Saying goodbye is so hard to do, isn’t it? It’s uncomfortable, and sometimes it’s awkward. Well, there may not be any instructions for those situations, but at least we can offer some instructions for how you can say goodbye in an email without feeling awkward. An email signature is for all intents and purposes, your “goodbye”. It’s not whether you hug someone or give them a handshake. It’s not whether you only give them your name, or hand them your business card with all of your contact info included. It’s how you make an impression. Or not. In this article,...
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Last week, Feedly rolled out a controversial new “feature” – hijacking feed links to steal traffic from millions of bloggers. Redirecting shared links with Feedly to Feedly’s own view of the article instead of the article itself on the original site is a concern for original content creators on many blogs. It not only results in loss of traffic, but is also deceptive for those who follow a particular blog. Here’s the full story of why people are angry, and how one blogger helped to right the situation. I also delve into their source code to show you just how...
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In a recent press release, Rohit said, “I see a lot of scope in making Foodpanda the medium through which people order their food. We aim at securing a dominant share of the est INR 5,000 crore food delivery market in India in the next 5 years. Having already launched in 10 cities, we target scaling the company’s growth to 16 cities with 5000 partner restaurants within this year and over 33 countries.”
Today in Tech News Digest, Spotify and Rdio both up the music streaming ante, Microsoft is considering offering Windows RT and Windows Phone for free, Yahoo Mail fails, GTA: San Andreas lands on mobile, YouTube cracks down on gaming videos, Facebook adds autoplay videos to the news feed, Viber 4.1 is released, and the biggest YouTube videos of 2013 are revealed. Spotify & Rdio Up Ante Both Spotify and Rdio, two hugely popular music streaming services, have been in the news recently. Spotify has gone free on tablet and mobiles, though with only a limited service for non-paying customers on...
Read the full article: Spotify Vs. Rdio, Free Windows, YouTube Good/Evil [Tech News Digest]
Today in Tech News Digest, Spotify and Rdio both up the music streaming ante, Microsoft is considering offering Windows RT and Windows Phone for free, Yahoo Mail fails, GTA: San Andreas lands on mobile, YouTube cracks down on gaming videos, Facebook adds autoplay videos to the news feed, Viber 4.1 is released, and the biggest YouTube videos of 2013 are revealed. Spotify & Rdio Up Ante Both Spotify and Rdio, two hugely popular music streaming services, have been in the news recently. Spotify has gone free on tablet and mobiles, though with only a limited service for non-paying customers on...
Read the full article: Spotify Vs. Rdio, Free Windows, YouTube Good/Evil [Tech News Digest]
The end of the year is nigh, with 2013 soon to make way for 2014. Like most people, you probably enjoyed some highs and endured some lows over the past 12 months, but you lived through them all, racking up experiences both good and bad. One thing we hope played a small part in your enjoyment of 2013 is MakeUseOf, the ever-present repository of geeky goodness you’re reading right now. We know our place, and we know we’re not the most important thing in your life, but we try to educate and entertain each and every day of the year....
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Time and again, we hear of important services–some as big as Adobe and Buffer–getting hacked and losing high-security information like accounts and passwords. It’s best to lock down your accounts as tightly as possible beforehand and Microsoft is taking a step in that direction with its new security features for online accounts. Back in April, Microsoft added two-step authentication to its online accounts. It’s one of the 5 ways to deter hackers, so you should enable that if you haven’t already. Following this up, Microsoft is now providing information about recent activity, recovery codes and security notifications. Recovery Code One...
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