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13 fun Bitcoin and blockchain tweets that epitomize this wild industry
2019-12-24

As another year draws to a close in the world of Bitcoin and blockchain, we’ve decided to look back at some of our favorite cryptocurrency tweets of 2019.  Some are funny, others are weird, but we’ve loved each and every single one.  So, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. The Dorsey effect First up, Twitter...

5 things Google got right in 2019—and 5 it got wrong
2019-12-24

Sundar Pichai got a promotion. Google’s gadgets reached more people. And AI and content moderation continued to create new dilemmas. For the last few years, one of the highest compliments you could pay Google was to say it wasn’t making the same mistakes as Facebook. The two companies are similar in many...

Advanced SEO Techniques for 2020: Generate More Traffic
2019-12-24

Over the past few years, SEO has changed a lot. Learn about these advanced SEO techniques that will help you generate leads in 2020 and upcoming years!

Brand warriors! Instagram gurus! Here are the most ridiculous job titles of 2019
2019-12-23

The weirdest job titles can be found in all corners of the U.S. Whether they’re used to signal a hiring manager’s sense of humor or simply to stand out from the masses of managers, supervisors, and vice presidents, playful job titles continue to proliferate in 2019.Read Full Story

5 things Facebook got right in 2019—and 5 it got wrong
2019-12-23

It was a big year for Facebook, from billion-dollar fines and antitrust allegations to plans for a global cryptocurrency. After a series of rough years, 2019 was yet another bad one for Facebook. From its toxic treatment of content moderators to the botched rollout of the cryptocurrency Libra to the much-derided...

One-day deliveries are breaking our cities
2019-12-23

Here are four solutions cities everywhere could adopt. In New York City, 1.5 million packages are delivered daily to people’s doorsteps—three times as many as in the beginning of the decade, according to the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems. This has worsened traffic in a city...

The 8 best men’s winter coats for any weather
2019-12-23

These winter-proof coats can take you from work to play no matter the weather. A proper winter coat is one of the most important pieces of clothing you can own and worth the investment. We selected eight winter jackets from brands that you love and trust—as well as some designers you may have yet to be...

Vape influencers are reeling from Instagram’s crackdown on vaping ads
2019-12-23

For those that hawk vape products while blowing intricate smoke rings, the party is over. “If Instagram doesn’t allow people to promote vape, there will be a lot of people losing their jobs, including me,” an influencer who goes by Valerie Wee tells me over email. Her account is filled with vape...

2019 was a huge year for quantum computing
2019-12-23

2019 was the biggest year for quantum computing since, well, ever. It’s the year IBM put a quantum computer in a box and Google claimed its Bristlecone system reached quantum supremacy. But perhaps most exciting was the incredible research happening in universities and think-tanks around the globe. From warp drives...

Best USB-C Monitors for Creatives
2019-12-23

If you work primarily from a laptop every day, you know the struggles of having a limited amount of room to get any work done. Because of this, many creative professionals use an external monitor for more screen space. The most popular type of monitor connects via a USB-C port which can not only give you a second or...

Best Compact Cameras for Designers & Photographers
2019-12-23

If you're just starting to explore the world of photography, a compact camera can be a great place to start! Check out our top best compact cameras!

Go beyond keywords and craft a winning SEO strategy with this training
2019-12-21

You can give yourself a shot to win the SEO game with the training found in The Pro Google SEO and SERP Certification Bundle, now discounted hundreds of dollars down to just $29 from TNW Deals.

How I fully quit Google (and you can, too)
2019-12-21

Over the past six months, I have gone on a surprisingly tough, time-intensive, and enlightening quest — to quit using, entirely, the products of just one company — Google. What should be a simple task was, in reality, many hours of research and testing. But I did it. Today, I am Google-free, part of the western...

Andrew Yang has a secret weapon
2019-12-21

The Yang campaign taps superstar Donald Glover as a creative consultant. Their first collaboration: Yang Gang merch. Who wants a $1K sweatshirt? It all started with a rather cryptic Instagram story from musician, actor, director, and producer Donald Glover, announcing “The 46 Campaign” pop-up event...

The fake face test: Why it’s so hard to tell if that Twitter troll was generated by AI
2019-12-21

As one researcher showed on Twitter, there are sometime ways to spot fake, computer-generated faces. Facebook and Twitter today took down hundreds of apparently bogus accounts linked to the Epoch Media Group—the Falun Gong-tied organization that supports Trump and opposes the Chinese...

10 web design trends that will dominate your screen in 2020
2019-12-20

The end of the year is coming up fast, and we’re already looking towards what next year will bring. For designers like myself, the end of the year is an inspiring time. What trends and design aesthetics will be popularized in 2020? What trends will likely be on their way out? “The 10,000 foot-view of these trends...

France fines Google €150 million for abusing its ad dominance
2019-12-20

The French competition regulator just announced it’s issuing a whopping €150 million antitrust fine on Google, Reuters reports. The watchdog found Google had abused its dominant position in the ad market by implementing unclear and unpredictable rules on Google Ads — the company’s ad platform. According to...

Facebook is building its own OS because it doesn’t want to rely on Apple and Google in the future
2019-12-20

“We really want to make sure the next generation has space for us. We don’t think we can trust the marketplace or competitors to ensure that’s the case. And so we’re gonna do it ourselves.” In the coming years, you may be running apps on a Facebook-built operating system. Depending...

My decade on Instagram, the 2010s’ most superficial social network
2019-12-20

Since its founding 10 years ago, Instagram has dramatically changed the way I interact with celebrities, brands—and myself. On July 16th, 2010 at 1:26pm, Mike Krieger posted the first picture to Instagram—a heavily filtered image of a window framing a marina. In creating Instagram, which rose from the...

Facebook is reportedly working on its own OS now
2019-12-20

Facebook is reportedly building an operating system, reports The Information. It isn’t immediately clear exactly where it will be deployed, but the project could help the company move away from using Android to power its hardware. The company presently uses a modified version of Android on its Portal line of video...

Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra lacks concrete plan for 2020 launch, says board member
2019-12-20

Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ project Libra has no concrete strategy for launching in 2020. Speaking to Reuters, Patrick Ellis, one of the board members of the Switzerland-based Libra Association, said there were currently no plans to determine how or where the digital currency would launch next year. “At this...

Why two world-renowned AI experts might have to eat a million Tesla robo-taxis in 2020
2019-12-20

2019 is almost over and that means it’s time to check in on Tesla’s progress towards fielding a million robo-taxis. You see, Elon Musk told the world he’d have a million fully autonomous robotaxis by the end of 2020, and we wanted to see how many he’s managed to produce so far. Let’s count together. One,...

267 million Facebook users’ data has reportedly been leaked
2019-12-20

Comparitech and security researcher Bob Diachenko have uncovered a database containing more than 267 million Facebook users’ data that was left exposed online, with not even a password preventing unauthorized access to it. The Elasticsearch cluster contained user IDs, phone numbers, and names of mostly US-based...

Facebook just bought a cloud gaming service
2019-12-19

Facebook this week revealed it’d acquired PlayGiga, a Spanish cloud gaming service. What they plan to do with it is anyone’s guess. PlayGiga is a Madrid-based company that purports to have “a cost-effective cloud gaming solution with excellent user experience, latency reduced to less than 30ms and an...

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