Monday, March 20, 2017

Check your privacy filters: Facebook wants to be the new LinkedIn and other top stories.

  • Check your privacy filters: Facebook wants to be the new LinkedIn

    Check your privacy filters: Facebook wants to be the new LinkedIn
    Facebook Facebook isn't just for wasting time in the office. It can now help you find a new job entirely. The social network has unveiled a Jobs page, which allows businesses to list all kinds of work for you to find. You can even apply for the job and make contact with recruiters directly through Facebook. This could be seen as a challenge to competing services such as LinkedIn, the recruiting ..
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  • IBM and Indiegogo are bringing Watson's smarts to the masses

    IBM and Indiegogo are bringing Watson's smarts to the masses
    According to IBM, any qualified Indiegogo project will have free access to the Watson IoT platform and cloud services for an unlimited amount of time. That means developers can take advantage of more than 160 off-the-shelf services like AI, Blockchain, advanced analytics and cyber security while saving countless dollars and development hours in the process. Indiegogo entrepreneurs will also have access to IBM's network of experts, mentors and business partners.The Watson partnership also expand..
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  • 99.6 percent of new smartphones run Android or iOS

    99.6 percent of new smartphones run Android or iOS
    The latest smartphone figures from Gartner are out, and they paint an extremely familiar picture. Between them, Android and iOS accounted for 99.6 percent of all smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of 2016. This duopoly has been the norm for a while ...
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  • Verizon's Unlimited Plan Adds New Hurdle to Cable's Mobile Entry

    Verizon's Unlimited Plan Adds New Hurdle to Cable's Mobile Entry
    Verizon Communications Inc. used to warn that unlimited data would drain profits. Now it’s seeing the upside.This week’s decision by the largest U.S. wireless carrier to begin offering unlimited data services was in part a capitulation to competitors who have stolen away subscribers with similar offerings. But the move to unlimited may also help New York-based Verizon by putting further pressure on new rivals that are planning to enter the market this year. Exclus..
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  • Google Fiber is restructuring and taking a new direction

    Google Fiber is restructuring and taking a new direction
    Wired says running fiber optic cables into people's homes has become too expensive for the company. A Recode report last year says it costs Mountain View $1 billion to bring Fiber to a new market. The service is also often named as Google's most expensive venture. That's why the company instructed former Fiber CEO Craig Barratt to find a way to lower costs and cut off half of his 500 employees.Under the new CEO, Fiber might make use of Webpass, a company that Access bought last year. Webpass be..
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  • A phone of Google's own

    A phone of Google's own
    Jony Ive talks about putting the Apple ‘touch’ on the MacBook Pro Apple’s longtime chief design officer gives us his exclusive take on the Touch Bar he says is “just the beginning of a very interesting direction.” Here’s how they got started. October 28, 2016 Does the Mac still matter? Apple updates its top-of-the-line laptop, the Macbook Pro. In exclusive interviews, Apple executives explain why it was over four years in the making — and why we should care. October 27, 2016 The privacy ..
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  • Are You Ready For A Snapchat Phone? Here's What It Could Look Like

    Are You Ready For A Snapchat Phone? Here's What It Could Look Like
    Recently, Snap Inc. announced that it will be devoting more of its time to Android. It is easy to interpret that particular declaration as a move to refine its Snapchat app in the platform. On the other hand, it could be a clue that the company is interested or even covertly developing an Android phone. Android Focus The talking point is that Snap Inc. wants to focus more on developing its Android app to further expand its user base. This goal is legitimate especially if it wants to target the ..
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  • Chromebooks beyond the cloud: Everything Chromebooks can do offline

    Chromebooks beyond the cloud: Everything Chromebooks can do offline
    Born as pure conduits to the web—showcases for Gmail, Drive, and other Google cloud services—Chromebooks have been stuck with a reputation that they’re useless offline. The basic complaint is that Chromebooks become nothing more than dumb, worthless, keyboard-equipped pieces of glass if your Internet dies off. While that may have been an accurate description of first-generation Chromebooks, it’s not the case today. The offline abilities of Chrome OS have skyrocketed since the first Googley lapt..
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  • WWDC 2017 will be held from June 5-9 in San Jose

    WWDC 2017 will be held from June 5-9 in San Jose
    Apple on Thursday announced that its annual WWDC developer conference will be held from June 5th through June 9th in San Jose, California. San Jose had been Apple’s location of choice in the past for WWDC, but the convention has been held in San Francisco in recent years. WWDC 2017 will mark the return of WWDC to San Jose, and the event will take place at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. “We’re ecstatic that Apple has chosen to host its WWDC 2017 in San Jose, the heart of Silicon Val..
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  • Elon Musk dishes more dirt on his tunneling plans

    Elon Musk dishes more dirt on his tunneling plans
    Bloomberg has a great new feature out on Elon Musk's tunnel boring ambitions. It adds a lot of color to what we know so far about the billionaire's plans, but still leaves us with questions. Since Musk first started tweeting about his tunnel plans last ...
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