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Why I Can't Wait For The Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Why I Can’t Wait For The Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Here’s something to look forward to this year to all Note series loyalists.

After several consumer complaints about the Note 7 overheating and with some people saying it explodes.Investigations conducted by the company confirm that it was not an issue with the battery but by an electronic hardware design problem.The overall cause will be uncovered later this month.Samsung will still go ahead with…

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One-Handed Design Might Be Coming To Android's Chrome App

One-Handed Design Might Be Coming To Android’s Chrome App

Interface elements such as the search bar are coming to the bottom of phone’s display according to the Chrome Home feature.he earlier version had its controls on the very top of the display.

Chrome has its controls on the very top of the display and  I had problems since moving to the android ecosystem from Microsoft.I used to have the Lumia 535 as my daily driver before ditching the Windows 10…

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Facebook's Introduces Free Online Training For Journalists

Facebook’s Introduces Free Online Training For Journalists

Facebook launched a new website designed as a “one-stop shop” for journalists to learn how to get started using the social network’s products and how to improve their output.

The training website features online courses on 360-degree video and photos, Instant Articles, Facebook Live, and best practices for using Facebook and Instagram. The site will be updated throughout the week following its…

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Hardware is sexy, but it's software that matters

Hardware is sexy, but it’s software that matters

You can make software if you choose to.

  George Kamau @mxdd_ Not just the expected version of software that runs on a computer, but the metaphorical idea of rules and algorithms designed to solve problems and connect people…

Apple started as a hardware company with the Apple II. Soon in, they realized that while hardware is required, it’s software that changes the world. For years, the Mac was…

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It's Apple Time:Everything You Need Or Need Not To Know But Should About Today's Apple Event

It’s Apple Time:Everything You Need Or Need Not To Know But Should About Today’s Apple Event

So today.

It’s Apple Time.

September 7 at 10 a.m. PT Watch the event on https://t.co/yLa2e4Xr2R. RT for a reminder on event day. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/e9MHNkLeoi

— Apple (@Apple) September 2, 2016

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Alot of things were ‘resurrected’ including Apple’s twitter handle and returned their Apple TV “Appe Events” channel with a timer counting down.

The Story So…

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Twitter launches DM Button To Expand Its Web Prescence The Message button joins Twitter’s other embeddable offerings for site owners, which include tweet grids, timelines and buttons for following and mentioning an account.This feature continues to extend its reach beyond the service’s apps.Its creation is another step in the direction of showing why Twitter should be relevant in everyday issues.

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Lifestage:Facebook's Latest App Targeting To Chip Away At Snapchat's User Base

Lifestage:Facebook’s Latest App Targeting To Chip Away At Snapchat’s User Base

Lifestage is Facebook’s attempt to emulate its early success. (While also taking down Snapchat.)Facebook appears ready to try its hand at yet another standalone social app. This time around, the company has the credibility of a living, breathing teen to help bolster the cause, even if he is a Facebook employee.

Facebook just launched Lifestage (iOS), a social network for users under 21. It’s…

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Duo:The Takedown Of Google's Video-Calling App

Duo:The Takedown Of Google’s Video-Calling App

Doesn’t matter which OS is your favorite

Now, all you need is a phone number to start a video call with any contact who uses an Android- or iOS-based smartphone.

Stand aside FaceTime and Skype. There’s a new video chat app in town.

It’s specifically designed to remove all the hassles from making video calls.

All you need is a smartphone and your phone number.

Google created the app so that it…

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This is Why You Should Delete Snapchat

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Snapchat is the prime example of what happens when you don’t have enough people of color building a product.

This isn’t the first time the social media company has gotten in trouble for promoting racial stereotypes. 

But I do not tolerate racism or racial insensitivity. When the line between what is a joke and what is hate can’t be distinguished immediately, everyone loses.

Yesterday, in…

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More News Feed Tweaks Are Coming

​Facebook is tweaking the News Feed yet again.

Another week, another News Feed tweak. Just a few days after adjusting the News Feed to try and put an end to blatant clickbait, Facebook is now changing it up in another more to make social content “more informative.”

As for Pages, Facebook says this shouldn’t have a significant impact. No need to worry, social media managers.

Basically, the…

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Complexion Reduction: A New Trend In Mobile Design

We have been living in a world of ‘clean and minimal’ for quite some time, so what’s next? Over the last several months, some of the leaders of innovative design have taken ‘minimal design’ to the next level. Facebook, Airbnb and Apple have followed a similar blueprint to simplify prominent products in a way that reflects this new trend of ‘Complexion Reduction’ in mobile design. WHAT THE HELL IS…

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Breaking Down Instagram Stories And It's Use By The Media And Brands

Breaking Down Instagram Stories And It’s Use By The Media And Brands

​You could call it Snapchat for adults, a way for brands to post more without overwhelming people’s feeds, an alternative to Instagram’s Like-driven success theater or a blatant ripoff

Just as I was deciding whether to snapchat, Instagram introduces stories. Decisions, decisions…

Instagram Stories may look like a shameless grab for Snapchat users, but it also reflects a craving for ephemerality.

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iCircuit:Apple This Week

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A customer uses her new smartphone during the release of the iPhone 6s at an Apple store in Shanghai on September 25, 2015.

iCircuit:The biggest Apple headlines of the week.A weekly roundup of the biggest Apple news this week. To see last week’s roundup.

It might be summer, but that hasn’t stopped the Apple  AAPL 1.51%  news from flowing in. This week, the company launched a new…

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Kickass Journalism Tools

Kickass Journalism

This is a collection of awesome things (preferably open source) to make your journalism better. Please add anything you think everyone should know about.

How to add an awesome thing

open an issue with a link; or

fork the repo, add something, send a pull request

Charts

ChartBuilder– Chartbuilder is a front-end charting application that facilitates easy creation of simple…

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East Africa's Biggest Broadcaster Nation Media Group To Fire Staff And Shut Down TV And Radio Stations

East Africa’s Biggest Broadcaster Nation Media Group To Fire Staff And Shut Down TV And Radio Stations

Nation Centre in Nairobi where Nation Media Group is based.

Nation Media Group will fire some of its employees in a plan aimed at changing it into a “modern 21st century digital content company”.

In a bid to compete with online news outlets, the region’s largest media company says it’s shifting to a digital-first strategy

The media house said in a statement on Thursday that this entails running…

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IBTimes Layoffs And Seeking NewsWeek Buyer

  Digital media layoffs continue, this time at International Business Times

IBTimes and Newsweek, which are owned by parent company IBT Media, are laying off people today. It’s thesecond such major wave of job cuts at the place in recent months.

One employee let go today toldRecode that although employees didn’t yet know the scope of the cuts, it was “big”; another estimated it was “between 30…

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Facebooks Newsreading App Paper Will Shut Down On July 29

Facebook Paper shutting down: Great they keep experimenting even if it fails, frustrating they can’t stick with anything, or both?

Facebook is shutting down Paper, a bold reimagining of the company’s flagship app for iOS that impressed critics but failed to attract a large audience, the company said today. The app transformed the core Facebook experience into a kind of newsreader, with…

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