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Mozilla’s rebrand reaches the final four

Mozilla’s rebranding project has been going on the entire Summer. Now, as we head into the Fall, the company’s rebranding objective is nearing the final stretch. It’s heading into the long-awaited design-development phase with four, potential designs being the final candidates for the company’s new image. In

A Guide to Recruiting on Slack

Slack. Do you use it? It’s a great way of helping people communicate within organizations – but did you realize it can also be used for recruiting? I recently spoke to Angela Bortolussi, a partner at Recruiting Social, to get the scoop. Listen and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or keep reading

Nutanix NOS 4.0: Major Control & Data Fabric Enhancements

Nutanix launched version 4.0 of its operating system (NOS) this week. This updated platform packs a number of new features and improvements, including end-to-end system analytics and multi-cluster management in the control fabric. NOS 4.0 also adds tunable resilience and distributed data services in the data fabric.

Germany Dope Slaps Facebook Over WhatsApp Data

Germany’s data protection regulator on Tuesday ordered Facebook to stop collecting and storing data from WhatsApp users in the country. Facebook also must delete any data it already may have harvested from German WhatsApp users, according to Johannes Caspar, Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of

Why brutalism boosts conversions

For those of us familiar with brutalism on the web, we don’t necessarily look at it as a favorable design choice. That’s because it violates a lot of the best practices of today’s web-design standards, including making beautiful websites that provide good information architecture on each page.

IRS Under Hot Water for Missing Windows XP Deadline

While some may believe that the Windows XP issue is finally and truly gone, and that IT shops everywhere have moved on to more modern operating systems, there are still organizations that just will not let XP go. Not only that, they are willing to pay millions

Surviving the Internet’s Troll Apocalypse

Social media has sharpened humans’ age-old appetite for public shaming, providing a stage and unlimited seating for a seemingly unending stream of immorality plays. Those who share even the simplest identifying details about themselves are vulnerable to being pushed into the glare of the spotlight. The anonymity

Twitter Introduces New ‘Website Conversions’ Ad Objective

Twitter has announced a change to their ‘Website Clicks or Conversions’ ad objective that aims to help advertisers hone in on users who are more likely to undertake specific actions on their websites, as opposed to simply clicking through on their ad. First off, Twitter’s splitting their

How to annoy your freelancer

Being a freelancer means that you’ve chosen a different type of lifestyle. If you work at home, then you’re not rushing to fight traffic every morning. You’re probably not wearing formal attire. Most likely, you don’t consider yourself quite so mainstream. And yes, that does make you

Microsoft Halts Windows 8.1 Update Rollout for Businesses

  Released just last week, Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update brings a plethora of changes aimed to make the mouse/keyboard experience more tolerable. Enhancements in this major update includes pinning Start Screen apps to the taskbar, adding a power icon on the Start Screen and loads more. Unfortunately,