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  Ankush Samant

  

  Instagram is no longer the best app for aspiring photographers

  Quartz - Kate Groetzinger

  Not long ago, professional photography was an elite club with a high barrier to entry. Between schooling, apprenticeships, and expensive equipment, it was not a career you just jumped into. Now, thanks to a new wave of photo-sharing platforms, amateur photographers have the chance to get their …

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  Ankush Samant

  

  Why Gogo’s Infuriatingly Expensive, Slow Internet Still Owns the Skies

  Bloomberg

  Why Gogo's Infuriatingly Expensive, Slow Internet Still Owns the Skies “You’re Now Free to Complain About the Wi-Fi” By Sam Grobart | August 26, 2015 In …

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  Ankush Samant

  

  The “awww!” response to cuteness isn’t just biological, it’s philosophical

  Quartz - Olivia Goldhill

  Cute kittens and cuddly toys aren’t the highest form of aestheticism, but one Stanford professor, Sianne Ngai, believes “cuteness” is a concept worth studying. And so Ngai, a professor in literary and cultural theory, has developed a philosophical argument about what counts as cute. Cuteness has …

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  Ankush Samant

  

  Microsoft's newest product is another shot at Apple

  Fortune - Claire Zillman

  Microsoft’s first-ever flagship store opens on New York City’s upscale Fifth Avenue shopping strip at noon Eastern on Monday, as the tech giant …

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  Ankush Samant

  

  The interfaces that bridge the human-machine divide

  Engadget - Jon Turi

  First it was toggle switches. And then keyboards, the mouse and other standard interface devices gave us control of computers and the digital world. From the tangible, to hands-free and beyond, the ways in which we control digital systems are expanding. We've collected just a few of the interesting …

• The only way Google can be beaten up!

  

  Ankush Samant

  

  Russia Says Google Has “Violated Competition Rules” With Android, Yandex Stock Jumps

  TechCrunch - Drew Olanoff

  Back in February, the “Google of Russia,” Yandex, filed an antitrust complaint with Russia’s watchdog agency (FAS) over Google’s leverage with what comes pre-installed on Android. Specifically, the fact that Google is the default search engine rubbed Yandex the wrong way. See, Yandex has a 60 …