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Celebrities including Emily Ratajkowski and Mark Ruffalo send messages of thanks to Bernie Sanders

Famous supporters flocked to social media as Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential campaign.




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Bernie Sanders and Cardi B talk Joe Biden, coronavirus and manicures on Instagram Live

Bernie Sanders joined rapper Cardi B on her Instagram page to talk politics and nail care.




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Michelle Obama will be the focus of the upcoming Netflix documentary ‘Becoming’

"Becoming" will be the third Netflix documentary from Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions.




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How would we repair the damage in a post-Trump America?

Two new books critical of the president -- one from the left, one from the right -- imagine a path beyond our current divisions.




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For many immigrants, family separation happens long before the border

Review of 'A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century' by Jason DeParle




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How to become an ex-black man

Review of 'Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race' by Thomas Chatterton Williams




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How to Make a Stripe Text Link Payment Button

If you run a WordPress website where you intend on adding eCommerce functionality at one stage or another, you cannot go past the free Stripe Payment Plugin. This plugin is designed to allow admin to sell either digital or tangible goods from their website through simple Stripe ‘Buy Now’ buttons. Just like PayPal, Stripe is […]

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Dune HD Secures Operator Content And Revenue Using Verimatrix VCAS for IPTV

IPTV operators will now benefit from industry-leading revenue security solutions when using Dune HD media players, thanks to a new partnership between Dune HD and Verimatrix. Verimatrix is the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, and its Video Content Authority System for IPTV solution and embedded ViewRight security client are now available across Dune HD’s award-winning range of digital media players, enabling operators to better protect content from piracy while enhancing service revenues.

Verimatrix VCAS software-based security solutions are the most widely deployed content protection systems amongst tier-one operators globally, with a growing base of over 600 deployments. These operators and other Verimatrix partners will now be able to install Dune HD’s extensive range of digital media players and set-top boxes, which combine high performance, engineering excellence and customisable features, backed up by the highest levels of content security.



  • IPTV Set-Top Boxes

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Qtel Selects Mariner xVu for End-to-End Mozaic TV Quality Assurance

Qatar Telecom has selected Mariner's IP video service oriented monitoring solution, Mariner xVu. The latest version of Mariner xVu is specifically designed for integration with IPTV probes. Qtel will use Mariner xVu for the Mozaic TV service, making this the first Mariner xVu deployment in the Middle East.

Alfalak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Co., partnered with Mariner to deploy xVu. Through easy integration with network probes — at the head-end and/or individual network element — Mariner xVu offers Qtel additional insights into the IPTV network by extending video service monitoring reach to each subscriber, allowing the operator to maintain the highest possible video quality while simultaneously reducing operating expenses. Statistics collected by external data sources such as probes are compiled and configured as status indicators on Mariner NetworkVu to enable a deeper understanding of IPTV traffic and customer experience issues. The probe enhancement is now a configurable option of NetworkVu, rather than a custom development, and was created based on service provider requests for integration with external data sources.



  • End-to-End IPTV Solutions;Service Providers/Middle East IPTV

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Report: MRG Ranks Global IPTV Market Leaders

MRG is excited to release its highly comprehensive annual study IPTV Market Leader Report by Product and Region — Fall 2012.

MRG’s IPTV Market Leader Reports identify which IPTV systems and software companies are leading each of the six IPTV market segments: access systems, video headend systems, video-on-demand server software, set-top boxes, middleware, and content protection/digital rights management. The data is further segmented by geographic region as follows: North America, Latin America/Caribbean, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East/Africa.

“IPTV is continuing its rapid growth worldwide but some of the more exciting opportunities are only just beginning in the Middle East/Africa and Latin America/Caribbean regions,” said Jose Alvear, Senior Research Analyst at MRG. “While the growth in the number of new IPTV service providers has been slowing down because telcos around the world have already deployed IPTV services for a number of years, there are still plenty of new opportunities available to vendors in emerging markets. In addition, vendors are now supplying multi-screen, content delivery and OTT services, as the global pay-TV industry continues to evolve into new screens and devices.”




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TCT Telco Becomes First Kansas Company to Deploy APMAX Middleware

Several factors were key in this northeastern Kansas telephone company's decision to choose APMAX IPTV middleware from Innovative Systems. However, according to Tri-County Telephone Association's General Manager, Dale Jones, putting the customer experience first above everything else was their main goal in making the decision.

Jones stated, "The capabilities that the Innovative solution gives us to reach out and touch the customer from our back office to help them over the phone is critical in the customer experience. Without having to send out a service technician, which takes time and costs more, we are helping our customers in a timely manner and reducing our own operating costs."

Jones likes the fact that Innovative Systems is continually growing their products with new features to help the rural telco market stay on top of a very competitive market. Jones advises other telcos to look to companies that are thinking outside the box especially when it comes to video. Jones says, "Today's business is nothing like it was in the past, if you are going to attract and retain video customers you have to give them the technology that is going to drive that experience."




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If even France can’t figure out a climate policy, what hope is there for the U.S.?

There are ways to curb the pain of economic and political changes.




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We should be concerned about emails in 2020 — just not Hillary Clinton’s

Messages between a GOP strategist and a Census Bureau official make clear the politics and bias behind the proposed citizenship census question.




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So much for the ‘small government’ GOP

Government spending grew at its fastest pace since the Great Recession.




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A question missing from the health-care debate: Will doctors make less money?

Democratic candidates need to show their math.




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Trump has a dream team for mismanaging a recession

If we have an economic downturn, it will be bad.




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Move over, Illuminati. The conspiracy against Trump’s economy is massive.

The credibility of statistics apparently depends on whether they’re beneficial.




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The major problems with Larry Kudlow’s capital gains proposal

If you don’t know what capital gains indexing to inflation means, you probably wouldn’t benefit from it.




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Trump’s comments about ‘bad management’ are right, but not in the way he thinks

The president has had some experience with poorly run companies and excuse-making.




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Trump’s plan for the economy: Make Drinking Water Dirty Again

Despite administration claims, the president’s deregulatory agenda, so far, hasn’t spurred the economic growth that was promised.




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Trump thinks the economy makes him impeachment-proof. It might be the opposite.

Any economic improvements aren’t helped by his actions.




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We thought Trump was the biggest con man. We were all wrong.

Somehow they’ve “tricked” him into saying and doing racist and corrupt things, in public and on camera.




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Trump has bulldozed over Congress on immigration. Will lawmakers ever act?

The president and his team of unelected bureaucrats have siphoned power away from the legislature.




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Two years later, every promise made about the GOP tax cuts has been broken

The tax plan has benefited the wealthy while ballooning the deficit.




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Trump says he hates corruption. But he wants to make bribery easier worldwide.

“It’s just so unfair that American companies aren’t allowed to pay bribes to get business overseas.”




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On health care, is Trump malicious or just incompetent? Yes.

New cuts are actually expansions, according to Mike Pence.




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Worried Trump might weaponize the presidency? He already has, many times.

He did it in the Ukraine affair, of course, but most of his abuses have happened closer to home.




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How Trump’s failure to learn from history is making your whiskey a lot more expensive

It’s another way in which the president’s supposedly narrowly focused tariffs have trickled down.




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Officials have spent the last few years dismantling anti-recession measures

And now, we’re woefully unprepared.




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A global recession is likely here. Lawmakers need to do their jobs.

Policymakers need to step up and do something useful — yesterday.




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America is going into an economic coma. Here’s how we (eventually) wake up from it.

A framework for how Congress should be thinking about the immediate economic challenges ahead — and the tools available to address them.




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This ‘dreamer’ is saving lives during this pandemic. She wants a chance at normal life.

Young medical students and health-care workers simply want to keep contributing in the only home they know.




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Why Tom Cotton’s immigration idea makes no sense

America only benefits from U.S.-trained scientists.




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The White House’s coronavirus cure is even more magical than we could have imagined

Tax cuts are the GOP’s all-purpose remedy. Even for the coronavirus.




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How to Make a Face Mask

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends wearing cloth face masks in public when it is difficult to maintain proper distance from other people, such as when walking in a busy part of town or at the grocery store. They […]




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How Web Media Developer can use YouTube SEO with Better Search Marketing to Rank Their Videos

There are several things which go into successful video marketing on YouTube. One of these things is the very often neglected YouTube SEO that’s so vital for getting viewers to actually find your video. Too many YouTube marketers are concerned with what’s going on in their videos to really push for better SEO, and it […]

The post How Web Media Developer can use YouTube SEO with Better Search Marketing to Rank Their Videos appeared first on SpyreStudios.




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Roundup: Web Design Articles May 8, 2020

With the lockdown across nations, you are probably spending more time reading. Whether it’s for pleasure or for work, we’re here to help you fill your time with some reading material. These web design articles are not only about best practices, deals, and trends in the niche but also include feel-good stories that we all […]

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Laugh along with Llama

Humor is very subjective and I know that I’m a tough critic. Recently, however, I shared a book with my 5-year old niece and I could barely contain my own giggles.  But it was her “ooohs” and laughter that made me giggle even more. But no one enjoyed the book more than my sister who now wants her own copy. I decided I had to find out more about who created Llama Destroys the World (Holt), a husband–wife creative team.




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German digital publishing – the Berlin way

My favorite number at the first TOC buchreport in Berlin on April 23rd was 20, as in 20% of the 2.4 million ebook buyers in Germany in 2012 had not bought any books in the previous twelve months, according to …




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Beta 3 of iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5, MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 Released for Testing

Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5, and MacOS Catalina 10.15.5. Separately, watchOS 6.2.5 beta 3 and tvOS 13.4.5 beta 3 are also available for testing. The third beta versions of iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 are actually reversioned from iOS 13.4.5 and iPadOS 13.4.5, so if you were testing ... Read More




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How to Setup & Use iCloud Photos on Mac

Want to use iCloud Photos on Mac? In its simplest form iCloud Photos is a sync service that makes sure your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac all have every photo you’ve taken, all ready at a moment’s notice. That means you can access the photos from any other device with the feature ... Read More




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How to Switch AirPods Between Devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch)

How would you like to switch AirPods between iPhone, iPad, and Mac? Or what if you’d like to switch AirPods from iPhone to Apple Watch or even Apple TV? If you have a pair of AirPods and multiple Apple devices, you can easily switch AirPods and AirPods Pro between any of your other Apple products, ... Read More




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How to Make Video Calls with Facebook Messenger

Did you know that you can make video calls with Facebook Messenger? The next time you want to reach out to friends, family members, or colleagues, you might consider using Facebook Messenger to initiate a video chat, and it works for easy video calls on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Windows PC too. There’s no doubt ... Read More




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How to Use Tile Window Multitasking in MacOS Catalina

MacOS Catalina introduced a handy way to tile windows for multitasking, improving upon the split screen multitasking features that were available in previous MacOS releases. These new simple tiling window multitasking options are available from any window, and now you can easily choose to tile a window to the left or right side of the ... Read More




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oscon: RT @oreillyanimals Vote Instant Wild's Digital Eyes & Ears for Wildlife Protection to win Google Global Impact Award http://t.co/BM3qufX1PF

oscon: RT @oreillyanimals Vote Instant Wild's Digital Eyes & Ears for Wildlife Protection to win Google Global Impact Award http://t.co/BM3qufX1PF




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oscon: Beginner's Guide to Computer Vision - 2D/3D image fundamentals, OpenCV, OpenNI Library + more http://t.co/ph2dKrC9W4 #oscon #tutorial

oscon: Beginner's Guide to Computer Vision - 2D/3D image fundamentals, OpenCV, OpenNI Library + more http://t.co/ph2dKrC9W4 #oscon #tutorial




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oscon: High Availability in MySQL - how to pick a solution that best matches your use case http://t.co/PItdw0maTj @h_ingo #oscon #tutorial

oscon: High Availability in MySQL - how to pick a solution that best matches your use case http://t.co/PItdw0maTj @h_ingo #oscon #tutorial




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oscon: Community Management Training - strategic planning, creating buzz, handling conflict + more http://t.co/eHz9h6VfnU @jonobacon #oscon

oscon: Community Management Training - strategic planning, creating buzz, handling conflict + more http://t.co/eHz9h6VfnU @jonobacon #oscon




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oscon: RT @jonobacon: working on my material for my community management training class - be sure to join me in Portland -...

oscon: RT @jonobacon: working on my material for my community management training class - be sure to join me in Portland -...




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oscon: RT @mark_grover: Attending #oscon at end of July in Portland? Come hear my talk on Apache Bigtop http://t.co/kkSdOyyY5a

oscon: RT @mark_grover: Attending #oscon at end of July in Portland? Come hear my talk on Apache Bigtop http://t.co/kkSdOyyY5a