Thursday, June 28, 2018

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TECHNOLOGY

Instagram Stories now lets its 400M users add soundtracks

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techcrunch.com - The right music can make a boring photo or video epic, so Instagram is equipping users with a way to add popular songs to their Stories. TechCrunch had the scoop on the music feature’s prototype in e…

How Your Fuzzy Liberal Arts Education May Sharpen Your Skills in a Techie-Dominated World

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lawdroid.com - There is a steady drum beat in the legal industry about legal technology and how it’s going to change everything. There is a notion that “fuzzy” disciplines, like the humanities, philosophy and law a…

Forget deliveries—this firm wants to bring a grocery store to your driveway

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arstechnica.com - Last month, we wrote about a wave of startups like Nuro, Starship, and Marble that are building autonomous delivery vehicles. It's a promising concept. Designers of these vehicles don't need to worry…

Moov gets into mindfulness with launch of ‘Sanity & Self’ app for women

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techcrunch.com - Moov, the wearable maker best known for its line of fitness trackers with their accompanying digital coaches, is today branching off into mindfulness. The company is the latest to join the self-care …

Snap is reportedly about to launch its own gaming platform

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techcrunch.com - Snap is seeking to explore new ground as it tries to outrun Instagram’s efforts to copy its features. Its newest effort may be building out a bona fide hub for gaming inside Snapchat, according to a …

VR blockchain startup founded by Second Life co-creator raises $35M

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techcrunch.com - If VR on the blockchain is all a bit too disruptive for you to handle, close the tab and carry on you luddite. High Fidelity, a social VR startup founded by one of Second Life’s original creators has…

Yet another massive Facebook fail: Quiz app leaked data on ~120M users for years

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techcrunch.com - Facebook knows the historical app audit it’s conducting in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal is going to result in a tsunami of skeletons tumbling out of its closet. It’s alread…

Chat app Line to launch crypto exchange in July but it won’t cover US or Japan

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techcrunch.com - Messaging app firm Line has confirmed it will launch a cryptocurrency exchange called BitBox next month. The company said back in January that it planned to enter the crypto space with an exchange, b…

Hands on with the Echo Dots Kids Edition

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techcrunch.com - Earlier this year, Amazon introduced an Echo Dot for kids, with its $80 Echo Dot Kids Edition device, which comes in your choice of a red, blue, or green protective case. The idea is to market a vers…

Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,000/year Platinum level

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techcrunch.com - Google has long been a member of the Linux Foundation, but at the relatively low Silver level. Today, the company is stepping up its commitment by becoming a Platinum sponsor — the highest level of m…

Television content creation in China

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techcrunch.com - Hugh Harsono is a former financial analyst currently serving as a U.S. Army Officer. Content creation has seen immense growth in recent years, with a shift in focus from mainstream content providers …

Tesla opens the Model 3 reservation floodgates

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techcrunch.com - Tesla has opened the Model 3 waitlist floodgates, inviting all reservation holders in the U.S. and Canada to order the electric sedan that’s inextricably tied to its survival. As of Thursday, existin…

Waymo names ex-Netflix, Cruise Automation executive as chief people officer

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techcrunch.com - Waymo, the former Google self-driving project that spun out to become a business under Alphabet, has hired former Netflix and Cruise Automation executive Tawni Nazario-Cranz as its chief people offic…

Yoobic raises $25M for an app that helps retailers track in-store merchandising campaigns

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techcrunch.com - A lot of the innovation we’ve seen in the world of commerce has been focused on the front end of the business: how to use digital tools to improve shoppers’ experiences both online and offline — ulti…

what3words raisesfundsfrom saicandf1driver

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techcrunch.com - What3words, a startup that has divided the entire world into 57 trillion 3-by-3 meter squares and assigned three words to each one, has disclosed three new investors all from the automotive world. Wh…

Facebook will allow you to see all the active ads from any Page

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techcrunch.com - Facebook made two announcements about ad transparency today — one around the ads purchased by any Page, and another around expanding its recently announced archive of political ads. It seems like ad …

A sports car in SUV clothing: The Jaguar E-Pace reviewed

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arstechnica.com - The E-Pace is a new entry for the 2018 model year. Its somewhat squat look belies the E-Pace's sporty nature. Mama jaguar and her cub patrol the base of the windshield. The compact SUV has been aroun…

Dealmaster: Get an Apple Watch Series 1 with an extra band for $159

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arstechnica.com - Greetings, Arsians! Courtesy of our friends at TechBargains, we have another round of deals to share. Today's list is led by a deal on the Apple Watch Series 1, which, when combined with an extra wat…

AT&T removed HBO from an unlimited data plan after buying Time Warner

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arstechnica.com - AT&T has been offering free HBO to its unlimited data customers since last year, and you might have expected that deal to continue unaltered now that AT&T owns HBO thanks to its acquisition of Time W…

How to extrapolate our tech legal future from our past and present

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arstechnica.com - In recent months, not one but two Ars writers have released books, so we decided that for this month’s edition of Ars Technica Live, that we (Cyrus Farivar and Annalee Newitz) would interview each ot…

Amy Hennig, who was hired to make an EA Star Wars game, has left EA

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arstechnica.com - Official word about EA's most troubled Star Wars video game has dried up since a major October announcement, but its former director, game development legend and Uncharted series creator Amy Hennig, …

California approves privacy rules opposed by ISPs and tech companies

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arstechnica.com - California is on the verge of imposing a privacy law giving consumers more control over how their personal data is collected, used, and sold by corporations. Broadband providers, tech companies, and …

Dealmaster: The NES Classic comes back tonight—here’s where to get one

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arstechnica.com - The NES Classic Edition goes back on sale on June 29, a year and a half after its initial limited production run. Here's my console, which my wonderful girlfriend bought from some dude in Texas who c…

Hombre que afirma venir del año 6491 pasa prueba de polígrafo

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www.telemundo.com - - James Oliver asegura que está en 2018 porque su maquina del tiempo se descompuso - Asegura que en el futuro la tierra se calentará y que aliens serán descubiertos James Oliver, un hombre que asegur…

Divi or Avada: Most Popular WordPress Themes Compared!

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winningwp.com - If you’re looking for a new theme for your site, there are two options you’ve likely already heard of: The hugely popular Divi, from Elegant Themes, and Avada, the number one best-seller on ThemeFore…

What is the MDN browser compatibility project?

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www.creativebloq.com - Many browsers on countless devices aim to support a growing web technology stack in order to deliver a great user experience for as many people as possible. Unfortunately, finding out what works wher…

The Best UX Tools For User Research And User Testing [2018 Edition] - Usability Geek

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usabilitygeek.com - There are a lot of UX tools out there. A LOT. It is nice to have multiple options, but it can also be a pain when it comes to choosing. Just as an app user can be overwhelmed by too many features, UX…

How Apple and Other Tech Giants Are Tackling Fake News in the 2018 Midterms

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www.inverse.com - The 2016 US Presidential Elections shined a bright light on the misinformation spread across the internet can wreak havoc on voters and public discourse. Many tech monoliths that have molded the inte…

Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition: Ready for pre-order, shipping next month

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androidcommunity.com - The Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition is the latest Android tablet for the young ones. There may be more and higher-specced tablets from other OEMs but this one from the top e-commerce website is the bi…

Apple and Samsung settle patent case once and for all

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androidcommunity.com - After 7 years, suits and counter-suits and several twists and turns in the case, we now finally see an anti-climactic ending with the Apple and Samsung patent case. The two tech giants have apparentl…

YouTube brings picture-in-picture mode for free for US users

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androidcommunity.com - If you wanted to watch YouTube videos on your smart device while still doing some other “more important” things like reading your email or answering messages, you could always use the picture-in-pict…

Google Calendar helps you set your work boundaries with new features

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androidcommunity.com - One of Google’s thrusts now is to use technology to manage users’ Digital Wellbeing. Companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc are realizing that they have to help their users keep a healthy onlin…

Instagram Lite now on Google Play Store for global users

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androidcommunity.com - Having lightweight versions of already established apps seems to be one of the current trends for developers right now. It goes to show that they are now placing importance on developing markets wher…

Face unlock technology coming to more Huawei smartphones via next update

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androidcommunity.com - Face unlock isn’t exactly a new technology. We’ve heard of it as early as 2011 when Apple applied for “Face and Presence Detection” patent. The Android community laughed but Apple went ahead with Fac…

Pixel 3, 3 XL renders: no notch or camera left unturned

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androidcommunity.com - The next-gen Pixel smartphones are in the works. They’re almost ready as Google has been busy in preparing, certifying, and testing both the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. As follow-up models to the Pixel 2…

Do You Hide Behind PowerPoint?

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stevekeating.me - Before PowerPoint was PowerPoint it was called Presenter and available only on a Mac. The name changed in 1987 and soon after the software was acquired by some little outfit named Microsoft. Consider…

How UX fits into SEO

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searchenginewatch.com - There is a common misconception that SEO simply involves link building and including relevant keywords in content. While these are two important strategies, search engines consider a lot more than th…

How 10 Famous Business Leaders, Including Musk, Bezos and Jobs, Handle Meetings

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www.entrepreneur.com - We’ve all zoned out in meetings that pointlessly drag on for no reason. They are tiring, time-consuming and unnecessary. The most successful people in business know that just because you’ve met, does…

Facebook's 'Keyword Snooze' feature will let users hide posts with specific words or phrases for 30 days - Marketing Land

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marketingland.com - Facebook is looking for new ways to give users more control over the content they see in their News Feed. Today, the company announced it is testing a new “Keyword Snooze” feature that will allow use…

Opinion: As Democracy Suffers, Digital Dictators Are Seizing Power

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www.buzzfeed.com - Chinese journalist Liu Hu always knew he’d have trouble with the authorities; he had been exposing corruption and wrongdoing for years. He was used to being hassled with regular fines and forced apol…

Is Your Organisation Future Centric? - Digital Leadership Associates

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www.social-experts.net - Previously we have written about operating models and how many companies business models are no longer fit for purpose. Why? Business models were designed around IT systems or were designed to be us…

The Minimum Viable Knowledge You Need to Work with JavaScript & SEO Today

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moz.com - If your work involves SEO at some level, you’ve most likely been hearing more and more about JavaScript and the implications it has on crawling and indexing. Frankly, Googlebot struggles with it, and…

7 Advanced Facebook Advertising Tips to Improve Your Campaigns : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want better results from your Facebook campaigns? Looking for tactics to help you get more out of your investment in Facebook ads? In this article, you’ll discover seven advanced tips to impro…

6 Types of Emails to Send to Your List to Build Rapport & Grow Your Income • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - So you’ve been creating great content, generating leads, and building your list. But now you might be wondering, “Ok, so what the heck do I actually send to my subscribers to get them to open my emai…

Video Marketing Strategy: The Video Content Marketing Formula for Maximum Results • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - I hope you are ready, because you're about to get a full-blown video marketing strategy handed right to you. One that you can start running with TODAY, and get leads very quickly. If you are ready to…

10 Vital Social Media Marketing Tips for More Leads and Sales​ • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - My first tip is to brand yourself… Too many home business entrepreneurs are branding their MLM’s or opportunities and honestly, they have enough branding… You need to brand you! What if your MLM goes…

Facebook LIVE for Business? 5 Simple Steps to Instantly Get Targeted Prospects to Talk to with Facebook LIVE! • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - Getting people signed up to ManyChat is super simple. Just one click on a link can sign them up as a subscriber to YOUR ManyChat bot. Even cooler is that when someone simply leaves a comment on your …

Master Youtube Video Marketing Online for Traffic, Leads & Sales

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - Video marketing is the process of producing, publishing, and distributing to promote or market a brand, product or service. Think video reports, step-by-step tutorials, customer testimonials, videos …

Instagram Algorithm Update & Tips For Staying Alive On Instagram • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - The Instagram algorithm was updated on March 15th, and as Instagram promised, it was one of their biggest updates to date. It will affect the way you view your posts. They stated on their blog,”You m…

The 3 Irrefutable Laws of Building a Personal Brand • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - When it comes to growing a successful home business, one of the essential elements that people seem to struggle with is building a personal brand. (Or worse yet, they simply ignore it all together an…

Ideas On How To Use Your Ipad | Laptops and Notebook, iPhone and iPad

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laptopsandnotebook.com - iPads are extremely useful with amazing features. This is the reason they’re as popular as they are. Because of their technology level, it takes some time to learn all of the features.The piece conta…

Irrelevance, Excruciating Painful Decline & Death - CXO Transform

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cxo-transform.com - Amazon’s Jeff Bezos constantly reminds his people of the biggest enemy being irrelevance, then excruciating, painful decline and death. So when the CEO of one of the world’s fastest growing, disrupti…

Proven Website Development Tips That Anyone Can Follow

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agentmonhost.com - The task of creating a website can be quite frightening. Whether you are a newbie or a pro, the task of creating a new website can be overwhelming. There are many aspects for you to plan. The field o…

Oasis, Warehouse and Coast to Enhance Customer Engagement with Aptos POS Solution and the Power of the Cloud

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martechseries.com - Three Leading UK Fashion Brands to Deploy Advanced Point of Sale Technology to Support Modern Customer Journeys and Omni-Channel Transformation Aptos Inc., a recognized market leader in retail techno…

This could be the last year you'll want to buy headphones — a new audio technology is coming in 2019 that could make them obsolete

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www.businessinsider.com - Headphones may start to look like old technology in 2019 when Noveto, a startup based in Israel, showcases its new "focused audio" devices to attendees of the biggest tech show of any year, CES. Nove…

America’s largest supermarket chain is launching a fully driverless delivery service

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www.theverge.com - Kroger, the nation’s largest supermarket chain, is teaming up with Nuro, a two-year-company started by two veterans of Google’s self-driving car team, to launch a fully driverless delivery service, t…

Understanding Accounting for Amazon Sellers | eCommerceFuel

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www.ecommercefuel.com - On today’s episode we want to help you save a ton of money if you’re an Amazon seller. If you’re currently a seller on the platform, that lump sum deposit from Amazon sends you contains all of your r…

8 Approaches to B2B Dealer Locators | Practical Ecommerce

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www.practicalecommerce.com - Business-to-business companies frequently sell products through dealers. But it’s not always obvious to would-be customers how to locate a dealer, to inquire. In this post, I’ll review eight example…

Headless Commerce: The Unseen Strategy Retailers Use To Sell Online

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www.bigcommerce.com - Businesses are living in an era of wealth, liquidity and mobility. What do both of these companies have in common? They save people time effectively adding hours to our days otherwise spent in search…

InternetRetailing tackles challenges of international retail in May magazine

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internetretailing.net - InternetRetailing has drilled down into the ins and outs of international retail in the latest edition of its magazine. Our May issue explores the opportunities and challenges facing companies as the…

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