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Usability QA With Smart Home Devices By Jon Siswick-Clark Smart Home devices are still a relatively new form of tech, but the market is now being flooded as the demand for Smart Home products is increasing at an exponential rate. While many such products are innovative and of high quality, many are lagging behind their competitors. While the actual "smart" device may be well designed and manufactured, the accompanying web or mobile apps are often severely lacking in several key areas. This negatively impacts the end-user experience and can be the deciding factor between a product's success or failure. Smart Home devices range from light switches, thermostats, security systems and even fully functioning robots. Smart technology is being implemented pretty much everywhere in the home right now, and this trend shows no sign of slowing. While the diversity of Smart Home products varies quite considerably, a key factor in its overall success must be "usability". ...

Structured Snippets - How To Get The Best Results By Vaibhav Srivastava Now, you could use the structured snippet extension from the Google to highlight certain feature of your products and services. This extension was rolled out in August 2015, and these were aimed to offer the customers a better sense of your website's content, before they click on the ad. And it doesn't matter whether you wish to list the finest pieces of your glassworks or eminent shoe brands, these dynamic snippets turn your ads more relevant and cooperative, apart from backing your campaign management and saving your time. But how do they work? Well, these extensions are situated beneath the text ads as a 'header and a list of attributes'. When these appear with your ad, they can show up to 2 headers on a computer at a time. Against this, the ads on the tablets and mobiles show only a single header. Google AdWords would automatically decide the best header or a combo of the headers to disp...

LED Screen Rental Have Become The De Facto For Most Of The Digital Displays By Sadanand Kasukurthi The LED screens have come a long way in the consumer market which has emerged as advertising and the promotional tool which catches the attention of the users whether being kept at a mall or retail outlet. LED have been constantly increasing the sales funnel As per a recent research being conducted, the LED through digital signage have significantly increased the sales particularly at super markets and the retail outlets. The digital signage has been pushing a great deal of business to both the retail store and the product companies in terms of the sales funnel. LED screens have been the beneficial parameter for product companies LED screen rental have been integrating new technology space and have significantly enhanced their pixel quality, these pixel quality have been the enhancers for the product companies and to create a lasting impression before the potential audience. The ...

The Enlightenment By Martin Hahn The Enlightenment was both a state and a movement of mind. The term represents a stage in the intellectual heritage of Europe, it also serves to explain programs of change where important literati, inspired by the same faith in the chance of a far better world, outlined particular targets for proposals and criticism for action. The specific significance of the Enlightenment is based on its blend of pragmatism and principle. Consequently, it nevertheless engenders controversy about its achievements and character and two major questions relating to each, two schools of thought may be identified. Was the Enlightenment the sustain of an elite, centred on Paris, or perhaps an extensive current of opinion which the philosophies, to some extent, represented and also led? Was it mainly a French campaign, having consequently an amount of coherence, or even a worldwide phenomenon, having so many facets as there was countries affected? Although the majority of ...

Why Most Self-Taught Guitarists Do Not Become Great - Part 1 By T. Hess As a self-taught guitarist, you hold yourself back from becoming great by not having effective practice habits. Not having correct practice habits makes your musical progress unpredictable and slow. Most self-taught guitar players unknowingly take on the exact opposite of good habits and their playing suffers for a long time. Here are some of good habits that you need to get into to avoid getting stuck like them: Good Habit #1: Focusing The Right Things At The Right Time Many guitar players have the bad habit of repeating a difficult lick over and over. They believe that using this approach will eventually fix their mistakes. Instead, they end up wasting tons of practice time only to get minimal results if any. A much more effective practicing approach is to focus only on the specific notes that are giving you trouble. You don't need to continually repeat the other notes because you've already mastere...

The Importance of Games in Our Daily Lives By Aman Tumukur Khanna Talking about games, who does not wish to play? They are an integral part of our lives and whether kids or adults, none can refrain from it. They are both a part of recreation and a great form of being physically fit and even getting rewarded. Games also teach us about many ethics and values which even help us later in life. Many a times the importance and benefits of playing games gets unnoticed and it is thus significant that one keeps in mind the following points. Let us take a look here... Points to ponder while playing games • The main constituents of any game is to reach a target, follow the set rules, face trials and tests and have proper interface. • Games also help to stimulate the decision making skills and allow to take challenges. • There are varieties of games, such as games that require devices, bound by a few rules to be followed, need special skill sets. There are indoor and outdoo...

How to Manage Your WordPress Website Like A Pro By Maulik D Shah Having a WordPress website is one thing. And managing it is a whole another. You need to perform some daily actions to ensure that your website runs smoothly. After all, it helps you to grow your business and boost sales. Ask the experts offering WordPress web development services about the important aspects of managing a WordPress website and they will tell you about the 3 S's. They are; speed, security, and SEO. However, we believe that there is much more to effectively manage your WordPress website than the above-mentioned aspects. If you want to have a smoothly running website, you need to know about some of the best business management methods and how to apply them. Through this article, we intend to provide you with a step-by-step procedure to manage your WordPress website like a pro. Know What You Want It is quite easy to build a website in WordPress as compared to other platforms. True that. But, there a...

What's in Store for UAE in 2018? By Sumeet Khanna PhD United Arab Emirates has always presented the world a great deal of investment opportunities. In spite of a downturn in most parts of the world, UAE has remained very popular as a key investment hub for many of the ardent investors. In 2017, UAE stayed on growing and progressing on several fronts, and it was another year of far-fetched achievements. Let's take a look at some of the most expected and thrilling things that can happen to take place in the UAE in 2018-: 1. 2018- The Year of Zayed UAE 2018 with mark the auspicious occasion and completion of 100 years as the birth of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan will be devoted to the UAE's founding father. All over the year, the locals will be recalling the efforts made by Sheikh Zayed to shape the modern UAE and encourage his values across the entire population. 2. VAT Implementation (Value Added Tax) Value Added Tax (VAT) will be publicly implemented in ...

One Bad Decision Can Cost a Hospital Millions By John Hammond Things can go wrong without the right team in place I recently read an article that was attempting to explain the cost overrun experienced by a hospital during the launch of their new EMR. The article was clear on what caused the overrun but failed to communicate why the decision was made that created the cause. In many hospitals, emotions can run high fueled by attitudes of resistance to change. The pressures and stress associated with go-live can be a challenge to manage; however, allowing those forces to affect decision-making can have lasting adverse financial effects. When all planning, budget, constraints, and common sense that should be applied are set aside, you can almost always expect the worse. It may feel like appeasement is the right thing to do to relieve the stress, but it may not be the best thing. Sticking to the plan, and staying within the budget should always be the guiding factor that drives decisio...

The Many Treatments and Procedures for Younger Rejuvenated Skin By Mags Whyler We are all different and we will all age in different ways. Some of us, if we are lucky, will grow old having firm, clear skin with a minimal of wrinkles, however, many of us won't. Over the years, we have lots of concerns about our skin's condition, and stress, worry, sun damage and even genetics, all play their part in how we'll look when we grow old. We all know that as we get older everything can start to go steadily downhill and this means that our skin will eventually start to show its age, with fine lines and wrinkles beginning to appear. The skin becomes dull and our skin might lose elasticity, as our bodies no longer makes collagen at the same levels it used to. Luckily, these days we can actually do a lot to repair the outer damage, and give us back our healthy looking complexion. The skin's outer layers begin to show wear and tear: Ageing, in the form of wrinkles and fine line...

5 Benefits of Artificial Intelligence By Glen Lim One of the most misunderstood terms in technology is artificial intelligence. There have been several arguments of how this could result into a very disturbing concept for the human race. However, without knowing, the cognitive system is already in use and even appreciated by all who fear its effect. Some argue that it will cause several distortion especially unemployment. However, artificial intelligence are managed, maintained and even coded by humans. This is an employment means, instead of unemployment. What this simply means is that artificial intelligence can help to improve human life and reduce stress. Here are the benefits of artificial intelligence. Insight in Marketing and Business Data is probably the most important raw material for the transformation of an economy to a digital economy. However, this raw data are hovering in the air untapped, unprocessed, and useless. It can be deployed for data mining, and processing ...

Why Should You Choose Laravel For Your Next Web Project? By Arun Kumar Biswal While writing a web application in PHP, you have option to choose from a wide range of PHP frameworks. The usage statistics posted on several websites suggest that Laravel is currently more popular than other PHP frameworks. But smarter web developers never choose a PHP framework based on its popularity or market share. You must evaluate the pros and cons of Laravel to choose the PHP framework that meets all project needs perfectly. As an open source PHP framework, Laravel helps you to curtail web application development cost. It further accelerates custom web application development by providing a number of robust features and tools. At the same time, Laravel has been evolving consistently to meet the emerging trends in web development. In September, Laravel 5.5 was released with an array of new features - resource classes, automatic package discovery, time based job attempts, on-demand notifications and ...

Review of The Ten Miniature Jewel Swans Short Story By Zirkon Kalti Jim Roberts decides to carry out a robbery on the rare jewel swans displayed at his relative's shop. He wears a black mask and enters into the shop with a gun. First, he asks the cashier to turn over all the money in the cashier machine. Next, he breaks the cabinet glass and steals the jewel swans. He puts each swan carefully into his bag. Before he left the shop, he breaks the shop window and this sounds the alarm. Finally, he gets into his car and step on the oil pedal to escape. When the police arrives, the shopkeeper told them that they suspect it is their relative that has carried out the robbery. So, the police calls his brother George and George calls Jim and ask if he could visit him. But Jim is not there when he pays him a visit at his house. So, George enters into his house and starts to rummage his stuff in hope to find some evidences. He found bits of jewels. Just about this time, another person en...

Clement Attlee By Martin Hahn Born to a middle class family in London, Clement Attlee studied at Oxford Faculty, and then taught as a lawyer. He went on to handle Haileybury House, a charitable youth organisation in Limehouse, East London. This experience clearly had a deep impact on Attlee, whose political perspectives were formed by the poverty he witnessed in London's East End, and in 1908, the Independent Labour Party was joined by him. Upon the start of the very first World War, he put on for a Commission and served as a Captain. The reputation of his as a highly effective, efficient leader gained him the rank of Major, a name which would remain with him beyond the military life of his. On going back from the war, Attlee moved into politics, getting Mayor of Stepney in 1919 and MP for Limehouse in 1922. He continued to move up the ranks within the Labour Party, and was elected the leader in 1935, using the resignation of George Lansbury. During the next World War, he was ca...

Friedrich Ebert By Martin Hahn Friedrich Ebert played an extremely important role in the story of German democracy. As the first ever democratically elected president of Germany, and also as the leader of the Social Democratic campaign, he made seminal efforts in getting about the Weimar constitution that turned Germany into a republic at first chance and then attempted to unite it after the defeat in World War I. He was president of the Weimar Republic from 1919 until the death of his in 1925. Ebert was born in Heidelberg in 1871. He mastered the saddler's industry and traveled through Germany as a journeyman saddler. He quickly evolved into a Social Democrat plus unionist, representing the so called revisionist - gradualist, liberal - "trade union" wing of the party which was much less active in the ideological struggles of Marxism. His focus was always directed toward pragmatic enhancement within the existing conditions of the German working class and, above many, ...

Mad Max: Fury Road Relationship Between Max and Furiosa By Jeremiah Otieno Odhiambo Mad Max Fury Road is a story that involves two people by the name Max and Furiosa who are held captive and are trying to escape from Hamlet. Max is suffering outrageous fortunes but he is learning from the fortunes while Furiosa has decided to oppose her troubles by taking arms against the leaders of Hamlet. The two characters cannot trust each other at first but due to their circumstances they are forced to rely on each other. Love is humanized in the film where much deeper conventions of love are stricken. Max is a loner and a survivor who has been traumatized in a world where people see him as a blood bag. On the contrary Furiosa is scheming a plan to help five women who have been enslaved in Hamlet. Max does not trust Furiosa and in most parts of the film he holds a gun on her. In the middle of these desperate attempts to escape from their chasers Max and Furiosa are forced to depend on each oth...

Basic Principles of 3D Animation By Paul Nandrajog 65% of people are considered visual learners. This is easy to understand considering that most information (90%) that is transmitted to the brain is visual. It also transmits visual information much faster (60,000 times faster) than text. It is therefore not surprising that videos are the most popular medium for communication and engagement currently available online. The Rise of 3D Animation It's getting harder for brands to cut through the noise and get their message across to their target audience. There are so many videos available online today. You need to have something extra to get noticed. This is where animated 3D content comes in. Animated audiovisual content has been shown to be very effective in influencing the choices of consumers in the later stages of their purchasing journey. There are several reasons that this type of content is more effective than other visuals. Animated videos are effective at grabbing and ...

Bitcoin Thrives Against All Odds By Ian King Since it's currently en vogue right now, I'd like to announce that I'm launching my own cryptocurrency next week. Let's call it "kingcoin." Nah, that's too self-serving. How about "muttcoin"? I've always had a soft spot for mixed breeds. Yeah, that's perfect - everybody loves dogs. This is going to be the biggest thing since fidget spinners. Congrats! Everyone reading this is going to receive one muttcoin when my new coin launches next week. I'm going to evenly distribute 1 million muttcoins. Feel free to spend them wherever you like (or wherever anyone will accept them!). What's that? The cashier at Target said they wouldn't accept our muttcoin? Tell those doubters that muttcoin has scarcity value - there will only ever be 1 million muttcoins in existence. On top of that, it's backed by the full faith and credit of my desktop computer's 8 GB of RAM. Also, remin...

The Pencil Man By James D Sutton I recently read something that emphasized the value and importance of dignity in a person's life, and the importance of sharing it often with our young people. It caused me to recall something I experienced many years ago. On Houston Street As a student going to junior college in San Antonio, I had a part-time job working downtown. Weather permitting, I always saw a familiar figure setting up his tiny spot on Houston Street as I walked to my work from the parking lot. This man had no legs. He was upbeat and engaging as he set out a cup on a folded blanket and filled it with new pencils. He then put out another cup to receive the kindnesses of those passing by. I don't remember him ever asking for anything. I suppose folks just knew the drill: Help the man; take a pencil. If someone put something in his cup and didn't take a pencil, he generally made it a point to offer them one. Sometimes he would grab eye contact with a passerby, hol...

The Dollar Could Easily Get Stronger By Ian Dyer Ever since the start of 2017, the dollar has been in an almost constant decline. In fact, the PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Bullish ETF (NYSE: UUP) has dropped over 12% from its 2017 highs, despite a 2% gain. UUP is an exchange-traded fund that measures the dollar against six other currencies. When the dollar strengthens relative to the others, the price of UUP goes up. Generally, the dollar is seen as a safe haven, somewhere for investors to put their money in times of market uncertainty. And since we have seen a market that went straight up over a 15-month period, there was less demand for safety assets like the dollar. But that can only last so long. Right now, there is a fear of inflation in the markets due to higher employment and wages. When the economy is strong, inflation usually follows. That's because when people make more money, they spend more. And when more money is spent, there's more in circulation, and the ex...

Harry S Truman By Martin Hahn Harry S. Truman was the first of 3 kids created to John Anderson Truman, a farmer and mule trader, and the wife of his, Martha Ellen Truman. Although the parents of his could not decide on a middle name, Harry was named in honor of the maternal uncle of his, Harrison Young. After over a month, they settled on merely utilizing the letter S as a tribute to both the maternal grandfather of his, Solomon Young, and the paternal grandfather of his, Anderson Shipp Truman. Truman were raised on the family farm in Independence, Missouri, and didn't attend college. He worked a number of jobs after high school, initially as a timekeeper for a railroad building business, and then as a bookkeeper and a clerk at 2 individual banks in Kansas City. After 5 yrs, he returned to farming and joined the National Guard. When World War I erupted, Truman volunteered for duty. Though he was thirty three years old - 2 years older compared to the age cap for the draft - as w...

Joseph Stalin By Martin Hahn In 1912, Lenin, then in exile in Switzerland, appointed Joseph Stalin to deliver on the very first Central Committee on the Bolshevik Party. 3 years down the line, in November 1917, the Bolsheviks seized power in Russian federation. The Soviet Union was created in 1922, with Lenin as its very first leader. During these many years, Stalin had continued to progress the party ladder, and in 1922 he became secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, a job which enabled him to appoint the allies of his to federal work and develop a foundation of political support. After Lenin died in 1924, Stalin inevitably outmaneuvered the rivals of his and received the power struggle for command of the Communist Party. By the late 1920s, he'd become dictator of the Soviet Union. Beginning in the late 1920s, Joseph Stalin released a number of five year designs meant to change the Soviet Union originating from a peasant modern society into an indu...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt By Martin Hahn In 1910, at age twenty eight, Roosevelt was invited to work for the brand new York state senate. He ran as a Democrat in a district which had voted Republican in the past thirty two years. Through the help and hard campaigning of the name of his, he received the hold in a Democratic landslide. As a state senator, elements of the Democratic political machine in York that is new was opposed by Roosevelt. This received him the ire of party leaders but received him national notoriety and experience that is valuable in political intrigue and tactics. During this particular time, an alliance with Louis Howe, who'd shape the political career of his for the following twenty five years was formed by him. Roosevelt was reelected on the state senate in 1912 and served as seat of the farming committee, passing farm and social welfare and labor bills programs. During the 1912 National Democratic Convention, Roosevelt supported presidential candidate ...