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• Trump aides use special tactics to keep him off Twitter, report says - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:58 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Campaign officials who talked to Politico suggest that the president must not be left alone for too long. They also take advantage of the fact that he still prefers print to online.
  
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• Zombie film, sea-crossing bouncy castle top UK's creative ideas - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:56 via cnet.com
  
  Accelerator Creative England names its Future Leaders, 10 exciting up-and-coming British businesses.
  
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• Are you kitten me? Shelter cats' dating-style profiles go viral - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:52 via cnet.com
  
  A prank gets laughs by giving shelter cats goofy dislikes. But the critters still need homes.
  
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• AMD Ryzen 7 chip promises gains for gamers - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:45 via cnet.com
  
  The chipmaker says its new processor will serve up big improvements in performance. Look out, Intel?
  
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• Neato D5 uses app smarts to keep your floors clean video - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:42 via cnet.com
  
  Neato's new Botvac D5 Connected robot vacuum has plenty to like for a decent price such as mobile app control, a side brush, and a high-performance battery.
  
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• Botvac D5 cleans floors but can't match Neato's flagship robot - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:38 via cnet.com
  
  Better equipped than the budget Botvac D3, the Neato Botvac D5 cleans a larger area and picks up more dirt but can't hold a candle to Neato's flagship Botvac Connected.
  
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• Neato Botvac D5 Connected review - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:35 via cnet.com
  
  Navigate away from the app-linked Neato Botvac D5 Connected robot vacuum.
  
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• Telstra backs out of Autohome completely with AU$282m sale

  22-02-2017 23:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Telstra has pulled out of Autohome completely, selling its remaining 6.5 percent stake in the Chinese online auto company for AU$282 million.
  
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• Urban Outfitters charging $45 for America Online T-shirt - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:16 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Because of course the kids know what it is.
  
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• Apple's 'spaceship' campus Apple Park lands in April video - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:08 via cnet.com
  
  The futuristic campus will have a giant ring-shaped building covered in glass and a theater named after former CEO Steve Jobs.
  
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• 'Orphan Black' season 4 to arrive on Amazon Prime in March 2017 - CNET

  22-02-2017 23:05 via cnet.com
  
  Amazon has a light smattering of video for the third month of the year including a few new originals.
  
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• Fitbit's Q4 is a miss, strong 2017 guidance lifts stock

  22-02-2017 22:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Fitbit also revealed that it paid just $23 million to acquire the assets of rival smartwatch maker Pebble in Q4 2016.
  
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• HP delivers solid Q1 as notebook units surge

  22-02-2017 22:44 via zdnet.com
  
  The company's earnings were better than expected and HP's notebooks and personal systems sold well.
  
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• Apple's next-gen campus nears launch - CNET

  22-02-2017 22:38 via cnet.com
  
  The company's new headquarters, dubbed Apple Park, will open to employees in April.
  
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• New 'Futurama' game will feature original writers, cast - CNET

  22-02-2017 22:35 via cnet.com
  
  Mobile game Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow will include "new stories from the original writers, cast and animators," says a producer of the classic cartoon show.
  
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• Share a whopping 10 photos and videos in one Instagram post - CNET

  22-02-2017 22:29 via cnet.com
  
  Here's how you can upload and share more than one photo or video in just one post.
  
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• Teach Google Home how to pronounce your name - CNET

  22-02-2017 22:28 via cnet.com
  
  If Google Assistant has trouble pronouncing your name the proper way, you can teach the connected speaker how or give yourself a nickname.
  
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• The Earth-like planets of Trappist-1 already appear in sci-fi - CNET

  22-02-2017 22:16 via cnet.com
  
  Scientists say they've found the best place to search for life beyond our solar system. The first science fiction story about it has already been published, in the journal Nature.
  
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• Square beats Q4 earnings targets, revenue up 21 percent

  22-02-2017 22:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Square's gross payment volume (GPV), a key metric for the payments company, ticked up to $13.7 billion.
  
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• Virtual Reality used in marketing: What if the Blue whale is AT&T?

  22-02-2017 22:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Developers are creating incredible virtual reality experiences. What happens when VR becomes used as a marketing technology?
  
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• Snikt! Everything you need to know about X-23, Wolverine's protégé in 'Logan'

  22-02-2017 22:00
  
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• Zorin OS 12 Core

  22-02-2017 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This article was provided to TechRadar by Linux Format, the number one magazine to boost your knowledge on Linux, open source developments, distro releases and much more. Subscribe to the print or digital version of Linux Format here.Roger Moore’s final outing as James Bond (‘A View to a Kill’) saw him defeat the evil blonde supervillain Zorin with all the characteristic eyebrow-raising, bad punnage and borderline sexism that ‘80s audiences so loved. This is entirely irre
  
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• ​Google Waze takes on Uber, Lyft with more carpooling - CNET

  22-02-2017 21:36 via cnet.com
  
  A twist on ride sharing, Waze is reportedly ready to expand its carpooling services beyond San Francisco and Israel into the US and Latin America.
  
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• The 64GB iPhone 8 could put an end to low-storage iPhones - CNET

  22-02-2017 21:13 via cnet.com
  
  A recent report suggests 64GB and 256GB storage capacities, and that's it.
  
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• New OpenStack Ocata stabilizes popular open-source cloud

  22-02-2017 21:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Instead of new features, this latest OpenStack release focuses on improving stability and performance.
  
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• Albums are dying. Regular releases are being killed by the constant stream culture

  22-02-2017 21:00
  
  By: Ruby Lott-LavignaContinue reading...
  
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• NASA announces exciting new star system video - CNET

  22-02-2017 20:49 via cnet.com
  
  Trappist-1 has seven Earth-like planets in its system, and three of them are in the habitable zone, meaning they could harbor life as we know it.
  
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• Robot roll call! 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' hits Netflix in April - CNET

  22-02-2017 20:48 via cnet.com
  
  You should really just relax, but it's tough to do when the cult classic is returning in just over two months.
  
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• Futuristic Apple 'spaceship' headquarters to open in April - CNET

  22-02-2017 20:14 via cnet.com
  
  The first employees will soon start moving to the new campus, parts of which will also be open to the public.
  
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• 7 Earth-like planets could be best bet to find alien life - CNET

  22-02-2017 20:10 via cnet.com
  
  Astronomers call it the most incredible star system they've ever seen. A newly discovered set of exoplanets only 39 light-years away could be the perfect lab for finally proving we aren't alone.
  
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• Soon you'll be able to unlock your Windows 10 device with your Galaxy phone - CNET

  22-02-2017 20:08 via cnet.com
  
  Responding to a customer comment, Samsung confirms greater Windows 10 compatibility for its Flow app.
  
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• Kenya's been schooling the world on mobile money for 10 years - CNET

  22-02-2017 19:48 via cnet.com
  
  The country's successful mobile banking and payments initiative M-Pesa turns 10, while the rest of the world plays catch-up.
  
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• Autodesk backs Israeli IoT startup Jumper.io

  22-02-2017 19:46 via zdnet.com
  
  The investment stems from Autodesk's $100 million Forge Fund.
  
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• Instagram now lets you post 10 photos and videos at once - CNET

  22-02-2017 19:40 via cnet.com
  
  You can swipe through them like slideshows. It's part of Instagram's push toward more casual photo sharing.
  
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• Facebook Messenger adds foreign money transfers via TransferWise - CNET

  22-02-2017 19:35 via cnet.com
  
  Facebook's messaging app is the latest to offer currency exchanges and payments using a bot.
  
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• ​Google Waze takes on Uber, Lyft with more carpooling - Roadshow

  22-02-2017 19:31 via cnet.com
  
  A twist on ride sharing, Waze is reportedly ready to expand its carpooling services beyond San Francisco and Israel into the US and Latin America.
  
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• Hootsuite buys social analytics firm LifeMetrix

  22-02-2017 19:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Hootsuite said the acquisition will bolster its existing social media analytics dashboard, Hootsuite Analytics.
  
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• PewDiePie's apology sequel: a video about shooting Hitler - CNET

  22-02-2017 19:13 via cnet.com
  
  Felix Kjellberg, the most-subscribed star on YouTube, was at the center of a controversy last week over past jokes about Nazis and Jews.
  
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• Catcaller revenge video goes viral (but is it real?) - CNET

  22-02-2017 19:05 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: A woman's response to a catcaller in London is so deliciously just, it might just be a ruse.
  
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• WhatsApp Status: Everything you need to know about the Snapchat clone - CNET

  22-02-2017 19:03 via cnet.com
  
  WhatsApp heard you like Snapchat, so it put some Snapchat in your WhatsApp.
  
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• Nasa's discovers 'extraordinary' system of seven Earth-sized exoplanets that could host life

  22-02-2017 19:00
  
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• Nasa discovers 'extraordinary' system of seven Earth-sized exoplanets that could host life

  22-02-2017 19:00
  
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• Embedded computer vision could prevent distracted driving

  22-02-2017 18:54 via zdnet.com
  
  Israeli firm eyeSight Technologies is adding cameras and software to cars to detect distracted driving.
  
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• Data-driven farming with agricultural drones

  22-02-2017 18:35 via zdnet.com
  
  CNH Industrial is partnering with DroneDeploy on an agricultural drone package. The next generation of farmers might have to become experts in data analytics.
  
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• Instagram now lets you upload multiple photos and videos. Here's how to use the tool

  22-02-2017 18:32
  
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• Artificial intelligence in the real world: What can it actually do?

  22-02-2017 18:19 via zdnet.com
  
  What are the limits of AI? And how do you go from managing data points to injecting AI in the enterprise?
  
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• You can't look cool wearing a VR backpack (The 3:59, Ep. 183) - CNET

  22-02-2017 18:15 via cnet.com
  
  Plus: Verizon's 5G tests and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden gets smarter.
  
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• Intel should be very worried about AMD's Ryzen 7 processors

  22-02-2017 18:15 via zdnet.com
  
  For almost a decade AMD has yielded ground to Intel when it comes to processors, but the new Ryzen 7 chips change all that.
  
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• How Campbell Soup is betting on digital transformation, ecommerce, science to grow sales

  22-02-2017 18:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Like most consumer packaged goods and food companies, Campbell Soup is struggling to grow sales. Enter ecommerce, science, analytics, and a lot of supply chain optimization.
  
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• How Campbell Soup is betting on digital transformation, e-commerce, science to grow sales

  22-02-2017 18:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Like most consumer packaged goods and food companies, Campbell Soup is struggling to grow sales. Enter e-commerce, science, analytics and a lot of supply chain optimization.
  
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