Dropbox was one of the first online file sharing repositories. Unlike competitors like Box.net or Microsoft which have grabbed big enterprise accounts, Dropbox has kept a significant customer base among individuals and small businesses. However, Google Drive has muscled in quite a bit into the individual and small business market. I have seen a number of small businesses, nonprofits and individuals use either Dropbox or Google Drive. But which is better? Feb. 21 column:In-flight WiFi climbed… Source link
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Google, Facebook and Twitter are killing the local newspapers citizens need for democracy
In 1787, on the eve of the French Revolution, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Edward Carrington, dispatched to the Continental Congress, on the role of a free press. If he had to choose between “a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government,” Jefferson wrote, “I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” The founding father feared governments, including the one he helped design, would become predatory if unchecked by a knowledgeable citizenry. And here we are.
Read More »Dana White skips post-fight presser as Ciryl Gane's hype train slows – Yahoo Sports
LAS VEGAS — Nothing that was being said about Ciryl Gane before he fought Jairzinho Rozenstruik on Saturday at Apex — he’s big, powerful, incredibly athletic and one of the potential stars in the heavyweight division — changed after they spent 25 minutes in the cage together. This, though, was one of those rare shutout victories in which he wasn’t particularly happy. Gane defeated the fourth-ranked Ronzenstruik by winning 50-45 on all three cards, but it was a desultory affair that… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Basketball: Sunday Picks
Sunday slates tend to be lighter, but that’s not the case here. We have just one game during the day and then an eight-game nightcap. The good news is we don’t have a lot in terms of injuries or COVID news, which is a breath of fresh air with everything over the last few weeks. It’s also one of my final articles before the All-Star break, and we’re looking forward to finishing off the first half strong. Without further ado, let’s get into it! Guards Dennis Schroder, LAL vs. GSW… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Hockey: Sunday Picks
The main contests at Yahoo consist of the five late games beginning at 3:00 p.m. EST. Philadelphia and Washington come in as road favorites, whereas Chicago, Nashville and New York are all receiving chalk at home. The highest over/under total is in the Capitals-Devils contest. Here are some leans and fades to consider when assembling your lineups. GOALIE Carter Hart, PHI at BUF ($24): It’s been a tough season for Hart, but his struggles are also built into his salary and this is primed as a… Source link
Read More »Fine if 30-40% of URLs in Search Console Are 404s
Google’s John Mueller says it’s normal if 30-40% of URLs in a site’s Search Console report are returning 404 errors. This is stated during the Google Search Central SEO hangout from February 25, where we also learned it’s impossible to stop Google from trying to crawl URLs that no longer exist. Google may continue trying to crawl URLs years after they’ve been deleted from a website, and there’s nothing site owners can do to prevent that from happening. Therefore 404s are… Source link
Read More »Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust Premium Follows Bitcoin Sibling Into Flipping Negative
Bloomberg Cathie Wood’s Power in Some Stocks Is Even Bigger Than It Seems (Bloomberg) — A rough week for Cathie Wood is reminding Wall Street that Ark Investment Management has a lot of cash in not that many companies. In fact, the firm’s dominance in some stocks may be even greater than it seems.Ark now owns more than 10% of at least 29 companies via its exchange-traded funds, up from 24 just two weeks ago, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Less discussed are holdings of Nikko… Source link
Read More »Big Short’s Michael Burry Is Betting On These 11 Stocks
In this article, we examined Big Short’s Michael Burry bets on 11 stocks amid his warning over the stock market collapse ahead. Click to skip ahead and see Michael Burry’s Top 5 Stock Picks. Scion Asset Management chief Michael Burry, who is famous for his billion-dollar bet on the US housing crash in 2008, warned investors of the potential stock market crash ahead. The Big Short claims that the speculative market environment and trader’s strategy of using borrowed money for betting on stocks… Source link
Read More »Thefts of catalytic converters are way up — here’s how to protect yourself
Thefts of catalytic converters are way up — here’s how to protect yourself One business that’s been booming amid the pandemic is auto theft, which skyrocketed last year. And increasingly, thieves aren’t even targeting the whole car. Instead, they’re going after the valuable container of precious metals attached to every car’s undercarriage: the catalytic converter. All across America, local police departments are reporting surges in cases of stolen catalytic converters, and motorists… Source link
Read More »Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Added Shares Of Palantir, Twitter, And Sold Apple, Facebook On Friday
TipRanks 2 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With 7% Dividend Yield You can get whiplash, trying to follow the market fluctuations these days. Volatility rules for now, as investors are pulling out of Big Tech – a move that is pushing the general markets down. The bearish sentiment comes as new COVID case numbers are falling, along with the weekly unemployment claims. Both are positive news bites for the economy, and will help to justify increased economic opening. At the same time, a Congressional… Source link
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