Month: February 2020
Apple to begin online sales in India this year, open first retail store in 2021
For a decade, Apple has solely relied on third-party sellers, stores, and marketplaces to sell its products in India. That will begin to change this year. At the company’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday, chief executive Tim Cook told investors that Apple will open its online store in India, the world’s…
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More popular WordPress plugins are being attacked
Cybercriminals are paying close attention to the security flaws that were recently discovered in several popular WordPress plugins and they have begun to target websites that still run vulnerable versions of them. According to BleepingComputer, at least two threat actors are actively attacking unpatched versions of the ThemeGrill Demo Importer,…
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As Block exits, Salesforce forecasts it will surpass $20B in revenue in FY2021
When Keith Block joined Salesforce from Oracle in 2013, the CRM giant was already a successful SaaS vendor on a billion dollar quarterly revenue cadence. When the co-CEO announced he was stepping down yesterday, the company reported revenue of $4.9 billion for the quarter. During his tenure, the the company’s…
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False copyright claims took down debate commentary channels on Twitch
On February 25th, CBS News hosted the last Democratic presidential debate ahead of the vastly important Super Tuesday primaries. The debate was officially licensed to broadcast on Twitter and CBS News’ website, but there was an even broader reach of live commentary channels as Twitch streamers reacted to the arguments…
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Sacramento Kings arena to use liquor-measuring gadget to control how much guests drink
The Sacramento Kings arena will let guests in its suite and loft areas make their own drinks at the Golden 1 Center using an internet-connected gadget affixed to the top of liquor bottles to monitor how much alcohol is being poured. It sounds like a good idea from the venue’s…
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How to use filters to improve your Instagram photos
If you want to get the most out of Instagram, it pays to improve your pictures with a little bit of technical magic before you post them. Serious photographers do this by using digital tools to adjust everything from color balance to sharpness to saturation. For everyone else, the Instagram…
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