The truth is, Alan doesn’t even drink coffee. He’s one of the hardest workers at Sprout Social and one of its premier leaders. So what’s this all about? Former Intel CEO Andy Grove is widely regarded as one of the top management minds of the tech world. He described the job of any manager as a cycle of acquiring information, disseminating information and decision making. “Much of my day is spent acquiring information,” Grove noted, and the remainder is spent steering those at the company toward the company vision, which he described as “nudging....

From iPhone 4 and beyond, I’ve never skipped out on buying a flagship iPhone. The white AT&T iPhone 4 in May 2011 was my first model, then iPhone 4s in November a month after its launch. Starting with iPhone 5, I’ve bought every flagship iPhone on day one (even camping out in line overnight at least twice). I pre-ordered the off-cycle release iPhone SE last month and switched from the top-of-the-line iPhone 6s Plus....

Today we have the latest firmware flash file for the Oukitel WP12 Pro based on Android 11.0 powered by a MediaTek 6762D processor. To install the firmware flash file, we need a software called SP Flash tool which can be helpful to flash the stock ROM on your device. The method is simple and easy. We have also added video and step-by-step tutorials to make things easier to flash the official flash file....

If you live in a city or dense suburb and don’t have delivery robots in your area yet, brace yourself: They’re coming. Delivery bots are designed to reduce car traffic and increase efficiency for last-mile urban delivery. They’re also pretty amazing data collection devices, which advocates say will help streamline operations and reduce waste but will also lead to profound privacy worries in the near future. One of the leading providers in the field, Starship Technologies, recently released its 2021 Robot Wrap Up, “highlighting the most popular and quirky requests and orders” that its fleet of more than 1,000 robots worldwide have received in the past year....

1. Hackers exploit SonicWall zero-day bug in ransomware attacks A financially motivated threat group tapped into a zero-day flaw in SonicWall VPN appliances to deploy a new strain of ransomware called FIVEHANDS. The group took advantage of an improper SQL command neutralization flaw that allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution. Read more » 2. Experian API exposed credit scores of most Americans Experian just fixed a weakness with a partner website that let anyone look up the credit score of tens of millions of Americans just by supplying their name and mailing address....

If you’ve been carrying out any dodgy searches in Incognito Mode in the iOS 7 version of Google Chrome, you may want to wander casually into settings to delete the search history (looking toward the sky and whistling helps): it appears that Incognito Mode currently isn’t. All searches performed in the private browsing mode are available in search history once you return to normal browsing. The above video is rather swift, and has no commentary, but what it shows is erasing history to start with a clean slate, entering Incognito Mode, visiting a website, returning to normal browsing and then viewing search history at Google – where the supposed private web session shows up....

Today we have the latest firmware flash file for the OPPO Reno 5G CPH1921 powered by a Qualcomm processor. To install the firmware flash file, we need a software called the QFil Flash tool which can be helpful to flash the stock ROM on your device. The method is simple and easy. We have also added video and step by step tutorial to make things easier to flash the official flash file....

As noted by ArsTechnica, following yesterday’s release of OS X Mavericks, some users of USB-powered monitors that use DisplayLink drivers have experienced a variety of problems after updating. The problems have already been identified by DisplayLink in a knowledge base article published on its website: The following issues have been found on OS X 10.9 and do not currently have a resolution Some applications can show severe flickering on DisplayLink screens....

The movement to reduce our usage of smartphones shows no sign of slowing. Palm, one of the pioneers of the personal digital assistants that grew into smartphones, is back with a miniature phone designed to minimize our usage of the device … Simply called Palm, the 3.3-inch Android phone costs $349 and looks vaguely like an early iPhone. As CNET reports, the company said it isn’t designed to replace your smartphone, but rather be an accessory to it....

Most people wouldn’t think menial government work is a great source of comedy, but Parks and Recreation proved the subject provided plenty of laughs. For seven seasons, the show continued to milk the ridiculousness of this world to great effect, thanks in no small part to a crazy cast of characters who helped run the Pawnee government. The show had fun with the notion that the people responsible for our government are not always our best and brightest....

We saw a lot of inspirational and loyal moments in Parks and Recreation but no one was as giving or more dedicated than Leslie Knope. As the former Deputy Director of the Pawnee Parks and Rec. Department, Leslie made her job personal by making her colleagues her second family. Every year she gifted her co-workers’ gifts for the holidays and beyond for just being themselves. She’s also known to make random anniversaries for her loved ones (which she finds the perfect gift for every time)....

Phil Schiller said in 2013 that “education is in Apple’s DNA,” and it’s no exaggeration. The company’s commitment to the education sector was there from the very beginning. Steve Jobs told the Smithsonian that he wanted to donate a computer to every school in the U.S. as long ago as 1979. The company couldn’t afford it in those days, but Steve lobbied Congress to introduce a bill that would have created sufficient tax breaks to make it possible....

Novelists and app developers have a lot in common. An author puts a lot of work into writing a novel, but when it’s finally published it’s competing with millions of other books out there. Unless you’re a big-name writer, most people will never even get to know that yours exists. You can try to be creative with your marketing. For example, I did a Kickstarter campaign for my first novel, 11/9, and included the opening scene of The Billion Dollar Heist at the end of it to drive sales through to that....

Jamie Fraser is among several of the characters in Outlander who is deemed a fan favorite. The Scotsman won the hearts of millions when they witnessed his courageous deeds and kind-hearted attitude. His relationship with Claire also holds a special place in the fandom as they defied all odds to be together. However, to say that Jamie is always the perfect and honorable gentleman is a bit of an overstatement. While he has always had tried to have the best of intentions, there have been many instances that have shown the older Fraser to be reckless and obstinate....

Overwatch 2 may be closer to release than previously expected and set to launch sometime in 2020, according to a now deleted PlayStation tweet. Blizzard’s first person shooter Overwatch has become one of the most celebrated games in recent years for its unique art style and competitive co-op gameplay. Overwatch isn’t just a favorite of critics either, as millions of gamers have jumped into the action, which has pushed the game to the forefront of the global sales charts....

While there are many Thunderbolt 3 docks on the market already, OWC has designed its latest release for professional creators and producers. It includes 10Gb Ethernet, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, CFast 2.0 and SD 4.0 card readers, an eSATA port, and more. OWC announced its new product aimed at true professionals today, the Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock. The company’s CEO, Larry O’Connor said: OWC Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock features: (2) Thunderbolt 3 ports delivering lightning-fast 40Gb/s transfer speeds, with backward compatibility for all Thunderbolt 2 devices Blazing media transfer at speeds up to 600MB/s – (1) CFast 2....

Following the publishing of the first half of the interview, and several subsequent clips, part two Charlie Rose’s full interview with Tim Cook is now available to watch – in full – on Hulu (below) and Charlie Roses’s website. In the interview, Cook discusses a wide variety of topics, ranging from privacy, to U2, and “what comes after the internet.” Regarding privacy, Cook remarked that he believes that government currently falls too close to the “collect everything” model than they should, but also how he thinks that the President and his administration are working hard to “move that pendulum back....

The report sent Opendoor shares down 9% in late trading. Following the report, CFO Carrie Ann Wheeler spoke to ZDNet by phone, stating “2021 was an important breakout year for us, a record performance, and proof positive that customers are craving a certain solution, and that two, we can deliver, at scale, managing a complicated system.” Added Wheeler, “we met all the expectations, and we’re set up for more of the same in 2022; given what we guided to in Q1, we’re off to a very good start....

After literally years of analysts claiming that we’ve reached ‘peak iPhone’ – that Apple’s year-on-year growth had gone as far as it could go – that day has finally arrived. iPhone sales last quarter were essentially flat (up just 0.4% year-on-year), and the company yesterday forecast that this quarter will see its first ever year-on-year decline in revenue since 2003. If Apple hits the midpoint of its projected revenue for the current quarter, it will suffer a year-on-year fall in income of 11%....

There’s a joke about a time-traveller from the early 20th Century arriving today and asking someone what has changed. The present-day person pulls an iPhone out of their pocket and says: ‘Well, we all carry around this pocket computer that gives us instant access to the sum total of human knowledge.’ The time traveller looks stunned. ‘Wow, what do you do with it?’ they ask. ‘Mostly we watch cat videos.’...