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Technology and Parenting: Addressing the Friction

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by on May 22, 2019 at 2:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Raising children has always been tough work. Whether in ancient Greece or modern America, there have always been distinct cultural challenges that come with parenting. Each generation of parents must deal with a new set of issues. It just so happens that one of today’s biggest issues is the ubiquitous and addictive nature of technology. Children and Technology: A Peek Behind the Numbers According to a study from Common Sense Media on the use of technology by children under the age of eight, 98 percent of homes with children now own at least one mobile device (up from 52 percent…

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Microsoft removes Huawei laptop listings from its online store

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by on May 22, 2019 at 1:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Google may have killed Huawei’s ambitions to become the world’s top smartphone brand, but Microsoft is quietly following suit. The Windows maker has stopped selling the Huawei MateBook X Pro in its online store in the wake of the US government’s blacklisting of the Chinese firm. A listing for the laptop has vanished from the Microsoft Store, and searching for “Huawei” doesn’t return any results either. Microsoft, for its part, hasn’t made an official statement regarding whether it plans to block Windows 10 updates for Huawei laptops. We’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment and will update this story if…

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CHEAP: Level up your gaming arsenal with 20% off on Acer products

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by on May 22, 2019 at 1:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Are you jealous that your friends have a better gaming rig? Or do you just want to get a swanky monitor to utilize that powerful GPU you have? Well, if you head to Acer’s site you can get up to 20 percent off on their gaming products including laptops, desktops, and monitors. If you’re looking for a machine to game on the go, you can go for a Predator Helios 300 powered by the Intel’s Core i7-8750H processor and Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1060 GPU. You could also choose more powerful options like the Predator Helios 500 or the Predator Triton 700 with better GPUs…

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Bitcoin Pizza Day: How a hungry Florida man made cryptocurrency history

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by on May 22, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Nine years ago today, the first ever Bitcoin transaction for a consumer product took place after a Florida man spent 10,000 BTC on two pizzas. Since then, cryptocurrency enthusiasts across the globe have celebrated ‘Bitcoin Pizza Day,’ not because the man in question paid 10,000 BTC, but because at the time said transaction represented a milestone for Bitcoin adoption.  So, while buying pizza with Bitcoin today doesn’t seem too far-fetched, I can assure you it was a relatively big deal at the time because no merchant accepted the cryptocurrency as payment. On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz paid a fellow Bitcoin…

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This business school prof is sharing his business plan course for just $14

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by on May 22, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


There’s actually a detailed 13-step guide to creating an impactful startup business plan from scratch. You can pick up that gameplan for yourself, all with an award-winning MBA professor as your personal business sherpa, in The Complete Business Plan in One Course ft. Chris Haroun. It’s on sale now for over 90 percent off, just $14.

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