Lawmakers approve multi-pronged education bill awmakers approved a giant, multi-pronged education package Monday that backers cheered as an education game-changer and critics called manipulative and detrimental to public schools. The 278-page bill eliminates a section of Florida’s often-criticized, 2011 teacher merit-pay law, changes standardized testing rules, mandates recess for elementary school children, expands a controversial teacher bonus program and provides ... Read More »
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Twitter, Netflix Among Services Impacted by Massive Cyber-Attack; Hacker Group Claims Responsibility
HIGHLIGHTS Friday saw a massive Internet outage in the US Major websites like Twitter, Netflix, PayPal, Spotify were down for hours A hacker group called New World Hackers claimed the attack responsibility Withering cyber-attacks on server farms of a key Internet firm repeatedly disrupted access to major websites and online services including Twitter, Netflix and PayPal across the United States ... Read More »
Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal Claim Massive Sales Numbers on Day 1 of Festive Sales
Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal Claim Massive Sales Numbers on Day 1 of Festive Sales E-commerce majors Snapdeal and Flipkart on Sunday claimed lakhs of transactions on their platforms on the first of the 5-day discount sales even as some consumers expressed woes on the social media about certain glitches. Amazon, which started its 5-days special sale on October 1, on Sunday ... Read More »
Telegram Responds to Report of Massive Hack
HIGHLIGHTS Telegram says only publicly available information was accessed Company admits 15 million account numbers were confirmed to be from Iran Telegram disregards reports of account access by SMS interception Messaging app Telegram has on Tuesday responded to media reports that claimed a hacker attack that originated in Iran was not a “massive” one and only publicly available information was ... Read More »
How to Use the Twitter Video Message to Generate Massive Engagement
A trending hashtag at one time was #DescribeTwitterIn3Words. That can only be described as an avant garde approach to constructive criticism. Or, at least, that is what I hope. The general sentiment for what Twitter has been turned into lately is “Scrollin’, Trollin’, Scrollin’”, “marketers ruin everything”, or my favorite, “FIRE HOSE ON.” I think this is true. For a vast ... Read More »
Facebook Q1 Shows Massive 52 Percent Growth Year Over Year
Skeptics expecting the Facebook success story to end will have to wait. The company reported a 52 percent revenue growth and tripled its quarterly profits in the first three months of 2016. Facebook’s impressive growth coincides with Apple’s drop in sales for the first time in 13 years this quarter. What’s also interesting is that another rival Microsoft hasn’t done ... Read More »
Pokemon Go’s Unofficial Chat App Is Struggling to Keep Up With Massive Load
HIGHLIGHTS GoChat helps finding nearby PokeStops and Pokemon The app lets you send direct messages to other players in game GoChat for Pokemon Go works as a cross-platform app Pokemon Go has been a runaway success and no matter where you go, you will find people playing the game and trying to catch ’em all. One feature that has been ... Read More »
iOS 10 features: 10 massive Ones Unveiled at WWDC 2016
HIGHLIGHTS iOS 10 brings sizeable new functions to numerous middle apps. Apple guarantees that non-public records isn’t always used to generate profiles of customers. several apps have also obtained redesigns that lead them to easier to use. Apple’s hardware is now routinely leaked months before it can be released, however its software program is all done in-residence and so maximum ... Read More »