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Microsoft Cozies Up to Linux, Supports GUI Apps in WSL 2

Microsoft has announced it is supporting Linux GUI apps in its upcoming WSL 2. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) “is an environment in which users can run their Linux applications from the comfort of their Windows PC.” WSL supports running Linux apps via the console, but WSL 2...
Posted On 23 May 2020
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Google Cloud Opens Salt Lake City Cloud Region, Nets PayPal Contract

Google Cloud scored a major victory, signing a multi-year contract with PayPal, while also opening a new cloud region in Salt Lake City. The new cloud region is the company’s 22nd worldwide, and will help Google better serve companies in the Western U.S. Especially as the company...
Posted On 19 May 2020
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Microsoft Establishing First Data Center in New Zealand

Microsoft has announced it is establishing its first data center in New Zealand, as it works to expand its enterprise cloud services in the country. Microsoft has been working to grow its Azure cloud business and has been making significant headway against market leader AWS. One...
Posted On 07 May 2020
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Google Can Send Manual Actions Without Sample URLs

Have you ever received a manual action for a client that did not contain sample URLs? This can happen and Google’s John Mueller said “It can happen, it depends a bit on the kind of issue & the site.” Here are those tweets: It can happen, it depends a bit on...
Posted On 15 Apr 2020
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The reason websites are losing valuable traffic from Google

For 51% of all searches performed, Google fails to deliver a click to any external website. In 2019, companies dependent on search traffic were shocked to find out that, for 51% of all searches performed, Google fails to deliver a click to any external website. The data behind...
Posted On 13 Apr 2020
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iOS Users Can Purchase Amazon Content In-App

iOS users can finally purchase Amazon Prime Video content in-app, significantly improving the user experience. The Verge was the first to notice the change, and confirmed the prices for content did “not appear to have been raised to account for the 30 percent fee, as some...
Posted On 07 Apr 2020
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AI And Smartphone Photography

Smartphone cameras have changed over the last several years, and these days you can take masterpiece photos with very little effort. But that’s not because everyone has suddenly had photography training – instead, it’s because of the technology that makes your smartphone camera...
Posted On 02 Apr 2020
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Hitchhiker’s guide to the end of the third-party cookie as we know it

Impact’s Matt Moore explores options around what affiliate and partnership managers can do to ensure today, so that they can future-proof their channel and ensure that they not only maintain but also thrive in this new world order, by perhaps capitalizing on the blows these...
Posted On 27 Mar 2020
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Coronavirus: Google Will Show Businesses That Are Temporarily Closed

As more restaurants, bars and businesses close in an attempt to blunt the spread of the coronavirus, Google Search and Maps will inform users. In a blog post on the company’s site, CEO Sundar Pichai outlined the various steps the company is taking to help fight the spread of the...
Posted On 19 Mar 2020
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Coronavirus: Google Tells All North American Employees to Telecommute

Just days after encouraging all Washington State employees to work from home, Google is telling all of its North American employees to do the same. According to Business Insider, Google sent out a memo on Tuesday recommending that all of its employees in North America avoid going...
Posted On 13 Mar 2020
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