice Search SEO?
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.shoemoney.com - Google tells me the temperature and the forecast. My friend: “Why don’t you just stick your head out the door?” Me: “It’s easier this way, and besides, it’s winter and cold.” You can speak faster tha…
How To Avoid Burnout At Your Job
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.dumblittleman.com - Stress that builds over time can lead to burn out. Once you have it, you’ll have a hard time doing your best at work and this can affect your productivity. Apart from that, burnout can also cause a l…
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