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Study calls out ‘dark patterns’ in Facebook and Google that push users towards less privacy
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techcrunch.com - More scrutiny than ever is in place on the tech industry, and while high-profile cases like Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance in front of lawmakers garner headlines, there are subtler forces at work. This…
Google Home and Chromecast are down, affecting users worldwide
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techcrunch.com - It’s not just Slack — there’s a Google Home and Chromecast outage, too. A Google spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that there’s an issue affecting “some” of its customers of these platforms, and i…
Talking to Google Duplex: Google’s human-like phone AI feels revolutionary
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arstechnica.com - NEW YORK—Evidently, I didn't walk into a run-of-the-mill press event. Roughly two months after its annual I/O conference, Google this week invited Ars and several other journalists to the THEP Thai R…
Microsoft teases the first-ever “stream-to-win” option built into Xbox
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arstechnica.com - LOS ANGELES—Microsoft's presence at this month's E3 had its share of Xbox surprises, but a new annual Forza racing installment wasn't one of them. Forza Horizon 4, with its off-road London setting, h…
Hackers, sign up for Disrupt SF Virtual Hackathon today
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techcrunch.com - Calling all creative hackers, coders and programmers around the world. We’ve cooked up a special Virtual Hackathon to celebrate TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2018 — our biggest Disrupt event ever.…
The Sonos Beam is the soundbar evolved
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techcrunch.com - Sonos has always gone its own way. The speaker manufacturer dedicated itself to network-connected speakers before there were home networks and they sold a tablet-like remote control before there were…
Pokémon Quest hits app store with a jolt
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techcrunch.com - Coming just shy of a month after its original release on the Nintendo Switch, Pokémon Quest has hit the the App Store and Google Play Store today with an impressive response. According to analytics b…
Google invests $22M in feature phone operating system KaiOS
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techcrunch.com - Google is turning startup investor to further its goal of putting Google services like search, maps, and its voice assistant front and center for the next billion internet users in emerging markets. …
Instagram Lite quietly launches to find a billion more users abroad
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techcrunch.com - Instagram’s future growth depends on the developing world, so it’s built a version of its app just for them. “Instagram Lite” for Android appeared today in the Google Play App Store without any annou…
Players paying up to $450 for disc-based copies of Fortnite
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arstechnica.com - Gearbox Software published a limited number of physical disc copies of Fortnite for PS4 and Xbox One (and the PC in Europe) alongside the game's paid Early Access release last July. That $60 release—…
Windows Sets “tabs in every window” feature won’t be in the next big update
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arstechnica.com - First previewed last November, Sets, a new Windows interface feature that will make every window into a tabbed windows, has been removed from the latest Insider Preview build of Windows 10. Moreover,…
Microsoft’s USB Type-C dongle for Surface Pro is finally here, and it’s huge
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arstechnica.com - When the Surface Pro was refreshed last year we were surprised and disappointed to see that it joined the Surface Laptop in having neither USB Type-C nor Thunderbolt 3. Instead, Microsoft said that i…
After subpoenaing Apple in trade secrets case, Tesla goes after Facebook
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arstechnica.com - Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images In an ongoing high-stakes lawsuit, Tesla has now asked a judge for emergency permission to serve subpoenas on numerous tech firms, including Facebo…
GoDaddy Changes its Logo (Again), Loses its Daddy | Webdesigner Depot
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www.webdesignerdepot.com - Once upon a time in the long lost world of the 1997 (more or less), a little boy was growing up watching Hercules: the Legendary Journeys, and Xena: Warrior Princess on the weekends. He got a Hotmail…
Twitter puts a tighter squeeze on spambots
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techcrunch.com - Twitter has announced a range of actions intended to bolster efforts to fight spam and “malicious automation” (aka bad bots) on its platform — including increased security measures around account ver…
Google Home says “Hola!” to its Spanish-speaking customers
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androidcommunity.com - The battle between Google and Amazon is truly on, not just when it comes to their respective digital assistants but also their smart home speakers. Both Google Assistant and Alexa, respectively, are …
This clever case pops open to protect your phone when you drop it
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techcrunch.com - That moment when you drop your phone and everything stops. You can hear your heart beat — the buzz of the world around you is silenced — all cognition stops — you see as if in slow motion the pirouet…
SPI 324: From College Nerd to Wildly Successful Personal Brand with Thomas Frank
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www.smartpassiveincome.com - Thomas Frank is a massively successful YouTuber and the creator of CollegeInfoGeek.com. We’ve been friends for a while, and this episode has been a long time coming. We’re sitting down to chat about …
US Gives Disney-Fox Deal Antitrust Approval
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www.newsmax.com - Walt Disney Co. has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.’s entertainment assets for $71.3 billion on the condition that it sell all 22 regional sports networks owned by Fo…
Orlando Stops Testing Amazon's Facial Recognition System | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - According to the Daily Mail, civil rights groups “raised concerns that the service could be used in ways that could violate civil liberties.” “The City’s pilot with Amazon regarding the potential via…
Twitter commits to taking on the bots and the abusers (yet again)
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mashable.com - In a new blog post on Tuesday, Twitter committed to continue dealing with problems that have long plagued the website: spam and harassment. We do not value fake engagement. Taking bigger steps to imp…
21 Proven Lead Magnet Ideas To Add To Your Blog • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO
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blog.myleadsystempro.com - A Lead Magnet is an irresistible bribe offering a specific chunk of value to a prospect in exchange for their contact information. A Lead Magnet is an irresistible bribe offering a specific chunk of …
Here's what people actually ask Amazon's Alexa
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www.cnbc.com - The bulk of Code Computerlove survey respondents reported owning an Amazon Echo (76 percent), Google Home ownership came in second place (29.90 percent) and only a small percentage (8.90 percent) rep…
ANALYSIS Five ways customer behaviour is changing
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internetretailing.net - Customer demands are rising at a breakneck pace, yet for retailers, there’s more focus than ever on striving to deliver a consumer experience that genuinely differentiates. Here are five aspects of c…
Driving Relevant PPC Traffic Using Single Keyword Ad Groups (SKAGs)
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www.bigcommerce.com - Whether single keyword ad groups (SKAGs) are old news or a new find to you, they’re quickly becoming a well-known best practice for PPC account setup. First, what are the main benefits for ecommerce …
With Big Tech Companies Like Amazon and Facebook Launching Services Markets, Competing on Price Is a Race to the Bottom
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www.entrepreneur.com - It seems like every month or so a new major player in the tech world is announcing how it intends to get involved in the home services space. Late last year, Google announced the ability to book serv…
ESP8266 Home Computer Hides Unexpected Gems
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hackaday.com - With a BASIC interpreter and free run throughout their hardware, home computers like the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 used to be a pervasive way to light that hacker fire. With the advent of cheap si…
3 ways printing innovation is reshaping global supply chains
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www.cio.com - In today’s digital era, business leaders can manage, customize, automate and connect various steps of their printing processes in ways they couldn’t imagine a few years ago. Whether it was textiles, …
Fortnite debacle has PlayStation boss Shawn Layden looking at crossplay ‘possibilities’
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venturebeat.com - Sony Interactive Entertainment is softening its language when it comes to cross-platform multiplayer. While the publisher has spent the last few years defending its choice to prohibit people on PlayS…
Google Duplex really works and testing begins this summer
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www.theverge.com - In a restaurant in Mountain View, California yesterday, Google gave several small groups of journalists a chance to demo Duplex. If you don’t recall, Duplex is the AI system designed to make human-so…
Microsoft Dynamics 365: Ideal for 'vertical' markets
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www.erpsoftwareblog.com - Just two years ago, according to a Forbes article, cloud computing was on track to reach a 22.8% growth rate by 2018. What’s more, “62% of all CRM software” was predicted to be cloud-based with SaaS …
NBN, Macquarie cut $100M wholesale access contract
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www.cio.com.au - NBN Co will provide voice and data services to Macquarie Telecom’s business customers under a $100 million, six-year deal with the telco. Under the contract, Macquarie will access a range of NBN’s wh…
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