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Web Design Firm Opens New Sarasota Office

IMAGE: KABOOMPICS The St. Louis web and mobile design and development company Engage recently opened a second office in Sarasota and hired two new staff members. Kristen Palm will oversee Engage projects and initiatives from inception to completion and collaborate with internal teams and partners. She has expertise in website maintenance, advertising strategy, search engine

Social media: The zero-trust game

Our value today is measured in numbers. Followers, connections, likes, tweets, and impressions now count toward not only the value of our opinions but also quantify our sphere of influence. These metrics, however, are easily manipulated to such an extent that even elections have allegedly been at

Why Social Media Discretion Is Increasingly Important to Your Brand

Pre-internet, the extent to which we knew about each other was the extent to which we volunteered information about ourselves. We generally kept our business to ourselves, and we were happy in our ignorance. We had a work life and, at the end of a long day, we

U.S. ‘net neutrality’ rules will expire on June 11: FCC

The FCC in December repealed the Obama-era open-internet rules set in 2015, which bars providers from blocking or slowing down access to content or charging consumers more for certain content. The prior rules were intended to ensure a free and open internet, give consumers equal access to

Kaytranada Shares Hazy Remix of The Internet’s “Roll (Burbank Funk)”

If you somehow weren’t getting enough funk from The Internet’s phenomenal return single “Roll (Burbank Funk)” upon its release a couple weeks ago, than your funk levels should now be brought to an adequate functioning level thanks to Kaytranada. Montreal’s beat-master extraordinaire has just unveiled a remix

The jogging humanoid robot video that is ‘terrifying’ the Internet

Few things succeed in riling up the Internet faster, unleashing a unique cocktail of amazement and terror, than a new Boston Dynamics robot video. In the past, the tech company, owned by Japan’s SoftBank Group, has released videos showing its robots climbing stairs, executing perfect back flips and opening doors with shocking

CHOOSING THE BEST HELP DESK SOFTWARE FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Choosing the best help desk software to aid in customer support processes is a tricky job, especially when the budget is a constraint. While most software service providers do offer a trial period or a free version, it is not guaranteed that switching from a free version to

Uber finds that its software was likely responsible for deadly collision

As part of its ongoing investigation into the deadly Arizona crash between a self-driving Uber vehicle and a pedestrian, the company has found that though the car’s sensors detected the pedestrian, the car’s software was too slow to react, reports the Information. Specifically, the software designed to decide how it

Survey: Solar Companies Want Software to Speed Growth, Manage Utility Rates

While it may seem niche, the world of solar software is becoming larger and more diverse by the minute. According to Paul Grana, co-founder of software firm Folsom Labs, the general trend in the solar software space is toward fragmentation. “There are literally thousands of apps just

7 Best YouTube channels to learn web development & designing

Need to learn web design and development? No worries, there are millions of tutorials, and videos available on YouTube for people to learn new skills or to pursue any new course. Anyone who has a desire to learn something new will never be disappointed. And the best