It's entirely about analytics. Podcasting is the present and future for audio (and video to a lesser extent) distribution. Apple recently added analytics to their podcast player, and NPR is following suit.
The nature of RSS distribution is such that it's very difficult (if not impossible) to properly analyze your listener base, in order to provide advertisers the data they need to be sold on your [product/audience.] The only way to gather the data they need (listening time, frequency, are you listening while driving, etc) is on the client side. Hence this acquisition.
Whether this is good or bad, acceptable or not, is up to the individual.
If it turns you off, AntennaPod is a good FOSS alternative for Android.
> The only thing I don't understand, It takes $10,000 a month to make a podcast work without ads???
> I can't see a 8 ads adding up to $10,000.
Mule Radio charges $2500 per ad per weekly episode of The Talk Show with John Gruber. I suspect the shows have roughly the same audience size and demographics. It's really not inconceivable. Host read ads are big money.
January 20th, 2017
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So, can anyone explain why it would or would not be wise to remove your phone number before this gets shared with third parties?
Edit: https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/settings for those interested.
Edit2: You can't delete your primary. I created a new fake "work" number. Still can't delete original phone number. Damn.
Edit3: Create new "home" number (555-123-1234 or whatever). Set as primary. Delete original phone number. This bypasses the required "confirmed" number since home phones do not get verified. Finally.
There are a few people who took pictures in the last month of some tubes at Space-X HQ but didn't know what they were for.
>Anyone downloading the apps were expecting a truck or car driving game. Instead, they got what appeared to be a buggy app that crashed every time it opened.
>In reality, the app was downloading a payload from another domain — registered to an app developer in Istanbul — and installed malware behind the scenes, deleting the app’s icon in the process.
In related news uBlock Origin (the lighter adblock alternative) has decided to completely block access to all of sourceforge (source)
Awesome! Now find Chrome shortcut in the start menu, drag it (copy) out to desktop. Open Shortcut properties and change the target to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -app=https://www.messenger.com and you'll have borderless window FB Messenger app. Than go here: http://www.iconarchive.com/tag/facebook-messenger - download icon in .ico format and change the icon in Shortcut properties. Voila - standalone desktop Messenger!
copyn paste from let that be a reminder for us should (when) things change:
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Yes they do, apps have a package name which is enforced by the app store to be unique.
For example, take the YouTube app. Look at the URL of the appstore listing.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.youtube
You'll notice something that looks like a backwards domain name here: com.google.android.youtube
This is that apps unique package name, and password managers can use that to auto fill in apps as well.
So if you open an app with something like Bitwarden installed, it can check and give a reasonable recommendation as to whether to auto fill the info for you.
Now I should add, none of this helps you if you side load apps. By side loading you're bypassing this requirement of globally unique package names, and a malicious actor could just impersonate a legitimate app to trick your password manager into suggesting an auto fill when it is not appropriate.
A new version of Windows; A new reason to run the same UEFI story again. Can't wait to see it again in a few years.
Sept 2011: http://www.zdnet.com/article/yes-uefi-secure-boot-could-lock-out-linux-from-windows-8-pcs/
ZDNet reports Safari and Android browsers prior to Kitkat are affected. Also reports Chrome, IE and Firefox are not.
Dug a little bit to find PayPal's updated ToS:
From Amendments to the PayPal User Agreement, the PayPal Privacy Policy and the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, effective July 1, 2015: > > 1.10 Calls to You; Mobile Telephone Numbers. You consent to receive autodialed or prerecorded calls and text messages from PayPal at any telephone number that you have provided us or that we have otherwise obtained. We may place such calls or texts to (i) notify you regarding your account; (ii) troubleshoot problems with your account (iii) resolve a dispute; (iv) collect a debt; (v) poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, (vii) contact you with offers and promotions; or (viii) as otherwise necessary to service your account or enforce this User Agreement, our policies, applicable law, or any other agreement we may have with you...
There's more, but you can read it. It was enough for me.
Source: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/upcoming-policies-full
This article can be slightly misleading for some people. There is no direct threat to anyone using the default and recommended Adblock Plus Filter lists.
However we're aware of the implications of this vulnerability and are already working on eliminating any risk for our users - find our full statement here: https://adblockplus.org/blog/potential-vulnerability-through-the-url-rewrite-filter-option
Cheers,
-Jessy
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The MS365, iCloud, and ProtonMail services allow a maximum of 6 users.
It does say they have Ubuntu Kylin which I believe is mostly being developed by the Chinese government and Canonical
Much better article: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/paypal-will-soon-be-able-to-robocall-or-robo-text-you-for-just-about-any-reason-2015-06-02
FCC is supposed to vote on this, we'll see how that turns out. I have too many agreements with merchants using PayPal to just close my account, but this is ridiculous. I really hope the FCC does the right thing here, but I'm not really all that confident.
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So was that another Periscope ad as part of the series in the last few months or a rather underhanded stab at the people of Turkey for surprisingly using web services given "the underdeveloped peoples that they are"? Glad Veronica asked the pertinent question what would happen if the service would be blocked just like every other one. I feel like the show would benefit from a bit more solid discussion of the headlines, so there is less need for "filling the word quota" on the sometimes a bit pretentious and under-informed/rose-colored discussion stories (such as about the niceness of Turkey to fit into Europe).
Why don't you check Nord's official statement and you'll know a little bit more? Let's start with that no user was affected by this incident and that it was only one server out of thousands others. So what are the odds that many people were using it, right?
Imho, Nord always provided a high quality service for a long time and this thing got escalated by the press and their competitors.
Well, it's free and has no ads. That right there could make it better than Pandora. Plus, it is "powered by Slacker." I don't know if that means that Milk has the same library, but according to this article, Slacker has a much bigger library than Pandora. I'm not saying Milk will be any good, but an ad-free service with a bigger library than Pandora certainly warrants something better than, "meh."
Not necessarily, although it has become a much more realistic option now that Microsoft is forced to adopt open standards like HTML5, ODF or OpenGL. You can just not install the given updates on Win7 and stay fine for now, since the snooping is not as pre-baked in as with Win10. They really flipped the switch there and aim for alternative income streams through userdata/ads/apps at the cost of your privacy.
You however have until 2020 to hope they make some improvements and study the tons of privacy countermeasures or make the switch to a by then even more capable distro of your choice.
Exactly. The whole headline is garbage. The "tech firm" didn't "block" anything. It makes it sound like the employees are actively involved in the process. And the blog post is pretty matter of fact and not very braggy at all.
https://www.bleachbit.org/news/bleachbit-stifles-investigation-hillary-clinton
It's what I use for "podcasts" that are YouTube only. You have a to dig a bit to find the exact "feed" and quality settings you might need, but it currently downloads the video files from YouTube so I can watch them offline and/or at 2x speed as I prefer.
YouTube could change its code tomorrow and gpodder might stop working, but it's worked for the past couple of years for me right now.
Of course I figure Tom, once the dust has settled, will probably release his own podcast feed and maybe even a Patreon subscription or something along those lines.
Using the "--app=[URL]" input argument in conjunction with Chrome or Chromium will create a separate chromeless instance for a web application. Combine this with a launcher like Rocketdock and you have a much better alternative to the Google launcher, that also integrates with all regular desktop software.
Finally a mention of a more privacy aware service provider like Protonmail! I already had an approved account, the interface is in the same league as Gmail and I'm definitely moving over my private email now that I can also get mobile access/notifications. It's a pity Tom didn't convey better that your storage on their server is not accessible to them (as opposed to Google), so it's very much like the SpiderOak online storage provider that Tom once liked over Dropbox.
I would love to hear from an industry expert how the open source animation software Blender managed to gain such prominence on the 3D-side, while GIMP hasn't managed to attain this over the Adobe products on the 2D-side. Is it a format lock-in thing like with MS Office, better underlying technologies or is there maybe a difference in the development team?
I tried DDG about 12 months ago but the results just weren't good enough, I found I had to switch back to Google half the time, so I settled on StartPage instead. However for the last two months I've been giving DDG another shot, using it exclusively on all devices, and it's been amazing, I have not needed to go to Google even once. They're really upped their game with result quality, instant answers, Apple maps integration, dark mode, etc. If you haven't tried it in a while, give it another shot.
Or just change the word. I think those fine young autists on the chans put out a list of offensive words and their stealth equivalents a while ago.
"Operation Google" (NSFW)
Censorship never works the way the authoritarians plan it to work.
I found a company registered in Texas called Deskconnect as well as an app, but nothing tying them to Microsoft.
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hey have you checked Gmelius' Privacy and Security practices at https://gmelius.com/legal ?
"Gmelius is a Swiss company which is GDPR compliant. We're transparent about our data collection / use and take the privacy of our customers extremely seriously."
"Gmelius employees have access to your Gmelius data (not your emails in Gmail) on a need-to-access basis, e.g., for a support ticket. A copy of our Security Brochure detailing Gmelius policies is enclosed (page 6). We never index, store or transmit your email data."
(Just FYI )
There are several of these HDMI dongles, the Chromecast was very early in the game, and it had a massive PR boom. None of the others have done so well.
Among the others, the Roku Streaming Stick has a good chance at making some waves, especially if their next version is like the Roku 3. The Amazon Fire TV Stick has a reasonable chance to be successful, especially at the somewhat reasonable price along with the remote control.
This Vudu Spark and the Matchstick (using Firefox OS) will have no chance. I'm not certain the Matchstick will be ever be released, much less be successful.
Disclaimer: I have a Chromecast, and am using it right now. Actually watching MST3K.
I just recently switched from Facebook to Metal on my Galaxy s6, I haven't noticed too much of a difference in battery life but I'm not a huge Facebook user.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nam.fbwrapper
Seems very much in line with their Google Opinion Rewards and Google Play Free Song of the Day initiatives.
I use both BaconReader and Sync for Reddit but I'd be curious about what Reddit would bring to the table in terms of design or features that these two, and others, currently don't.
Been done many times before,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DAQRI.crayola.coloralive
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.disneydigitalbooks.disneycolorandplay_goo
What makes this new one any different than their old one or Crayola's?
Personally I'm glad if Google were to step back from ChromeOS on laptops and tablets, because the "all in the cloud"-approach only reminds me of that very creepy "One Tablet Per Student" episode on Person of Interest and the ultimate invasion of privacy it represents. Moreover all the assumptions about the capabilities of those tablets, including the Windows ones, were already somewhat undermined by the discussion of their limited performance on a recent show by Scott Johnson. There are however already good office compatible suites on Android like the one developed by Kingsoft.