Apple Music growth rate to hold steady at 40 percent for three years

Jesse Collins
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The music streaming system is expected to drive Services growth throughout that time. The strong and steady Apple Music growth rate is expected to play an important role over the next three years, says an analyst. It will be among the top driving factor for sending services revenue upward. That said, it may also reduce overall margins, said the analyst. The figures presented by the analyst were printed into a note received by his investors. The data was put forward in a note to investors. Macquarie Capital’s Ben Schachter wrote…

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Amazon app makes it easier for international customers to shop

Julie Campbell
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The application has launched an International Shopping feature on both its iOS and Android versions. Countries around the world with their own official Amazon app and website are used to its convenience. However, there are still many nations without their own version of the marketplace. Amazon has launched an International Shopping feature on its mobile commerce apps for those consumers. This feature makes it possible for consumers around the world to use the Amazon app (US) to purchase products that can be shipped to their countries. This new feature not…

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Java for Beginners: Top Services to Make You a Developer

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Java for Beginners

It’s no secret that Java is now one of the most popular programming languages. Every second website and application is built on Java. Functional capacities of the programming language are just limitless. No surprise that many people are keen to become Java developers. If you are one of them, we will provide you with a few services that will make your Java learning easier and more effective. Java Learning Can Be Easy One will not be able to learn all the technical nuances of Java programming in a couple of…

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Android app tracking improperly follows children, study

John Montgallo
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Despite Google’s strong privacy track record, it has allegedly allowed thousands of apps to track kids. Google, known for its positive track record with personal data security, has allegedly allowed improper Android app tracking of children. This does not imply that the company itself has been gathering data about kids. That said, it has not prevented third parties from doing it through apps running on its mobile operating system. In that area, Google has a far less impressive track record for protecting its youngest users. This is not the first…

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Smartphone sales to flatten out in 2018 as devices fail to impress

Sam Lambert
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In previous years, mobile phone models saw big differences from one generation to the next. Smartphone sales are expected to flatten out this year, according to a Canaccord Genuity forecast. Last year, the growth rate reached only 2.7 percent. The Wall Street firm predicts that consumers don’t have many reasons to upgrade this year. This prediction takes the mobile phone growth rate in a different direction than other respected forecasts. The Garner market research firm, on the other hand, said that smartphone sales growth would reach almost 5 percent. Still,…

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Snapchat QR codes meet their rival in Instagram Nametags

L. Green
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Facebook’s image sharing social platform is launching scannable codes made of special images. Instagram Nametags are on their way. The image based social network is providing a rival to Snapchat’s QR codes. The feature will let users create special images that users can scan with the Instagram Stories camera. The idea behind the Instagram Nametags is to make it quick, easy and convenient for users to follow someone. The original announcement of the unique QR codes was made by TechCrunch. It happened last month when TechCrunch found it in Instagram’s…

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Facebook privacy fail brings apology from Zuckerberg

Jennifer Goula
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Mark Zuckerberg spoke before a House oversight panel on Wednesday, seeing regulation as “inevitable.” Mark Zuckerberg spoke to a House oversight panel on the subject of Facebook privacy. He stated that he saw regulation of the social media industry as “inevitable.” He also revealed that his own data was among the personal information sold to malicious third parties through Facebook’s previous privacy loopholes. Zuckerberg spoke as a part of his testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “The internet is growing in importance around the world in people’s lives…

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Instagram cracks down on drug hashtags, deleting many

Julie Campbell
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Facebook, the parent company, decided to remove #opioids, #fentanyl, #oxycontin and others. Instagram has decided to crackdown on drug hashtags, taking down some based on medication names. Among those Facebook – the parent company – has decided to delete include #oxycontin, #fentanyl and #opiods. Many others have also been taken down based on upgrades to Instagram’s community guidelines. Searches for #xanax and #fentanyl shortly after the drug hashtags crackdown produced no recent posts but shared a message stating that those posts “are currently hidden because the community has reported some…

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Web Design vs. Web Development

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Do you know the distinctions between a web developer and a web designer? You may think that it’s too obvious. There’s hardly a designer who wouldn’t know some basic facts about CSS or HTML. And you won’t probably find the developer who cannot work with the storyboard. We’re going to tell you about the key aspects of these two professions, so you will know for sure what to expect from each expert. What is web design? Everything that you can relate to visuals is the work of a web designer.…

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Iloilo tourism QR code system to inform visitors to each province

Stephanie Beck
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The region in the Philippines is using quick response codes to provide tourists helpful information. The Iloilo Tourism Office will be equipping every town in the region with a QR code system. The goal is to provide tourists with much needed information about the area. This could help to improve their visit with information about the different things they can see and where they are. Each town within the Iloilo region of the Philippines will be provided with its own QR codes. The budget for this program is around $3,846…

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Retail mobile payments can help to reshape the customer in-store experience

Jorge Gonzalez
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Retailers have been working to achieve an improved unattended shopping experience. Achieving an improved customer experience is leading stores to embrace retail mobile payments. Retailers are attempting to improve the customer experience through the use of technology. The hope is to offer greater conveniences without having to hire more staff. A great deal of this focus has been placed on the integration of a frictionless point-of-sale payment. The interest in retail mobile payments made the topic one of the best attended informational sessions at the Las Vegas Convention Center for…

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