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7 Linux Alternatives to Common Windows Business Applications

BeingOptimist

And, thanks to an enormously passionate userbase, alternative applications exist for almost everything you’ll find on Windows too. It’s only natural to start off our list with an alternative to Microsoft Office, the giant Office and productivity application that runs natively on Windows. LibreOffice.

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How To Remove the Yahoo! News, Washington Post or Spotify Notifications From Your Facebook Ticker

SocMed Sean

News, Spotify, and the Washington Post are pushing articles into your Facebook timeline, there is a quick way to get rid of them. News, the Post or Spotify. To do that: 1) Log in to Facebook 2) Visit the application page for the app that is annoying you: For the Yahoo! If you hate that apps like Yahoo! Hope that helps!

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Take Advantage of Additional Google News Opportunities for Publishers

Adam Sherk

Google News continues to be an important source of traffic for publishers, in particular from the news OneBoxes that are frequently included in regular Web search results. While not as impactful as key news search optimization tactics, the tag offers another way to establish the topical relevancy of your content.

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Google News news_keywords Meta Tag: More Cons than Pros?

Adam Sherk

The Google News news_keywords meta tag is now available to all publishers that are approved for inclusion. It is nice that Google News is trying to accommodate publishers and allow for more witty, print-style headlines. But it is fair to say that Google News has always been a strange beast.

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Top Five: Google is shuttering G+

Sherrilynne Starkie

After a bit of a hiatus, I’m back with this week’s Top 5 Must-Know News for PR and marketing communications professionals. This is good news for brands and marketers because it improves the Facebook user experience overall making it a more useful channel. Google supports quality news publishers in digital transformation.

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Social Media News Ticker: Edit Your Facebook ‘Look Back,’ LinkedIn Kills ‘Intro,’ Twitter Debuts Data Grant Program

The Realtime Report

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare: Facebook’s Look Back movie now has edit options. Foursquare.

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Play Today and Golf in virtual worlds – Australia Metaverse News Australia

Laurel Papworth

PLAY TODAY and CLIVE MAYHEW So the Play Today company was actually set up by Mark and Michael Dries, and they have a software and application design agency called Mirk and have been doing augmented and virtual reality projects for Cadbuy’s and Telco Oppo and for the NSW government. 00:04:16.670]. 00:11:24.280].