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• The 15 best Android games from 2017!

  27-12-2017 21:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Top 5 Smartphones of 2017!

  27-12-2017 20:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• How to create your next design project, completely free

  27-12-2017 20:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Creating a well-designed site, product, or project usually isn’t cheap. You know you want to make something that looks good – but how do you do it if you’re working with a limited budget? While there’s no substitute for hiring a great designer, there are ways to build something beautiful without spending thousands of dollars — and it starts with the little elements, like getting the font, icons, photos, and colors right. Check out the list below for 21 of our favor
  
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• 2017 in Review: TNW’s favorite iOS Apps Launched this Year

  27-12-2017 18:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  2017’s list of new apps came with some real winners, and several of them we really enjoyed. To be clear, this isn’t a rundown of apps that were insanely popular this year. It’s a mix of ones we’ve reviewed and others that were just really good. We think everyone should download at least one of these as a souvenir from this year. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp I would have loved to put Super Mario Run or Pokemon GO on this list, but both were launched before the year a
  
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• Reminder: WhatsApp will no longer support BBOS or BlackBerry 10 as of December 31

  27-12-2017 17:18 via feeds.crackberry.com
  As of December 31, WhatsApp will no longer officially support BBOS or BlackBerry 10 and those still using the apps may see features stop functioning at any time.
  We've been down this road before, but it seems this time around, there will be no reprieve for BBOS or BlackBerry 10 support from WhatsApp. As of December 31, WhatsApp will no longer officially support BBOS or BlackBerry 10 and those still using the apps may see features stop functioning at any time.Read More »
  
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• Hackers don’t care who you are — but they will sell your identity on the Dark Web

  27-12-2017 17:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  If there’s one thing you need to know about the criminal economy, it’s this: no one is coming after you in particular. No one is trying to steal your identity. It’s easy to frame identity theft as a personal experience because identity theft has clear personal consequences and a tangible personal impact. Here’s the thing, though: Identity theft isn’t personal. It’s business. I’ve spent years working on and in the dark web fraud community, evaluatin
  
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• Master Adobe’s top design apps with these certification courses — now just $39

  27-12-2017 16:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  You can learn how to harness some of Adobe’s best and most popular apps right now with a lifetime of access to these Graphic Design Certification School courses. It’s available right now for only $39 (an over 90 percent savings, from TNW Deals.
  
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• The 10 best Android apps from 2017!

  27-12-2017 15:04 via youtube.com
  
  
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• TNW’s possibly accurate predictions for technology in 2018

  27-12-2017 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  We undertook a 12 month quest in a mystical land to seek the oracle of enlightenment in order to determine what would happen in the world of technology circa 2018. When that didn’t work, we started guessing. Here’s what happens next. AI should continue to make waves With improvements to image processing and voice-recognition set to be the focus early on. It’s easy to imagine that just about every gadget will have some form of AI in it. And every flagship phone in 2018 wil
  
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• 4 reasons why coding academy students make for kickass developers

  27-12-2017 13:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Coding academies are flourishing, but are their graduates getting hired? Thanks to coding academies the developer workforce is seeing some much-needed growth, but many employers need a bit of persuasion to consider hiring a bootcamp grad. In this post, I’ll explain why coding academy grads have many strengths which can make them great hires. Up-to-date skills Job applicants who’ve learned the ropes through a coding academy, bootcamp or online course lack experience, theoretical comp
  
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• 30 of the best Android apps of 2017

  27-12-2017 11:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  2017 saw a nice bunch of useful and inventive apps hit the Play store, and a number of our older favorites got some notable updates too. We’ve rounded up 30 of our favorites from our testing through the year – scroll through our list, find your must-haves and be sure to let us know which ones you’re rocking on your own device into the new year. Cool Tools Files Go Practically all Android phones come with a file explorer, but if you’re not happy with your current choice,
  
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• 6 Reasons Why Ordering Glasses Online Is The Best Decision You’ll Make This Holiday Season

  27-12-2017 10:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  Everyone’s had that stomach-churning experience of trying to purchase a new pair of glasses in a physical store. Whether it was your parent or spouse forcing you to try on every pair or the obnoxiously loud-mouthed person talking on their phone, most of us are no stranger to these upsetting attempts at purchasing new eyewear. Overall, online shopping is continuing to trend upwards—in part because of the above grievances. In fact, this year’s Cyber Monday generated $5.65 billio
  
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• How Uber could be building a restaurant empire with your data

  27-12-2017 09:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  To the excitement of credit card addicts everywhere, Uber announced its new Uber Credit Card last month. Needless to say, I was pretty pumped. At first glance, this seemed like a natural progression of Uber’s core business. Nearly every airline and hotel offers their own co-branded credit card, specifically built to lock-in frequent travelers with miles and points. However, to credit card power users, Uber’s rewards were baffling. With only two percent cash back on an
  
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• Top 5 WordPress predictions for 2018

  27-12-2017 08:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  Though many Internet users might not be aware of it, WordPress actually powers a huge number of the world’s websites. In fact, it is estimated that about 27.5 percent of the top websites worldwide rely on WordPress for their operation. With such staggering numbers, it is not hard to see why so many people are interested in keeping in touch with what is happening with the platform. Here, we have compiled some of the top predictions for 2018 in regards to the platforms growth, tools, and ge
  
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• Don’t hire more people, build smarter AI

  27-12-2017 07:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  As a teenager, I used to frequently visit the local Tower Records store on my way home from school. Back in the day, Tower was the go-to place for all things music. Living on a budget, buying a CD was a significant expense that required me to puppy eye my parents for extra cash on a weekly basis. Buying music was too expensive, and more often than not, I felt somewhat cheated into getting the full album, when all I really wanted was to listen to a track or two. Russ Solomon, Tower Record’
  
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