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A Short History of Blaming 'Hackers' For Pretty Much Everything
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www.wired.com - This week, MSNBC host Joy Reid has found herself embroiled in a familiar controversy. Twitter user @Jamie_Maz—for the second time—surfaced a number of homophobic posts, from the early aughts, on Reid…
Chinese Smartphone Sales Collapse In "Biggest Decline Ever"
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www.zerohedge.com - Smartphone shipments in China experienced their most significant decline ever in Q1 2018, crashing more than 21 percent annually to 91 million units, according to the Singapore-based research firm Ca…
Aloe Bud is the adorable self-care app you’ve been waiting for
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techcrunch.com - The buzz or chime of a push notification on your phone is, at best, a distraction, and at worst, a source of stress and anxiety. A new app called Aloe Bud wants to make those push notifications into …
Yawn: Amazon cloud business just keeps rolling along
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techcrunch.com - It’s almost becoming boring reporting that the Amazon cloud had a monster quarter. It’s not news at this point, because of course they did. Yesterday, it once again blew away analyst expectations wit…
Apple is reportedly building an insane ’16K’ VR headset
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techcrunch.com - Apple has long been rumored to be working on a pair of augmented reality glasses, but a report today suggests that they’re looking to compete with Google, Microsoft and Facebook in the virtual realit…
Essential’s first handset is coming to more markets
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techcrunch.com - It’s hard launching a phone company — something Essential was pretty candid about from the start. Andy Rubin’s latest endeavor got off to something of a slow start, according to outside accounts, but…
Why the tech industry should care about the farm bill being drafted right now
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techcrunch.com - For some food stamp recipients, 2018 could shape up to be a particularly aggravating year, including for one of the only startups trying to find ways to innovate on the ways that food stamps are deli…
Amazon is reportedly working on a home robot
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techcrunch.com - For Amazon’s latest hardware trick, the company has apparently been working on a home robot under the codename, “Vesta.” That nugget comes via Bloomberg sources, who report that the online retail gia…
How to Be a Business Leader: 5 Tips from These TED Talks - Small Business Trends
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smallbiztrends.com - Companies spend a crazy amount of money each year training their employees — on average, $1,208 per employee, as of 2013. A lot of time and resources are sunk into developing better leaders within or…
Shadow of the Tomb Raider hands-on: Lara Croft brings about the Mayan apocalypse
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arstechnica.com - LOS ANGELES—Game publisher Square-Enix gave its new game Shadow of the Tomb Raider a public unveiling at an event last night, and I played the game for about an hour. If you liked the previous two ga…
Tesla Autopilot crisis deepens with loss of third Autopilot boss in 18 months
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arstechnica.com - Now Lattner's replacement, Jim Keller, is leaving Tesla as well. Keller was a well-known chip designer at AMD before he was recruited to lead Tesla's hardware engineering efforts for Autopilot in 201…
ISPs should charge for fast lanes—just like TSA Precheck, GOP lawmaker says
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arstechnica.com - Congressional Republicans want to impose "net neutrality" rules that allow Internet service providers to charge online services and websites for priority access to consumers. Making the case for paid…
Ray Ozzie’s plan for unlocking encrypted phones gets a chilly reception
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arstechnica.com - Ray Ozzie's proposal to end the long-simmering crypto war between law enforcement and much of the tech world is getting a chilly reception from privacy advocates and security experts. They argue his …
Swiss Cryptocurrency Enthusiast Loses Hardware Wallet Containing $815,000
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themerkle.com - Over the years, there have been numerous incidents in which cryptocurrency enthusiasts lost access to their funds. Hacks, thefts, and throwing away a hard drive without a private key backup are all p…
Affinity Launches Spotlight | Webdesigner Depot
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www.webdesignerdepot.com - Communities don’t start overnight, and a customer base is not, by default, a community. When fans of any particular brand of software start talking, though, communities are bound to emerge. I have fo…
The Complete Guide to Wireframing
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framer.com - Though wireframes and prototypes are often used interchangeably, they actually perform two distinct functions at opposite ends of the design cycle. In this guide, we’ll share everything you need to k…
8 Ways to Emotionally Reward Your Users | Webdesigner Depot
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www.webdesignerdepot.com - As sometimes happens, I was thinking the other day. In this case, I was doing my thinking after finishing a long video game: Far Cry 5. It occurred to me that video game creators are the masters of e…
Apple iOS 11.3.1 Release Has A Very Nasty Surprise
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Reg Saddler
www.forbes.com - Apple iOS 11.3 left users in a hole. Serious problems (1,2,3,4,5) undermined its important new features and put Apple under pressure to deliver solutions with iOS 11.3.1. Unfortunately, iOS 11.3.1 fa…
"Transparent" blockchain is pretty darn useful for sharing private info
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futurism.com - Two days ago, an open letter to China’s Peking University was anonymously uploaded to the Ethereum blockchain, effectively sharing it with anyone who trades or tracks the cryptocurrency. In it, stude…
Google+ for Android 7.5 and older will no longer work by May 20
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androidcommunity.com - When Google Photos arrived on the scene back in 2015, it had some of the photo backup functionalities of Google+. And for a lot of the users of Google’s “social network” that meant they could either …
Fragmentation in Android slows down phone performance
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androidcommunity.com - Just like humans, phones get old. We don’t want to talk about age ever but when it comes to gadgets and devices, people need to look into the manufactured date. It’s not just only for sellability but…
Sprint coming out with a seniors plan to rival T-Mobile
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androidcommunity.com - It looks like carriers are paying a lot of attention to the senior citizen’s market now. T-Mobile recently launched a special discounted plan for the above 55 and now, if the rumors are true, then Sp…
Build Excitement for Your Crowdfunding Campaign with a Pre-Launch Page - Indiegogo Education Center
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entrepreneur.indiegogo.com - You’re in the process of planning your crowdfunding campaign, but you’re not quite ready to launch. A Pre-Launch Page will help you give potential customers a hint of what’s coming so you can start b…
Marketing Data Made Easy
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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…
How Loyalty Programs Can Adapt to Digital Evolution
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www.loyalty360.org - Digital transformation is happening everywhere among loyalty marketers. How should a brand’s loyalty program adapt to the digital evolution process? Loyalty360 talked to Ron Orgiefsky, Managing Direc…
Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition - Petri
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www.petri.com - Because this happens once a quarter, this week’s edition of Short Takes looks exclusively at Microsoft’s earnings announcement and the information it provided to analysts after that announcement. Not…
Discovery Reels in Swedish Fish for Its First Shark Week 30th Anniversary Campaign
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.adweek.com - The 30th anniversary of Shark Week doesn’t air for another three months, but Discovery is getting an early jump on its marketing campaign for the event. The network is partnering with Swedish Fish fo…
How to Build an AdWords Account – Pt 1
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.portent.com - If you’re new to paid search (or it’s been a while), how to build an AdWords account from scratch can seem daunting. How do you know you’re doing this “the right way”? What are you missing? Could you…
Five Ways to Successfully Promote Your Loyalty Rewards Program
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.marketingprofs.com - Loyalty rewards programs can significantly increase customer engagement and retention. However, to make a loyalty program successful, you must promote it aggressively and get your users to adopt it a…
Here's What To Expect at This Year's NewFronts
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Stephan Stavrakis
www.adweek.com - The 2018 Digital Content NewFronts are about to commence. More than 15 media companies will offer presentations in New York beginning on Monday for the first week of NewFronts. A second week will be …
5 Internet-Based Business Ideas To Make Money Online | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - Modern technology has made it convenient for entrepreneurs to do their work from almost anywhere. Lately, many companies have started operating entirely in the online environment. Doing this not only…
How To Buy A Headlight Bulb For Your Car | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - Though they do not sound important, car headlight bulbs are crucial parts. Without the bulbs, you can’t drive in nights, and you may end up hitting something. Every automotive has a different light, …
Transfer Your WoW Gold With These Methods | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - Want to transfer your hard-earned World of Warcraft gold to another character or server? Here are some methods to do so, as well as some warnings if you decide to use them. First, we’ll discuss the s…
10 Things About SEO That Most Small Businesses Are Getting Dead Wrong | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - Roughly 55 percent of small businesses have a website — which in itself is surprising, considering that not having a website these days is as prehistoric as not having an email address or a phone num…
How Innovative EHS Software Solutions Help Save Money For Businesses | Bit Rebels
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www.bitrebels.com - Our world is filled with high-stakes careers, where a mistake in administration or implementation can result in serious damage or risk. This has created a long-time and constant demand for solutions …
The first steps of your SEO audit: Indexing issues - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - Indexing is really the first step in any SEO audit. Why? If your site is not being indexed, it is essentially unread by Google and Bing. And if the search engines can’t find and “read” it, no amount …
Google announces new job posting guidelines & requirements - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - Google has announced new job posting guidelines for job schema. The new guidelines can be read here. They include the requirement to remove expired job listings, as we covered 10 days ago. In additio…
Google’s mobile-first index: six actions to identify risks and maximize ranking opportunities
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searchenginewatch.com - Google’s mobile-first index is here, causing fresh uncertainty about potential SEO impacts – but there are a number of proactive steps to take to manage risk and maximize ranking opportunities. Rathe…
Surefire tactics to get the most value out of budget-limited campaigns - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - When campaign budgets are capped, it is more important than ever to get the best performance from your campaign. Since we can’t spend money on everything, we have to figure out how to get the most re…
Poll: Younger Americans Less Apt to Use Unique Passwords
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www.newsmax.com - The number of online accounts compromised by hackers is now in the trillions — enough, perhaps, to make even technophobes think hard about the security of their passwords. Indeed, many are — especial…
Court Seals Documents for Google in James Damore Case | Breitbart
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Glen Woodfin
www.breitbart.com - “They have sealed it for a two-month period, believe it or not.” said Harmeet Dhillon, the attorney representing Damore and the other plaintiffs in the lawsuit. The lawsuit documents, which can still…
Apple officially discontinues AirPort router line, no plans for future hardware
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Mike Elgan
9to5mac.com - Apple is officially exiting the wireless router business and selling off its remaining inventory of AirPort products. This includes the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and both models of AirPort Ti…
Huawei P20: A killer low-light camera you can actually afford
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www.cnet.com - If you're lusting after the Huawei P20 Pro's three rear cameras and mesmerizing "twilight" color, but can't justify the high price, then the "regular" Huawei P20 is the phone to get. Cheaper by hundr…
9 Ways to Appeal to Millennial Shoppers | Practical Ecommerce
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www.practicalecommerce.com - Most demographers define millennials as having birth years from the early 1980s to roughly 2000. Millennials may not have much disposable income, but they tend to spend more freely than the generatio…
Flawed routers with hardcoded passwords were manufactured by firm...
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Lee Munson
hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com - Earlier this month the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a warning to telecoms firms about the potential risks posed by devices manufactured by Chinese-state owned enterprise ZTE. “NC…
CASE STUDY Formex Watches shows how AR is changing the way we shop
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internetretailing.net - Augmented reality (AR) is transforming how we shop and in particular our online shopping experience. Global Market Insights predicts that the AR market is expected to nearly double in size by 2024 wi…
Configuring Magento 2 Site Design in the Admin Panel
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belvg.com - We continue exploring the latest version of the most popular ecommerce platform. Today we are going to learn how to take care of a few simple design tasks via Admin panel, like changing the logo, upl…
Intel's 10nm Is Broken, Delayed Until 2019
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www.tomshardware.com - Intel announced its financial results today, and although it posted yet another record quarter, the company unveiled serious production problems with its 10nm process. As a result, Intel announced th…
How to Build a Shopify App in One Week – Shopify
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www.shopify.com - Over the years since becoming a consultant, I've seen some bizarre development requests from clients. One of the most interesting ones came from a client who wanted a Windows XP clone that was 100 pe…
Key Resources for Staying Ahead of GDPR
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Egnyte
www.egnyte.com - GDPR will provide EU residents with unprecedented access to their data, creating a major challenge for businesses. See how we can help to simplify your journey to GDPR compliance. GDPR is the most im…
Net Neutrality Repeal: What Does it Mean for Marketing?
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Oneupweb
www.oneupweb.com - After the Net Neutrality repeal on December 14, Internet marketers and the companies they work with are asking a lot of questions. Wikipedia defines Net Neutrality as “the principle that Internet ser…
Three questions Congress should’ve asked Mark Zuckerberg - Digiday
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digiday.com - Two weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg went before Congress to explain himself. The immediate catalyst for the hearings was recent news that a political consulting firm called Cambridge Analytica stole priva…
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