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Strava modularizes its old subscription model for more versatility

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by on August 1, 2018 at 10:00 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Strava – the world’s most popular running and cycling tracking app – has announced the release of a new subscription model: Strava Summit. The free version of the app lets users track, analyze, and share their physical activity. The old subscription model, which Strava Summit is replacing, was simply called Strava Premium. This gave users a range of extra features, including location sharing, leaderboards, and real-time heart-rate readings. The company decided to move away from this one-size-fits-all subscription though. Strava Summit will split out the old premium model into three packs: Training, Safety, and Analysis. With more than 32 million users…

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@SlideShareGems is the best Twitter account in existence

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by on August 1, 2018 at 8:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, creative, distract, Social Media


Twitter is incredible (and horrendous) for so many reasons. It’s a great place to follow trending news stories, share your thoughts, get into fights with people who don’t share your thoughts, and more. It’s also an incredible place for exploring niche interests — ones you didn’t even know you had. This week, we happened upon the Twitter account, SlideShare Gems. It’s exactly as advertised — a collection of slides pulled from random slideshows, and tweeted without context. And let’s just say we were inspired. Nay, transformed. The account is run by internet artist, Neil Cicierega. He has created several other…

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Uganda is trying to ban internet porn

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by on August 1, 2018 at 7:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


It appears that Ugandan authorities are tightening their grip on how the Internet is accessed and used in the east Afrikan country. This is because the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has instructed telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs)to block local and international pornography websites. Godfrey Mutabazi, Executive Director at the UCC, has said that they have identified 17 popular local and 10 international pornography websites which they, as the UCC, have asked ISP’s and telecommunications companies to block. “The commission is in receipt of a list of Internet sites with pornographic content from the Pornography Control Committee. The committee has established that the…

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Uganda is trying to ban internet porn

Aug01
by on August 1, 2018 at 7:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


It appears that Ugandan authorities are tightening their grip on how the Internet is accessed and used in the east Afrikan country. This is because the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has instructed telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs)to block local and international pornography websites. Godfrey Mutabazi, Executive Director at the UCC, has said that they have identified 17 popular local and 10 international pornography websites which they, as the UCC, have asked ISP’s and telecommunications companies to block. “The commission is in receipt of a list of Internet sites with pornographic content from the Pornography Control Committee. The committee has established that the…

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