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Microsoft is officially confirming today that it’s bringing Cortana to iOS and Android. The software giant is planning to release separate apps for each mobile operating system to enable its digital assistant to run outside of Windows. Microsoft is only providing an early look at those apps today, but the company notes that you’ll be…
Facebook tips. 1. SHARE three posts from someone else about stuff you are interested in. If it’s your friend’s kids, you’ll see more kid photos. If it’s tech/entrepreneurialism, you’ll see more of that. 2. Write five original posts about the same topic. You’ll see even more of that same topic on your feed. I remember…
Photo Demonstrators pause on Saturday at the entrance to the Cuyahoga County Justice Center as police stand guard during a protest against the acquittal of Michael Brelo, a patrolman charged in the shooting deaths of two unarmed suspects. Credit John Minchillo/Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland has reached a settlement with the Justice Department over what…
Updated Oct. 20, 2009 12:01 a.m. ET This week, game players and enthusiasts from 40 countries will descend upon Las Vegas to compete in the Monopoly World Championship, held roughly every four years. The winner of the Hasbro Inc. HAS 0.48 % -sponsored tournament will take home $20,580 — the precise sum stashed in the…
The choices were stark: sack a third of our workforce or cut their wages by a third. After a short board meeting we cut their wages, assured they would survive and that, with a bit of cajoling, they would return to our sweatshop in Shenzhen after their two-week break. But that was only the start….
DUBAI Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian went on trial on espionage charges behind closed doors in Tehran on Tuesday, 10 months after he was arrested at his home and imprisoned, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. His wife Yeganeh Salehi and a woman described as a photojournalist, who were detained with him in July but…
Defense Secretary Ash Carter held open the possibility of a strategy shift by the White House on Iraq, a few days after recent setbacks in Iraq and Syria revived sharp criticism of the Obama administration’s approach in combating extremist groups there. Islamic State forces last week captured the key Iraqi city of Ramadi and also expanded their reach in Syria. Critics…
73 films all synchronized to the Pointer Sisters Neutron Dance. Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobbieJ617 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/robbiejeditor… ▶ We Can Neutron Dance: Hollywood Movie Dance Tribute – Part 2 – YouTube.
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Share this on Faceboook? Video editor Robert Jones created this mashup as a “tribute” to Hollywood movie dance scenes (77 of them to be exact), and the result was an instant viral video that was immediately watched by over 10 million people. Set to the tune of Men Without Hats’ “The Safety Dance,” the video’s…