Amazon Shopping Hacks

Ah, Amazon—the online world’s one-stop shop for diapers, drones and discounted textbooks. Whether you’re logging in for the occasional splurge or are chained to the mobile app, there are plenty of ways to enhance your Amazon experience. We’ve provided some helpful tips here.

from My Pocket http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2016/03/08/amazon-shopping-hacks.html

5 Tips for Winning at Hackathons (and Other Unsolicited Opinions)

The concept behind a hackathon is fantastic. It’s a competition where groups of people work diligently on a project for a set length of time (generally around 24 hours), and then present their projects to the whole group at the end.

from My Pocket https://www.sparkfun.com/news/2049

Complete Vigo the Carpathian Costume

Vigo the Carpathian appeared in Ghostbusters II, and though I’ve seen cosplayers tackle costumes replicating his entire look, Redditor welshenzie took a different approach. He was resourceful and rather than making the traditional costume, he became the painting.

from My Pocket https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/03/08/complete-vigo-the-carpathian-costume/

Google’s Artificial Brain Is Pumping Out Trippy (And Pricey) Art #ArtTuesday

Last month members of Google’s research and virtual reality divisions organized an even called DeepDream. DeepDream is an art exhibition of work produced by “neural nets” – the artificial intelligence tool that mimics the human brain. Via Wired

from My Pocket https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/03/08/googles-artificial-brain-is-pumping-out-trippy-and-pricey-art-arttuesday/

More than 1 Million Websites Install Free SSL Certificate (and Counting...)

Let's Encrypt – operated by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) – is an absolutely free, and open source certificate authority recognized by all major browsers, including Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

from My Pocket http://thehackernews.com/2016/03/lets-encrypt-free-ssl-certificate.html

NeoPixel mask made with Particle Photon #WearableWednesday

Nice mask build by Anthony Ngu on YouTube. Lately I’ve focused more of my efforts on Youtube videos for the side projects that I build.

from My Pocket https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/03/09/neopixel-mask-made-with-particle-photon-wearablewednesday/

PHP News, Views and Community

On the DotDev.co site they've posted a tutorial showing you how to create your first Laravel application. In their case they show how to create a simple link collection tool to help illustrate the process.

from My Pocket http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/23737

PHP News, Views and Community

Derick Rethans has posted the next part of his series looking at the new an improved MongoDB drivers for PHP in this post to his site. This time he focuses on the updates to cursor behavior from the previous versions.

from My Pocket http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/23744

PHP News, Views and Community

The Laravel News podcast has posted their latest episode today: Episode #11 - "Spark Watch, Interview with Shawn McCool". They also spend some time discussing one of the latest major advancements in the world of Composer - its official tagging of beta 1.

from My Pocket http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/23745

Cheap Oil Is Undermining the Success of Nearly Every Climate Cleanup Plan

A few months ago at the Paris climate talks, President Barack Obama and a panoply of world leaders talked at length about the importance of reducing carbon dioxide pollution associated with burning coal, the largest source of greenhouse gases.

from My Pocket http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cheap-oil-is-undermining-the-success-of-nearly-every-climate-cleanup-plan/

USB-C Users Guide

My March Scientific American column explores the USB Type-C, a new connector that can replace the power, data, video and headphone jacks on phones, tablets and laptops.

from My Pocket http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pogue-usb-c-users-guide/

How to See the Total Solar Eclipse, No Matter Where You Are

Lucky skywatchers in Southeast Asia get a rare front-row seat to a total eclipse on March 8 and 9, and Pacific islanders will see a still-dazzling partial eclipse.

from My Pocket http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160307-watch-total-solar-eclipse-space/

Scientists Are Preparing for a Solar Eclipse March 9, 2016

from My Pocket http://www.scientificamerican.com/video/scientists-are-preparing-for-a-solar-eclipse-march-9-2016/

Facebook Is Building Its Own Maps Using Artificial Intelligence

Last month, Facebook announced that its Connectivity Lab had mapped 21.6 million square kilometers (8.3 million square miles) of land to find where people were living.

from My Pocket http://www.popsci.com/facebook-shows-off-power-its-ai-analyzed-maps

Google's Gary Illyes: I'm Done Estimating Penguin 4.0 Launch Dates

Yesterday at SMX West in the How Google Works: A Google Ranking Engineer's Story session Gary Illyes of Google was asked about the Penguin 4.0 update.

from My Pocket http://feeds.seroundtable.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/NC7yyK0O8_A/google-penguin-estimate-gary-illyes-21731.html

Google Is Strongly Embracing AMP Everywhere There Is Content

If you can't tell by all the Google AMP articles we've written here, AMP is a big deal at Google. Dave Besbris, Vice President of Engineering at Google said at SMX West this week that "everywhere we use content, we want to embrace AMP.

from My Pocket https://www.seroundtable.com/google-wants-amp-everywhere-there-is-content-21730.html

Where Will SEO Go This Year?

In the world of SEO, 2015 was relatively quiet. Sure, search marketers had a plethora of algorithm updates, constantly evolving snippets, instant answers and ever-changing metrics to contend with, but SEO practitioners are used to that pace of change.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/6BsOUe1vVlI/where-will-seo-go-this-year-243733

5 Ways to get SEO Traffic in a Hard Niche

It’s one of the biggest challenges when it comes to SEO. You can read about tons of different SEO tactics on various blogs, but will they work for you?

from My Pocket https://www.quicksprout.com/2016/03/04/5-ways-to-get-seo-traffic-in-a-hard-niche/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Quicksprout+%28Quick+Sprout%29

SearchCap: SEO In 2016, Missed Campaign Opportunities & Google Adds Animal Sounds

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/kCroBSUE0mA/searchcap-where-seo-is-headed-google-delivers-animal-sounds-more-243954

Google Experimenting With Local Business Cards In Search Results

Google is experimenting with new “Local Business Cards” in search results. That’s our term not Google’s but it’s a reasonable description of a new “card carousel” test that features content from local businesses near the top of search results.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/d8-nltxYB40/google-experimenting-with-local-business-cards-in-search-results-243985

How to Make the Last Hour of Your Workday the Most Productive

This post originally appeared on HubSpot's Sales Blog. To read more content like this,subscribe to Sales. The important thing to remember about productivity is that it’s not a sprint. It’s a marathon.

from My Pocket http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/productive-last-hour

Make Your Web Page an Awesome Landing Page : SEJ

Web marketers talk a lot about how to build the perfect landing pages. Do any search and you’ll find dozens, if not hundreds of articles on how to build landing pages that kick butt. You will undoubtedly find some great nuggets of information and wisdom.

from My Pocket https://www.searchenginejournal.com/make-every-web-page-freakin-awesome-landing-page/157115/

5 Digital Trends to Watch Out For in 2016

Every year brings with it new opportunities for digital success, and in this post, you will see my digital movers and shakers watch list for 2016.

from My Pocket https://www.searchenginejournal.com/5-digital-trends-watch-2016/156605/

Match Your Local SEO to Your Business Type with the Local SEO Checklist

Is your brand visible to potential customers? If you're a local business and you haven't nailed down your local SEO, you're missing the opportunity to be seen when that customer searches on desktop or on mobile. But local SEO isn't some mysterious entity. It's a series of concerted steps.

from My Pocket https://moz.com/blog/local-seo-checklist?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+seomoz+%28SEOmoz+Daily+Blog%29

How to market your mobile site or app without spending a fortune on ads

Making the most of what you’ve got: email, SMS, social media, brochures, packaging, SEO and ASO and optimizing your mobile site design to make the most of them.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/BBdxCMUA7VI/

3 Tools That Speed Influencer Outreach

Are you trying to connect with influencers? Looking for ways to streamline the process?

from My Pocket http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/3-tools-that-speed-influencer-outreach/

How to compete on the new Google SERP

Recent changes made to the Google SERP have taken many by surprise. Google has eliminated the sidebar ads that once appeared to the right of the results. They have also increased the number of ads allowed above the results, now showing up to four ads.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sew/~3/IWOiV0xL97I/

40 Handy Excel Shortcuts You Can't Live Without

Many marketers use Microsoft Excel every single day, whether it's to create a waterfall report, analyze data, or run a report to present at the next team meeting. Creating reports like these in Excel is time-consuming enough.

from My Pocket http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/excel-shortcuts

Google Gives Update On Crawling JavaScript Sites & Progressive Web Apps

John Mueller of Google posted a detailed update on how Google currently handles JavaScript sites (including AJAX) and Progressive Web Apps in their index, crawling, and ranking.

from My Pocket http://feeds.seroundtable.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/0mabLps1qig/google-on-crawling-javascript-sites-progressive-web-apps-21737.html

The Google Dance Was About Webmaster Relations

Last week, Wednesday night during SMX West, Google brought back the Google Dance. It has been several years since Google hosted the event and it finally returned! Bruce Clay interviewed Gary Illyes and Nathan Johns, the two people at Google who really made this even happen, prior to the event.

from My Pocket http://feeds.seroundtable.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/Je9g4x7AwJM/the-google-dance-was-about-webmaster-relations-21738.html

Test: Google Local Business Cards With Animated GIFs In Search Results

Mike Blumenthal first spotted this new social sharing feature which Greg Sterling named local business cards in Google. In short, it looks very much like the Google Candidate cards from the Fox News partnership but expanded to Google local businesses.

from My Pocket https://www.seroundtable.com/google-tests-local-business-cards-with-animated-gifs-in-search-results-21739.html

Google’s AMP: The Fun and User-Friendly Guide to Accelerated Mobile Pages

Watch the video. Ignore the copy. If you are not a developer and you read the copy, you will be swallowed alive by jargon.

from My Pocket http://feeds.copyblogger.com/~/142621946/0/copyblogger~Googles-AMP-The-Fun-and-UserFriendly-Guide-to-Accelerated-Mobile-Pages/

SEJ Wrap-Up: Are Meta Tags & AMP Important for SEO and Google Ranking?

This is the wrap-up of the most popular posts and announcements on SEJ over the previous week. Newsletter subscribers are the first to receive this and other updates. Arguably, one of the most crucial aspects of on-page SEO is tags.

from My Pocket https://www.searchenginejournal.com/sej-wrap-up-are-meta-tags-amp-important-for-seo-and-google-ranking/158820/

SMX West recap: Using search science for keyword research

We all know how important the customer is to our business. In fact, they are the business, and the only way businesses can be successful is to ensure they give customers and potential customers what they want.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/-RKeoNodZzw/using-search-science-keyword-research-243900

What different consumer groups really want from local business websites

In February at BrightLocal, we published an annual survey that explored consumer attitudes towards local business websites.

from My Pocket http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/qETvx_JnubA/different-consumer-groups-really-want-local-business-websites-244008

Where will SEO go this year?

In the world of SEO, 2015 was relatively quiet. Sure, search marketers had a plethora of algorithm updates, constantly evolving snippets, instant answers and ever-changing metrics to contend with, but SEO practitioners are used to that pace of change.

from My Pocket http://feeds.marketingland.com/~r/mktingland/~3/7mjXGQ8WL3M/will-seo-go-year-2-167332

WordPress releases plugin to support Facebook Instant Articles

With Facebook’s eventual launch for Instant Articles to all publishers on April 12, WordPress has prepared for the deluge of interest in this new publishing platform by launching its own plugin to transform WordPress content into Instant Articles.

from My Pocket http://feeds.marketingland.com/~r/mktingland/~3/KHMQJvTBYi0/wordpress-fb-instant-articles-167568

Marketing Day: IAB’s ad-blocker primer, SMX recap & Google’s new search ad display

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

from My Pocket http://feeds.marketingland.com/~r/mktingland/~3/8U0zoSgoM_o/marketing-day-iabs-ad-blocker-report-googles-new-search-ad-display-social-listening-report-167618

In 2 weeks, the marketing and technology worlds collide — Don’t miss it!

In just two weeks, the largest vendor-agnostic gathering of professionals at the intersection of marketing and technology will happen in San Francisco — MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference.

from My Pocket http://feeds.marketingland.com/~r/mktingland/~3/zipQxkLq7bs/in-2-weeks-the-marketing-and-technology-worlds-collide-dont-miss-it-167613

With the Yahoo Flickr Creative Commons 100 Million (YFCC100m) dataset, a great novel dataset was introduced to the computer vision and multimedia research community.

from My Pocket http://yfcc100m.appspot.com/

Let's code a TCP/IP stack, 1: Ethernet & ARP

Writing your own TCP/IP stack may seem like a daunting task. Indeed, TCP has accumulated many specifications over its lifetime of more than thirty years.

from My Pocket http://www.saminiir.com/lets-code-tcp-ip-stack-1-ethernet-arp

Privacy Leak “By Design”

Incognito mode would solve this exploit, and is why I always use incognito on a shared computer. There are several ways to solve the exploit but why is it there to need solving?

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/49895y/privacy_leak_by_design/

SSH Tron

Multiplayer Tron in your terminal. Just run the command below and you'll be playing in seconds. By @MaxWofford and @zachlatta.

from My Pocket http://sshtron.zachlatta.com

Top Story: Hackers are using Microsoft Word to steal your money

We've told you before how hackers like to disguise malicious program files as harmless documents, images or music files, and how to spot them. However, hackers can also use regular files to cause problems, specifically Word documents.

from My Pocket http://www.komando.com/happening-now/349755/top-story-hackers-are-using-microsoft-word-to-steal-your-money

The nanolight revolution is coming

At Biopolis, a sprawling research complex in Singapore, Chi Ching Goh leans over an anaesthetized mouse lying on the table in front of her, and carefully injects it with a bright yellow solution.

from My Pocket http://www.nature.com/news/the-nanolight-revolution-is-coming-1.19482

The beginning of the end for encryption schemes?

What are the prime factors, or multipliers, for the number 15? Most grade school students know the answer — 3 and 5 — by memory. A larger number, such as 91, may take some pen and paper.

from My Pocket https://news.mit.edu/2016/quantum-computer-end-encryption-schemes-0303

Meerkat Is Ditching the Livestream — And Chasing a Video Social Network Instead

Two weeks ago, Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin sent an email to his company’s 48 investors laying bare an observation that he’d made peace with months earlier: Meerkat, the livestreaming app that played the role of darling one year ago at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, was failing.

from My Pocket http://recode.net/2016/03/04/meerkat-is-ditching-the-livestream-and-chasing-a-video-social-network-instead/

A Differential Approach to Undefined Behavior Detection

Can't the compiler know every instance of UB (since it's taking advantage in optimization)? Wouldn't it be easier to change the compiler to report it?

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4994wm/a_differential_approach_to_undefined_behavior/

How this language learning app got 110 million users without spending a dollar on marketing

“How many of you have had to fill out a web form after being asked to read a distorted sequence of characters like this? … How many of you found it really, really annoying? … I invented that!” Luis von Ahn, inventor of captchas and computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University,

from My Pocket https://www.techinasia.com/how-duolingo-got-110-million-users

Software Developers Will Become Obsolete

The contention is that programming has been reduced to combining available API's, which utterly ignores the difficulty of creating such API's, or the limitations of existing API's to solve all problems.

from My Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/499nzu/software_developers_will_become_obsolete/