The taxi app of Uber captures a huge amount of data on all its users and uses that information to direct its business strategy. Uber knows when the battery on your phone is running low – and that you are more likely to pay higher “surge” prices for a car as a result… Uber knows whether a user is on[…]
Read moreBusiness owners and consumers may want to brace themselves for the next massive Amazon shakeup. Financial analysts forecast that Amazon could one day become a formidable leader in the finance industry. In a short five year period, experts forecast that up to 70 million consumers may turn to the retail giant for banking services. If the experts are right, Amazon[…]
Read moreHighlights from this release include visual refreshes for a number of applications, including the desktop itself. The complete list of features and improvements are in the release notes. GNOME 3.34 is code-named “Thessaloniki” in recognition of the most recent GUADEC, held this past August in Thessaloniki, Greece. GNOME 3.34 contains six months of work by the GNOME community and includes[…]
Read moreGit is a free and open-source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is the best and most popular tool for doing source control. There used to be competitors, but why waste bytes listing them… Git was created by the infamous Linus Torvalds (the founder of Linux). Linus[…]
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