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Google Fiber could be announced for North Carolina next week

Jan23
by on January 23, 2015 at 10:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The chances of Google Fiber’s crazy-fast internet showing up in your town feel about as favorable as winning the lottery, but if you live in North Carolina, you may be in luck. Google is holding events in Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte next week according to WRAL Techwire, and it’s very possible they will relate to Google Fiber. According to the publication’s source, Google could begin building the network as soon as this April. Several publications, including the Charlotte Observer, received ambiguous invites for the Wednesday and Thursday events. Looks like Google Fiber has chosen Raleigh and Durham as its next expansion cities pic.twitter.com/FUMQ3GnP7S — New Raleigh (@NewRaleigh)…

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Keep track of the best startup and entrepeneur podcasts with Interviewed.io

Jan23
by on January 23, 2015 at 8:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

If you want your startup to thrive, you have to learn from the successes and failures of others before you. Podcasts can be a great resource for hearing about different experiences, but sorting through them to find the information you want can be cumbersome. That’s where Interviewed.io comes in. Creator Mubashar Iqbal noticed that some of his favorite speakers would appear on more than one podcast, talking about similar topics but giving slightly different perspectives based on the nature of the discussion. After realizing there’s no easy way of keeping track of the best podcasts and speakers, he decided to start curating content himself. The front page…

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China is blocking popular VPN services meant to skirt the Great Firewall

Jan23
by on January 23, 2015 at 8:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

The AP is reporting that many popular VPN services used to circumvent China’s censorship of sites like Google and Facebook are being blocked by the country. According to the report, VPN services were being used to visit blocked sites and access services like Gmail via mobile devices. By blocking those services, China has cut off access for many inside the country. The Great Firewall is the term used to describe China’s blocking of certain sites and services it deems inappropriate for its citizens. ➤ China blocks VPN services that skirt online censorship [AP] Image credit: Shutterstock

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Dropbox’s most-requested feature: The ability to sync folders outside of Dropbox, probably won’t happen

Jan23
by on January 23, 2015 at 7:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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It’s always tempting when you meet up with company execs to ceaselessly bug them for information about the newest, biggest, fastest whatever on the horizon. It’s a pretty big part of being a journalist, after all. Sometimes though, it’s more interesting to hear which features are most often requested, but will probably never happen. In Dropbox’s case, this seems to be the ability to keep folders in sync outside of Dropbox’s default desktop folder, but Illya Fushman, head of Dropbox’s business and mobile products, tells TNW that’ll probably won’t be happening any time soon, if ever. “We have an opinion…

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You can now download the newest Windows 10 preview with Cortana and the new Xbox app

Jan23
by on January 23, 2015 at 6:20 pm
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After its long Wednesday event, many felt Microsoft was finally about to deliver the Windows we’ve been waiting for… except you couldn’t download the updated public beta yet. Well you can relax: the newest Windows 10 preview is now available for download. This build of Windows 10 includes some of the new features Microsoft unveiled on Wednesday, including the Cortana virtual assistant, an improved Start Menu, new Settings, Photos, Maps and Windows Store apps, as well as the new Xbox app. That said, you can’t stream games from your console yet. Those already on a previous build of the operating system only need run an update, but…

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