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Facebook users in Europe can now assign someone to manage their account when they die

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by on July 27, 2015 at 1:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Facebook users in the US have been able to nominate someone to manage their account pages after they pass away – allowing it to be turned into a sort of memorial, if desired – but the company has only just now started rolling the option out for UK users. Until now, there’s been a basic memorial account, but people weren’t able to access or update it at all. Now, it’s fully updateable by a nominated friend or family member. Once Facebook has been informed that someone has died, it memorializes the account and shows the nominated person a ‘manage’ button…

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Musk and Hawking lead 1,000 strong call for AI weapons ban

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by on July 27, 2015 at 1:32 pm
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The murderous aims of Skynet in the Terminator series of movies are pretty well known, so you’d think that nations might be a little cautious about working towards a fully automated weapon system for the future. Unfortunately, it seems that the UK is taking a soft line towards the development of ‘killer robots’. In response, Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and more than 1,000 other AI and robotics researchers (primarily) have put their names to an open letter calling for caution around the introduction of AI weaponry. Hawking’s support comes as little surprise, as he’s already stated that AI could “spell the…

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Get daily war news delivered in a ‘Star Wars’ credits crawl

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by on July 27, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

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A short time ago, in the same galaxy we’re in today, a developer called Julien Deswaef created a YouTube bot that renders one New York Times story a day about ‘war’ as a ‘Star Wars’ credit crawl. ‘World Wars – News from the Empire’ uses two Python scripts. One fetches the New York Times’ RSS feeds, filters them to feature only those using war-related keywords, then creates a crawl based on that text. The other uploads that animation to YouTube, adding a title and description. Make sure you read Deswaef’s post – linked above and below – about how he built…

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42 mobile landing page optimization tips

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by on July 27, 2015 at 1:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, landing page, optimization

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We’ve all heard the phrase “you only have one chance to make a first impression”, this is even more true when it comes to mobile landing pages. At the most basic level a landing page is the first interaction a customer will have with your website. Getting that first impression right is critical. Earlier this year we published the post, responsive design is not a mobile optimization strategy focusing on the importance of creating dedicated mobile landing pages for your mobile traffic and not using responsive design to convert visitors into customers. Mobile Statistics: Smartphone mobile commerce revenues amounted to…

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Learn to be a great project manager with this course bundle

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by on July 27, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

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Managing a team under pressure can be overwhelming. You can learn proven strategies and methods in the Project Management Certification Bundle, which offers eight engaging courses that work toward industry-standard certifications. The PMP and PMI qualifications are widely recognized by employers around the world, and the tuition in this bundle is geared toward the exam. You learn plenty of real-world skills along the way, starting with a Basics course that teaches you how to identify major shareholders, develop a roadmap, and draw up a schedule. This track also includes communication techniques and risk management. The Expert version of the course…

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