Tuesday, April 26, 2016

TPS Consulting Daily


TECHNOLOGY

Hundreds of Spotify credentials appear online – users report accounts hacked, emails changed

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techcrunch.com - A list containing hundreds of Spotify account credentials – including emails, usernames, passwords, account type and other details – has popped up on the website Pastebin, in what appears to be a p...

Study: Apple Watch price drop goosed sales 250%, iPhone SE popular among switchers

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appleinsider.com - Study: Apple Watch price drop goosed sales 250%, iPhone SE popular among switchers By Mikey Campbell Monday, April 25, 2016, 02:32 pm PT (05:32 pm ET) Apple's decision to slash Apple Watch pricin...

Your Media Business Will Not Be Saved

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medium.com - Video will not save your media business. Nor will bots, newsletters, a “morning briefing” app, a “lean back” iPad experience, Slack integration, a Snapchat channel, or a great partnership with Twit...

10 Awesome Headlines that Drive Traffic and Attract Readers - Jeffbullas's Blog

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jeffbullas.com - Creating headlines that drive traffic and attracts readers is part art with a dose of science. If you don’t learn how to write a good headline then the chances are you will have trouble attracting ...

Virtual Ticket Social Media Marketing World : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Was traveling to San Diego for Social Media Marketing World 2016 just not an option for you this year? What if you could catch ALL the conference sessions at your convenience without any travel exp...

6 Tips for Instagram Marketing Mastery - Jeffbullas's Blog

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jeffbullas.com - Since its inception back in 2010, Instagram has become one of the fastest growing mobile applications to date. Considering it has an estimated 150 million monthly active users worldwide, it is cle...

HTC 10 pre-orders underway in UK as Aussie pricing unveiled

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slashgear.com - HTC fans in the UK who have been wondering when they could get hands on the HTC 10 smartphone can now pre-order the device via Three. We have a few weeks to go before the smartphone will be deliver...

Latest Galaxy Note 6 rumor gives it 5.8″ screen, 4000mAh battery

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slashgear.com - We still have about four months to go, but it seems the speculation and confusion surrounding Samsung's next flagship is already starting to heat up. Details naturally change with the tide but some...

Chrome OS could soon have full Google Play Store support

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slashgear.com - To many, it didn't make sense for Google to have different but related and practically competing operating systems. Some of those wished the two would merge, for the benefit of all but mostly for t...

Allwinner has dirt cheap Remix OS laptops in the works

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slashgear.com - Ever wished there was an Android-powered laptop that was a wallet friendly as most Chromebooks are? Well, if there really is a market demand for that kind of device, Allwinner might make your dream...

The Medium Is in the Message: 20 Video Landing Page Examples

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instapage.com - Online video: it’s not just for cute kittens and fail compilations anymore. 93% of today’s marketers say they use the medium for sales, communication, and some form of digital marketing. But is tha...

Secure Data Sharing is Critical, and People Are Alarmingly Bad at It

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bluecollarlabs.com - This article was originally published to the Egnyte blog on April 19, 2016. File security has rapidly evolved to keep pace with multiplying threats. While security has improved, we are still seeing...

5 Ways to Craft Push Notifications That Users Actually Want

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segment.com - Today we welcome CEO and co-founder of Kahuna, Adam Marchick, to the Segment blog! Kahuna is a kick-A push notification and analytics tool that’s now available on Segment! Check out the docs to get...

How One Advertising Agency Relies on Landing Pages to Build Its Business

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instapage.com - I’ve been a big believer in landing pages before most marketers realized their importance. Early in my digital marketing career, I started working with a paid search advertising client who was send...

Google is letting the TV show 'Silicon Valley' post fake news to search results

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businessinsider.com - If you search "Silicon Valley" or "Silicon Valley HBO" on Google, you'll find some nuggets about Stanford's damaged robots, Hooli's soaring stock price, and an unexpected CEO change at Pied Piper. ...

Transform or Die | New ATX Women in Tech meetup, come wine and whine!

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ginaminks.com - This Wednesday (April 27) during the OpenStack Summit, Carla Crull (of Rackspace) and I will be hosting the inaugural Austin Women in Tech’s Wine and Whine event. This isn’t an OpensStack event, th...

Tilt, the social payments app for millennials, launches in Australia

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mashable.com - Australian students need never pay for a party bus in cash again. The startup Tilt, founded in the U.S. in 2012, officially launched in Australia on Tuesday. Targeted at young people, and especiall...

WordPress 4.6 to Update Theme Filter Tags in the Admin

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wptavern.com - The admin themes browser has been updated and modernized in recent years to make it easier to search through the 3,800+ themes available on WordPress.org. One aspect of the interface that has lagge...

Startup Sirin to launch ultra high-tech phone for executives - Tech News | The Star Online

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thestar.com.my - JERUSALEM: A British-Israeli startup plans to sell a mobile phone from next month that will offer users unprecedented levels of technology and security – and retail for close to US$20,000 (RM78,211...

This super-fast Chinese EV is still slower than a 'Ludicrous' Tesla

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mashable.com - It's hard to believe, but — even with 603 horsepower — this all-electric Chinese supercar is still slower to 60 mph than a 'Ludicrous' Tesla Model S. SEE ALSO: Lego's crazy-detailed Porsche 911 GT3...

Audi's 400-horsepower TT RS is a tech-heavy, no-compromise sports car

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Jefferson Faudan



mashable.com - Audi's TT RS proves that cutting-edge technology and blistering performance can come in one outstandingly stylish package. SEE ALSO: McLaren's 570S is an 'everyday' sports car. I still needed a mas...

Next Apple Watch may include cellular connectivity, report says

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mashable.com - What if the Apple Watch had its own cellular connectivity? Would that finally make you want to dive into the world of wearables? According to a new report, that choice may be coming soon. See also:...

Twitter introduces updated harassment reporting tool

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polygon.com - After being repeatedly called out for its slow response to abusive behavior, Twitter is giving its users another tool to report harassment. Twitter announced today that those being targeted by abus...

Inside Sony Music's New Royalty-Tracking Portal

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billboard.com - Sony Music Entertainment is rolling out a sophisticated online portal to its artists and their managers that will allow them to drill down and analyze each artist’s sales and streaming activity and...

Huawei Honor V8 gets TENAA certification, listed with 4GB RAM

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androidcommunity.com - Earlier, we noted that the next Huawei smartphone will have a 2K QHD display and may include some VR-integration. The Huawei V8 was earlier teased and we're speculating it will also have the same L...

Honda and Volvo add more electrification

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techcrunch.com - Honda announced it’s going to expand its Clarity line to include an all-electric version and a plug-in hybrid next year. The latest version of the Honda Clarity will be available later this year an...

Review: The 2016 Retina MacBook is a faster version of the same machine

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arstechnica.com - The MacBook is still a thin-and-light laptop that can go pretty much anywhere. The MacBook is still a thin-and-light laptop that can go pretty much anywhere. Andrew Cunningham It's thinner and smal...

Have we seen the last of the All Writs Act in the encryption fight?

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techcrunch.com - A judge today officially put an end to the fight between the Justice Department and Apple over unlocking the iPhone of a New York man convicted of selling drugs. U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie de...

Hands on with SanDisk’s iPhone storage-expanding flash drive

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techcrunch.com - The iXpand is an odd thing to behold, a strange Frankensteinian amalgam of adapters fused together and folded over for good measure. It’s another interesting concept out of SanDisk as the company a...

Shanna Tellerman of Modsy to speak about practical VR applications at Disrupt NY

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techcrunch.com - The road to practical virtual reality applications as been exhausting, and there are few people who have traveled as far as Shanna Tellerman. We’re excited to announce that she will join a panel of...

Rackspace brings AppFormix’s cloud optimization platform to its private cloud

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techcrunch.com - Rackspace today announced that it is partnering with AppFormix to bring that company’s cloud monitoring and performance optimization tools to its private OpenStack cloud customers. Thanks to this p...

The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs

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techcrunch.com - Shipping a full truckload from L.A. to New York costs around $4,500 today, with labor representing 75 percent of that cost. But those labor savings aren’t the only gains to be had from the adoption...

Obama spends a little time in the ‘brave new world’ of virtual reality

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techcrunch.com - When you’re the leader of the free world who has been keeping an eagle eye on liberty and domestic surveillance for the past 7-8 years, sometimes you just want to take a look at a new version of re...

Clarkson, Hammond and May to launch DriveTribe motoring content platform

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techcrunch.com - In an age when driverless cars seem to be only around the corner the idea of starting a brand new online community aimed at petrolheads seems like an ill-timed idea. But that’s not about to stop Je...

Microsoft’s Word Flow keyboard app lands on iOS

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techcrunch.com - Microsoft has released a next-word predicting keyboard as an iOS app as it seeks to tap into the popularity of Apple’s mobile ecosystem in the hopes of expanding its influence in the mobile product...

DOJ, FCC chairman ok Charter/Time Warner Cable deal, with a few caveats

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Ars Technica



arstechnica.com - WSJ: Merger conditions could boost online video and Internet competition. However, both agencies expressed conditions that the telcos must abide by for the deal to go through. The remaining full FC...

Sonos on the cheap: How Chromecast Audio breathes new life into old speakers

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arstechnica.com - I received my Google Chromecast Audio for review at the end of September, and I buried my impressions of it in an article about the Chromecast's 2015 refresh. Not a ton to say, really: it provides ...

John Romero, Adrian Carmack announce new video game and not much else

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arstechnica.com - How deep—and selective—does your first-person-shooter nostalgia run? John Romero and Adrian Carmack, who cut their teeth on Doom and Quake before burning their reputations to the ground with Daikat...

Start to Finish Guide – Using Reddit Ads to Generate Sales for Your Business

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neilpatel.com - Reddit is one of the most popular sites on the internet. In February, 2016 alone, the site garnered over 139,323,527 page views. This is especially important when you recognize that the site offers...

10 Twitter Secrets You Should Know [Infographic]

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Larry Wentz


socialmediatoday.com - Twitter is a great platform to share your thoughts and opinions, interact with people in your niche and to promote your business or brand. However, even if you're an active Twitter user, you may no...

How Did Hackers Who Stole $81 Million from Bangladesh Bank Go Undetected?

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thehackernews.com - In Brief Investigators from British defense contractor BAE Systems discovered that hackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank actually hacked into software from SWIFT financial ...

S Bike Mode released to other Samsung Galaxy J smartphones in India

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androidcommunity.com - When you’re riding a bike and you receive a phone call, of course you do not answer it, even though you’re in a hands-free mode. But the one calling you has no idea that you’re on a bike and will p...

Android Marshmallow might really be coming to 2016 Galaxy A devices

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androidcommunity.com - People have just naturally assumed that the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update will actually be arriving for the mid-tier Samsung Galaxy A series. While there has been no official word from the OEM, pe...

Philips SpeechAir is the first smart voice recorder in the market

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androidcommunity.com - While there are several apps out there that you can use to capture audio and even your smartphone has a built-in facility to do that as well, if you like to record dictation the "old school” way, t...

IndieGoGo project Bioo Lite turns your plant into a charging station

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androidcommunity.com - If given the choice, most people would choose to be more environmentally-friendly right? Well, that is what we want to believe at least. So if there was a product that would help you save on energy...

7 Tips to Get The Most From Your Marketing Efforts on Twitter

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binkd.com - Many brands are now using social media as a medium to share and broadcast their messages and promotions to a larger audience and; why not, as most people are now getting their news and information ...

The Road to Rewards: What Drives Millennial Loyalty?

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loyalty360.org - Millennial consumers, aged 18-34, are continuously changing the way U.S. retailers think, sell and measure success. Retail competition is tough. Pricing is continually competitive. A whole new and ...

Yext Partners With Denny’s to Optimize Mobile Customer Engagement

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loyalty360.org - Location data management leader Yext delivered impressive news on Thursday, in the form of results stemming from Denny’s implementation of the platform early last year. Since then, the world-famous...

Personalization, Customer Experience Drives Customer Loyalty at Ford

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loyalty360.org - The differentiator for many brands today, including companies like Ford that sells automobiles, is a memorable customer experience, tailored by personalization and relevancy. Making that customer e...

Live Video Dominates At The World's Biggest Social Media Conference

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inc.com - For the last three years, there has been one must-attend event for anyone involved in social media marketing... which is anyone with a business. Social Media Marketing World exploded onto the scene...