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‘Free, Melania,’ an unauthorized biography of Melania Trump, set to hit shelves this December

The tome will be written by CNN's East Wing correspondent, Kate Bennett.




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Todd Palin appears to have filed for divorce from Sarah Palin

The couple has been married for 31 years.




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Drag queen Pissi Myles causes a stir with unexpected appearance at the impeachment hearings

Myles stole the show with a towering blonde wig and shiny red mini-dress.




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How the Republican Party’s capitulation gave us Donald Trump

Tim Alberta's new book chronicles a decade of GOP recklessness, cowardice and excuses




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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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PayPal to TransferWise – Cheap International Money Transfer

While we have covered a number of tutorials on PayPal in the past, in this tutorial we will look at a relatively new platform that goes by the name of TransferWise. I will discuss what TransferWise is and how you can use it with your PayPal account. I will also cover why this platform is […]

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Orange Extends Services with Interactive TV and Mobile Apps

Orange Slovensko the leading telco operator on the market uses the nangu.TV Media Platform for IPTV and OTT delivery. "With the growing demand for interactive television and more viewing possibilities, Orange sought a proven solution to bring to the market," says Product Manager at Orange, Martin Hainzl.

Orange offers their customers TV with value added features, which gives them more options and comfort than classic live TV. The VoD selection stores 50 movie titles, accessible on multiple screens: TV, PC, Smartphone or tablet. The TV Archive allows playback of content up to 7 days in the past. Customers can utilize the time shift feature to browse content already aired and watch it at their leisure with pause, play and star t over commands. They have flexibility in watching television on the go with the newly released applications for both iOS and Android devices. The nangu.TV solution allows operators to stay ahead of competition by giving cutomers the chance to be in control of how they watch TV.



  • Interactive TV;Mobile TV

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Octoshape and INVISO Partner Up to Offer Internet-Based TV Contribution Services Across Latin America

Octoshape announced a partnership with INVISO to deliver Internet TV contribution services throughout Latin America.

"At INVISO, we seek the most innovative and high quality products to serve our customers through the brands we represent,” said Jose Luis Reyes, Vice President for Sales and Operations, INVISO. “In the case of Octoshape, we found a company and a product that bring these qualities to our supply chain, sales and service.”

Octoshape offers an innovative cloud-based solution that provides instant infrastructure for the distribution of both linear and video on demand content. The Octoshape Infinite Uplink service provides point-to-point distribution of TV signals over the Internet for source signal acquisition to traditional IPTV and cable headends as an alternative to traditional methods like satellite and video fiber.



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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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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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Perhaps Sanders and Warren are the ones being politically expedient

It’s been frustrating to watch more moderate positions be characterized as solely driven by political calculations.




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What happens to artists when they have to answer to online polls?

There might not be room for creativity when everything “new” is crowdsourced.




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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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It appears the Trump administration is doing all it can to drive away health professionals

The administration’s crackdown on immigration makes it harder to staff a health-care system facing chronic worker shortages.




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Earned Attention: More than a stack of paper

As an industry I think we’re getting weary of all the various “rich content” experiments and products floating around these days. I have to admit that most make me want to yawn and move on to the next item in …




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Cultural capital goes commercial

It wasn’t one of my proudest moments when, a week before Christmas last year, I was hunched over my smartphone towards the back of the famous Hamley’s Toy Store on London’s Regent Street, composure tethered to an elusive bar of …




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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 Use WhatsApp Web on Any Browser

Need to use WhatsApp from the web? Using WhatsApp Web offers a way to use WhatsApp chat on any device at all with a web browser, regardless of what it is or where it is . WhatsApp is perhaps one of the most popular instant messaging platforms globally, and although it’s a messaging app designed ... Read More




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oscon: Mobile UX Design & Development for Apps - learn to craft an app that’s functional and fun to use http://t.co/L8kTLaxbYH #oscon #tutorial

oscon: Mobile UX Design & Development for Apps - learn to craft an app that’s functional and fun to use http://t.co/L8kTLaxbYH #oscon #tutorial




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oscon: There's still time left to apply for #OSCON scholarships from @github + @newrelic. Deadline is 6/15 http://t.co/xQwx30jnaN

oscon: There's still time left to apply for #OSCON scholarships from @github + @newrelic. Deadline is 6/15 http://t.co/xQwx30jnaN




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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




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oscon: RT @build_cloud: Play poker w/ Apache #CloudStack's community members above Portland's city lights at #OSCON! Register now...

oscon: RT @build_cloud: Play poker w/ Apache #CloudStack's community members above Portland's city lights at #OSCON! Register now...




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oscon: RT @mmmpork: If you're going to #oscon and you're into #perl check out my talk on contributing http://t.co/HEJaPF5JbY

oscon: RT @mmmpork: If you're going to #oscon and you're into #perl check out my talk on contributing http://t.co/HEJaPF5JbY




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strataconf: A roundup from the data journalism beat http://t.co/y8RVUwHO4G Global open data, scholarships, mapping a civil war & more #strataconf

strataconf: A roundup from the data journalism beat http://t.co/y8RVUwHO4G Global open data, scholarships, mapping a civil war & more #strataconf




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strataconf: Moving to the open healthcare graph http:// http://t.co/YYTUDN3Vzn Achieving the triple aim in healthcare: better, cheaper, safer #stratarx

strataconf: Moving to the open healthcare graph http:// http://t.co/YYTUDN3Vzn Achieving the triple aim in healthcare: better, cheaper, safer #stratarx




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strataconf: Innovative ways journalists are using data to tell stories http://t.co/y8RVUwHO4G Global open data, scholarships, mapping a civil war & more

strataconf: Innovative ways journalists are using data to tell stories http://t.co/y8RVUwHO4G Global open data, scholarships, mapping a civil war & more




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strataconf: Building Big Data applications now easier http://t.co/jaATalPL4P Hadoop analytic engines simplify creation of low-cost, scalable apps

strataconf: Building Big Data applications now easier http://t.co/jaATalPL4P Hadoop analytic engines simplify creation of low-cost, scalable apps




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strataconf: As infrastructure gets simpler, interesting big data apps can emerge on BDAS, @Cloudera & other Hadoop distributions http://t.co/jaATalPL4P

strataconf: As infrastructure gets simpler, interesting big data apps can emerge on BDAS, @Cloudera & other Hadoop distributions http://t.co/jaATalPL4P




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strataconf: The Future Is Graph Databases http://t.co/BVxOZwtoKS A Conversation with @EmilEifrem, founder of @Neo4J #strataconf

strataconf: The Future Is Graph Databases http://t.co/BVxOZwtoKS A Conversation with @EmilEifrem, founder of @Neo4J #strataconf




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Learning Dapr

Get the authoritative guide on Actions, the new distributed programming model that works with existing and new programming languages alike. Written by one of the model’s creators, this introduction shows you how Actions not only unifies stateless, stateful, and actor programming models but also runs everywhere—in the cloud or on the edge.




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Fin24.com | Net1 appoints former Cell C chair to its board

Pillay who retired as Cell C chairman in October 2019 is a qualified lawyer and was previously the chairman and CEO of Primedia.




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Fin24.com | Apple closes all stores outside greater China for 2 weeks

The technology giant says it is moving to remote work in order to help reduce the spread of coronavirus.




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Fin24.com | WhatsApp tightens rules on sharing to curb spread of fake virus news

WhatsApp on Tuesday placed new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.






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Getting Snowflake (the open source graphical SSH/SFTP client) to run on macOS

I don't usually write similar blog posts, but I've been really enjoying Snowflake recently. What's Snowflake you ask? Well, it's a new open source graphical SSH/SFTP client which makes working with remote servers a breeze. It works like Panic's Coda when it comes to managing content on remote servers, e.g. browse files and have a terminal open at the same time. But most importantly, it's cross-platform. And I'd like to share with everyone how to easily get it to run on macOS.

 

At the time, Snowflake's developer has only released binaries for Windows and Debian/Ubuntu with a macOS version planned for the future.

However, since the app is based on Java, the developer also provides Snowflake as a .jar file which we can run anywhere, including macOS.

So here are the steps to get Snowflake to work on your Mac:

 

Step 1

Uninstall that outdated Java version on your Mac. Ironically the best guide is on Java.com, so follow it to the letter: https://www.java.com/en/download/help/mac_uninstall_java.xml

 

Step 2

If you currently go to Java.com, the available release for macOS is pretty outdated. And apparently it relates to recent changes in Java's licensing by Oracle.

So how do you get the most recent Java release for macOS? Well, you can either signup for an account at Oracle.com (the looooong, hard way) or just grab a ready-made binary for macOS, provided by AdoptOpenJDK (the easy way). AdoptOpenJDK is a new community effort (backed by the likes of Red Hat/IBM, Amazon, Microsoft to name a few) to create ready-to-install & cross-platform binaries from OpenJDK, the open source implementation of the Java platform.

You can download the most recent runtime for Java from AdoptOpenJDK (version 13 at the time of writing) here: https://adoptopenjdk.net/?variant=openjdk13&jvmVariant=hotspot (it's a .pkg file to install)

 

Step 3

After you install the related .pkg file, it's time to download Snowflake. Head over to https://github.com/subhra74/snowflake/releases and grab the .jar file from the latest release available (v1.0.4 at the time of writing - https://github.com/subhra74/snowflake/releases/download/v1.0.4/snowflake.jar).

Now we'll make a shortcut to easily launch Snowflake.

Create a folder called "Applications" (if it doesn't already exist) in your home directory and place the snowflake.jar file in there.

Then open up your terminal and do:

chmod +x ~/Applications/snowflake.jar
ln -s ~/Applications/snowflake.jar /Applications/Snowflake.app

That's it.

You'll now find "Snowflake" in your Mac's apps and you can easily launch the app from there, or just drag and drop its icon to your Mac's dock.

(If you get a security warning when you open the app the first time, it's because the app is not signed by Apple. Just go to Preferences and then "Security & Privacy" and you should see the option to allow the app to launch always.)

 




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This Week in Apps: WWDC goes online, Android 11 delays, Facebook SDK turns into app kill switch

We continue to look at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting mobile apps; that big app crash caused by Facebook; new app releases from Facebook and Google; and Apple's plans to move WWDC online.




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Achieving Paperless Operations and Document Automation with AI and ML

Paper is an essential commodity for office operations. Most conventional offices rely on paper for completing the simplest tasks. Even after digitization, the dream of a completely paperless office is far from reality. Humans are used to a standard form of note-taking and documentation. Here is how to achieve paperless operations and document automation with […]

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Is it an algorithm update or is Google adapting to new search intent? [Video]

‘The idea that what’s happening with searcher behavior is not causing these shifts means that Google is in there writing that code for every intent, every day, and I can’t believe that’s what’s happening,’ said Dr. Pete Meyers on Live with Search Engine Land.

Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.




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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | China slams US after Trump virus 'attack' claim, India repatriation to begin and Poland, Syria postpone elections due to pandemic

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis.




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News24.com | International Covid-19 news: Migrants stranded all over the world, more apply for unemployment in US

Here are the latest top Covid-19 stories from around the world.




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News24.com | International Covid-19 update: UN pleads for more funding, Japan approves treatment

All the latest Covid-19 news from around the world.




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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | India boosts output of anti-malarial drug, Australia launches 3-stage plan to reopen, Hong Kong begins to ease social distancing measures

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis.




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News24.com | International Covid-19 wrap: Pakistan expats test positive, boy, 5, dies from 'disease caused by Covid-19'

Here is the latest news from around the world.




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The Most Popular Recipes in April

Want to know what the most well-loved recipes for the month of April were? You know the ones: the recipes our Simply sous chefs (that’s you!) have been cooking, sharing, and talking about nonstop. Read on to see what made the cut!

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Will the MPAA Taget RapidShare, Megaupload or Dropbox?

Hollywood has set its sight on file hosters like Hotfile.com, which was sued this week by the MPAA’s member studios. Many of the legal arguments made against Hotfile could also easily be applied to RapidShare, Megaupload and even cloud-based backup and file synching services like Dropbox. Continue reading on NewTeeVee.com.


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RapidShare Starts Selling Games. Are Movies Next?

The controversial file hoster RapidShare has taken a first step towards entering the digital content business: The company launched a download store for video games last week, and it is promising its end users to enable the sale of any kind of file soon. Continue reading on Newteevee.com


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A Note About the State of My Photography Tours and Workshops

This is a quick update about how things are going to be working with my travel photography tours during this time of crisis.  Obviously, with international travel nearly impossible right now, some changes needed to happen, and some adjustments are going to need to continue over the next couple months. Below, I chat quickly about […]

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Cancelling/Postponing Photography Trips

This week has been a tough one.  It has just become more and more clear that the global travel situation isn’t going to clear up until at least early in the fall.  So while we’re still very hopeful that our Namibia trips starting in September will still happen, we’ve sadly had to cancel or postpone […]

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