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Facebook announced at its F8 conference today a new feature to its Dating repertoire, this one apparently designed to help single minglers poach potential paramours from their Friends by adding them to an ostensibly private list of people you’re crushing on. Here’s how this is supposed to go down: You add up to nine people to a “Secret Crush” list. After you do, those nine people will receive an alert telling them someone has a crush on them. They can add their own secret crushes, and if they add you, you both get a notification and can chat about it… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Facebook from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2UQ5ttR

As big as modern TVs are, there’s nothing quite like watching a movie on a giant projected image. Unfortunately getting a decent home theater experience at home usually requires a great deal of work and commitment, forcing you to carefully position an overhead projection and run wires over long stretches. It’s a pain, especially if you ever want to move your setup to another location, or don’t have the time and energy to make it happen. That’s where Ultra Short Throw (UST) Projectors come in. UST projectors solve many of the inconveniences of traditional projectors by allowing you to display… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2PHhwbY

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Switzerland is a country best known for having a high standard of living, stunning alpine vistas, and a banking industry that defies scrutiny. But from tomorrow, it’ll also be known as the first European country to have a commercially-available 5G smartphone service. On May 1, OPPO will launch the 5G version of its Reno handset in the country, available exclusively on the country’s biggest network, Swisscom. This is, in effect, Europe’s first commercially available 5G smartphone. Prices for the Reno 5G will start from CHF 999 (roughly $980). That’s more than double the cost of the 4G OPPO Reno handset,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2vs4MMU

Okay, before we get started, I’m going to warn you that there are *SPOILERS* in this post for episode 3 of season 8 of Game of Thrones. No, really: *SPOILERS* Last warning: *SPOILERS* For those of you still here, I assume you’ve watched last Sunday’s episode, “The Long Night.” Or you know, attempted to… it was pretty dimly lit. Raise your hand if you spotted the video game level in Winterfell? Well, it wasn’t exactly that, but it looked a lot like one. After the zombies have swarmed Winterfell, Arya Stark finds herself creeping through the halls of her childhood home, trying to… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2vswoBz

As the world of work is dramatically changing, we face new challenges we’re often not equipped for. The global workforce is more educated than ever, but professionals lack the soft skills they need to thrive in the fast-paced career environment. Holley Murchison is on a mission to change that. After years of working as a communication consultant and coach, she founded Oratory Glory – a global human development agency devoted to helping professionals develop the skills they need to thrive in their careers. Ahead of TNW Conference, where she’ll moderate the Future of Work track, Murchison told me about the biggest… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2ISG7K0

There are only nine days left until TNW2019! In today’s newsletter, I’d like to talk about something close to my heart: diversity in the tech industry. As a woman in tech, I’m really excited to join TheNextWomen Summit at TNW Conference. We’ve partnered with our friends at TheNextWomen and Accenture to help us explore the future of women in tech. TheNextWomen is an international organization working towards equality. At the summit, Accenture will share how they have built a strong company culture around diversity. Join the discussion at TheNextWomen Summit This one-day summit at TNW2019 on May 9 will feature roundtable discussions… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2IPevWh

French supermarket giant Carrefour is ready to sell blockchain-enabled cheese. Carrefour will soon allow customers to scan QR codes embedded in the packaging of its Rocamadour CQL fromage to learn more about the product’s origin, reports European Supermarket Magazine. These have ‘protected designation of origin‘ (PDO) status, which highlights speciality foods produced in localized regions to protect the integrity of their production. “The cheese gets its name from the commune of Rocamadour with its blessed Virgin Mary sanctuary. It was awarded PDO status in 1996.” reads a statement. “The milk comes from Alpine and Saanen dairy goat breeds, fed on… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2IPutj9

With giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Intel now experimenting with blockchain, the possibility of adoption is on the table. But how can we overcome the issues we face? At TNW Conference, our dedicated Hard Fork track will explore just that. In partnership with eToro, we’ll hear from leading experts on how we can use blockchain and cryptocurrency to its full potential. Join the conversation with founders of top exchanges and coins like IOTA (Dominik Schiener), TRON (Justin Sun), Coinbase (Zeeshan Feroz), Evercoin (Miko Matsumura), eToro (Yoni Assia), and many more. Here are just some of the talks happening on the Hard Fork… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2UQ1TQ7

Hello! Cast your mind back a few months to February, when we encountered a ridiculous Energizer-branded smartphone at MWC. Measuring several inches thick and packing a bonkers 18,000 mAh battery, it was easily the most memorable gadget from the show. Do you remember how thick it was? Remember how holding the Energizer P18K Pop felt like you were carrying a thick paperback book filled with turgid Serbian poetry? Remember how Samsung and Huawei were touting phones that literally bended, and everyone was like, “nope, this is weirder?” And do you remember how, deep down, you kinda wanted one? Well, I’ve… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2PCcz40

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Bitcoiners are using cryptocurrency mixers three times more often than they were nine months ago. Mixed cryptocurrency transactions – or CoinJoins – now account for over 4 percent of all Bitcoin transactions, according to a report from blockchain data firm Long Hash. CoinJoin or mixing services group many transactions together before sending the correct amounts to their final destinations. In doing so, it attempts to obscure the connection between the sender and recipient in each transaction. When measured against the total monthly Bitcoin transactions, the number of CoinJoin transactions over the past 30 days is three times the volume it… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2WgNXQW

Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Smartwatches face a simple, important question: why? As cool as the tech is, why does anyone need one? Especially when many of the devices are so expensive. Well, we have a solution to part of that problem: here’s a whole load of smartwatch discounts. Yes, that’s right, the Samsung Galaxy Watch range is currently on offer. This includes 10 percent off the new Galaxy Watch Active, making it a very reasonable $180, and the 46mm Galaxy Watch for under $300, saving you $50. Let’s start… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Samsung from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2VCvdhA

Valentine Uhovski started his career as an editor and journalist, and has written for the likes of The Wall Street Journal and Interview Russia. He’s now in his eighth year manning the helm of Tumblr‘s Culture and Fashion verticals. Since joining, he’s helped to foster and shape Tumblr‘s community of millions of creators worldwide and has worked with countless big name brands, designers, and artists to build their Tumblr presence. Uhovski wound up on the social platform by accident, he told Ad Age: “I never dreamt that I was going to work at a tech company focused on fashion.”  And what… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Tumblr from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2ULnmtH

Ever since the 2016 US presidential elections, social network Facebook has been at the receiving end of criticism for its outsized influence on worldwide electoral processes, and threats to democracy from the spread of fake news. Now more than a year after Facebook announced a new initiative to aid independent research analyzing the platform’s influence on elections, the company has made good on its promise by opening up its data for the first time to more than 60 researchers from 30 academic institutions across 11 countries. To that effect, it has outlined a differential privacy-based approach that it expects will… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Facebook from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2IQ2YWM

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There’s a lot of talk about digital technology and smart cities, but what about smart farms? Many of us still have a romantic view of farmers surveying rolling hills and farm kids cuddling calves, but our food in Canada increasingly comes from industrial-scale factory farms and vast glass and steel forests of greenhouses. While the social and environmental consequences of agri-food industrialization are fairly well understood, issues around digital technology are now just emerging. Yet, technology is radically transforming farms and farming. And while different in scale and scope, technology is playing a growing role in small and organic farming… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Lax6xT

Your B2B sales funnel is an incredibly important part of your business, but it’s also one of the most difficult to measure when it comes to efficiency. There are so many variables at play — including how efficient your software is, how effective your content is, and how persuasive your salespeople are — that it can be difficult to know how you’re doing. Frustration around how to measure your sales cycle can often be compounded by the fact that your lead’s behavior and needs are changing. As technology advances, every company must try to keep up — and some are… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2vwlOJC

GDPR is complicated business; even people like me who try to keep up with all its developments struggle to understand this mammoth set of European regulations and its effects. I believe one of the main reasons for that is we’ve yet to see a proper GDPR case being brought against big tech companies like Facebook and Google — the companies GDPR should protect us from. This isn’t all too serious just yet, as findings are expected in the next few months. But Politico’s extensive new investigation from last week — ‘How one country blocks the world on data privacy’ —… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2WgHkhk

The most recent conversation between Elon Musk and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin seems to have shifted from trolling to legitimate discussion. Earlier this morning, the Tesla founder mysteriously tweeted “Ethereum.” Seven minutes later, he took it back with a cheeky “jk” (‘just kidding.’) Musk continued to poke fun, even after Buterin invited him to attend an Ethereum developer’s conference. Now, Musk actually asked Buterin a serious question: what’s Ethereum good for? What should be developed on Ethereum? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 30, 2019 “A globally accessible financial system, including payments, store of value, also more advanced stuff like insurance,” said… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2WezCEB

Australia is clamping down on the taxation of cryptocurrencies. The country’s tax office is collecting bulk records from Australian cryptocurrency service providers as part of a data matching scheme to make sure traders are paying the correct amount of tax. Data matching is an administrative and law enforcement tool whereby information from a variety of third-party sources is compiled electronically, validated, and analyzed to enable people to do things such as pre-filing their tax returns. In its statement, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) says it is estimated that 500,000 to 1,000,000 Australians have invested in crypto-assets. “The ATO uses third party… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2LczSCO

With local and European elections just mere days away, the UK government is heavily promoting its S.H.A.R.E Checklist campaign across social media, which warns against the dangers of proliferating fake news. Just because a story is online, doesn’t mean it’s true. The internet is great, but it can be used to spread misleading news and content.Make sure you know what you’re sharing. Don’t feed the beast. Use the S.H.A.R.E checklist. — Cabinet Office (@cabinetofficeuk) April 15, 2019 “Just because a story is online, doesn’t mean it’s true,” says a tweet from the Cabinet Office’s official account promoting the campaign. “The… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2IRoE4G

Earlier this month, hackers accessed the emails of numerous Microsoft Outlook users after snatching the credentials of one of the company’s customer support reps. But now it turns out the hackers were also able to steal users’ cryptocurrency. One affected user says the hackers lifted 1 Bitcoin (over $5,000 at the time of writing) from his wallet, Motherboard reports. Hackers stole 1 Bitcoin (over $5,000 at the time of writing) from one user, Motherboard reports. Other Microsoft email account users affected by the breach are also starting to come forward. It appears the hackers used the exploit to reset victims’… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin , Microsoft from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2PEznzX

Amazon is in the process of a curious hire – a Managing Editor, News – to help bring “breaking crime news alerts” to owners of Ring’s home security gadgets. It’s odd because it’s arguably the first time a security firm has required someone to fill this position within its ranks. But as Nieman Lab director Joshua Benton infers, there’s probably something more insidious at play.   While the Amazon-owned company hasn’t explained exactly how this layer of news will fit into its services, it’s likely that Ring will surface local crime alerts in its Neighbors mobile app, which is already available… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Amazon from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2PzqhVa

When Samsung issued its guidance earlier this month, it predicted a decline in operating income by a whopping 60 percent, the company’s biggest decline since a similar drop in the third quarter of 2014. Now that the Q1 2019 earnings are out, the financials aren’t looking all that rosy. Citing declines in prices for memory chips, and lower demand for screens like the OLED display it makes for Apple’s iPhone, Samsung reported profits of 6.2 trillion won (about $5.3 billion), down from 15.64 trillion won (about $13.4 billion) last year. “First quarter earnings were weighed down by the weakness in… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Samsung from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2VCRoEl

Elon Musk has been trolling the Ethereum cryptocurrency and its co-founder Vitalik Buterin on Twitter. The Tesla founder simply tweeted the word “Ethereum” early this morning, but shortly later took it back (hehe). jk — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 30, 2019 In response, Vitalik invited Musk to an Ethereum developers conference in October, scheduled for somewhere in east Asia. Musk told Buterin to “[s]top giving away free ETH,” an obvious reference to the cryptocurrency giveaways scams that have plagued Twitter for years, and often involve hacked verified accounts posing as Musk. Stop giving away free ETH! 🤣🤣 — Elon Musk… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2J2Ah8h

Look, I know the internet is dark and full of terrors if you’re not up to date on your favorite bits of pop culture. I should know better than to think I can completely avoid the zeitgeist around Avengers: Endgame and the latest season of Game of Thrones. But for years, I’ve done just fine staying out of trouble on most social media. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm, however, is out to get me. A few years ago, I only really had to worry about reading comments, but as the recommendation algorithm becomes more targeted, it’s become far more likely to spoil my favorite… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: YouTube from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2L7BM7M

An indie game called A Dark Room vanished from the Nintendo eShop over the weekend after its creator revealed he’d sneaked a code editor into it as an “Easter egg.” The developers dismayed reaction seems almost comically naive given Nintendo‘s dim view of any kinds of non-game software on its consoles. The developer, Amir Rajan, revealed in a social media post that he’d buried the code editor and a Ruby reader into the game. Players could find it if they connected a USB keyboard to the Switch and pressed the “~” key while the game was active. Anyone who accessed this would… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Nintendo from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2vuESbe

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine thinks it’s time to start taking the threat of an Earth-altering asteroid impact seriously. In a speech today at the International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference, Bridenstine opened his keynote with a warning about what’s to come. “We have to make sure that people understand that this is not about Hollywood, it’s not about movies,” he said. “This is about ultimately protecting the only planet we know, right now, to host life and that is the planet Earth.” Bridenstine acknowledged that a large asteroid colliding with Earth is met with a sort of “giggle factor,”… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: NASA from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2vuniEk

Motorola’s Razr devices were probably the most iconic phones on the market until the iPhone landed in 2007. The phones that really kicked off the thin phone craze, the Razr line defied our expectations of how compact and sleek a smartphone could be. And now it seems poised to make a comeback. We first heard rumblings about it back in January, and now a new leak courtesy of SlashLeaks (from a since-deleted Weibo post) seems to show the device in its official-render glory, along with a mysterious device triangular-prism looking box thing. Perhaps the device’s packaging? Unlike the other folding phones… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Motorola from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2J3R62Q

IBM and 42 Silicon Valley are hosting a hackathon in early May to come up with solutions to California’s wildfire problem. The company hopes to get developers, engineers, designers, and emergency-responders together to brainstorm solutions as part of its annual Call For Code challenge. The Call For Code Global Initiative, founded by IBM and David Clark Cause, is an annual challenge inciting technologists to use cutting-edge technologies to deal with natural disasters. Now in its second year, it asks for STEM-minded people around the world to participate in driving solutions to problems associated with natural disasters. Which brings us to… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: IBM from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2DFNEHZ

A virtual reality game and its app predecessor, intended to help detect early signs of Alzheimer’s, have accrued over 1,700 years’ worth of data in the two years it’s been on the market, according to its developers, thanks to its millions of players. Sea Hero Quest was made by game studio Glitchers and Deutsche Telekom in partnership with University College London, the University of East Anglia, and Alzheimer’s Research UK. The game was designed to help early detection of Alzheimer’s in otherwise healthy individuals, and the VR version debuted on the market in 2017 — according to Glitchers, VR allows for… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GSOfbt

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A million-dollar Bitcoin scavenger hunt began only two weeks ago, but one player has already built software to help others co-ordinate their detective efforts. Satoshi’s Treasure works like this: game organizers split keys to $1 million worth of BTC into 1,000 “shards.” A newsletter sends hints for their discovery, and the first to collect 400 shards immediately unlocks the full prize. So far, clues have led players to explore major cities like San Francisco and London, but they’ve also featured far-off places like Uganda and Australia. When the game first started, player John Cantrell hacked his way to the first… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2ZJ4COZ

TNW Conference, our tech festival in Amsterdam, is only ten days away. As the countdown approaches zero, we want to make sure you have everything you’ll need at the touch of a button. That’s why we built our very own TNW2019 app. The TNW2019 app The easiest way to make the most of TNW Conference is through our app. You can: Sail through ticket registration: keep your tickets easily accessible in the app. There’s no need to print it out or find a screenshot in your phone Network with other attendees: want to chat with likeminded people? Can’t find your… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2ZK1sL9

It was only a matter of time, but it’s finally happened: yes, you got that right, someone’s put a PC-style cooling fan inside a phone. Say hello everyone to the Nubia Red Magic 3 – a phone so gamer-centric, it just threatened to teabag your dad. I mean, just look at this thing: Gaming phones have picked up steam of late, with devices from ASUS. Razer, and Honor being the most prominent. The Nubia Red Magic 3 wants to upset this balance though and take the industry to a new place – whether it’s going to achieve that or not is… debatable. Let’s… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GLC7aM

Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer HTC is reportedly planning to launch another blockchain phone before the end of 2019. Phil Chen, HTC’s Decentralized Chief Officer, announced the intention during a keynote speech at an investment forum event held in Taipei on Friday last week, Taiwan News reports. HTC launched its first blockchain phone – called Exodus 1 – last year. It featured a cryptocurrency wallet, accompanied by hardware designed to support decentralized applications (dapps). Other phone makers like Samsung insist smartphones are great cryptocurrency wallets, researchers still advise using an actual hardware wallet like Trezor or Ledger. Chen also claimed that… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: HTC from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2DEokSV

Cryptocurrency businesses in Finland will now have to register with the country’s financial watchdog. As a result of the ACT OF VIRTUAL CURRENCY PROVIDERS, which comes into force on May 1, businesses will have to adhere with statutory requirements, including holding and protecting client money, segregating client money and own funds, and ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering regulation. The Act is based on the European Union’s anti-money laundering legislation and seeks to bring virtual currency providers within the scope of anti-money laundering regulation, in line with the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5th AMLD). “Going forward, only virtual currency providers meeting statutory requirements… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GFsiv4

Singers use artistic conventions to construct marketable music personas. However, that’s not the full picture. In the US, for example, most American hip-hop and rap songs are also a reflection of the artistes’ living experiences and social communities. These mainly involve gang violence, street hustling and thug life. The late rapper, Notorious B.I.G., summarized a part of this succinctly in his song “Juicy”: “Yea, this album is dedicated to all the teachers that told me I’d never amount to nothing, to all the people that lived above the buildings that I was hustling in front of that called the police on me when I was… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Vy7tLn

Within the next 50 years, Facebook could feel more like a place for the dead than the living. According to academics from the University of Oxford, by 2069, the dead could outnumber the living on the social network.   The number of dead users on Facebook is growing at an unstoppable rate. In 2012, eight years after the platform launched, 30 million users had died. Today, it has over two billion users and an estimation of 8000 users die every day. Based on Facebook’s user statistics in 2018, researchers have predicted the number of dead users could reach at least 1.4 billion or potentially as high as… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Facebook from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2XQYjY7

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Europe’s largest ferry port is readying its blockchain-based energy trading application for deployment. The Port of Rotterdam announced last week that its blockchain-based energy trading platform is “complete in principle” and it will begin testing it in the coming months. The news comes about 18 months after the port and the Rotterdam municipality initially set up its blockchain development group, BlockLab. It first announced it was developing the blockchain-based energy trading platform shortly after in October 2017. BlockLab has developed its energy trading platform in collaboration with energy and commodities information provider S&P Global Platts. According to the announcement, the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GQIfjx

Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! You want a deal? Well, we’ve got great one for you. Feast your bargain-hungry peepers on these Harman/Kardon Soho Wireless headphones, which are currently selling for $99,95 – a full $150 off their list price. In other words, they currently have 60 percent off. Spicy. So, what are the Harman/Kardon Soho Wireless headphones? Basically, they’re a pair of on-ear headphones that can stream music via Bluetooth. That means no more pesky wires getting in your way as you navigate the world. But what if you really… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GNSOme

Australian fraudsters earned $4.3 million (AU$6.1 million) with cryptocurrency scams last year—a revenue increase of 190 percent when compared to 2017. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s new report details the extent of the nation’s problem with cryptocurrency fraud. In total, it fielded 674 reports of scams that requested cryptocurrency for payments in 2018. Almost half of of all losses were reported by men aged 25 to 34, and over 80 percent were contacted via the internet (social media, forums, or email). The most successful cryptocurrency scam category was investment fraud, with $1.8 million (AU$2.6 million) in reported losses. “To avoid… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Vvcbd3

If you were hoping to splash your Bitcoin on luxury real estate in Dubai, you may have to wait a little longer.   According to The Times, the world’s first luxury development to be sold using the cryptocurrency is on hold. The Aston Plaza development in Dubai was promoted by Baroness Mone, a controversial lingerie mogul whose past business ventures have been called into question. Mone launched the $323 million (£250 million) project in September 2017 alongside her billionaire partner Doug Barrowman. At the time, marketing materials said the two residential towers would be finished by summer 2019. The development, where… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Lbk9UK

It’s Monday morning, you know the drill. But if you don’t, here’s a wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. 1. British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover announced that it’s testing software from IOTA which would allow it to reward its drivers for sharing data about their car journeys, reports Reuters. 2. According to a new report from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes, browser-based cryptocurrency mining attacks – also known as crypto-jacking – are down 79 percent from this time last year. 3. Singapore police issued an alert this weekend warning locals of scammers that impersonate Chinese legal officials that request cryptocurrency… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Lprikz

It’s easy to aspire to be just like a Fortune 500 company – killer quarterly earnings, adulation from the press, respect from your peers, etc. It’s just as easy to forget there’s a reason these largely successful companies stay on top. They innovate, they provide superior service, and they often have a strong ecosystem of partners. However, there’s one element of these companies that has historically been overlooked but is now receiving an increasing amount of attention – trust. With an increased focus on consumer privacy and an explosion of data being created, companies have to take a much more… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GOAKJC

It seems like the world is getting more social all the time: social media boasts nearly 3.2 billion users worldwide, representing a 13 percent increase year-over-year, with Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp leading the charge in terms of user bases. Considering that it represents nearly half the population of planet Earth, I think it’s safe to say that social media is too big to ignore — especially if you’re a recruiter. Even though just about everyone acknowledges that social media is the holy grail for talent acquisition, not everyone has figured out the ideal way to leverage platforms like Facebook and… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2PzIlPa

We’ve all had the “smartphone conversation.” The one about our unhealthy obsession and inability to put phones down. This fear is legitimized by research, showing that we spend approximately one third of our waking hours on our mobile devices – just over five hours per day. However, while we all might be concerned about this phenomenon, there is one group that could not be happier: cybercriminals. Society’s smartphone addiction is a gold mine for cybercriminals, as consumers are significantly less security savvy on their smartphones than on traditional computers. So, although experts often cite the concerning mental and physical health… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GReDTa

Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Ohhh, we’ve got a good one for you today folks: a 32GB iPad for only $280. Yum, yum, yum. As you’re on a technology site, you’re probably already aware of the iPad. But, just in case, Apple’s tablet is the most famous (and best-selling) device in its category and has a range of fans – especially in the artist space. What do you get for your $280? Well, it’s the latest version of the 32GB iPad (6th generation, not the Pro). It comes with a… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2vsqjoC

When I was twelve years old, I became obsessed with a screen saver. The screen saver pictured above, to be precise; you can watch its full glory here. It had multicolored lines that rose up inside a frame, like a kind of three-dimensional bar graph, and a whole lot of incomprehensible text and numbers that whizzed around above. My parents were slow to bring new technology into our home, justifiably cautious about both the financial outlay and its effect on our ability to do our homework. As a result, there were a couple of years when we didn’t yet have dial-up internet… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Pw74Uk

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Over the last five years, something strange has happened at the eastern edge of Karachi, the crowded megalopolis in southern Pakistan. From scratch, a new city has appeared, complete with its own smooth asphalt highways, schools, hospitals, housing options ranging from modest apartment blocks to posh farmhouses — and, of course, an imitation Eiffel Tower. This is Bahria Town Karachi, an ambitious housing development ultimately planned to cover more than 45,000 acres of land — which is about the same size as Washington, D.C. In Pakistan, its name is synonymous with one man: property developer Malik Riaz, one of the ten richest people in the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2IY5fyk