For sex workers, an app that provides extra protection!!!

For sex workers, an app that provides extra protection (via Pando Daily)

By Mary Emily O’Hara On September 9, 2013 Recently, Safe IQ, a startup based in Ireland, launched an app aimed at better protecting sex workers in Ireland, the UK, Sweden, and Norway, countries where prostitution is legal. (Canada is next.) The “…

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Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security!!!

Is Privacy Dead? (via http://amicuscuria.com)

Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security • NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records • $250m/yr: US works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products •…

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Global Games: Culturalize, Not Localize!!!!!!

Global Games: Culturalize, Not Localize (via Dice News in Tech)

While a lot of attention is paid to localization in game creation, many American developers don’t consider another important – some would say critical – aspect of design: culturalization. If you’re seeking to rapidly distribute titles in an…

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Hugo Barra’s departure from Google is huge news for Xiaomi. It’s bigger news for Chinese tech!!!!!

Hugo Barra’s departure from Google is huge news for Xiaomi. It’s bigger news for Chinese tech (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On August 29, 2013 It is significant that Android’s Hugo Barra is leaving Google to join Xiaomi, a three-year-old smartphone maker that is already valued at $10 billion. And it’s just as significant that he is taking on a role…

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Kickstarter will soon launch in Australia and New Zealand!!!!!!!!

Kickstarter will soon launch in Australia and New Zealand (via Pando Daily)

On August 27, 2013 Kickstarter has announced via a teaser page on its website that it will soon offer its crowdfunding services in both Australia and New Zealand. The only other non-US countries Kickstarter is available in are Canada and the UK. [Source…

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10 social media tips to help you fly with Hootsuite!!!!!

10 social media tips to help you fly with Hootsuite (via www.danmason.co.uk)

The great thing about Hootsuite is that it’s easy to learn, but scales quickly to become a powerful team tool for professional social media management. It’s a Swiss Army Knife for searching, listening, curating, sharing and connecting. It works…

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Startup Jobs In The UK Are On The Up!!

Top 5 European Startup Hubs!!!!!!!

Nokia blames Microsoft for poor Windows Phone app selection!!!!!!!!!

Nokia blames Microsoft for poor Windows Phone app selection (via The Inquirer)

FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia's VP Bryan Biniak has spoken out about the firm's relationship with Microsoft and has hinted that there might be trouble in paradise. Speaking with the International Business Times, Biniak said that Nokia is happy with the…

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5 Best Apps to Build Your Online Professional Profile!!!!!!!

5 Best Apps to Build Your Online Professional Profile (via http://www.socialmpromotions.co.uk)

In this modern world, if you aren’t online, you don’t exist. A Microsoft study found that 79 percent of employers will research their job candidates online. Perhaps even more startling, 70 percent say they rejected a potential employee based on…

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Tumblr porn is a bigger problem than Yahoo realizes!!!!!!!

Tumblr porn is a bigger problem than Yahoo realizes (via Pando Daily)

By Paul Walsh On July 26, 2013 My startup promotes Internet family safety, and as a result I can lay claim to having indexed more pornography than perhaps any other company in the world — more than OpenDNS, Norton, and McAfee combined. We maintain…

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20 best Android apps this week 7/19/2013!!!!!!

20 best Android apps this week (via http://boomer-technology.com)

It’s time for our weekly roundup of brand new and notable apps for Android smartphones and tablets. It covers apps and games, with the prices referring to the initial download: so (Free) may mean (Freemium) in some cases. The equivalent iOS roundup…

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20 best iPhone and iPad apps this week 7/19/2013!!!!!!!

20 best iPhone and iPad apps this week (via http://boomer-technology.com)

It’s time for our weekly roundup of brand new and notable apps for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices. It covers apps and games, with the prices referring to the initial download: so (Free) may mean (Freemium) in some cases. There’s a separate…

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Nokia Lumia 1020 goes up for preorder in the UK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nokia Lumia 1020 goes up for preorder in the UK (via The Inquirer)

FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia's Lumia 1020 smartphone has gone up for preorder in the UK courtesy of SIM-free retailer Clove. Usually when you preorder a product you know how much you will pay for it. But it looks like Nokia is trying to give the Lumia…

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Best Mobile Phones for Playing Games!!!!!!!

Best Mobile Phones for Playing Games (via http://uk-mobile-broadband-deals.net)

The mobile market in the UK is flooded with numerous best mobile phone deals which are very tempting but are also very well known amongst the mobile phone users. The mobile phone deals in UK are quite favorable and they have added some extra incentives…

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ICO demands Google amend its privacy policy to comply with Data Protection Act!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ICO demands Google amend its privacy policy to comply with Data Protection Act (via The Inquirer)

THE UK INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS OFFICE (ICO) has written to Google demanding that it update its privacy policy, claiming that it isn't in compliance with the UK Data Protection Act. The ICO launched an investigation of Google's updated privacy policy…

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