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On the Internet of Women with Moira Weigel 2019-05-20 12:15:26“Feminism,” the writer and editor Marie Shear famously said in an often-misattributed quote, “is the radical notion that women are p

TikTok owner ByteDance’s long-awaited chat app is here 2019-05-19 22:49:55In WeChat -dominated China, there’s no shortage of challengers out there claiming to create an alternative social experience. The latest creatio

Facebook changes algorithm to promote worthwhile & close 2019-05-16 11:14:04Facebook is updating the News Feed ranking algorithm to incorporate data from surveys about who you say are your closest friends and which links you f

Instagram adds Stories to Explore tab. Here’s how 2019-05-16 09:59:47Instagram’s pivot to Stories continues with an overhaul of Explore designed to let users dig deeper into their niche interests. Stories are now

Instagram is killing Direct, its standalone Snapchat clone 2019-05-16 07:09:53As Facebook pushes ahead with its strategy to consolidate more of the backend of its various apps on to a single platform, it’s also doing a lit

Facebook introduces ‘one strike’ policy to combat abuse 2019-05-15 02:09:27Facebook is cracking down on its live-streaming service after it was used to broadcast the shocking mass shootings that left 50 dead at two Christchur

Twitter launches new search features to stop the 2019-05-14 23:05:26As measles outbreaks in the United States and other countries continue to get worse, Twitter is introducing new search tools meant to help users find

Uber Black launches Quiet Driver Mode 2019-05-14 20:02:46Tired of chatty drivers? Uber is finally giving users its most requested feature: an in-app way to ask for minimal conversation during your ride. The

After year-long lockout, Twitter is finally giving people 2019-05-14 14:29:38Twitter is finally allowing a number of locked users to regain control of their accounts once again. Around a  year after Europe’s new priv

World leaders ask tech giants to tackle toxic 2019-05-14 13:36:25On Wednesday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will ask tech companies to sign a pledge called the Christchurch Call, as The New York Times p

Twitter’s new Developer Labs offers beta access to 2019-05-14 12:59:43Twitter is finally modernizing its core APIs after seven years of stagnation, and it wants early feedback from developers. That’s why today it&r

LinkedIn integrates and updates jobs and hiring platforms, 2019-05-14 08:58:43LinkedIn, the social networking platform for the working world that’s now owned by Microsoft, has leveraged its role as a repository for people&

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Netgear routers, Logitech mouse, Acer monitors, Nintendo Switch, 2019-05-21 05:11:24With Father's Day creeping up, don't be that person that buys a gift last minute and pay more than you have to. Today, Amazon is offering up to 50%

7 loose ends still bothering us from that 2019-05-21 05:00:00Game of Thrones came to an end on Sunday, but we still have plenty of burning questions. From plot holes to cliff hangers, the loose ends left in West

6 emergency tools on sale for less than 2019-05-21 05:00:00Accidents happen, things break, and climate change means that extreme weather has now become the norm. Point is: it’s always good to be prepared

Save 96% off this massive project management training 2019-05-21 05:00:00Being a project manager admittedly doesn't sound super "cool." A kindergartner likely wouldn't say they want to be a project manager when they gro

Huawei's founder says the company is well-prepared for 2019-05-21 02:41:24It's been a tricky few days for Huawei, but its leader remains defiant. Ren Zhengfei, the Chinese tech giant's CEO and founder, told state media out

'Game of Thrones' meets 'Full House' in the 2019-05-21 00:59:33 Uncle Joey can't get a pickle jar open. Danny Tanner throws down some life advice. Uncle Jaime won't stop bangin' his sister. All the Full House

Your heart will go on for Céline Dion 2019-05-21 00:38:54 Céline Dion has a song for every moment, as you'll see in her appearance on another episode of Carpool Karaoke. The Canadian singer joined

Huawei gets temporary relief from its U.S. ban 2019-05-20 22:15:11The Trump administration is temporarily easing its ban on Huawei. In an announcement on Monday, the U.S. Department of Commerce said it would be givin

Facebook data reportedly helps companies guess your credit 2019-05-20 18:40:36Facebook may know even more about your personal life than you think. Some advertisers are able to use Facebook-provided data to target ads based on a

Gmail freaks out users by saying a 'new 2019-05-20 17:30:12Don't freak out.  On Monday afternoon, Gmail mistakenly sent multiple users a security alert, notifying them that an unknown device had signed i

Best graduation gifts for her: 50 gift ideas 2019-05-20 17:05:19Springtime means bright blooms, longer days, and a new class that's getting ready to graduate. For you that means watching a woman you're proud of a

Jake Paul's attempt at calling out 'cyberbully' Cody 2019-05-20 17:05:18Jake Paul, a 22-year-old millionaire who built a career out of peddling merch to children and being loud on the internet, took a brave stance against

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I’m walking Huawei: here are 4 great Android 2019-05-20 12:08:53Huawei‘s in a spot of bother. Google has suspended its business operations with the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, meaning Huawei no longer ha

Listen, parents, here are 3 reasons you shouldn’t 2019-05-20 11:52:45The use of self-tracking and personal surveillance technologies has grown considerably over the last decade. There are now apps to monitor people&rsqu

Hackers made $32K in 7 weeks by fixing 2019-05-20 11:21:39In the past seven weeks, white hat hackers earned at least $32,150 by fixing security flaws in popular cryptocurrency and blockchain platforms like TR

ABN AMRO signs on Accenture and ING Bank 2019-05-20 11:00:03Despite abandoning plans to build its own Bitcoin wallet, ABN AMRO is not quite done with blockchain tech. The Dutch banking giant has announced plans

How to remove hiring bias through gamification 2019-05-20 10:23:58What if I told you you’d get your next job by surviving on a deserted island? Or by thwarting a Dothraki invasion? Unfortunately, this isn&rsquo

These 20 tech companies literally have the most 2019-05-20 09:56:15If you’ve ever wondered how valuable a company is — or in other words, its capacity to bring in revenue, as well as what its assets are wo

Emergency services still struggle with GDPR — but 2019-05-20 09:24:00GDPR is an incredible piece of legislation that protects our personal data from being abused by companies and organizations. It keeps data handlers in

Realme launches in Europe to steal Honor’s and 2019-05-20 08:59:38The fight for the entry-level segment of the European smartphone market heated up today, as Realme, a sister-company to OPPO and OnePlus, waded into t

CHEAP: Spy on your sneaky infant with 34% 2019-05-20 08:51:22Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! While many creatures in the animal kingdom are born ready to t

Full moon patents: Disney’s ‘paintcopter’ and Amazon’s ‘decentralized’ 2019-05-20 08:45:51Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patent

How did the moon end up where it 2019-05-11 05:00:55Nearly 50 years since man first walked on the moon, the human race is once more pushing forward with attempts to land on the Earth’s satellite.

Watch: Sony made a God of War documentary 2019-05-10 19:56:38Sony today debuted “God of War: Raising Kratos,” a full-length documentary chronicling the trials and triumphs of the development team beh

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What Happens to Sprint if T-Mobile Merger Fails? 2019-05-09 14:39:27Sprint's best shot at success is to merge with T-Mobile. Without the merger, I see the company continuing to struggle as a weak player in the competi

The Vital Role of Customer Service in the 2019-05-08 14:50:35By 2022, the sharing economy is expected to double, reaching $40 Billion. Pioneers such as Airbnb and Uber are now global titans, taking in billions o

Amazon Touts Small Biz Success on Its Platform 2019-05-08 13:24:56Third-party gross physical merchandise sales on Amazon, made primarily by SMBs, accounted for more than half the units sold in the company's stores a

Einstein Analytics for Financial Services 2019-05-07 14:51:40It's not that Salesforce has introduced more artificial intelligence apps for its Einstein analytics tool set -- this time for financial services --

Spring Cleaning Your Network Security 2019-05-07 13:27:44Spring may be my favorite time of year. The snow is melting, the sun is shining, and the air smells just a little bit fresher. It's as though the wor

4 Advanced Ways Brands Use Data to Increase 2019-05-06 15:18:39Data is one of the biggest advantages e-commerce brands have over their brick-and-mortar counterparts. Brands that sell products online can glean insi

Small Biz Reaps Major Benefits With Oracle Autonomous 2019-05-04 08:00:00Drop Tank is a small company in footprint -- it started with only 22 people -- but it has an outsized mission: to provide loyalty and discount program

What Everyone's Getting Wrong About Digital Transformation 2019-05-03 14:57:40Digital transformation is all the rage right now, and tech companies are working hard to promote it. You can hardly take an action online or go to a c

The Critical Role of Artificial Intelligence in Payments 2019-05-02 15:05:07Long an obsession of science fiction writers, "artificial intelligence" in the modern era of fast-paced technological innovation is a term that is a

AI Raises the Bar for Home Network Security 2019-05-02 13:25:59Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the hacking of their devices and data as they hear about more data breaches and have their own exp

New CRM Research Shows Awareness Gap 2019-05-01 16:07:33CRM guru Esteban Kolsky and I did some primary research earlier this year, paid for by Zoho. We wanted to improve our understanding of what buyers of

Facebook's Ad Library API Draws Fire 2019-05-01 13:21:16Facebook has come under fire for its Ad Library API, which lets users perform customized keyword searches of all active and inactive ads related to po

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Managing the Unmanageable: The 6 Most Common Types 2019-05-20 15:03:18You've met these people as co-workers. But now that you're in charge, what do you do about them?

5 Books Bill Gates Says You Should Read 2019-05-20 14:26:28The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft issues his summer reading list.

Compliance Is Cost Effective: 3 Common Ways Cannabis 2019-05-20 14:00:00Full compliance is cheaper than fighting with regulators and much better for your brand.

8 Great Tricks for Reading People's Body Language 2019-05-20 13:56:50Research shows that 55 percent of communication comes from body language. Learn how to decode it.

How One of Gary Vaynerchuk's New Projects Is 2019-05-20 13:30:00This new digital marketing agency serves small and medium businesses.

Why You Should Be More Like Amazon: How 2019-05-20 13:00:00Strategically driven companies can bring fresh insight