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The little blue checkmark that appears on some Twitter accounts indicates that it is a verified account. Previously, the only accounts that received a checkmark were those of people who are high-profile. That used to include celebrities, athletes, politicians, and even some reporters. Twitter is now allowing all users to request a verified account. Twitter has posted information that explains
Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Sky's Now TV might have overtaken DVRs, DVDs and Blu-ray but I've discovered that physical discs have one major advantage.....no-one can take away the film until you're finished watching (excepting small children and drunken relatives). Our family subscribes to a streaming service, and while I normally watch a film or episode in a
Their is a crazy deal for privacy violations in works that would allow the US/UK to collect their citizens data in each others countries being proposed by the administration. Sadly some companies are actually behind the initiative that has each governement looking to figure a way through legislation to make it happen. This is after a court ruling won by
The promise of a work-free life, where mechanical devices do all of humanity's drudge work has been little more than just that; a promise. And while we're still a long way away from a time when we'll be able to sit poolside all day, sipping fruity drinks, while armies of robots take care of the cooking, cleaning, and other mundane tasks,
Burning the candle on both ends here folks, things have been as crazy as ever. Believe me though it is a good thing. Today we roll back the time machine and Nintendo is about to introduce the Nintendo Mini and wow people are going crazy over the announcement. I have a stacked show today and am definitely over sharing. But
Noted, the music-centric social sharing service that lets users receive a "news feed" style stream of songs selected by friends, has added support for SongSync, Spotify, and Apple Music. From a recent Noted e-mail announcement: SongSync lets you integrate with your Spotify/Apple Music account to share songs and build playlists across services. Here’s an example: Now friends can share a
For some time, something has been going on with me I’ve been struggling to explain. My motivation to share things via social media has been waning. When podcasting came along in 2004, and social media was still in its infancy, my motivation to share was strong. For several years, I was creating and posting new content at a furious rate.
Blizzard Entertainment is adding a new silence penalty to World of Warcraft. It is designed to enable players to report those who cannot play nice with others. This new silence penalty for World of Warcraft has some similarities to the one Blizzard added to Heroes of the Storm in 2015. The silence penalty will be implemented with the pre-expansion patch
Pokemon Go Fever is sweeping the country every place I go people are playing the game and getting some serious exercise. If you play Ingress you know where all the Pokemon Go Gym's are as they match the portals. Quite amazing and it is obvious that the Niantic folks have a winner on their hands with this one. I am
Break out the sneakers and Poké Balls! #PokemonGO is now available in the US, Aus and NZ! pic.twitter.com/2wpL88LSIb
Anvato has announced that it is joining the Google Cloud Platform team. Anvato says it will continue to deliver the full range of cutting edge video processing software solutions for pay TV operators, programmers, broadcasters, and live event producers, and will do so on the Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. Anvato's Media Content Platform has many large media companies as its
The upcoming release of iOS 10 will include something that has never been done before. For the first time ever, iPhone users will be able to sign up to be an organ donor right through the Health app on their phones. Apple has announced how this will work. First, an iPhone user needs to open the Health app on their
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