Tuesday, June 05, 2018

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Tesla has installed a truly huge amount of energy storage

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www.fastcompany.com - Tesla, it’s been said, is less a car company than a battery company that sells cars. Today, the company is announcing a new milestone: Since 2015, it has installed a worldwide total of a gigawatt-hou…

How To Listen To Apple Music On Your Desktop

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www.addictivetips.com - Apple’s ecosystem is a closed one. It’s unheard of that the company would allow any of its services or apps to run on non-Apple devices. iMessage for example is a popular service that will never come…

Facebook allows videos with copyrighted music, tests Lip Sync Live

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techcrunch.com - Facebook users will no longer have their uploaded videos with copyrighted background music taken down thanks to a slew of deals with all the major record labels plus many indies. Facebook is also sta…

Thunkable’s DIY app builder is now cross-platform

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techcrunch.com - Drag-and-drop app builder startup Thunkable has launched a cross-platform version of its product that lets users create apps that work across Android and iOS. The app builder is targeted at non-coder…

AirPods to get Live Listen feature in iOS 12

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techcrunch.com - Apple has one hardware-specific feature planned that wasn’t announced at Monday’s WWDC keynote. In iOS 12, users will be able to use Live Listen, a special feature previously reserved for hearing aid…

Microsoft snaps up GitHub for $7.5 billion

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arstechnica.com - Microsoft has reached an agreement to buy GitHub, the source repository and collaboration platform, in a deal worth $7.5 billion. The all-stock deal is expected to close by the end of the year, subje…

The erosion of Web 2.0

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techcrunch.com - It seems quaint to imagine now but the original vision for the web was not an information superhighway. Instead, it was a newspaper that fed us only the news we wanted. This was the central thesis br…

10% Happier, a ‘no BS’ meditation app for skeptics, raises $3.7M in new funding

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techcrunch.com - 10% Happier, an app offering a series of meditation courses designed especially for those who think it’s all a bit of crock, has raised $3.7 million in new funding. The round brings the company’s tot…

Nauto will notify drivers when they’re distracted in real-time

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techcrunch.com - Nauto, the transportation company that aims to make human drivers safer and train autonomous vehicles for all types of scenarios, has just launched Prevent. Nauto Prevent is designed to prevent distr…

Apple got even tougher on ad trackers at WWDC

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techcrunch.com - Apple unveiled a handful of pro-privacy enhancements for its Safari web browser at its annual developer event yesterday, building on an ad tracker blocker it announced at WWDC a year ago. The feature…

GitLab’s high-end plans are now free for open source projects and schools

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techcrunch.com - The fact that Microsoft is buying GitHub has left a lot of developers with a deep feeling of unease and a lot of them are now looking for alternatives. One of those is GitLab and that company has dec…

FCC has a redaction party with emails relating to mystery attack on comment system

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techcrunch.com - You may remember the FCC explaining that in both 2014 and 2017, its comment system was briefly taken down by a denial of service attack. At least, so it says — but newly released emails show that the…

Norwest just scored an interesting new partner: Google and Facebook alum Priti Youssef Choksi

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techcrunch.com - A lot of people who’ve been working in the venture industry — even for many years — haven’t seen a true down cycle. Somewhat ironically, Priti Youssef Choksi, a newly minted VC, knows very well what …

Portugal’s OutSystems raises $360M from KKR and Goldman Sachs

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techcrunch.com - It’s not often you get the words “Lisbon”, and “$360 million” in the same sentence when it comes to startups, but that’s exactly what’s happening today with the news that OutSystems — a player in low…

Apple Podcasts now hosts more than 555,000 active shows

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techcrunch.com - Beyond Watch compatibility, podcasting didn’t get a lot of love as Apple blew through announcements at a frenetic pace during its two-hour-plus keynote yesterday. This week, however, the company has …

Apple’s Create ML is a nice feature with an unclear purpose

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techcrunch.com - Apple announced a new feature for developers today called Create ML. Because machine learning is a commonly used tool in the developer kit these days, it makes sense that Apple would want to improve …

Intel teases a massive 28-core, single-socket chip that will launch later this year

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techcrunch.com - Intel is feeling increasing pressure from AMD and Qualcomm and the competition will get even more intense if reports that Apple is working on its own chips to replace Intel processors in Macs are tru…

iOS 12 will let users register another person to their Face ID

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techcrunch.com - From advancements in AR to Memojis to group FaceTime, there is plenty to be excited about with iOS 12. But one of the more practical updates to Apple’s mobile operating system, coming this fall, went…

Play for the Philadelphia Eagles? Take a virtual tour of the White House with this new app

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techcrunch.com - There is now a free app that lets Android and iOS users virtually tour the White House and surrounding area. Developed by Cuseum and the White House Historical Association, the app provides three sep…

Startup Battlefield application deadline extended by one week

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techcrunch.com - Here’s a heartfelt gift for all you procrastinating early-stage startup founders who haven’t gotten your act together to apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt San Francisco 2018 on Septe…

The Uberization of telcos

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techcrunch.com - Dieter Gerdemann is a partner with global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney in the Communications, Media & Technology Practice. For the past decade, telecommunications companies around the glob…

Firefox launches side-by-side browsing and a theme editor as Test Pilot experiments

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techcrunch.com - Mozilla’s Firefox is back in the browser game, thanks to its recent updates which now allow it to once again challenge the likes of Google’s Chrome browser. One thing that always made Firefox stand o…

Password AutoFill in iOS 12 will work with third-party password managers

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techcrunch.com - Apple will now allow password manager applications to integrate with Password AutoFill in iOS 12. That means you’ll have easier access to all your passwords when trying to sign into mobile websites a…

Spatial audio is the most exciting thing to happen to pop music since stereo

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arstechnica.com - As much as I love overpriced gizmos in my living room, I still tend to be reluctant about new standards. TVs are a great example. I've appreciated the bonuses offered by 3D, 4K, and HDR, but I conced…

watchOS 5 debuts with health and fitness tweaks

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arstechnica.com - Notifications get actions like rating a service and paying for stuff. Apple is announcing watchOS 5, a major update to its smartwatch platform. The update puts a big focus on new fitness and health f…

I Reviewed 573 UX Designer Portfolios, This Is I Want To See In Yours

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blog.uxfol.io - I just checked our HR spreadsheets. Over the last few years more than 2000 people applied to work with us at UX studio. We are a 27-person product design team, full of great, enthusiastic designers. …

This AI assistant wants to protect privacy by spurning the cloud

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www.fastcompany.com - Rand Hindi, the CEO and cofounder of Paris-based AI startup Snips, believes our voice assistants are misleading us. advertisement Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant, Hindi says, have trained consume…

PSA: Don’t believe those clickbait videos, Fortnite is not on Android yet

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androidcommunity.com - So we have to accept that Fortnite may be one of the biggest game franchises on the planet these days. What PUBG is to us, Fortnite is for kids 18 and below. Apparently, the same crowd that made Mine…

Marc Jacobs Riley Wear OS Smartwatch : why you’ll want this smartwatch

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androidcommunity.com - Google has earlier rebranded the Android Wear to simply being called Wear OS. This Wear OS by Google rolled out officially first as a Developer Preview. Soon, we discovered a number of bugs that caus…

Google Photos has a PWA version now: what this means for Android Go

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androidcommunity.com - If the smartphone that you’re currently using has limited RAM and storage, chances are you only install a limited number of apps and just rely on the web version or if you’re using Chrome as your bro…

Nokia 7 Plus durability test: plastic ain’t all that bad

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androidcommunity.com - The Nokia 7 broke cover during the last quarter of 2017 with Bothies feature, 6GB RAM, and a Snapdragon 630 processor. A Nokia 7 Plus variant soon hit Geekbench with a Snapdragon 660 chipset inside a…

Lodgify and Airbnb Partner for Better Travel CX

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www.loyalty360.org - Yesterday, Lodgify, the vacation rental software company, announced its partnership with Airbnb. The two-way connection allows its users to synchronize listing details, booking information, rates, av…

Hawk Millennial Study Shows Importance of Loyalty Programs

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www.loyalty360.org - Last week, Hawk Incentives, a Blackhawk Network business that provides rewards and incentives solutions, released its new research study. The study found the millennials that were surveyed now belo…

Overstock Reimagines the Customer Experience

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www.loyalty360.org - In the early 2000s, Overstock.com was in hypergrowth mode. The e-commerce site that sold surplus and returned merchandise at discounted prices, had growth 100-percent growth rates every year. It was …

There is No Customer Loyalty. Only Loyal Tendencies.

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www.loyalty360.org - Why retailers need to move away from "Us Too" rewards programs that divide loyalty and focus on the customer engagements that improve the loyalty KPIs that matter most. I frequently shop at two nearb…

CX Turns Pet Friendly with Wagz

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www.loyalty360.org - Wagz Inc., the connected pet lifestyle company, announced that the Wagz Serve Smart Feeder is now integrated with Amazon Dash Replenishment, which enables connected devices to automatically reorder g…

Hands-On with macOS Mojave Developer Preview - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Apple announced the first public beta of macOS Mojave yesterday, so I installed it on my MacBook Air to take a peek. I also installed the iOS 12 beta on my iPad mini and iPad Pro. But in sharp contra…

The Art And The Science Of Networking

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www.dumblittleman.com - Knowing how to network successfully can help you tap into a hidden job market and present your skills and experience to potential employers. More than half of jobs are filled through networking conta…

Did Facebook’s Data-Sharing Deals With Mobile Device-Makers Go Too Far?

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www.adweek.com - Facebook reached data-sharing partnerships over the past decade with at least 60 device-makers—including Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, BlackBerry and Amazon—but according to a New York Times report, tho…

Apple Just Made Safari the Good Privacy Browser

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www.wired.com - Apple announced a slew of new software features at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, including an artificial reality upgrade and animojis that can stick out their tongues when you do. Bu…

Report: Tesla 'Wasting Jaw-Dropping Amount' of Materials, Cash to Make Model 3 | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - After reviewing internal documents from Tesla, Business Insider described the amount of resourced dedicated to Model 3 production as “jaw-dropping,” wasteful, and claimed that “the company expects th…

Leaning suspension quad bike has better control, performance and safety - Invention a Day™

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inventionaday.com - This leaning suspension quad bike is lighter, faster and safer and definitely a much cooler ride than typical two and four wheeled conventional quad bikes. Take a the ride of a lifetime on this leani…

Oculus Wants to Give Event Attendees the ‘Best Seat in the House’

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www.pcma.org - Facebook’s virtual reality division launched a new Venues app last week. So now, people can attend events like concerts from wherever they may be, by simply putting on some goggles. Where’s the best …

How to Build Valuable Tailored Audiences for Your Twitter Ads : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want to reach more receptive audiences with Twitter ads? Looking for tools to help turn Twitter lists into tailored audiences? In this article, you’ll discover two ways to find and target spec…

Prospecting on Facebook: 5 Simple Steps to Attract Prospects to YOU Everyday! • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - Are you ready to get started prospecting on Facebook to attract people to you and grow your business by leaps and bounds? Facebook is a massive pool of potential customers and clients that cannot be …

Is The Iphone Really The Best Cell Phone Money Can Buy?

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laptopsandnotebook.com - Many people think that the iphone is one of the best thing ever. You won’t need not worry about ending up on the wrong road with the iphone. The maps app lets you buy it and can let you see the locat…

Take Our Tips On Hosting And Turn Them Into Success

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agentmonhost.com - No business ever functions at a higher level than its weakest point, and that is quite often their best webhosting provider. If your experience with programming is limited, the technical terminology …

Iphone Pointers, Tips And Tricks For Everyone

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laptopsandnotebook.com - You are probably already aware that your iphone is not like others. But do you know all the secrets that your new iphone possesses?The article contains tips and advice to help you to enjoy your iphon…

What You Need To Know About E-mail Marketing

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marketingpromotion.biz - Many people would love to take advantage of marketing with email for their business, but do not know exactly how to get started. There are many effective ways to use email promoting can build a busin…

Jargon-Free, Practical Web Page Hosting Advice For Budding Webmasters

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agentmonhost.com - A hosting company can help you navigate any website-related issues you encounter. Many people have sites today. Paired with a good hosting company, they can get what they need with little issue. Cont…

Ireland could gain 100,000 jobs by embracing driverless technology

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www.impactlab.net - A Waymo self-driving vehicle is parked outside the Alphabet company’s offices where its been testing autonomous vehicles in Arizona. New study calls on Goverment to take active role in making most of…

iTWire - ASUS launches ZenBook Pro including OLED touchpad dubbed ScreenPad

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www.itwire.com - ASUS has a deserved reputation for innovation, creating the diminutive and cheap, but low-powered, NetBook market with its EEE PC, then the UltraBook with its slim and light, and decidedly more capab…

H&M is trialing a smart mirror that suggests outfits for you — and customers love it

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www.impactlab.net - Among other things, H&M’s mirror suggests outfits to customers. VISUALART H&M is trialing a smart mirror in its flagship store in Times Square, New York. Through voice and facial recognition, custome…

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