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Exclusive Interview with Joel Comm | Digital Transformation Advice #JSBTalksDigital
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digitaltraininginstitute.ie - JSB Talks Digital is a weekly digital marketing and social media podcast hosted by author, strategist, consultant, speaker and trainer Joanne Sweeney-Burke. Each Friday Joanne shares her digital mark…
Replacing CrashPlan with Arq Backup and B2 Cloud Storage
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www.backblaze.com - Many ex-CrashPlan for Home users have moved to Backblaze over the last year. We gave them a reliable, set-and-forget backup experience for the amazing price of $5/month per computer. Yet some people …
YouTube Kids now available on Google Home, Cast TVs, Smart Displays
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androidcommunity.com - If you have kids at home or if you have kids visiting often at your house in one way or another, having YouTube Kids on your tablet or even on your phone is a must. While YouTube itself offers a wide…
Review: Apple’s iPhone XR is a fine young cannibal
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techcrunch.com - This iPhone is great. It is most like the last iPhone — but not the last “best” iPhone — more like the last not as good iPhone. It’s better than that one though, just not as good as the newest best i…
YouTube’s new beta program will test stability, not new features
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techcrunch.com - Google sometimes experiments with new features in beta versions of its various Android applications on Google Play. However, the recently spotted YouTube beta program will not, unfortunately, be a te…
The Surface Go is the laptop of the year
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techcrunch.com - As a nearly constant traveler I’ve been looking for something like the Surface Go all my life. I’ve lugged around everything from massive ThinkPads to iPad Pros and I’ve always found myself stuck in …
Envoy raises $43 million to digitize your office
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techcrunch.com - The office might not seem like an area in desperate need of disruption, but Envoy — a Silicon Valley company used to sign in over 100,000 visitors at offices across the world each day; and a TechCrun…
Motorola is partnering with iFixit to sell official DIY phone repair kits
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techcrunch.com - Repairing a phone is harder than it needs to be. With phone manufacturers spending the last decade chasing device slimness and building devices meant to last however long a phone contract lasts, user…
Spot launches chatbot for HR departments to address harassment and discrimination
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techcrunch.com - Spot, the chatbot that enables individuals to document and report harassment and discrimination, has launched a tool for human resources departments. This version enables HR departments to manage and…
Cowboy, the Belgian e-bike startup, raises €10M Series A
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techcrunch.com - Cowboy, the Belgian startup that designed and sells a smarter electronic bicycle, has raised €10 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Tiger Global Management, with participation from pre…
A Washington ISP exposed the ‘keys to the kingdom’ after leaving a server unsecured
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techcrunch.com - A Washington state internet provider left an unprotected server online without a password, exposing network schematics, passwords and other sensitive files for at least six months. Worse, it took the…
Hulu adds Starz to its premium add-ons
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techcrunch.com - Following news of Hulu’s plans to move towards skinnier bundles, including those consisting of premium add-ons, the streaming service this morning announced the addition of Starz to its service. The …
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. Disney…
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook to flag trust and humanity in major privacy speech
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techcrunch.com - Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to endorse the idea of a “comprehensive federal privacy law” for the U.S. in a keynote speech tomorrow. He will also back Europe’s approach to data protection and priva…
FCC puts gigabit Wi-Fi on the roadmap by opening up new wireless spectrum
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techcrunch.com - More and more, the internet is delivered wirelessly, but as bandwidth demand grows in each home — multiple TVs, smart devices, tablets and phones — current Wi-Fi standards are starting to fall short…
Lyft speeds ahead with its autonomous initiatives
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techcrunch.com - Lyft, the transportation on demand company that is heading to a $15 billion IPO in 2019, is racing ahead with its autonomous vehicle plans. TechCrunch has learned that it is acquiring the London-base…
HTC opens up early access to its blockchain phone
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techcrunch.com - After months of talk, HTC’s blockchain phone is finally arriving — albeit in limited quantities. The hardware maker announced today at a crypto conference in Berlin that it’s opening up access to an …
HP updates Spectre x360 2-in-1s with webcam privacy switch, more battery life
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - New features up the privacy and practicality chops of the 2018 HP Spectre x360 13. Of course, HP managed to slim down the new model, which now measures 14.5mm thick and weighs 2.9 pounds. New angled …
Google Home Hub review—Awesome hardware for Google’s nascent smart display software
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The back features a mute switch and a volume rocker. Don't worry about where the speaker cloth is, it pumps out sound in all directions pretty well. Connected to the power board you'll find a mysteri…
Sony breaks its own promise on Warhawk server shutdown timing
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arstechnica.com - Warhawk was one of Sony's first experiments in online gaming, releasing in August of 2007, just months after the launch of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Network. Over 11 years later, a handful of…
Latest Firefox takes aim at tracking cookies and promotes the use of VPN
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arstechnica.com - Firefox 63, out today, includes the first iteration of what Mozilla is calling Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP), a feature to improve privacy and stop your activity across the Web from being tracke…
Two new supply-chain attacks come to light in less than a week
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arstechnica.com - Most of us don’t think twice about installing software or updates from a trusted developer. We scrutinize the source site carefully to make sure it’s legitimate, and then we let the code run on our c…
Charter’s nationwide price hike could cost you another $91 a year
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arstechnica.com - Charter Communications is raising prices throughout its 41-state cable territory in November, the company confirmed. "For a customer with a full suite of [Charter] Spectrum services, [the price incre…
Google to charge Android OEMs as much as $40 per phone in EU
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arstechnica.com - We're still seeing the fallout from the European Commission's $5 billion antitrust fine against Google. Earlier this week, Google announced it would comply with the ruling by unbundling the Google An…
Dell tries to make durable laptops more modern with updated Latitude rugged line
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arstechnica.com - Today, Dell announced availability of new models in its Latitude Rugged and Latitude Rugged Extreme laptop lines: the 5420, 5424, and 7424. These follow up on the previous 4414 and 7414 models. The l…
Elon Musk tweets a date for the opening of his first Los Angeles tunnel
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arstechnica.com - On Sunday night, Tesla, SpaceX, and Boring Company CEO Elon Musk tweeted "The first tunnel is almost done," adding that the tunnel will open December 10. "The first tunnel" refers to the initial tunn…
“There’s more in the making”—Apple announces October 30 event
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arstechnica.com - One of several styled Apple logos associated with the October 30 event. Another one of several styled Apple logos associated with the October 30 event. One of several styled Apple logos associated wi…
Bad Practices on Phone Number Form Fields
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uxmovement.com - Phone number fields, along with birthdate fields, are tricky to get right. There are many phone number formats users can choose from and they’re often unsure which one is valid. Sometimes they’re eve…
The 7 deadly sins of email security
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thenextweb.com - Email is one of the most fundamental forms of business communication today. Not many of us can imagine our lives without it. But with one in every 100 emails disguising a hacking attempt, what can we…
The Landing Page at 15: Grown up and Professional | Webdesigner Depot
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www.webdesignerdepot.com - Tech folklore has it that the landing page was born in late 2003, when Microsoft created the concept in response to poor online sales of Office. Realising that the buying process had to be smoother a…
You’re hours away from NOT winning the $1.6 billion Mega Millions drawing!
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Reg Saddler
www.fastcompany.com - If you’ve not yet bought your tickets for tonight’s historic $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot, you can be forgiven if your FOMO has reached fever pitch. advertisement “Get to stores early today to …
How Your Google Results Will Impact Your Career Success
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www.forbes.com - It’s becoming clear that first impressions are no longer formed in person. They are formed from the results of a Google search on your name. And because we know that first impressions last, proactive…
Google seems to be limiting 10W charging of Pixel 3 to Pixel Stand
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androidcommunity.com - For advocates of wireless charging, the fact that the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL supports it was cause for rejoicing. And the fact that it supports up to 10W of wireless power is even better since that’s…
Samsung Galaxy X foldable phone may be revealed soon, patents sighted
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androidcommunity.com - Samsung’s 2019 will be more than exciting as the South Korean tech giant plans on releasing its very own truly foldable smartphone and the Galaxy S10 series that will boast an on-screen fingerprint s…
Google News bug eats up users’ data while working in the background
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androidcommunity.com - While Google News is one of the most useful apps that you can have on your phone, especially when you want to keep up to date with all of what’s happening around the world, apparently it might inadve…
Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 mobile chipset to benefit mid-range phones
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androidcommunity.com - The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 may be the newest premium mobile processor but that one is reserved for the premium flagship devices. We’re interested to know about a new mid-range chipset that will be …
Google reportedly rolling out Wear OS camera update with viewfinder, shutter
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androidcommunity.com - The Pixel 3’s built-in camera app is now considered to be one of the best mobile cameras available in the market. But of course since the new Made by Google smartphones have only been recently releas…
eBay now lets you instantly sell your phone for vouchers
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androidcommunity.com - If you have some old (although not so old) smartphones lying around and you’re too busy to actually sell it yourself, eBay has a solution for you. Not only will you be able to get what they claim is …
Mozilla to offer select users paid VPN service within their Firefox browser
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androidcommunity.com - For anyone who has ever needed to access a website that is blocked in a particular country or region, VPNs have been a lifesaver. But not all of them are of course secure and may cause even more harm…
Is PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel influencing Missouri AG Josh Hawley’s Google probe?
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www.kansascity.com - Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office would not directly answer Wednesday when asked whether his investigation into Google had any connection to campaign donations from billionaire Peter Thi…
Windows 10 Version 1809 Suffers from Yet Another Data Loss Bug - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Windows 10 just can’t stop deleting users’ data. Redmond, Hello? Anyone home? As I assume most readers know, all isn’t well with Windows 10 these days: Windows 10 version 1803 was delayed for weeks w…
HP Launches New Premium Consumer and Business PCs - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - HP today launched strikingly redesigned Spectre x360 and Elitebook x360 1040 convertible laptops. The former is aimed at consumers and professionals, while the latter is for business customers. “Trad…
Apple Expected to Launch New iPad Mini As Early As This Year - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - After the new iPhones, Apple is set to reveal new hardware at an event next Tuesday, on the 30th of October. This time around, the company’s focus will be on the iPad and Mac–two of its product lines…
Apple's TV Subscription Service Will Be Global - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Apple is set to launch its TV service sometime in the first half of next year. The company has invested a ton into its new original TV shows for the service, which will go along with classic TV chann…
Opinion | Who Will Teach Silicon Valley to Be Ethical?
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Jay Oatway
www.nytimes.com - At a recent company event, he elaborated: “We can have a structured conversation not just with our own employees myopically, but by bringing in the key advisers, supporters and pundits and philosophe…
Google responds to large ad fraud operation that utilized more than 125 Android apps - Search Engine Land
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marketingland.com - In a report Tuesday, Buzzfeed News concluded an investigation into a widespread ad fraud operation that involved more than 125 Android apps and websites. What happened. Buzzfeed’s report says that a …
SearchCap: Bing Search Ads with LinkedIn data, Google cache bug resolved & cross channel attribution - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. After several months, Google has fixed the bug that caused the cache page to fail to lo…
The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Taking Full Control of Your Google Knowledge Panels
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moz.com - They say you can’t squeeze blood out of a turnip, but when the turnip (and your biggest potential competitor) is Google, the lifeblood of the local business locations you market could depend on knowi…
6 of the best social listening tools for 2019 - Search Engine Land
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marketingland.com - In your personal life, reading people’s minds is a questionable superpower; but the business benefits of being able to listen in on people’s thoughts are infinite. And while social media monitoring i…
Is the world being democratised through technology? - Chris Skinner's blog
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Gerd Leonhard
thefinanser.com - Someone told me I should start a travel blog, as I fly more than most pigeons do. True. But I’m not sure my travel blog would be read so much. However, it does make me reflect on travel and money. So…
14 Ways to Use Live Streaming for Business and Get More Sales
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Alessandra Colaci
www.influencebuzz.com - Here are fourteen different ways that you can not only implement live streaming videos into your business, but also examples of how other brands that we have worked with have already done it effectiv…
Now’s the perfect time to bust out that black turtleneck
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www.wellandgood.com - Besides happiness, you know what a lot of women (myself included) seem to endlessly be in pursuit of? The foundational wardrobe pieces in which to live their best lives. Seriously, how many hours hav…
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