Tutoring startup Toot launches into twin policy storms around education and immigration

 Earlier this week, as President Donald Trump was readying his second attempt to block immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries, two entrepreneurs — a refugee from Iran and the daughter of an Iranian immigrant, were laying the groundwork for the launch of their business aim … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Win Over New Industries for Your Agency in 4 Easy Steps

Change is the essence of company growth – change to accommodate new opportunities, technologies, and goals. Expanding into a new industry [..] | Continue reading


@contentequalsmoney.com | 7 years ago

The California Doctors Who Found a Way to Quit Overprescribing Opioids

On a summer afternoon in 2009, eight Kaiser Permanente doctors met in Pasadena to review the HMO’s most prescribed drugs in Southern California. Sun blasted through the windows and the room had no air conditioning, but what unsettled the doctors most were the slides a pharmacist … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

StoneDrill Wiper Malware Packs An Undisclosed Ransomware Component

The global malware threat will not come to an end anytime soon. Wiper malware attacks have been somewhat common for over a decade now. However, it appears the StoneDrill wiper malware is proving to be more potent and destructive than ever before. Although its initial targets are … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Movado to launch Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches this fall

Watch maker Movado will launch a series of Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches this fall, along with devices with the Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss brands. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Geht das gut? Nissan GTR vs. USB-Killer

Sogenannte USB-Killer können viel Schabernack anstellen. Von Computern, Konsolen und vielem mehr. Einmal eingesteckt, ist selten vorhersehbar wie dramatisch man ein elektronisches Gerät damit kaputt kriegen kann. Der YouTube-Channel EverythingApplePro... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Spektakuläre Erlebnisse in der neuen Jochen Schweizer Arena (VIDEO)

Jochen Schweizer Unternehmensgruppe: München (ots) - Fliegen, surfen, klettern, tagen und gut essen heißt es ab sofort in der Jochen Schweizer Arena in Taufkirchen bei München. Denn neben sportlichen Erlebnissen erwartet die Besucher ein hochwertiger Gastronomie-Bereich sowie ein … | Continue reading


@presseportal.de | 7 years ago

Tradeshift Acquires IBX Business Network to Create World’s Largest Business Commerce Platform

PRESS RELEASE: Tradeshift and Capgemini have entered into an agreement under which Tradeshift will acquire Capgemini's IBX Business Network. The combination of Tradeshift and IBX will create the world's largest business commerce platform connecting... | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

ET deals: Get unlimited data with a Netgear Fuse LTE hotspot from FreedomPop

Looking for a low-cost mobile broadband solution? Today's deal from FreedomPop is definitely worth checking out. For a limited time, you can save 90% on a certified pre-owned Netgear Fuse LTE hotspot, and get unlimited broadband for a low monthly price.The post ET deals: Get unli … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

PayPal Europe Partners University of Luxembourg for FinTech Chair

[…]The post PayPal Europe Partners University of Luxembourg for FinTech Chair appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Google and Levi’s will host a party at SXSW to celebrate Project Jacquard

Google and Levi’s are hosting a party at SXSW to celebrate the Levi’s Commuter Trucker Jacket with Google’s Jacquard technology. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

The CIA may be hacking cars, as well as phones and TVs, according to WikiLeaks

On-board telematics keep you safer, but they also offer another way to hack your car. Throttle-, brake- and steer-by-wire offer the possibility to make it look like an accident. The post The CIA may be hacking cars, as well as phones and TVs, according to WikiLeaks appeared first … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

'This Kind of Strike Is Really Something New'

L.A. Kauffman may have the best-timed book release in years.For the past quarter century, Kauffman has been researching and writing a chronicle of protest on the American left since the late 1960s. She has found and interviewed the participants of Mayday 1971, a forgotten D.C. bl … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Hey Canadians (and "Canadians"), 'NASCAR Heat Mobile' Just Soft Launched

Whether you're an actual Canadian or you've merely spent five minutes creating a Canadian iTunes account, a pretty neat looking racing game just hit Canada's App Store. It's called NASCAR Heat Mobile It seems like it's got a surprising amount of content, featuring all 23 NASCAR t … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

A Tale of Two Betsy DeVoses

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Residents of this western Michigan town are having trouble reconciling the Betsy DeVos they know with the Betsy DeVos who serves as President Donald Trump’s controversial education secretary.  The former is widely seen as pragmatic and generous, even by those … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Startup megacampus Station F will offer 120 perks starting with Airbnb

 Airbnb co-founder and CTO Nathan Blecharczyk was in Paris today to announce a neat little perk for future residents of Station F. Based in Paris, the huge Station F building is going to have 3,000 desks for tech companies of all kinds. It wants to become the biggest startup camp … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Latch tools up with second smart access product for offices, apartment blocks

 New York-based smart lock maker Latch, which targets the enterprise market, selling its locks plus a subscription digital entry management service to building owners wanting to offer value-add services to their tenants, is announcing its second product. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

FundersClub experiments with the full-service VC model at scale

 Slowly disproving stereotypes, the online VC has established itself as a viable tool for tech finance. But while the model has made money for investors, the industry still faces perceptions of selling money for money’s sake, without much care for the nuanced entrepreneur-investo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Is Israel's Travel Ban Comparable to Trump's?

On Monday, just hours after President Trump issued his revised executive order on immigration, lawmakers in Israel passed a travel ban that is also generating controversy. The new law aims to bar any foreign activist “who has knowingly issued a public call to boycott the state of … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Kenyan startup BRCK launches SupaBRCK device to solve Africa’s Internet equation

 Kenyan communications hardware company BRCK unveiled its SupaBRCK this week―a waterproof, solar-powered Wi-Fi box that operates as a 3G hotspot and off-grid server. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg holt Uni-Abschluss nach

Dem Gründer und CEO von Facebook Mark Zuckerberg wird dieses Jahr eine besondere Ehre zuteil. Er wird die Abschlussrede bei der diesjährigen Absolventenfeier in Harvard halten. Viele große Charaktere der Tech-Branche haben solche Reden... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft shows off Windows Server running on ARM-based servers

At the Open Compute Project’s summit in Santa Clara, California, today, Microsoft will demonstrate its Windows Server data center virtualization software running on servers that use ARM-based chips. Qualcomm and Cavium will also be showing off Windows Server running on their ARM- … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Snapchat makes another dumb, avoidable mistake with eyeliner-heavy Marie Curie filter

In honor of International Women’s Day, Snapchat has unveiled three well-intentioned filter options honoring famous women: Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, and Marie Curie. It’s nice, silly, fun; a good way to kill 10 seconds and say “happy International Women’s Day!” to someone in your c … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

5 reasons why SXSW still matters

Hugh Forrest sounded like he just did a spit-take on the phone. I was telling him how I wanted to explore South by Southwest Conference (SXSW), the music, film and interactive event that kicks off March 10 in Austin, Texas, in a fresh way. Imagine, I explained, a guy walking up t … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Twitter releases an emoji for women, because emoji make everything better

Twitter has gifted all the women — and all the men — of its service a special emoji in honor of International Women's Day. Whenever a user tweets with the hashtag #SheInspiresMe, #WomensDay, #InternationalWomensDay, #IWD or #IWD2017, a custom emoji depicting the Venus symbol appe … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Is It Better to Be Poor in Bangladesh or the Mississippi Delta?

Angus Deaton studies the grand questions not just of economics but of life. What makes people happy? How should we measure well-being? Should countries give foreign aid? What can and should experiments do? Is inequality increasing or decreasing? Is the world getting better or wor … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Use Nintendo Switch controllers with the NES Classic with this adapter

 Nintendo Switch controllers are flexible, if flawed – the latest hardware they work with is the NES Classic, via 8bitdo’s $17 Retro Receiver, and a new firmware update available now for that little dongle. The wireless accessory already lets you connect a range of Bluetooth cont … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

3 Things Your Website Copy MUST Do

Let’s get right to the point: your words matter.They can engage, excite, and produce action, or they can be dull, frustrate and drive your prospects away.  No need to ask which you’d prefer. But, I get it. Writing copy for your website can be overwhelming. There’s so much you wan … | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

Rime comes out in May

Rime comes out on 26th May.Tequila Works' once PlayStation exclusive puzzle adventure game is set for PC, PS4 and Xbox One in both physical and digital form, priced £29.99.Shortly after, Rime launches on Nintendo Switch also as a physical and digital release, but this time priced … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

etouches announces the acquisition of Loopd, leading onsite data-driven technology

innovative wearable and experiential devices to complement etouches event cloud enterprise offer NORWALK, Conn., March 2, 2017 – etouches, a top global provider of cloud event management software, … | Continue reading


@techsytalk.com | 7 years ago

Parental control service “Circle with Disney” to help with distracted driving, social media, kids’ chores & more

 Circle with Disney, a device that helps parents manage their home’s internet rules and restrictions, wants to be more than just a modern-day net nanny. Already, it had differentiated itself from competing software solutions, by offering a licensed selection of Disney content – l … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

PlayStation 4 system update tomorrow adds external HHD support, Boost Mode, and more

The PlayStation 4 experience is getting some notable upgrades. A system update for the PlayStation 4 will roll out tomorrow, adding new features to Sony’s latest console. Sony has sold more than 53.4 PlayStation 4s since it launched in 2013. This includes the PlayStation 4 Pro, t … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Meta-Comedy: Mark Hamill liest Trump-Tweets wie Joker

Der Schauspieler Mark Hamill ist als der ewige Luke Skywalker natürlich eine Legende. Aber wär hätte geahnt, dass Hamill auch Talent als Kabarettist besitzt. Als der Trumpster mimt er den US-Präsidenten Donald Trump als wäre... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

New iPhone Games on Our Forums: 'Guns of Mercy', 'Yo! Let's UP', 'Active Soccer 2 DX', 'The Deep Paths', and More

According to my calendar of weird made-up holidays, today is National Peanut Cluster Day. If you've never had one, they're basically just chocolate and peanuts melted together into a glop of candy. Technically inferior to a turtle, but still deserving of their own made-up holiday … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Qualcomm announces 48-core Falkor CPUs to run Microsoft Windows Server

Qualcomm has partnered with Microsoft to create a new version of Windows Server on ARM. This could represent a potent threat to Intel's data center business, even as Chipzilla gears up to take on AMD's Naples. The post Qualcomm announces 48-core Falkor CPUs to run Microsoft Windo … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

This is why you shouldn’t trust flashy crypto apps

If you’re interested in creative code, the crypto world can be a real buzzkill. Figured out a new way to exchange keys? Sorry, you’re better off using this protocol from the 70s. At least we know it works! Got a cool idea for a random number generator? Doesn’t matter; you’re not … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Imagining an Economy Without Women

In 1908, 15,000 female garment workers marched through New York demanding shorter hours, better pay, and voting rights. More than 100 years later—on what has been dubbed International Women’s Day in remembrance of such protests—women across the U.S. are striking in a walkout call … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Personal Shopper Is an Unusual Postmodern Ghost Story

The protagonist of Olivier Assayas’s new film Personal Shopper, Maureen, is somewhat of a wraith. Skinny, angular, and mostly silent, she visits high-end Parisian boutiques and picks out clothes for her demanding celebrity boss, never trying them on, zipping from one store to the … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Don't Ask a Stressed-Out Student About Their College Plans

What stresses high school seniors more than the college application process? Adults asking them about their grades, college choices and their SAT scores. WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger and Tanya Rivero discuss how high school seniors are handling the anxiety over college admissions and … | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 7 years ago

A Behavioral Economist’s Quest to Make Email Less Painful

Can anything be done to make people happier with their jobs? What can prevent people from overeating? Will people like beer with balsamic vinegar in it just because they’ve been told it contains a “secret ingredient”?These are some of the questions that Dan Ariely, a behavioral e … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

I beat cancer twice, but women on Facebook helped me heal

It took 26 years for me to begin feeling comfortable in my own skin. Then the phone rang, and I learned that I had cancer for the second time.When I was 13 years old, I was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that afflicts roughly 1 percent of pancreatic cancer patients. My doct … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Your visuals need your attention!

Visuals communicate on more levels than the words you so carefully craft. Give them the respect they deserve and your marketing will be the better for it. | Continue reading


@mclellanmarketing.com | 7 years ago

“Hazel Morse was a large, fair woman of the type that incites some men when they use the word ‘blonde’ to click their tongues and wag their heads roguishly.”

Why is it great? With this opening line to her famous short story, Parker does so many things: She gives us an image of Hazel that’s Kodachrome clear: I can almost hear the old-fashioned pop of the flash. She also establishes Hazel in relation to men, who lust after her, but will … | Continue reading


@niemanstoryboard.org | 7 years ago

You can now play an NES Classic with a Switch Joy-Con controller

You can now use the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controller with an NES Classic Edition — and all you need is a tiny, inexpensive adaptor. Today 8bitdo, the company behind the “retro receiver” line of wireless adaptors for retro gaming consoles, announced a firmware update for the N … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Asset Brokerage Firm eToro Adds Ethereum

[…]The post Asset Brokerage Firm eToro Adds Ethereum appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Heroes Wanted

Authenticity has nothing to do with how much you share.  It is about what you share. —  Neil Patel Authenticity has roots much old... | Continue reading


@blog.themightycopywriter.com | 7 years ago

How Pharma Companies Use 'Citizen Petitions' to Keep Drug Prices High

In theory, citizen petitions about drug safety are supposed to be exactly what they sound like: a way for anyone to bring concerns straight to the Food and Drug Administration.In practice, many citizen petitions are filed by none other than pharmaceutical companies themselves—as … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

The next iPhone might have a new name... and it's kind of lame

We've been kicking around rumors about the next, supposedly "deluxe" iPhone for quite awhile now, so we have an idea about what we might see when Apple finally unveils it, presumably in September — an edge-to-edge OLED display, wireless charging and a new camera, to name just a f … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago