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Drone copters are starting to get smart enough to take on complex tasks with little input. The drone startup Matternet, for instance, will release its first product on March 30—a quadcopter capable of carrying a kilogram of cargo up to 20 kilometers (that's 2.2 pounds over 12.5 miles). The drone, which is a bit larger than the consumer variety, is capable of carrying out autonomous flights at the push of a button. Using an associated app, you simply select a nearby drone and a destination. Matternet’s software determines the best route and spots any obstacles, such as a no-fly zone around an airport. Then the drone takes off—no further input needed. Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos sees potential for the drone among on-demand delivery services like Instacart and Postmates, which could use them to quickly send off items to customers. But it could also be used to fly blood, or even a transplant organ, from one hospital to another. The only thing stopping it currently are FAA rules... - Web2024

Macro photography is one of the most fascinating methods of photography, as it lets you see everyday objects in a totally new way. Getting a super-close look at plants, animals, materials, and even the human body can be a fun experience, but spending hundreds of dollars on a macro lens isn’t realistic for many people. Fortunately, there’s a much more inexpensive option: reversal rings. What’s a Reversal Ring? Reversal rings allow you to mount your lens on your camera backwards. Instead of the lens being close to the camera body, it’s now further away, which allows you to focus on objects that... Read the full article: Take Macro Images Without a Macro Lens – Here’s How - Web2024

After pushing back deadlines by a few months, the 10 remaining teams in the Tricorder X Prize are nearing the day they will deliver a device that can diagnose 15 diseases and other basic health information through at-home tests. The teams are scheduled to deliver working prototypes in June to a UC-San Diego study that will test the devices on patients with known medical disorders to measure their accuracy. See also: The Tricorder X Prize: The Biggest Thing In Home Healthcare Since The Thermometer “We’re pretty confident that the majority of the 10 finalist teams will actually be able to deliver,” senior director Grant Company said. “Some may merge, and some may fall out, just because they can’t pull it together. And that just reinforces how big of a challenge this really is. It’s because the goals are very high.” The winning “tricorder”—and its competitors—likely have a long FDA approval process ahead of them, which means their consumer release could be years away. But when they do... - Web2024

In the era of mobile technology, the cloud has almost become a necessity. But another option exists that is growing in its own popularity. Virtual private networks (VPNs) represent a different way in which you can access your data in a secure environment. Despite major differences between VPNs and cloud computing, the two are confused with each other far too often. It’s important to mark the distinct differences between both choices so you can better understand which one is the right one for you. VPN The idea behind a VPN is very simple: it’s a “proxy” network built to serve... Read the full article: What’s The Difference Between VPN and Cloud Computing? - Web2024

On Wednesday, March 18th, the #SEJThinkTank gathered to hear a presentation by Slobodan Manic, CTO of Search Engine Journal, covering Google Analytics Tips for Web Publishers. The post #SEJThinkTank Recap: Google Analytics Tips for Web Publishers by @dantosz appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

Your phone is due an upgrade. Before you go straight for the new iPhone 6 or even the 6 Plus, why not look into the iPhone 5s instead? That’s what I did – and I couldn’t be happier. For a while, some mobile service providers were struggling to keep up with demand for the newer models. The 6 Plus particularly suffered. Customers were waiting weeks to get their hands on the smartphone they wanted. Now the dust has settled somewhat, is the 6 really worth it? In a report from the Kantor World Panel, looking into the market over a... Read the full article: Should You Choose The iPhone 5s Over The iPhone 6? - Web2024

There's a simple solution to both optimizing ROI on your campaigns and saving time on marketing strategy and less on ad copy -- and that’s Boost Media. The post How to Win at AdWords: Boost Media Review [SPONSORED] by @lauracruzspeaks appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

Completing an Arduino project gives you a sense of satisfaction like no other. The problem is, most beginners aren’t sure where to start, and without previous Maker experience, or some sort of electronics background, even beginner’s projects can seem rather… well, daunting. Today we’re going to feature 10 simple projects that even the most novice of Arduino DIY’ers can build without the need for expensive add-ons, or hard-to-find parts. To get started, all you’ll need are the items that come in most Arduino starter kits, such as: An Arduino Jumper wires Resistors Breadboard LEDs Buttons For the sake of brevity, items... Read the full article: 10 Great Arduino Projects for Beginners - Web2024

OpenStack remains the open-source community's cloud of choice, mustering tens of thousands of minions as it marches on toward cloudy relevance. That same community has turned OpenStack into a morass of competing projects and priorities, but there's one area where OpenStack dearly needs even more community: Helping it scale. I talked with Mirantis co-founder and CMO Boris Renski this week in advance of his company's announced partnership with Juniper Networks to improve OpenStack scalability. It quickly became clear that as popular as OpenStack is, it has a long ways to go before it's truly enterprise class. That is, without additional help. Don't Drink, Don't Scale, What Do You Do? As popular as OpenStack has been to talk about, it has been less impressive in terms of deployments. As the October 2013 OpenStack user survey reveals, while companies were shifting from proof of concept to production, that production was relatively small. Source: OpenStack User Survey, October 2013 ... - Web2024

Announcing the speakers for 2015’s third SEJ Summit, hosted by Searchmetrics, to be held at the Ham Yard Hotel in London, England on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. The post Here Are The Speakers For #SEJSummit London! (Part 1) by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

Any discussion about the best to-do list app isn’t complete without mentioning Wunderlist, a truly cross-platform and easy-to-use task manager. It has just got a big update with two new features which are essential to a good to-do app: organizing and quickly adding tasks. Apart from the new tools, Android users will be happy to know that Wunderlist has been rebuilt from the ground up to work with the new Android 5.0 Lollipop, and includes Android Wear and Google Now support, among other additions. Truly, this sets it to be one of the best apps for managing to-do lists on... Read the full article: How to Use New Wunderlist Folders to Boost Your To-Do List - Web2024

The Mercedes F 015 One of the more common themes of this year's SXSW festival, and indeed 2015 so far, has been self-driving cars. In a very short space of time the technology has gone from a far-off futuristic vision to something we now expect to find integrated into our daily lives within the next five to 10 years. That rapid rate of progress has many drivers shifting uncomfortably in their seats. Outside of the industry itself, few people seem ready to hand over the controls to a software program. But those at the cutting edge of autonomous vehicles are brazenly blunt about the direction we're heading. "In the distant future, I think people may outlaw driving cars because it's too dangerous," suggested Elon Musk on stage at an Nvidia conference this week. He later took to Twitter to emphasize that he hopes this doesn't happen—and that Tesla cars will always have a human mode—but it's an interesting long-term look at how this autonomous technology might eventually play out. See... - Web2024

Whether you use Firefox daily for work or weekly for pleasure, add-ons can help make your browser experience tailored just for you. These customization add-ons provide a new look as well as a personalized way to use Firefox. Personas Plus One of the easiest and most popular ways to customize your Firefox experience is by using Personas Plus. This add-on allows you to pick and change the skin or theme of your browser window as often as you like. A list of categories is available to narrow down the type of skin you would like, for example, there are seasonal,... Read the full article: 7 Great Customization Add-ons for Firefox - Web2024

San Francisco-based startup PandaDoc believes the future of document delivery is going to rely on HTML5. - Web2024

Excel formulas can do a lot of really great things, from helping you get your finances together to helping manage your entire life. You might think of counting and adding formulas as relatively mundane compared to more advanced formulas that are out there, but having a good handle on these functions can help you save a lot of time when you need to collect information about the data in your spreadsheet. COUNT The COUNT function counts the number of cells in a range that have numbers in them. If you use a formula to run a lot of calculations, you may find yourself... Read the full article: Mini Excel Tutorial: Using Advanced Counting and Adding Functions in Excel - Web2024

What if I told you that you would get more search traffic if you wrote your blog in Mandarin and Spanish -- the two most popular languages in the world? The post How I Increased My Search Traffic 47% From Translating My Blog Into 82 Languages by @neilpatel appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

Guest author Christian Cantrell is a developer, blogger and science fiction author. The Apple Watch looks like an excellent product likely to yield record sales. But no matter how good it is, the device seems destined to become the most unpopular product in Apple's line-up—one that will top the charts for returns, resale and abandonment. Compared to the company's other gadgets, the Apple Watch faces a some formidable hurdles. Fundamental issues—like battery life, complexity and the primary dilemma of convincing people they need a wrist gadget in the first place—represent challenges for all smartwatch makers. But when it comes to Apple, which built its reputation on simplicity and ease of use, consumer expectations quite reasonably soar. See also: Apple Watch Users: Do You Really Want Flipboard On Your Wrist? Apple has always been extremely proud of its customer satisfaction scores, yet it's entering a new product category that will make its usual standard almost impossible to... - Web2024

If you had the chance to get an incredibly tiny, maneuverable, and cool looking drone for just $34.99, would you jump at the chance? Well, you’re in luck, because we currently have a SKEYE Nano Drone for sale at MakeUseOf Deals for just that price. This nimble little flyer would normally sell for $60, which means you’re getting a savings of 41% off of the full price! This deals ends soon, so don’t wait to head to its page and buy it while you still can! Once it’s gone, you’ll be missing out on your chance to get this agile... Read the full article: SKEYE Nano Drone on Sale For 41% off – Now Just $34.99 - Web2024

Smarterer, a skill assessment engine, has announced that the Smarterer REST API is now free for companies and individuals to utilize. With the API, companies and individuals can embed hundreds of crowdsourced skill assessments directly into products, apps, and websites. - Web2024

Looking for more widgets for Yosemite’s Notification Center? There are quick ways to monitor your system’s status, find out what’s on TV, control your thermostat, and much more. We highlighted a variety of today widgets for Yosemite back in November – showing you how to track packages, currency prices, your email, and your to-do list. Since then developers have been hard at work making more widgets – here are some of the best. TV Today: See When Your Favourite Shows Will Air Wondering when the next episode of your favourite TV show is on? TV Today ($3) gives a quick way... Read the full article: 11 More Widgets For Yosemite’s Notification Center - Web2024

Valentine’s Day ended a few weeks ago; St. Patrick’s Day is coming – do they influence you business? I’m sure every company has a list of those special days each year when interest in their products or services is higher than usual. Huge events and holidays always cause hype, and it would be a sin not to take advantage of them. But how do you ensure people searching for information related to those events will land on your site? Here is a simple, seasonal SEO campaign schedule you need to follow. 1. Start With Goals, a Budget, and a Strategy When to […] The post A Simple Seasonal SEO Schedule to Make the Most of Special Events by @FernandoSEMrush appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

Android 5.0 Lollipop was released in November. In February, a full three months later, TechCrunch reported that fewer than 2% of Android devices were running it. Now, in March, that number still hovers around the 3% mark. Compare that to Android’s primary rival. Apple released iOS 8.0 in September and by November, just two months later, over 60% of iPhones were running the latest version — and that’s actually slow when you look at the adoption rate of previous iOS versions. What gives? Why do Android devices update to the latest version so much slower than their competitors? Why isn’t your device running Lollipop... Read the full article: Why Hasn’t My Android Phone Updated Yet? - Web2024

Target targets compensation, viewing PlayStation Vue, silencing Facebook, playing Chromecast tennis, using Netflix God Mode, and flying a speeder bike drone. Target Owes Customers $10 Million Targret: noun; the regret you feel leaving Target after spending $150 on…well, you’re not exactly sure what. But you needed it all. — Criminelle Law (@CriminelleLaw) March 19, 2015 Target has agreed to pay out a total of $10 million to customers adversely affected by the data breach it suffered in 2013. Individual victims are allowed to claim anything up to $10,000 in damages, but most will be due a lot less than that.... Read the full article: Target Pays for Data Breach, PlayStation Vue Challenges Cable [Tech News Digest] - Web2024

Great headlines grab attention, and clicks. This 5-step process can give you the text you need to get the readers you want. The post Write The Headlines Your Readers Want: 5 Hacks You Need to Use by @jeanmariedion appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

The tea will steep in five minutes; the laundry will be done in a half hour. You need to wake up at 7 tomorrow. Timers and alarm clocks are extremely useful, which is why there are plenty of great apps and websites out there for the job. Today we’re going to look at six such tools. That’s right: while Apple’s putting computing power into a watch, we’re going to offer you a list of ways to put watch functionality into your oversized digital devices – we’re progressive like that. Let’s get started! Timerrr.com: An Easy-to-Use Kitchen Timer Yep, that’s a... Read the full article: 6 Useful Timers and Clocks For Your Computer or Phone - Web2024

Apple has released plenty of awesome devices. The MacBook, iPhone, and iPad are a few great ones that come to mind. But, like all companies, Apple isn’t perfect. The Cupertino-based company has some blunders in its long history. Just like Nintendo, there was occasions where Apple was a little ahead of its time. In other cases, you just look at the failures and wonder, “what were they thinking?” Which of Apple’s failures were the biggest, and what lesson were taken away from each of them? How did Apple manage to leverage its mistakes in new successes? What can we learn from... Read the full article: Apples Biggest Failures And The Lessons Learned From Them - Web2024

Apple is doing rather well for itself at the moment. But as much as Tim Cook and company are swimming about in ever-deepening pools of cash, there’s a distinct lack of fresh, new ideas coming out of Cupertino. Perhaps we, the MakeUseOf faithful, can help this company in need. The Next ‘One More Thing’ Moment We want to know, Apple Has Run Out Of Ideas: Can You Help? Whoop! A new MacBook that’s slightly less good than the last one. Whoop! A new smartwatch that needs charging every few hours and won’t work unless it’s connected to an iPhone. Whoop!... Read the full article: Apple Has Run Out Of Ideas: Can You Help? [We Ask You] - Web2024

Peach Payments, an emerging market web and mobile payments solution provider, has launched its Smart Payments Platform, a new unified API. - Web2024

Looking to expand the API functionality exposed in the Dell Boomi integration platform, Dell today added API lifecycle management capabilities to its portfolio. (Disclosure: Dell Boomi is a competitor to ProgrammableWeb's parent company MuleSoft, also a pro - Web2024

The original founders of Arduino—the popular programmable DIY electronics kit—appear to have had a falling out. And that might bring about what could be the world’s first open-source hardware fork, a sort of developer schism that's much more common in the software world. At the moment, two different websites display the Arduino logo and branding. There’s Arduino.cc, Arduino’s original site. Now there’s also Arduino.org, which prominently displays the text “the adventure continues,” as if it has been passed the torch. Arduino.org is already selling the latest Arduino board model, Zero Pro. Meanwhile, Arduino.cc displays the Zero as “coming soon.” It’s evident that the two websites are operating separately under different guidance. I've attempted to get comment from Arduino for the past week, to no avail. All I got back was a request not to publish an article until Arduino founder, inventor, and CEO Massimo Banzi delivers a statement. Banzi has spoken to the Italian press to refute... - Web2024

You have ignored persistent Linux myths and decided to give Linux a try. How do you ensure that your transition to the new OS is smooth? Stick to the following five rules and you should do just fine. It’s time to get over your fear of failing at Linux. Choose Your Linux Distribution Well My introduction to Linux was enjoyable thanks to my easy switch from Windows 7 to Elementary OS Luna. Not all new Linux users are lucky that way. If you encounter glitch after glitch the first few times you use Linux, it can put you off Linux... Read the full article: 5 Golden Rules to Live By as a New Linux User - Web2024

Facebook announced a new feature Tuesday that allows friends to send money to one another through its Messenger app. But that comes at the risk of sharing even more details of your personal life with the social network. The process is simple. Facebook added a money symbol ($) sign at the bottom of the screen, right above the keyboard. Tap the $ symbol and enter an amount. Then add your debit card, and hit send. To accept money from a friend, you’ll open the conversation, add your debit card information, and off it goes. Facebook says the funds will be transferred "right away," although it adds that your bank may not make the money available to you for one to three business days, "just as it does with other deposits." The service will be rolling out to U.S. users "over the coming months," the company said. Message Your Spending To Facebook Facebook released Messenger in 2011 as a dedicated messaging app distinct from its primary social service. While it's proven very popular—it usually... - Web2024