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How app store policies allow the Infowars app to survive — and thrive

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 8:08 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Despite being banned by four massive tech companies — Apple, Spotify, Facebook, and YouTube — Alex Jones’ Infowars app has shot to the top of the News lists on both major app storefronts with the speed of a champagne cork in the last day. The fact the app itself exists is likely thanks to some vague guidelines from Apple and Google regarding what kinds of apps it will allow — guidelines that appear to be separate from those that got Jones’ show banned from the companies’ platforms in the first place. The bans, which came to light yesterday, almost all came about…

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Analysts: Bitcoin isn’t replacing fiat currency anytime soon

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 7:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork


For the past few years, through boom and bust, hype cycles and FUD (and just about anything in between), we’ve heard that Bitcoin is what’s next. Evangelists say it’s the logical successor to fiat currency, a long-overdue replacement to paper cash that’s overstayed its welcome. Detractors point out its inherent volatility and potential for abuse by bad actors, terrorists, and international drug cartels. But regardless of which side of the spectrum you reside on, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Bitcoin, even if it were to supplant fiat, isn’t going to do it anytime soon. According to UBS, a Swiss multinational investment…

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Analysts: Bitcoin isn’t replacing fiat currency anytime soon

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 7:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork


For the past few years, through boom and bust, hype cycles and FUD (and just about anything in between), we’ve heard that Bitcoin is what’s next. Evangelists say it’s the logical successor to fiat currency, a long-overdue replacement to paper cash that’s overstayed its welcome. Detractors point out its inherent volatility and potential for abuse by bad actors, terrorists, and international drug cartels. But regardless of which side of the spectrum you reside on, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Bitcoin, even if it were to supplant fiat, isn’t going to do it anytime soon. According to UBS, a Swiss multinational investment…

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Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin

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Why I predict Progressive Web Apps will change the game for digital agencies

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 7:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


In the words of Alex Russell, who coined the term Progressive Web Apps, PWAs are “responsive, connectivity-independent, app-like, fresh, safe, discoverable, re-engageable, installable, linkable web experiences.” If that is a mouthful for you, I do have a simpler description: PWAs are a happy medium between web pages and native mobile apps. They combine the best of the two to bring an enhanced user experience to the consumers. For a long time, businesses have wrestled with the question of whether they should develop dedicated mobile applications or if responsive websites would suffice to give consumers a good browsing experience regardless of…

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Why I predict Progressive Web Apps will change the game for digital agencies

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 7:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


In the words of Alex Russell, who coined the term Progressive Web Apps, PWAs are “responsive, connectivity-independent, app-like, fresh, safe, discoverable, re-engageable, installable, linkable web experiences.” If that is a mouthful for you, I do have a simpler description: PWAs are a happy medium between web pages and native mobile apps. They combine the best of the two to bring an enhanced user experience to the consumers. For a long time, businesses have wrestled with the question of whether they should develop dedicated mobile applications or if responsive websites would suffice to give consumers a good browsing experience regardless of…

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