Jul 30, 2016

Where a Suitcase Full of Cash Won’t Buy You Lunch


Although America is far from being completely cashless, some restaurants are betting that customers will be comfortable forgoing cash for convenience. – Source



Where a Suitcase Full of Cash Won’t Buy You Lunch

Bits: Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: The Cautionary Tale of the Fall of Yahoo


Twitter, Facebook, Google and Amazon shared their second-quarter earnings reports, and Yahoo agreed to sell itself to Verizon for about $5 billion. – Source



Bits: Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: The Cautionary Tale of the Fall of Yahoo

Skip down the Seine in a flying river taxi


The company wants to build battery-powered bubble-shaped ships that hover a few inches above water and transport as many as five people at a time. The founders intend to be operating by the summer of 2017. – Source



Skip down the Seine in a flying river taxi

5 technologies that can change stock markets forever


While some of these technologies may be in early stages of development and require significant improvements, the ground has been set for transformation. – Source



5 technologies that can change stock markets forever

India's top funded startups for 2016


2016 has not been an easy year for startups. With investors looking for profits, startups have found out that raising funds is not going to be easy. – Source



India's top funded startups for 2016

Twitter now offers stickers for subscribers to use on pictures


Back in February 2014, BBM started offering stickers to be added to messages. While BBM wasn’t the first to offer them, it still counts on purchases of sticker packets to help monetize the app. The latest social media star to give its users the ability to use stickers is Twitter. Users can go through a number of stickers, select the ones they want to use, and place them on top of photos. The stickers can be resized and rotated to make them fit better.


While Twitter turned to its own app to make the announcement that the stickers are now available, the company might not have expected … – Source



Twitter now offers stickers for subscribers to use on pictures

Best 'Counter-Strike' plays of the ELeague semifinals: Virtus.pro vs. Mousesports


Virtus.pro and Mousesports both got second chances at the ELeague finals, beating out the other contenders in the last chance qualifiers and making it through the quarterfinals. The two Counter-Strike teams fought Friday night for a place in the grand finals, giving it their best until the very end.


SEE ALSO: Best ‘Counter-Strike’ plays of the ELeague semifinals: Fnatic vs. Na’Vi


Virtus.pro made it through to Saturday’s finals, but Mousesports put up a good fight. While Mousesports had some great plays throughout, it just wasn’t enough to top the powerhouse that is Virtus.pro. VP took the first map 16-7 and the second map 16-10. …


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Best 'Counter-Strike' plays of the ELeague semifinals: Virtus.pro vs. Mousesports

How to stay calm while playing phone tag with a recruiter


If a recruiter were to call you while you were driving, what would you do? Well, if you’re anything like me, you might be tempted to cross four lanes of traffic and pull over as quickly as possible so you could take the call and (hopefully) land the job you’ve wanted forever.


While you’re probably more level-headed than this, I’m willing to bet that seeing an unknown phone number go to voicemail during a long job search has made you lose your cool on at least a few occasions.


SEE ALSO: 3 signs you’re working yourself way too hard (and how to stop)


It’s totally understandable to feel anxious when this happens, but here are a few smarter alternatives to consider whenever you happen to miss a recruiter’s call. …


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How to stay calm while playing phone tag with a recruiter

ZeroLemon 8500mAh case for the Nexus 6P review: Momma always said, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all


Sorry mom.


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The Nexus 6P is very good phone. I love almost everything about the behemoth. The only two big drawbacks in my consideration are the slow camera speeds (seriously, please fix this in Nougat) and the mediocre battery life. I am a very heavy mobile user and the 6P has never lasted me an entire day without a mid-day top off at lunch.


With that in mind, I was very excited to hear that ZeroLemon (finally) released an extended battery case for the Nexus 6P.


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ZeroLemon 8500mAh case for the Nexus 6P review: Momma always said, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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ZeroLemon 8500mAh case for the Nexus 6P review: Momma always said, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all

Waze beta adds reminder not to leave your child in the car


At a certain point, it can be somewhat difficult for an app to figure out what new features would be useful additions for users. Or, when you’re working towards bigger goals, you may want to find some small changes to show users you’re still working until that update gets pushed. It seems like Waze might be in that spot right now.
Waze is likely working on some more major changes for its popular navigation service, but the new feature in its latest beta is one of those smaller additions: a child reminder. Now, we’re not saying that this isn’t an important feature. No parent wants … – Source



Waze beta adds reminder not to leave your child in the car

The Superbook Android laptop has passed $1 million in Kickstarter funding


We’re careful about covering hardware Kickstarters because so many of them fail to deliver. The Superbook laptop dockfirst popped up a few months ago, then it hit Kickstarter last week. Whether or not this device lives up to the hype, there’s enough hype that you should probably be aware of it. The Superbook has already pulled in more than a million dollars, and there are still a few more weeks left in the campaign.


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The Superbook Android laptop has passed $1 million in Kickstarter funding was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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The Superbook Android laptop has passed $1 million in Kickstarter funding

Oppo F1s gets portrayed in leaked renders, stars in promo videos


We already know that Oppo is making the F1s official next week, on August 3 to be precise. This will be the Chinese company’s next smartphone focused on selfies, and it’s going to sport a 16 MP front-facing camera. It’s also got a fingerprint scanner embedded in a physical Home button underneath the screen.


And now some leaked press renders are doing the rounds online, showing the Oppo F1s in all its glory. The design is different compared to the F1, but it’s still got a metal construction.


Anticipating the launch taking place in a few days, Oppo’s arms in Malaysia, Indonesia, and…


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Oppo F1s gets portrayed in leaked renders, stars in promo videos