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iOS 10 release date, news and features

The iOS 10 public beta is now available to download for anyone willing to test unfinished iPhone and iPad software. That means the iOS 10 release date is closer than ever. Here’s the latest. Apple’s iOS 10 update for iPhone and iPad lives up to its milestone

How 1-800-PetMeds Approaches Social Customer Service [Podcast]

With the seemingly endless popularity of puppy and kitten pictures, videos, and memes on the internet, it would seem that the social media script for America’s largest pet pharmacy could basically write itself. But while the customers of 1-800-PetMeds do like to post lots of photos of

Apple watchOS 3 release date, news and features

Watch OS 3 release date, news and features Update: Watch OS 3 beta 2 for Apple Watch is available to app developers right now, while there’s no public beta planned. Good news: we’ll fill you in on what you’re missing. Apple Watch 2 still has been announced,

How Will Facebook’s New Algorithm Impact Candidate and Advocacy Group Pages?

Last week Facebook announced that it had once again updated its News Feed algorithm, this time to prioritize our friends’ profile posts over Page posts. What this means is that posts from Pages will be pushed further down on your News Feed, making it less likely you’ll see

Siri takes control as Apple’s macOS Sierra beta arrives

Less than a month after its unveiling at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June, macOS Sierra arrived today for beta testers who have signed up to try Apple’s new desktop operating system. This is the third year in a row Apple has offered a public beta of

Happy Birthday! Linux turns 25

Sometime in 2016 Linux will be 25 years old. Exactly when is a matter of opinion. We could consider Linux’s 25th birthday to be August 25th. That’s because on that date in 1991, Linus Torvalds made his announcement to the minix community to let them know that

How To Handle Different Types Of Comments On Social Media

”As your audience grows, so will the inflow of comments. Brands have come to realize that the larger your presence, the more people that look at your content with a critical eye. No matter your overall goals for social media, you must be ready to answer the

Google Skilling programme aims to train 2 million mobile developers in India

In a fillip to government’s Skill India initiative, technology giant Google on Monday launched its “Android Skilling and Certification” programme to help make the country a global hub of high-quality mobile developers. The programme aims to train two million mobile developers by unveiling a slew of initiatives

All The Social Ladies Podcast: Kate Rados

In a new episode of the ‘All the Social Ladies’ podcast, we speak with Kate Rados, VP of Community Development at Crown, a division of Penguin Random House. I was so happy to talk to her because I found her story to be completely fascinating – not just because of

My burning question about Google Home

Voice-activated virtual assistants for the home are all the rage these days. The credit lies largely with Amazon, which was the first big company to take the concept of talking to technology and squeeze it into a pretty little cylinder for your counter. Amazon called its creation