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Do you ever get to a point in your week where you seem to be on autopilot? You’re tired and just don’t want to work harder to get the remainder of your to-do items done. Do you feel like you’re in a rut and treading water waiting for someone to rescue you or something to happen where you can clean the slate and start over? A reset can sometimes be necessary for you to break out of the slump and progress. Most of us are hoarders in one way or another. Some people collect apps on their mobile devices, some... Read the full article: How to Reset Your Life to a More Productive Version - Web2024

European smart thermostat provider tado unveiled an API this week. Tado, which is based in Germany and launched in November 2012, has become one of the leading smart thermostat solutions for heating applications in the EU and claims tens of thousands of personal and business users. It also offers tado Cooling, a smart thermostat solution for cooling applications, to users around the world. - Web2024

Our furious feathered friends are back. It’s the new all-female Angry Birds case of Stella and her friends, as they reinvent the classic game of bubble shooters. And boy, Angry Birds Stella Pop is just as addictive and enjoyable as any Angry Birds game. Hold On, It’s Just Another Bubble Shooter? Yup, it is. But it’s the best one yet. Search for “bubble shoot” in the Play Store and you’ll see this: That’s right, a huge list of games that follow the same formula. And let’s be honest, Rovio has followed the same formula, too. It’s natural to think, “Why... Read the full article: Is Angry Birds Stella Pop Worth Downloading? - Web2024

For many Mac users, the legendary dock is sometimes obtrusive on a smaller screen laptop, or a little too distant on a 21″ screen iMac. Though it’s a staple feature on the Mac, it often lacks other extra functions users need to get tasks done. While the dock can’t be entirely eliminated, there are many powerful alternatives that can reduce your dependence on using the dock as an app launcher. Instead, there are tools for launching applications, opening files and automating tasks that take up less space on the desktop, and require less mouse and trackpad clicking. Dock Preferences Just in case you don’t... Read the full article: Ditch The Dock To Speed Up Your Mac Workflow - Web2024

Another week, another accusation of a major technology company spying on you. This week, it’s Apple’s turn, with the tech giant accused of recording everything – absolutely everything – you say to Siri, and passing it on to a third-party. The allegations were made in a Reddit post by someone who goes by the name of FallenMyst. The pseudonymous poster purports to be a recent employee of Walk N’Talk Technologies, where her job is to listen to audio recordings of people using Siri, and rate how closely they match computer generated transcriptions. The author claims to have heard everything from commands... Read the full article: Siri Is Listening: Has iOS Privacy Been Blown Open? - Web2024

Guest author Scott Gerber is founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Let’s face it: acquisitions are stressful. From audits and fine print to non-competes and company culture, there are many details to navigate before either making an acquisition or being acquired. Add your competitor into the mix, and things can get complicated. To make sure you’re making the right decision when you acquire a competitor, I asked 10 entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) what one piece of advice they would give an entrepreneur in this situation. Have A Narrowly Defined Non-Compete Provision We have helped with dozens of acquisitions, and one of the biggest issues is whether the seller will be prohibited from participating in competing ventures. If you are looking to acquire a competitor, pay particular attention not only to the duration and geographic scope of the non-compete restrictions, but also the definition of a "competing venture." The very last thing you want to do is to... - Web2024

Different chargers are going to charge your Android device at different rates, and some broken chargers might not be charging your device as quickly as they claim they can. If you’ve ever run into issues charging your device, or you’d just like to test out how effective your charger is, read on. Today, we’re going to step through how to measure the amperage your charger is delivering to your smartphone or tablet. Download Ampere The first step is to grab this handy app from the Play Store called Ampere, which will do the measuring for you. It should work on... Read the full article: How to Test If Your Micro-USB Cable Is Charging Properly - Web2024

Cloud computing now totals nearly $20 billion, but not everyone shares equally in those cumulus riches. According to a new Synergy Research report, Amazon Web Services dominates the cloud with 28% of the overall market, with Microsoft Azure making gains but still commanding just 10% of the market. And while that AWS lead isn't as hefty as it once was, the cloud market clearly seems to be settling into the Haves, mainly comprised of AWS and Microsoft, and the Have Nots, which includes everyone else. A Big Market Getting Bigger For years we had to guess at how big the cloud was, given that Amazon, Microsoft, and others refused to break out cloud revenue. That is changing, and Synergy estimates that quarterly cloud infrastructure service revenues (which includes IaaS, PaaS, and private and hybrid cloud) is close to $5 billion, with trailing twelve-month revenues topping $16 billion. In terms of growth, 2014 saw cloud revenues rising 48% over 2013, with Amazon continuing to outpace the... - Web2024

edX is one of the biggest providers of Massively Online Open Courses (MOOCs), with over three million students, and over three hundred courses. They offer University-level professional education, at a fraction (or none) of the cost, and boast courses in everything from computer skills, to history, to hard science. Hallowed institutions of learning, from MIT to Berkeley, the Smithsonian to the University of Delft, offer courses on the site, and now so too does Microsoft. They’re offering seven instructor-taught courses, all starting between March and April. Here’s what’s on offer. Introduction to TypeScript Begins 31st March 2015. JavaScript is the... Read the full article: Learn to Code with These 7 Courses from Microsoft and edX - Web2024

On Saturday at the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Delphi made history by announcing the first coast-to-coast automated drive. Dubbed the Delphi Drive, the trip will start in San Francisco on March 22 and end in New York City a few days later. To make the drive possible, the company rigged a 2015 Audi SQ5 with additional sensors and computers, all seamlessly tucked into the vehicle, and brought it to the C3 Connected Car Pavilion at SXSW for a static demo. I had the chance to experience the self-driving tech first hand. See also: Welcome To Peak Car—And A Transformation In How We Get Around What I saw convinced me that we could be closer than ever to seeing autonomous driving in real production vehicles. Top Gear One of the major automotive tech themes of 2015 is how autonomous driving has been burning rubber toward reality. At the Consumer Electronics Show, Audi drove one of its “piloted” cars from San Francisco to Las Vegas without human intervention. BMW showed an i3 that... - Web2024

I was just tired of focusing on school and work. I wanted to focus on my passions, and living a healthy sustainable life. Pete James Esch paces up and down his kitchen. He’s telling me about the time he worked as a distributor for Monavie, a fruit juice and supplements company which sells its wares through the controversial practice of multi-level marketing (MLM). This is also known as direct selling, or network marketing. To those involved in multi-level marketing schemes, they’re seen as a sure-fire way to ditch the corporate lifestyle and the crushing tedium of the 9 to 5. Millions... Read the full article: Multi Level Marketing Spreads Quickly Online, But What is it? - Web2024

Now that Android 5.0 is starting to arrive on more devices, more of you are getting your first taste of Lollipop. Some of the apps that looked just fine before the update may look a little out of place now — and even those on earlier versions of Android can benefit from apps with nice design. So if you’re looking for a music player that embraces Google’s new material design language, here are 6 to consider. I’m not going to say too much about their features — this list is primarily about how each one looks. 1) Google Play Music Play Music... Read the full article: 6 Gorgeous Material Design-Inspired Music Players for Android - Web2024

Have you ever been out and about enjoying your day when suddenly, your smartphone dies? In some cases, this is no big deal, as all you really needed your phone for was checking in on social networks and playing some games. But in other situations, you may have been waiting for a critical call or email, and not having power on your phone could have serious repercussions. What are you to do in this situation? The answer is simple: carry a backup battery to keep your juice flowing! How does a 20,000 mAh external battery that can also charge with the power... Read the full article: Get a Shockproof 20,000 mAh Battery With Solar Charging For 50% Off - Web2024

It’s a security myth that needs to die: if you have a Mac, you’re safe. The argument is that there aren’t as many viruses out there for OS X, so you don’t need to worry about anything; security threats, this line of thinking goes, are a Windows problem. This is less true now than ever before, but even so: security isn’t just about the operating system you use. Security is about knowledge. Knowing how to tell if your Mac has a virus and how to beat ransomware is the best defence you can have. The FBI Ransomware that affected Mac... Read the full article: Mac User With Ransomware? How To Easily Remove This “Malware” Threat - Web2024

A strong, healthy PPC campaign for lead generation isn’t about impressions or traffic, it’s about the cold, hard cash that gets generated from it. The post 10 Must-Haves For Competitive #PPC Lead Generation (On a Budget) by @albertcostill appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

It’s a wonder that anyone has any space left on their wrists with the number of activity trackers, fitness aids and smart watches that have been released in the last few years. While most of these demand to be worn at all times, today we’re taking a look at one that doesn’t: the Moov. A fitness tracker by design, Moov began accepting pre-orders in February of last year; going against the grain of using a platform like Kickstarter to secure funding. It’s a fitness coach that’s designed to train you in various physical activities – but is it any good? I’ve worked up a sweat to find out. Introducing... Read the full article: Moov Fitness Tracker Review and Giveaway - Web2024

Not too long ago, some of our writers from around the world shared what their workstations looked like, and many of them were surprisingly beautiful. Do you work from home? Have you grown bored of your mundane home office? We’ve got the cure for you. In addition to our tips for designing an awesome workstation, you can fully transform your workspace with just a bit of lumber and a lot of elbow grease. Woodworking isn’t as difficult as you might think it is, plus you can’t beat the deep satisfaction of using furniture that you built with your own hands. Whether you’re a... Read the full article: 9 Beautiful Woodworking Projects For Your Home Office - Web2024

The BlackBerry SecuTablet, YouTube scraps annotations, Sotheby’s comes to eBay, EA ditches Tiger, Street Viewing Brazilian islands, and President Obama reads mean tweets. BlackBerry Unveils its SecuTablet I’m not smart enough to understand what’s so novel about this $2,380 Android SecuTablet (BB + Samsung + IBM). http://t.co/U14fE0DIQC — Kontra (@counternotions) March 15, 2015 BlackBerry has unveiled a new tablet being marketed as the SecuTablet. Unfortunately for BlackBerry fans (all five of you), this is actually a secure version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S (as pictured above), and not a brand new effort from the much-maligned Canadian company. The SecuTablet... Read the full article: BlackBerry Releases New Tablet, YouTube Cards Kill Annotations [Tech News Digest] - Web2024

Most SEOs will tell you getting .edu links is a huge boost to any link profile. While this is true, I want to warn you upfront that “getting .edu links” is not as easy as it sounds. I also want to warn you that you don’t simply get them. You have to earn them. And you earn them, not by making the backlink your main goal, but by making it a side effect of something more noble. Link building is important, but you must do so in a scalable, strategic, and ethical way. I’ll share my ideas in just a […] The post 10 Ideas For Getting .Edu Links by @neilpatel appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

Adobe, a leading digital marketing and media solutions company, has just announced the upcoming launch of Adobe Document Cloud, a set of integrated services that includes the all new Acrobat DC, e-Sign Services, new Mobile Link feature, and document management functionality. Adobe also announced two new mobiles apps, Acrobat Mobile and Fill and Sign, as well as Adobe Document Cloud APIs. - Web2024

It’s the biggest problem with web apps: they disappear. Desktop software is on your computer, meaning it keeps working long after the company that made it goes under or stops offering support. Web apps are totally different, as Google teaches us regularly by shutting down services people depend on. Last year the web giant shut down Google Reader, something millions of people (your correspondent included) used every day. Just last week Google announced plans to shutter Google Code, basically ceding the entire code hosting market to GitHub. Today we’re going to look at five websites you can check to find... Read the full article: See What Google Might Shut Down Next With These 5 Sites - Web2024

We all have fears. Even the bravest person on Earth has something that they’re afraid of. The funny thing about fears, though, is that most of them can be conquered. People who were afraid of heights have moved by their fears and climbed mountains. It just takes the willpower and desire to actually conquer them. So how do you destroy your fears and move on with your life? For starters, take a look at the infographic below, which offers some incredibly useful tips that you can use to push your fear aside and move on with your life! Via Vegas Extreme... Read the full article: Have Fears? Here’s How To Conquer Them - Web2024

You should already know that arguing on the Internet is a fruitless endeavour that’s likely to raise your blood pressure, but sometimes you absolutely have to make your point. We get that. But how often is your (naturally well-worded and kind-mannered) argument rebutted with an attack on your character, or a seemingly nonsensical comparison? Wouldn’t it be great if you could deflect these fallacious arguments while enlightening your detractors as to why their challenge falls short? Well, with the help of these eight videos addressing common fallacies online, you can! A Guide To Modern Fallacies Debate club members and law students aside, there are a lot of problems... Read the full article: How To Respond To Fallacious Arguments On The Internet [Stuff to Watch] - Web2024

Yahoo just launched a new login process that does away with static passwords in favor of single-use versions sent to smartphones on the fly. The company says its new approach, which is similar to two-factor authentication, is designed to boost ease and security. When it comes to strangers, it just might. But it could also give anyone in your life—like roommates or family members—some souped-up snooping powers. See also: Meet Yahoo's Play To Help App Developers Make Loads Of Money Are Disposable Passwords More Secure? Instead of relying on a fixed password, Yahoo’s system sends a temporary access word or code on demand to your smartphone. This should bypass the use of easily guessable passwords or hard-to-memorize character soup like “K7jl3nwes0f.” The on-demand passwords are also disposable; once they're used, they won't work again. That should be comforting for the large swaths of people who ignore security experts and use the same login across multiple accounts. In other words,... - Web2024

In an effort to improve the overall quality of its search results, Google has announced that it will start to launch ranking adjustments for doorway pages in search results. Doorway pages are pages that exist for no other reason than to rank in search results. Some websites may create multiple doorway pages all ranking for the same term, which do not offer any unique value on their own because of the fact that the subject matter is similar, and they ultimately drive visitors back to the same place. Here’s how Google explains it: “For example, searchers might get a list […] The post Google to Devalue Doorway Pages in Search Results by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

I went to another BuzzFeed session today (my last one was takeaways from BuzzFeed publisher Dao Nguyen) because I consider BuzzFeed one of the top publishing outlets online today. Jonah Peretti’s featured session, simply titled Lessons From BuzzFeed, brought a lot of useful insight into why BuzzFeed has become so successful. Peretti started out his session with two key points, which carried throughout the conversation: “Media and communication have really started to converge.” and “When you share funny stuff with your friends or those in your network, you are sharing an experience and feel closer to that person.” In a nutshell, these are […] The post Lessons From BuzzFeed Founder & CEO @Peretti #SXSWi 2015 Recap by @wonderwall7 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

When San Francisco–based Lyft launched its Lyft Line service earlier this year, the company was fulfilling its original promise: to improve public transportation through carpooling. Now, six months later, Lyft Line comprises most of the company's rides in its home city—spurring CEO Logan Green to proclaim that the promise has morphed into a successful platform. According to Green, Line's success took off even before the company launched its $3 "Match MUNI" deal. But after the discount program, the carpooling service became the significant majority of rides. “We see Lyft Line as a platform we build on,” he said, during his South By Southwest keynote Monday. “The things we can do are really exciting.” When asked to name examples he referenced a new feature called driver destination, which allows Lyft drivers to tell the app where they’re headed. That way, they can do rides en route to work, home, or errands, without going too far out of their way. It’s a feature Lyft copied off Sidecar,... - Web2024

“I make movies and TV shows, but I am curious about everything.” That is how Imagine Entertainment co-founder Brian Grazer describes himself on Twitter. Brian Grazer is the Academy Award–winning producer of A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Splash, Arrested Development, 24, 8 Mile, J. Edgar, and many more. His films and TV shows have been nominated for forty-three Academy Awards and 131 Emmys. In 2007, he was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In yesterday’s Q&A with Charles Fishman, Grazer revealed how his curiosity led him to meetings with notable figures, and how those conversations […] The post Brian Grazer on The Benefits of A Curious Mind: #SXSW 2015 Recap by @thebigdebowski appeared first on Search Engine Journal. - Web2024

Venture capitalists are starting to figure out how the API economy can transform the way start-up companies bring new products and services to market. Recently, The Hive, a co-creation studio founded by venture capitalists, announced it has raised another $22 million to help fund companies building predictive analytics applications. - Web2024

With the impending shutdown of ClientLogin on April 20, Google has decided to shut down the old version of the Webmaster Tools API on the same day. This will require developers to switch over to the new API by that time. - Web2024

The man in the car next to me is on the phone with the police. Just beyond him on the grass, a teenager in a hoodie is moving erratically. He takes off and the man chases after him, despite the police urging him to sit tight. It is, of course, the story of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman. In the three years since Martin's death, the #blacklivesmatter movement that sprung up in its wake has gone international and come to encompass many more unjust killings. It's a story with which Americans have become sadly familiar. But it was still jarring to be there at the moment of Martin's death. Inside a Samsung Gear virtual reality headset at the River VR startup accelerator SXSW expo, I watched grainy security camera footage of Martin buying Skittles and juice at a 7-Eleven. Then my perspective jumped to an animated recreation of Martin and Zimmerman's first encounter. After the two figures ran out of view, I was transported into the apartments of witnesses as real 911 audio played. I... - Web2024

Google personal digital assistant is about to get a whole lot more powerful. Google Now—which recommends websites, keeps track of reminders and appointments and acts as every Android-user’s personal digital butler—will soon provide developers with an open API, product director Aparna Chennapragada told an audience at SXSW on Saturday. Just about every kind of app would be able to communicate with Google Now to provide even more tailored notifications and recommendations to users. As a result, Google might leave competitors from Apple and Microsoft choking on its digital dust. User Activity To Guide Recommendations Chennapragada explained that Google Now’s predictive abilities have gotten much smarter since the service first launched in 2012. At first, the Google Now team simply guessed what notifications and apps would be most useful. But after extensively polling users and their activity, the team has refined Now’s recommendations. When Google offers the open API, however, there will... - Web2024