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Zuckerberg Says Facebook Collects Internet Data on Non-Users
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Blair Semenoff
www.bloomberg.com - Mark Zuckerberg, under stern questioning by U.S. lawmakers, said Facebook Inc. collects information on consumers who aren’t registered as users, acknowledging something that’s been reported but not p…
When every public screen is your personal screen
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Mike Elgan
www.computerworld.com - But what happens when any screen can serve hundreds of users? In Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi movie, Minority Report, billboards could display customized ads that addressed each passerby by name (o…
Ted Cruz: Facebook has been censoring or suppressing conservative speech for years
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Chris From Wisconsin
www.thegatewaypundit.com - Zuckerberg acknowledged that his employees were likely left-leaning but did not appear concerned that the company was censoring conservatives. Senator Ted Cruz later penned an oped at FOX News on Fac…
New safety features unveiled by Uber - Roadshow
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Still Safe®
www.cnet.com - Uber plans to add several new safety features this summer. Ride-hailing company Uber has introduced new features for its app in an effort to improve passenger safety. The features include a Safety Ce…
Nintendo’s new multi-screen, multi-touch patent concept is very, very Nintendo
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Anybody familiar with Nintendo's hardware history knows better than to expect the company to rest on its laurels. Sure enough, as the company's Switch continues racking up sales, a hint at its next p…
Facebook shouldn’t block you from finding friends on competitors
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Twitter, Vine, Voxer, MessageMe. Facebook has repeatedly cut off competitors from its feature for finding your Facebook friends on their apps… after jumpstarting its own social graph by convincing pe…
How to save your privacy from the Internet’s clutches
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Another week, another massive privacy scandal. When it’s not Facebook admitting it allowed data on as many as 87 million users to be sucked out by a developer on its platform who sold it to a politic…
Are hardware makers doing enough to keep Android phones secure?
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - For all the good of Android’s open-source approach, one of the clear and consistent downsides is that the onus to issue software updates falls on the manufacturer. That can mean frustration for those…
Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works
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www.bloomberg.com - The most troubling takeaway from two days of congressional hearings on Facebook Inc. was this: Mark Zuckerberg didn't want to explain how the social network operates. The Facebook CEO ducked question…
YouTube demonetized my tuba videos (also, I make tuba videos)
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Early in 2018, YouTube made changes to how us commoners can earn money through its Partner Program (or “YPP”). You probably heard about it here and, oh yeah, here. Now seems like a good time to descr…
The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The Homebrew Special—looking a bit blurry, because I wanted to take a low-light shot to try to capture the disco glow. Naturally, many readers asked the obvious follow-up—"How exactly can we put that…
Google employees revolt, say company should shut down military drone project
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - About a month ago, news surfaced that Google was working with the United States Department of Defense on drone software called "Project Maven." The project applied Google's image-recognition techniqu…
How Far Will Crypto's War On Miners Go? - CoinDesk
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Joel Comm
www.coindesk.com - That's the simple question that lies at the heart of a complex debate happening across major cryptocurrencies, where developers from projects as diverse as ethereum, monero and zcash are up in arms o…
Security News This Week: Russia Bans Encrypted Chat App Telegram
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Reg Saddler
www.wired.com - It was the week of Zuck. As Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg slogged through more than 10 hours of testimony in front of two different Congressional committees, privacy and security advocates…
This 1 Change to Your Content Will Spike Your Organic Search Traffic by 30 Percent
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Reg Saddler
www.inc.com - Before we dive in, here are the four most important things you need to know about Google's Featured Snippets: Featured Snippets are answer box search results that are featured on top of page one Goog…
Xiaomi’s Black Shark gaming phone finally unveiled
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - All the rumors about Xiaomi launching a phone dedicated to gaming has now been put to rest – the Black Shark phone is here and it is official. This is also the first phone in Xiaomi’s gaming sub-bran…
Google Assistant can now control your Ikea Tradfri smart lights
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - When Ikea introduced its line of Tradfri smart lights, it gave an opportunity for us mere mortals to have affordable smart lighting solutions for our homes. However, the problem initially was that it…
From Box Tops to Mobile Apps: The Evolution of Today’s Loyalty Industry
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Loyalty360
www.loyalty360.org - When you think about loyalty programs, your mind probably goes immediately to a few different iterations: airline miles with your go-to brand, the credit card points you refuse to miss out on, a bran…
Marketing Data Made Easy
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Loyalty360
www.loyalty360.org - Time. First of all, you’re too busy to gather information from a dozen different sources. When was the last time you had an hour or two of free time to run numbers and analyze them? Data that’s autom…
Evolving Omnichannel Loyalty
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Loyalty360
www.loyalty360.org - “Omni” – from the Latin “Omnis”, or “All” Much to my daughter’s chagrin, I’ve always been a student of language. Between somewhat obnoxiously pointing out the more egregious errors in her millennia…
How to leave Facebook, skinny on smart bulbs, Chromebook security and more: Tech Q&A
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Bruce Wayne Swedal
www.foxnews.com - FILE - In this April 18, 2017, file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testif…
Tip: Prime Members Can Save Big on Low-End Kindles - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Amazon is offering big discounts on its entry-level Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite e-book readers to Prime members. It’s not clear how long these prices will last. Or whether this is a hint that the de…
7 Ways To Make Your Resume Stand Out | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - Nowadays, the Job search is very competitive so it is necessary to catch recruiter’s attention in the interview. The resume is the first impression for any recruiter. Making the resume stand out is t…
How To Unlock Your Samsung Galaxy S9+ Plus | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to unlock your Galaxy S9+ Plus so you can use it with other carrier networks. If you purchased the Galaxy S9+ from AT&T, you might want to be able to go with T-Mo…
Samsung's latest smartphone can't connect to the internet. Like, at all.
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James Hickey
mashable.com - Well, here's something you don't see announced often (or ever, for that matter): A smartphone that can't connect to the Internet. That's right, Samsung's new Galaxy J2 Pro (it ain't a "pro" anything …
Zuckerberg's Pay Jumps 54% as Personal Security Costs Soar
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Chris From Wisconsin
www.newsmax.com - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's compensation rose 53.5 percent to $8.9 million in 2017, a regulatory filing showed on Friday, largely due to higher costs related to the 33-year old bil…
Apple Warns Employees to Stop Media Leaks, Says 12 Arrested
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Chris From Wisconsin
www.newsmax.com - Apple Inc. warned employees to stop leaking internal information on future plans and raised the specter of potential legal action and criminal charges, one of the most-aggressive moves by the world’s…
See Here For Your Best Source Of Web Page Design Information!
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Rolf Joho
agentmonhost.com - There are many purposes of things a website. You can use it as a hub for information, entertainment, or an entertainment portal. A webmaster helps with the key to making any website successful. The f…
How To Take Advantage Of Mobile Marketing
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Rolf Joho
durac.info - Mobile marketing is actually kind of exciting to deal with once you just have to understand what to expect from using mobile devices to market your business. It can have amazing brand-building power,…
The Long, Slow Demise of Credit Card Signatures Starts Today - Slashdot
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Steve Hultquist
it.slashdot.org - Last year, all four major U.S. payment providers -- Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Discover -- announced plans to remove the requirement that merchants collect signatures for card transaction…
What You Should Know About Search Engine Optimization
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Rolf Joho
firstadsense.com - You must searching for out ezines and on-line boards that focus on your goal market and post articles with imbedded oneway links that connect with your web site. Normally, these ezines are stored ind…
ACLU: If Americans Want Privacy & Net Neutrality, They Should Build Their Own Broadband Networks
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Steve Hultquist
www.techdirt.com - More than 750 towns and cities across the United States have been forced to build their own networks if they want anything close to next-generation broadband. These towns and cities aren't doing this…
Nearly 1 In 10 Americans Have Deleted Their Facebook Account Over Privacy Concerns, Survey Claims - Slashdot
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Steve Hultquist
news.slashdot.org - There is no real technical hurdle that is keeping others from being a "real" competitor for Facebook. There have been those who have tried, but they just haven't been successful "enough". There are l…
'An Apology for the Internet -- from the People Who Built It' - Slashdot
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Steve Hultquist
tech.slashdot.org - "Those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created," argues a new article in New York Magazine titled "The Internet Apologizes". Today, the most dire warnings are coming from the h…
The house that spied on its owner
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Tamara Dull
www.bbc.com - For two months in early 2018, technology journalist Kashmir Hill let innocent household items spy on her. She had turned her one-bedroom apartment into a "smart home" and was measuring how much data …
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