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Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Facebook might not be the ideal social network for everyone right now, but it’s pretty handy when it comes to discovering or planning events. And it’s never a bad idea to port these events to Google Calender to keep track of your schedule easily. Here’s how. Head to Facebook on your desktop, and head to the Events section. Scroll down till you find the section to export events (as shown in the screen grab below)… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Facebook , Google View Source

Flowers are hard to talk to. You tell them about your day, you read them poetry, you complain about the ineffectiveness of the political system, but all they do is just kinda stand there and do nothing. Well, no more.   Google Tulip is a new service that lets Google Home communicate directly with tulips.  SEE ALSO: Take control of your home with the Google Home Mini and Chromecast bundle for under £50 Google says advancements in AI have allowed Google Home to understand what tulips are saying as well as translate between Tulipish (what, you thought that all flowers speak the same language?) and "dozens" of human languages.  Read more... More about Google , April Fools , Google Tulip , Tech , and Big Tech Companies View Source

It took four days, 400 volunteers, and around 2,000 pieces of paper to install, and within a day, the public had destroyed it all. But hey, it was always going to happen, according to the artist. Taking over the main courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the installation was the work of French street artist JR, as he is only known by. SEE ALSO: Every Louvre artwork featured in Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 'Apesh*t' video Commissioned as part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Louvre Pyramid, the work is a giant paper collage surrounding the structure.  Although the museum itself dates back to the 12th century , the Louvre Pyramid, designed by Chinese-born U.S. architect I.M. Pei, was officially opened on Mar. 30, 1989. Read more... More about Art , Optical Illusion , Installation , Louvre , and Culture View Source

It's perhaps an unspoken rule that you're meant to look excited on the red carpet of an awards show. That doesn't apply to legendary gothic rock band The Cure, and especially its frontman Robert Smith, who were inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday. SEE ALSO: 'Derry Girls' is an ode to '90s music and my nostalgic soul loves every minute Smith has become of the talk of the internet, thanks to how utterly unexcited he was during an interview on the red carpet.  After interviewer Carrie Keagan enthusiastically greeted the band, asking "Are you as excited as I am?" Smith offered up a pretty blunt response.  Read more... More about Music , Culture , The Cure , Culture , and Music View Source

Consider this. Changes don’t occur in a vacuum. To be successful, you must involve the right people at the right time. Follow these steps to identify and engage the right stakeholders. 1. Identify Project Stakeholders Stakeholders are your key customers and suppliers. This can include: Aanyone who relies on the output of what’s being changed Anyone whose support or lack of support contributes to the success or failure of the change The people responsible for completing the... Read the whole entry...   »                         View Source

Facebook is adding a feature to its News Feed in an effort to be more transparent. The social media giant is introducing a tool to help you understand why posts from friends, pages, and groups appear in its News Feed — and to some extent, control their regularity. The tool will appear as a clickable question, reading "Why am I seeing this post?" It's similar to the "Why am I seeing this ad?" tool, launched in 2014 to address concerns related to targeted advertising. SEE ALSO: Facebook's News Feed changes were supposed to make us feel good. It's not working. According to Facebook's blog post , it's the first time the social network has included information about how ranking works on the platform. Read more... More about Facebook , Privacy , News Feed , Transparency , and Tech View Source

Amid all the lame April Fools' jokes, Google has added a cool easter egg to Maps. You can now play the classic game Snake in the Google Maps app, just by hitting the top left menu button in the app, and selecting the option to play. If the option doesn't show up for you, try closing and reopening the Maps app. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk drops first SoundCloud track, 'RIP Harambe.' Yes, you read that right Once you're inside the easter egg, you can select between different cities you'd like to play on, including Cairo, London, San Francisco, São Paulo, Sydney, and Tokyo. A neat touch is that each city features a snake which is coloured like the trains from that particular location (except San Francisco, which is a tram), and objectives which are shaped like famous tourist destinations. Read more... More about Tech , Google , Snake , Google Maps , and April Fools Day View Source

Government regulation is coming for Facebook — and Mark Zuckerberg has some ideas about how it should all go down. Over the weekend, the Facebook CEO published an op-ed in the Washington Post outlining the kinds of regulation he thinks Facebook and other tech giants should face, likely with the hope it could guide lawmakers who are calling for new rules .  What he's proposing Zuck's suggestions, which aren't all that different from what Facebook execs have been saying over the last year, focus on four areas: harmful content, election security, privacy, and data portability. For harmful content, the CEO says there should be a  set of rules that govern what types of content companies like Facebook should consider harmful. Read more... More about Tech , Facebook , Mark Zuckerberg , Tech , and Mark Zuckerberg View Source

Since the past few years, self-help magazines have garnered a lot of popularity. These magazines talk about topics that help improve the lives of the readers. Readers connect to such magazines and find it very inspiring to come across topics that talk about self-development. The self-help genre is extremely vast and it covers topics relating to happiness, living and wellness. With the fast-paced age, it has become absolutely necessary to talk about problems that people might be facing in their everyday lives. These types of magazines encourage people to live a better life. If you are good with words and want to help people everywhere, then you should consider writing a self-help magazine. You do not need to be a professional writer to publish your very own magazine. All you need to have is the ability and confidence to help people with your words. If you are confused about where to start or how to start, here are some tips that are sure to help. These tips won’t just help you publis...

Facebook could impose new limits on who can live stream to Facebook Live following the Christchurch terror attack, which was broadcast live on the social network. In an open letter published in the New Zealand Herald , Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg laid out steps the company is taking to change its policies following criticism after the Christchurch terrorist attack. Among them: new rules on who is allowed to use Facebook Live. "We are exploring restrictions on who can go Live depending on factors such as prior Community Standard violations," Sandberg wrote.  The proposal was light on details. Sandberg didn't elaborate on exactly how Facebook might restrict the ability to live stream, other than suggesting that those who have broken the company's rules in the past may be affected.  Read more... More about Tech , Facebook , Sheryl Sandberg , Facebook Live , and Tech View Source

Everybody knows the concept of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model by now. But what not many might realize is that SaaS business lives or dies by its Monthly Recurring Revenue. MRR is becoming the lifeblood of companies following this unique business model, one that’s only growing in popularity as of late. But why? The SaaS market is predicted to grow at a compound annual rate of 17 percent by 2023. Furthermore, the industry as a whole is estimated to grow over $60 million by next year. With such stability and development numbers, it isn’t surprising really that so many tech companies… This story continues at The Next Web View Source