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Wednesday, May 04, 2016
4 May - Pale Moon Aggregator
English: Welcome to Fort McMurray sign in Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Opera backs IAB’s ‘Lean’ effort to make ads less annoying — with caveats
Opera looks to be throwing the ad industry a bit of a bone on the
ad-blocking front by saying it wants to work with the IAB on a
standardization effort around so-called Lean ads, perhaps with a view to
whitelisting these ads in future. Read More
Craig Wright will publish “extraordinary proof” that he is Satoshi
Another day, another confirmation that the shadowy figure called
Satoshi Nakamoto is indeed Craig “Verbal” Wright. This time Wright
himself claims that he will offer “extraordinary proof” that he is
Satoshi. This means, we can assume, he will sign messages using
Satoshi’s private key. Read More
The key to global empowerment is technology
With the exponential growth in technology, the world has seen not only
profound change in various industries, but also a fundamental shift in
the structure to our global society. To unwrap this bit of jargon, let’s
look at the intersection of human rights and technology. The
fundamental nature of h...
Uber denies plans to kill surge pricing in the U.S.
Despite the headlines today, Uber says it does not have plans to nix
surge pricing in the U.S. It did away with surge in Delhi, India, but
has now reinstated the feature there as well. An earlier report from NPR
claimed Uber would be doing away with surge, a feature on the Uber app
that bumps price...
Instagram crams more ads in less space with Video Carousels
What’s more lucrative than a video ad? Multiple videos in a single ad.
To help businesses show different sides of their products in vivid
motion, today Instagram is launching video ad carousels. It’s a savvy
way for the company to give advertisers more flexibility through
horizontal space so as not...
Twitter’s new ‘Connect’ tab shows you who to follow
Twitter has announced a new feature designed to make it easier for
users to find interesting and relevant accounts to follow on its
service: a new “Connect” tab. Available on both iOS and Android, the tab
combines the ability to find friends and family from your phone’s
Contact list with Twitter’s ...
When innovating stops making sense
If you listened carefully to business news last week you could hear
the sound of a giant tree falling in a quiet forest. It happened when
Rovi bought TiVo for $1.1 billion. It was a merger of convenience, a way
for TiVo to get out of its slump and die gracefully without much
shareholder pain. The b...
Shenzhen Valley Ventures has a new incubator for hardware startups
Shenzhen Valley Ventures in Palo Alto, Calif. is launching an
incubator for hardware startups in partnership with one of its largest
limited partners, Zowee, a factory that works with hardware giants like
Xiaomi Technology Co. and Samsung Ltd.
Zowee’s Shenzhen facility includes unique prototyping a...
Yes, it’s early May, but here are some new HP back-to-school Pavilion PCs
It’s May, and students everywhere are making last-minute
preparations for the prom and eagerly watching the clocks tick down to
summer break. But HP’s here to remind you that back-to-school season is
just around that next corner, as the world continues mercilessly
spinning forward. The computer mak...
Payment startup Zooz raises $24 million as global fintech looks for standards
Zooz’s series C round more than doubles the total amount invested in
the company to $40.5 million, raised in four rounds. The latest round
included Fang Fund, iAngels, Kreos Capital and existing investors
Blumberg Capital, lool ventures, Rhodium, Claltech (Access Industries’
Israeli tech vehicle), ...
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English: Welcome to Fort McMurray sign in Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
'Trained Assassins' Kill 7 Cops Guarding Polio Workers(nbcnews.com)
Russia's Military Just Bought Five Dolphins and Won't Say Why(fortune.com)
Wirthman: Valuing women veterans(denverpost.com)
Feds Eye Blackwater Founder for Selling Mercenary Services Abroad(wnyc.org)
Why Does the FDA Think Eating Buttered Cigarettes or Egg Shells is OK?(anh-usa.org)
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