Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader shares a Quartz report: So much code to write, so few developers. The chronic talent shortage afflicting Silicon Valley is now all over the US — and the developers are too.
A study by the software trade group The App Association an… Continue reading 90% Of Software Developers Work Outside Silicon Valley
Olivia Solon, writing for The Guardian: In July 2015, Amazon declared its own annual holiday: Amazon Prime Day. The retail giant promised deals on a wide range of products for customers signed up to its membership program, Amazon Prime. This is the second Amazon Prime Day, and it’s pretty hard to miss. At the time of writing, the #PrimeDay hashtag was one of Twitter’s top 10 worldwide trends. Media outlets including the Daily Mail, USA Today, the Telegraph, PC World and CNet are publishing numerous stories about the discounts on offer, and urging readers to sign up for an Amazon Prime trial. What many of those readers won’t realise is that publishers are financially incentivised by Amazon to write about Prime Day. By signing up to the retail giantâ(TM)s affiliate programme, Amazon Associates, publishers can earn commissions from linking to products on Amazon.com.In some other news, Amazon announced on Wednesday that the self-created holiday was its biggest sales day ever, with worldwide orders rising more than 60% compared with the previous Prime Day.
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Google reportedly plans to introduce Google Play Family Library plan later this month which will enable users to share their Android apps, games, and media purchases with five different people. The feature, which is similar to Apple’s Family Sharing pl… Continue reading Google Will Let You Share Movies, Apps, and Music You Buy With Up To Six People
An anonymous reader shares a Neowin article: Microsoft is making life easier for Twitch streamers who rely on capture cards to stream Xbox One games, by adding support for capture cards on Xbox Live. Up until now if you wanted to stream an Xbox One gam… Continue reading Streamers Get Best Of Both Worlds With Xbox Live Support For PC Twitch Streaming
Four months after Linux users complained about issues with Skype app — an update in March apparently broke the instant message and video calling app — Microsoft announced a few minutes ago the launch of the Alpha version of a new Skype app for Linux,… Continue reading Microsoft Finally Releases New Skype App For Linux
Peter Kafka, reporting for Recode: Here’s the latest salvo in the back and forth between YouTube and the music industry: A report from Google that says its video site’s copyright software has allowed content owners to generate $1 billion in the last ye… Continue reading YouTube Says Content Owners Made $1B Last Year — So Music Labels Should Stop Complaining
An anonymous reader shares a report on The Register: Linus Torvalds has unleashed a sweary rant on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, labelling some members “brain-damaged” for their preferred method of punctuating comments. “Can we please get rid of the b… Continue reading Linus Torvalds In Sweary Rant About Punctuation In Kernel Comments
An anonymous reader writes: A sophisticated piece of government-made malware, designed to do reconnaissance on energy grid’s system ahead of an eventual cyberattack on critical infrastructure, was found on a dark web hacking forum. SentinelOne’s resear… Continue reading Researchers Found a Hacking Tool that Targets Energy Grids on the Dark Web
A day after the Brexit, former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage admitted he had misled the public on a key issue. He admitted that UK’s alleged 350M Euro weekly contribution to the EU would not be directed to the National Health Service… Continue reading How Technology Disrupted the Truth
An anonymous reader shares an Ars Technica report:Law enforcement agencies around the globe are reminding citizens to obey trespassing laws and follow common sense when playing Pokemon Go. The new crazy-popular mobile game has led to some frightening r… Continue reading Cops Warn Pokemon Go Players: Please Don’t Trespass To Catch ’em All