24 March 2014

Samsung Milk Music Vs. Pandora: Who’s The Internet Radio Champion?



Milk Music vs Pandora

With the announcement of Samsung’s Milk Music app for Galaxy devices, it’s time to take a look at how the Internet radio service stacks up against the biggest player in the game: Pandora. Milk Music offers a completely free and ad-free music experience without making you get a user account. In the past, we’ve taken a look at some of the best mobile music apps out there, but Milk Music deserves a real chance here. With Internet radio experiencing a huge boom and tons of companies getting involved, is it even possible for Samsung to succeed in this field? Hardware...


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Huawei Spying, XP Upgrades, Twitter Music, Google Glass Myths [Tech News Digest]



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Today in Tech News Digest, the NSA spies on Huawei, Microsoft wants you off XP, Twitter #Music dies, Google Glass myths debunked, Yahoo Games gets a makeover, Medium comes to iPhone, and a Facebook shaming goes a little too well. The NSA Spied On Huawei Shame that Beijing’s blocking of NYT site means that its report on NSA spying on Huawei isn’t accessible here in China — Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) March 24, 2014 The NSA successfully spied on Chinese technology giant Huawei, according to documents obtained by Edward Snowden and seen by both the New York Times and Der Spiegel....


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Huawei Spying, XP Upgrades, Twitter Music, Google Glass Myths [Tech News Digest]



foxconn-huawei-road-sign

Today in Tech News Digest, the NSA spies on Huawei, Microsoft wants you off XP, Twitter #Music dies, Google Glass myths debunked, Yahoo Games gets a makeover, Medium comes to iPhone, and a Facebook shaming goes a little too well. The NSA Spied On Huawei Shame that Beijing’s blocking of NYT site means that its report on NSA spying on Huawei isn’t accessible here in China — Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) March 24, 2014 The NSA successfully spied on Chinese technology giant Huawei, according to documents obtained by Edward Snowden and seen by both the New York Times and Der Spiegel....


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This Tool Keeps Me From Leaving Windows: 7 Directory Opus Features



managing-files

Managing files is super-boring. Copy, move, delete, blah. But you know what? It also takes you time. It’s something every computer user does numerous times over the course of an average day — and you’re probably doing it wrong. I’m not saying you’re doing it wrong for me – you’re doing it wrong for you, considering your own preferences and wishes. Think about it: Does Windows Explorer really do everything you want it to? Does it work just the way it should, without any annoyances? I would be surprised if the answer was yes. That’s because everyone is different —...


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Facebook Wants To Build A Better PHP With Hack. Spoiler: It’s Really Good.



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10 years ago, in a Harvard dorm room, Facebook was launched. Initially, it was just Mark Zuckerberg hacking away at a codebase which consisted exclusively of PHP code, interacting with a MySQL database. Since then, it has ballooned in size, both in terms of users and developers working on a codebase which is constantly growing. It soon became apparent that whilst PHP was a great language to start Facebook with, it was no longer suited the needs of the company. And thus they created Hack, which is a purpose built language allowing for faster development, larger development teams, whilst maintaining...


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