Last summer, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration observed dust blowing 85 miles from its source, Lake Abert and Summer Lake, two dried-up saline lakes in southern Oregon. This has happened before: Saline lakebeds are some of the West’s most significant sources of dust. California’s Owens Lake is the nation’s largest source of PM10, the tiny pollutants found in dust and smoke, while plumes blowing off the 800 square miles of the Great Salt Lake’s exposed bed have caused toxin-filled dust storms in Salt Lake City....

The game, which has been getting rave reviews, is set in 16th-century Bavaria in the Holy Roman Empire, an area that’s now part of Germany. The player takes control of Andreas Maler, a journeyman artist with a university education, embroiled over 25 years in a series of murders and scandals that take place in the fictional locations of Kiersau Abbey and Tassing. Inspired by Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, the game tries, as Eco’s novel did, to capture the texture of history, the traces of font and ink, of manuscripts and print wood cuts....

Full-screen vertical video up to an hour can now be uploaded by any Instagram user. Such a step of the company can be explained by the growing popularity of video in social networks and the desire to compete with YouTube. The CEO also announced that Instagram had surpassed the 1 billion user mark and ranked third in the ranking of the world’s largest social networks (after Facebook and YouTube )....

DefineCommunicateImplement It is the job of a web designer to give the brand a voice. A web designer is responsible to communicate the brand’s message to customers through the designs he creates. The process of creating a web design passes through the following phases: Brainstorm and build a mood boardCreate a style tileBuild an element collageStart designingCreate a living style guideFrom a kaleidoscope of ideas comes a clear vision A mood board is a collage of different design elements that help us view and understand a brand better....

In 2019, websites no longer should have a responsive design, they should be progressive web applications, that is, websites that resemble regular mobile applications. In other words, they must be designed to adapt to the browser, screen size and other technical specifications of the user’s device. Moreover, advanced web applications can even work offline. Companies that have transitioned from traditional websites to PWA have increased conversions and user engagement. Using frameworks like Jekyll, Gatsby or Hugo, you can quickly create simple static web pages....

Currently WordPress is being used by more then 60 Million Websites. The main features of WordPress includes Switching between thousands of beautiful themes, different plugins, easy to use dashboard and many awesome features. Today we are posting about some of the best blogging platforms rather the WordPress. Below is the list of Popular Free Blogging Platforms :- Blogger Blogger is one of the oldest and most popular Blogging Platform, its owned by Google itself and is also one of the most trusted platform on the web....

It seems that engagement is a word that is used a lot these days concerning social media. Basically it is the way that we define building and nurturing a relationship with potential customers and shareholders of the business. It also is about how we communicate with those groups of people. What information we pass to them and that which they pass back in the form of comments, suggestions, and marketing impact....

The glitchy SMS two-factor codes mean that users could get locked out of their accounts and lose control of them. They could also find themselves unable to make changes to their security settings or download their data using Twitter’s access feature. The situation also provides an early hint that troubles within Twitter’s infrastructure are bubbling to the surface. Not all users are having problems receiving SMS authentication codes, and those who rely on an authenticator app or physical authentication token to secure their Twitter account may not have reason to test the mechanism....

Meaning of POS POS stands for point of sales. It refers to the place and the time where a transaction is completed. POS Software makes the transaction easy and smooth and records the place where the customer is paying for your service or good. Work of POS Software POS software not only looks after transactions and the place and time when a customer pays the money. It also helps in the management of the retail aspect....

The answer often has to do with poor alignment between sales and marketing teams. Unfortunately, this tends to be a common issue in general, but it’s an especially obvious pain point when it comes to content marketing. Fortunately, the solution is simple: improve communication and get both teams on the same page. Sales have the pulse on prospect and customer needs; marketing has the messaging platform. Through collaboration and a continual feedback loop, it’s easy to start creating content your sales reps will actually use....

Whether you have a website, an e-commerce or a social media account or all these three taking your business online can yield more profit to your business than you could imagine. Today’s customers are digital so you must go digital with your business too so that you interact with them easily. Therefore, whatever business you do, ensure that your online presence is maintained and continue to strive for the best of your business....

You may be aware of marketing strategies for promoting your business nationally or globally, but how do you apply these on a local scale to attract customers? There are many simple, creative ways to promote your business locally, which range for local digital PR methods to more traditional marketing techniques to capture your local market. Sometimes this involves taking more general marketing and PR techniques and applying them on a local level, whereas in other cases it is advantageous to use methods specific to local marketing....

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We test products year-round and handpicked these deals. Products that are sold out or no longer discounted as of publishing will be crossed out. We’ll update this guide through Cyber Monday. If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Jump to a Topic: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, Other Gaming Accessories Few things we ever review earn a perfect 10/10 score, but the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless headset pulled it off....

Every year, I test around 10 to 12 rain jackets through the soggy Pacific Northwest winter. I hike, bike, run, and walk my dog; sometimes I stand in the shower with my clothes on when the weather isn’t cooperating. I also got advice from Amber Williams, a consumer science educator and lecturer in textile science and pattern making at Utah State University’s Outdoor Product Design program. These are our favorite rain jackets....

Just to give you an example, someone who was an early investor in Tesla is now handsomely a millionaire, while someone who was an early investor in Faraday Future has probably gone bankrupt. Investing in tech can be a high returns opportunity, but it can also lead to high risks and losses. In this article, we speak to successful investors and ask them for tips on how people who are looking to invest in tech proceed....

Audience A lot of people’s primary question is ‘how to make money’, but that’s not what you should be asking at all. In blogging, the thing that’s most important is blogger’s relationship with their audience – the active readers who generate a blog’s traffic People on the internet aka your potentials readers are tired of crappy content overflowing the world wide web. It’s so much easier to write a bunch of nonsense and present it as a good quality content with the help of pretty pictures and catchy headlines that have nothing to do with what people are actually looking for when they type something into google....

The Cloud-based marketplace has allowed business leaders to invest in this new form of technology without spending the vast sums needed with location-based technologies. The Cloud marketplace can improve the operations and efficiency of a business, with its positive impact trickling down into every part of a company. Each business can choose the service that fits them best, including those offered by some of the giants of the tech market: Implementing a new technology strategy has always been seen as taking time and money to complete....

In the weeks leading up to today’s vote, workers at Activision Blizzard had grown increasingly frustrated. Meanwhile, amid what employees describe as a chaotic time—there were several major game releases, including October’s best-selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2—the company has faced continued external scrutiny and calls for change within the studio. It’s been eight months since the company settled a $18 million lawsuit that alleged widespread misconduct and harassment in Activision Blizzard’s “fratboy” culture, paving the way for massive walkouts, further lawsuits, and a historic unionization effort from QA workers at the company’s Raven Software division....