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Sticky Notes 3.1 Introduces a New Dark Mode - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft introduced some major improvements to Sticky Notes when the company first launched Sticky Notes 3.0. The update introduced a new dark theme for notes, as well as the ability to sync your no…
MacVoices #18212: Yev Pusin on Backblaze, macOS Mojave, and Security - MacVoices
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www.macvoices.com - Yev Pusin, the Director of Marketing for Backblaze, addresses some of the changes in Mojave that have required user intervention with their online backup service. Apple upped their game on security i…
NYT: Chinese and Russian spies routinely eavesdrop on Trump’s iPhone calls
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arstechnica.com - Chinese and Russian spies routinely eavesdrop on personal phone calls President Trump makes on his iPhones, one of which is no different from the smartphone millions of other people use. The US presi…
Facebook is building a video music app to steal TikTok’s teens
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techcrunch.com - Facebook is working on a new app that it hopes could win back the attention of teens while capitalizing on its recently-attained major label music licenses. Facebook is building a standalone product …
Mobvoi launches new $200 smartwatch and $130 AirPods alternative
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techcrunch.com - Chinese AI company Mobvoi has consistently been one of the best also-rans in the smartwatch game, which remains dominated by Apple. Today, it launched a sequel to its 2016 TicWatch, which was a viral…
A new ‘smart firewall’ iPhone app promises to put your privacy before profits
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techcrunch.com - For weeks, a small team of security researchers and developers have been putting the finishing touches on a new privacy app, which its founder says can nix some of the hidden threats that mobile user…
Red Dead Redemption 2 will let you use your tablet as a map, no pausing required
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techcrunch.com - The bigger these crazy, GTA-style sandbox games get, the harder it becomes to remember where the hell everything is. Even with Spider-Man, a game set in a loose recreation of a city I’ve been to a bu…
Subscription management startup RevenueCat raises $1.5M
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techcrunch.com - RevenueCat, a startup that helps developers manage their in-app subscriptions, has raised $1.5 million in new funding. The company was part of the most recent batch at Y Combinator, and CEO Jacob Eit…
Hear how Threads makes fashion social at Disrupt Berlin
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techcrunch.com - TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin is right around the corner, and I’m excited to announce that we invited Threads founder Sophie Hill to talk about her innovative vision of luxury shopping. Threads is like n…
Alexa for Business opens up to third-party device makers
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techcrunch.com - Last year, Amazon announced a new initiative, Alexa for Business, designed to introduce its voice assistant technology and Echo devices into a corporate setting. Today, it’s giving the platform a big…
Spotify launches its playlist submission feature out of beta
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techcrunch.com - Spotify is taking its playlist submission feature for all artists out of beta, starting today. The feature, which was first introduced into beta this summer, offers musicians and labels a way to reac…
TC Sessions: AR/VR surveys an industry in transition
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techcrunch.com - Industry vets and students alike crammed into UCLA’s historic Royce Hall last week for TC Sessions: AR/VR, our one-day event on the fast-moving (and hype-plagued) industry and the people in it. Disne…
“Steve Jobs would never do that!”
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www.fastcompany.com - “No one hates Apple like Apple fans.” That’s what I think whenever I spend time reading the message boards at Apple enthusiast sites like MacRumors, whose forums may house the largest Apple community…
Copy that means business: how Canva aligns content with business metrics
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product.canva.com - We’ve all heard it before—content is king, especially when it comes to growing your business. But how do you ensure the content you put out there will actually achieve your goals? In this blog post, …
Comcast gigabit cable ($105 with 1TB data cap) now available in 39 states
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arstechnica.com - Comcast's gigabit cable service is now available to nearly all of the 58 million homes and businesses in the company's US territory, Comcast announced yesterday. Comcast, the nation's largest ISP wit…
Apple’s TV subscription service starts in 2019 to compete with Netflix, Amazon
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arstechnica.com - We may be only a few months away from an Apple TV subscription service launch. According to a report by The Information, Apple plans to launch its TV subscription service in the US in the first half …
Finally in the black: Tesla has a good quarter
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arstechnica.com - Tesla finally turned a profit, posting net income attributable to shareholders of approximately $311.5 million. The Q3 results come after many quarters of losses, and Tesla shares are up 12 percent i…
Apple says glossy iPhone XS selfies were a bug, promises a fix in iOS 12.1
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arstechnica.com - When we reviewed the iPhone XS and XS Max, we found a number of small things to quibble about in our generally positive review. Among them was the fact that Apple's self-styled "computational photogr…
Report: Intel is cancelling its 10nm process. Intel: No, we’re not
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arstechnica.com - Media reports published today that Intel is ending work on the 10nm process are untrue. We are making good progress on 10nm. Yields are improving consistent with the timeline we shared during our las…
Another Windows 0-day flaw has been published on Twitter
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arstechnica.com - https://t.co/1Of8EsOW8z Here's a low quality bug that is a pain to exploit.. still unpatched. I'm done with all this anyway. Probably going to get into problems because of being broke now.. but whate…
3 states try to help the FCC kill net neutrality and preempt state laws
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arstechnica.com - The Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules has received support from the Republican attorneys general of Texas, Arkansas, and Nebraska. The three states filed a brief Frid…
DRM for chargers? Google Pixel 3 locks fast Qi charging to certified chargers [Update]
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arstechnica.com - Google's Pixel 3 smartphone is shipping out to the masses, and people hoping to take advantage of the new Qi wireless charging capabilities have run into a big surprise. For some unexplained reason, …
Ford’s plan for driverless cars goes beyond technology
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arstechnica.com - WASHINGTON, D.C.—Waymo says it will launch a fully driverless taxi service later this year. GM's Cruise is aiming to do the same thing in 2019. Ford, by contrast, doesn't plan to launch a commercial …
Ars on your lunch break: What happens when China curb-stomps your startup
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arstechnica.com - Today we’re presenting the second installment of my wide-ranging interview with Chris Anderson. He was Wired magazine’s editor-in-chief for 12 years, and then started one of the most influential comp…
Top 10 Photoshop Plugins for Web Designers in 2018 - Onextrapixel
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onextrapixel.com - In 2018, Adobe Photoshop is still one of the top software choices for web designers. It’s an incredibly powerful and versatile tool in itself, however Photoshop plugins can further enhance its defaul…
This Company Wants to Make the Internet Load Faster
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www.wired.com - The internet went down on February 28, 2017. Or at least that's how it seemed to some users, as sites and apps like Slack and Medium went offline or malfunctioned for about four hours. What actually …
7 Habits of Highly Hackable Employees
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www.entrepreneur.com - Old habits die hard. And as a consequence, trusted employees are putting organizations at risk every day by performing seemingly innocent acts on their computers. A recent Intermedia report found 93 …
3 Ways Technology Influences Generational Divides at Work
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www.entrepreneur.com - What do an iOS developer, a social media intern, a UX designer and a big-data architect have in common? As recently as 10 years ago, their job titles were rare (or didn't exist at all). Today, these …
Motorola, iFixIt now selling DIY pre-assembled repair kits
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androidcommunity.com - When a smartphone starts to malfunction, the initial reaction of most users would be to have it repaired by the OEM if it’s still under warranty or to bring it to a repair shop to be fixed. It’s very…
Misfit Vapor 2 now has GPS, NFC, runs on Wear OS
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androidcommunity.com - If you were a fan of the first generation Misfit Vapor, which combined activity tracking and smartwatch features in a stylish looking wearable, then you’ll be pleased to know that they have just anno…
Google Finally Gets Serious About Android Security Updates - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - It’s no secret Android phone makers are really bad at keeping their users updated. Not only do they fail to deliver major feature updates, they even miss out on security updates, partly because of ca…
Bing exec: Microsoft’s AI is giving it the ‘right to innovate’ - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - David Pann, general manager of global search business at Microsoft, and Ginny Marvin, Search Engine Land editor-in-chief, speak at SMX East. NEW YORK — Microsoft’s eight-year process to build an AI b…
Ready or not, Google's mobile-first indexing is here - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - NEW YORK – Google is now using a mobile-first index based on how devices crawl the web. It’s a radical change from the old desktop-centric approach. And the change has major ramifications for SEOs, a…
Bing resolves backlog with its Webmaster Tools URL submission tool - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - At SMX East this morning Bing’s Christi Olson and Frederic Dubut explained that when they shut down the public URL submission tool globally in mid-September, it resulted in an influx of URL submissio…
Amazon Pitches Facial Recognition to Monitor Immigrants
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www.newsmax.com - Amazon in June pitched its facial recognition technology — which can identify people from surveillance footage using image databases — as a tool for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, showing …
Google Employees Second Largest Donors to Beto O'Rourke Campaign | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - According to CNBC, employees at Google parent company Alphabet were the second largest contributor to O’Rourke’s campaign overall, and came first on the list of Big Tech contributors, with Alphabet e…
Gartner picks digital ethics and privacy as a strategic trend for 2019
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techcrunch.com - Analyst Gartner, best known for crunching device marketshare data; charting technology hype cycles; and churning out predictive listicles of emergent capabilities at software’s cutting edge has now p…
Facebook is no longer ‘social’ anything – it’s an AI-platform that needs to be regulated (updated) – Futurist Gerd Leonhard
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www.futuristgerd.com - Last year’s reports that some apparently well-funded Russian entities used Facebook to systemically disseminate fake news and seed widespread dissent during the 2016 U.S. elections is not only worris…
Everything About Text Ads: Ad Specs, Best Practices, Examples & More
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instapage.com - Targeted, compelling text ads are essential to a high-performing PPC campaign, as they’re often the first point of contact a prospect has with your brand. People search for something, and your text a…
Xiaomi backed Yeelight launches four new smart light products in India
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indianexpress.com - The Yeelight Smart LED Bulb has been made available in two variants, colour and tunable white. Xiaomi backed lighting solutions company Yeelight has launched four products in India, including two sma…
2017 OLEDLifetime only 5000 hours with OLED Light 100 - Page 2 - AVS Forum
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www.avsforum.com - I don't think that's what fafrd was meaning. I guess the point is that by having regular, random content, it's not far fetched to imagine that after 2-3 years of regular use one could be looking at a…
Deriving Value from the Internet of Everything - CXO Transform
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cxo-transform.com - The Internet of Everything is connecting people, processes, and data in ways that we couldn’t do before, enabling us to see data and respond in different ways, access things in different ways, and in…
4 areas of SMB operation that benefit the most from SaaS
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blog.serchen.com - Today’s competitive business landscape has companies looking to technology to find some advantage. Many are compelled to undergo digital transformation to become more efficient in their business proc…
Walmart gains patent to eavesdrop on shoppers and employees in stores
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www.cnet.com - Walmart this week was awarded a US patent for a new listening system for its stores that could raise serious privacy concerns from its shoppers and workers. According to the filing, the system would …
Twitter experiments with new features to encourage positive conversations
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www.cnet.com - From bullying to harassment, Twitter isn't always the most friendly place to hang out online. Now the social media company is experimenting with ways to make it easier to start more positive conversa…
Careers – US, UK and Poland – Egnyte
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www.egnyte.com - Egnyte is looking for a high-energy individual who is experienced in working on SaaS products and leading top-notch engineers. You will work on Egnyte Protect which is a brand new SaaS product in the…
Twitter is the Dark Souls of social media, says Elon Musk
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www.altchar.com - SpaceX founder Elon Musk compared social media networks to RPGs such as Dark Souls, Bloodborne and The Legend of Zelda. Apparently, a "You Died" message is a pretty common thing for Reddit and Twitte…
Why GDPR Can Improve Your Email Marketing Strategy
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www.chiefmarketer.com - Smart email marketers realize that following the best practices outlined in regulations such as GDPR will ultimately help—not hinder—their email marketing ROI. In a recent poll, Litmus Software found…
4 Reasons Your Creative Team Needs to Sync Files to the Cloud - Web Design Ledger
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webdesignledger.com - Why Cloud Storage is the Future of Digital Design… and an Introduction to Our Favorite Cloud Storage and Sync Tools In some fields, changes happens slowly over time. Digital design is not one of thos…
Social Media CTAs: What We Learned from an Analysis of 10 B2B Companies | KoMarketing
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komarketing.com - Everyone wants more results from social media. You probably do, too. So, how do we get there? Usually, we’ll post to our social media accounts more often. Or we’ll try to post more interesting conten…
A Better Cloud Experience: Managing the Migration
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www.cio.com - Berlin-based managedhosting.de has earned a reputation as an innovative partner for service providers, software developers, e-commerce companies, portal operators, and enterprise customers across Eur…
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