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5 Reasons Why All Businesses Should Take Advantage of GaggleAMP - Ignite Visibility
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Chris Abraham
ignitevisibility.com - How would you like to make your content go viral? You can increase the odds of that happening with GaggleAMP. GaggleAMP isn’t just about virality, though. It’s really a tool that gives businesses t...
Why Netflix thinks its personalized recommendation engine is worth $1 billion per year
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Fred Neil
businessinsider.com - After a long refinement process, Netflix finally released its first “global” recommendation engine in December. The engine takes dozens of algorithms into account and compares you with similar user...
Google Ventures CEO on Uber rivalry: Companies that don't try to 'crush' each other do better
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Fred Neil
businessinsider.com - Google-parent company Alphabet and Uber have a weird relationship. Things started off well enough: In 2013, the company's investment arm, Google Ventures (now GV), poured a reported $300 million i...
GeoOrbital Wheel | Make your bike electric in 60 seconds
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Michael
kickstarter.com - The Patent Pending GeoOrbital wheel is an evolution of the orbital wheel (the wheels on the TRON Motorcycles). The GeoOrbital wheel replaces a standard bicycle front wheel to turn your bike into a ...
BT plays Snake with Ofcom—unfurls “ultrafast” fibre plan for small biz
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.co.uk - BT has plans to push out faster fibre-optic broadband connections to small businesses in key parts of the UK as the former state monopoly—which continues to feel the heat from Ofcom—attempts to fla...
Facebook Messenger now lets you send SMS text messages from Android smartphones
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Karl Kovacs
androidauthority.com - Remember when you used to be able to send SMS text messages with the Facebook messenger app, but then it mysteriously vanished never to be heard from again? Well, it looks like Facebook is hellbent...
App collusion is not a myth anymore
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Jefferson Faudan
betanews.com - Up until today, app collusion for malicious purposes has been in the domain of myths and urban legends, but according to a new report by Intel Security, no more. The security firm released its late...
Should You Outsource Your Mobile App Development?
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Jefferson Faudan
guarana-technologies.com - Giving your business a mobile presence is no longer optional: statistics show that 51 percent of people’s online time is now spent using mobile apps, and there are 224 million active mobile app use...
Binge-watch Hulu in virtual reality thanks to new Oculus Rift support
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Watching Hulu in virtual reality got a lot easier on Wednesday after the company announced its VR app would support the Oculus Rift. After a delayed 2015 launch, Hulu's VR app for the Samsung Gear...
13 Insanely Actionable Techniques to Get More Twitter Followers - Social Quant - Twitter Growth Done Right
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Jefferson Faudan
socialquant.net - As you probably know, Twitter is one of the best social networks to build your business online, especially if you’re running an e-commerce store. In fact, Twitter is the 2nd most used social networ...
Pinterest acquires the team behind Fleksy, a custom iOS and Android keyboard
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Brett Prince
techcrunch.com - We haven’t heard much from Fleksy — one of a number of custom keyboards for Android and iOS — lately, and it seems we may have an answer why: It’s been acquired by Pinterest. But it isn’t a total p...
Industrial IoT from Siemens, ABB, and ARM highlight Computex 2016
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Embedded Computing
embedded-computing.com - Quick to distance itself from consumer IoT, Industrial IoT (IIoT) or Industry 4.0, by definition, heralds the forth industrial revolution which promises to transform industry as we know it. Compute...
On Facebook gunning to go “all video”
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Reg Saddler
techcrunch.com - Reminder: Facebook is continuing to promote video content on its primary platform at the expense of the written word. Quartz reports Facebook’s Nicola Mendelsohn, who heads up its operations in Eur...
SearchCap: Green AdWords ads, Google on top level domains & more
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Brett Prince
searchengineland.com - Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google says keywords in the TLD part of your URL are ignored...
Fixed, the app that helps you fight tickets, gets acquired by a law firm
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Sometimes the government, not the startup, wins. Case in point: Fixed, the company that began as a tool to help drivers fight their parking tickets through the use technology, has been acquired. Fi...
Why Social Media Is the Perfect PR Channel
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Tom Maduri
adweek.com - I’ve worked in digital since the dark days when we still called it “interactive.” Things were simpler. There was no Facebook or LinkedIn. An integrated campaign (which was a new term) meant one tha...
Apple is getting a do-over with the Apple Watch
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Your Apple Watch is about to get the nearest thing to a brain transplant this fall. Apple’s watchOS 3, (announced on Monday at WWDC 2016) represents a fundamental rethinking of Apple’s only wearabl...
'Forza' videogame absolutely mangles Australian geography
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Forza Horizon 3 may be a great video game, but it will definitely be no geography lesson. The new title, which was officially announced Monday at the gaming trade show E3 in Los Angeles, is set for...
26 Tips to Improve Your Pinterest Marketing : Social Media Examiner
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Themelis Cuiper
socialmediaexaminer.com - Are you curious about what’s working for other businesses? Tweaking techniques that have been successful for others can help you drive traffic, connect with your target audience, and increase sales...
Goodbye Obamaberry, hello Obamadroid
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - White House Photo by Pete Souza (November 10, 2010). President Obama places a call from his secure BlackBerry 8900 from the presidential limo while in Indonesia in 2010. When he took office, Obama ...
Netflix finally gets picture-in-picture support on iPad
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techcrunch.com - It’s taken quite some time, but Netflix has finally released a version of its application for iOS that takes advantage of the picture-in-picture feature introduced last year with the debut of iOS 9...
HTC’s Mixed Reality demo shows onlookers what it’s like to experience VR
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techcrunch.com - In these earliest days of commercial viability, virtual reality is running up against the same wall as so many technologies before it: how does a company translate it for the majority of consumers ...
How do you truly secure the connected car?
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Oren Betzaleli is the vice president and general manager of Redbend Software Management product unit, HARMAN Connected Services. We’ve become accustomed to staying connected whenever and wherever w...
Safari puts yet another nail in Flash’s coffin
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Adobe Flash needs to die. And it’s starting to look like 2016 might be Flash’s last year. Starting with macOS Sierra, Apple will disable the Flash plugin by default if you ever installed it on your...
This leather wallet has a built-in battery to charge your iPhone
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - If you have an iPhone other than the 6 Plus or 6S Plus, chances are that you run out of battery pretty frequently. In a world where background updates, location tracking, and 24/7 bluetooth constan...
Don’t have an Apple TV? The iPad can also be a Home Hub for HomeKit devices
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Yesterday at its annual developer’s conference Apple took the wraps off the next generation of HomeKit, its Internet of Things platform for devices such as smart locks, thermostats and internet app...
Apple Maps will remember where you parked your car
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Apple has yet to confirm rumors it’s building a car but it is aiming to make drivers’ lives a little easier thanks to a new feature coming to Apple Maps in iOS 10 which will help people remember wh...
Good VR is great — and bad VR is abysmal
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - I don’t want VR to be boring. It’s strange to think that something so futuristic and promising, something we’ve looked forward to for decades, could be boring, but I can’t deny it, since experience...
Sapho, maker of single-purpose enterprise ‘micro apps’, raises $9.5M led by Alsop Louie
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - We are in the middle of a major wave of startups building software to improve workplace productivity; now a company focused on making legacy enterprise apps more useful (and used) is picking up tra...
Buying up virtual reality exclusives isn’t a bad thing, Oculus argues
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - As PC-based virtual reality gets off the ground, Oculus has come under fire from some corners of the community for saddling certain Oculus Rift games with exclusivity deals, barring them from worki...
Android N Developer Preview 4 finalizes APIs, teases “7.0” version number
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The latest version of the Android N Developer Preview is out, and the Developer Preview Program is really starting to wrap things up. Version 4 brings finalized APIs and the final SDK for developer...
We just abandoned our blog for Medium. You probably should, too. — Free Code Camp
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Larry Wentz
medium.freecodecamp.com - Our blog helped our open source community reach an early critical mass. In the 18 months since we launched our blog, it’s been viewed half a million times. And yet, shutting it down yesterday was a...
10 logos we never want to see change
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Webdesigner Depot
creativebloq.com - As the champion of designers everywhere, we at Creative Bloq are keen to encourage work opportunities for the creative community. But there are limits. Some logo designs are so beloved, so iconic, ...
UX Flowchart Cards: Easily Plan Your Website Structure - only $24! - MightyDeals
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mightydeals.com - UX Flowchart Cards: Easily Plan Your Website Structure - only $24! Please select... Cards + $6 worldwide shipping: $30 Worldwide shipping - $5 Please select... Cards + $6 worldwide shipping: $30 Bu...
How to attract a never-ending supply of clients
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Webdesigner Depot
webdesignerdepot.com - Your business is starving. You’re struggling to get the clients and projects you need to keep your business going. Sometimes, it feels like you’ll never be able to get enough clients. You’re not li...
Mobile UX Design: What Not To Do — UX Planet
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Webdesigner Depot
uxplanet.org - Why do we install apps in the first place? To make our lives convenient. But when an app fails to fulfill this requirement, then it’s for certain that users will go elsewhere. Your app’s success is...
Android Ransomware now targets your Smart TV, Too!
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Reg Saddler
thehackernews.com - Do you own a Smartwatch, Smart TV, Smart fridge, or any Internet-connected smart device? If your answer is yes, then you need to know the latest interest of the cyber criminals in the field of Inte...
SimCity BuildIt Updated With Future Cities Content
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Reg Saddler
adweek.com - EA Mobile launched a new “Future Cities” content update in SimCity BuildIt. The update allows users to construct new futuristic homes and buildings in their towns. Users need to reach Level 30 to a...
It's Tim Cook's Apple Now: What WWDC 2016 Teaches Us About His Vision For The Company
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Reg Saddler
fastcompany.com - Yesterday's WWDC presentation started with Apple CEO Tim Cook asking for a moment of silence to honor the men and women killed in Sunday's attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The keynote...
Apple ran hard to catchup with Android at its WWDC event
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Ok, so there’s no real proof to be able to say Apple copied from Android on these, but that’s certainly how it felt like, listening to Apple take the stage at their 2016 Worldwide Developers Confer...
Office 365 Admin app gets redesign, better UI
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - If you are the administrator of your company’s Office 365, you know that sometimes your work doesn’t stop when you step out of your physical office. That’s why when Microsoft introduced a mobile ap...
VI AI personal trainer will help you reach your health and fitness goals
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Ever wondered how your fitness training and gym time would be if you have someone to talk to? Not many people would like company when they are trying to focus to run or lift some weights but there ...
Google Fiber might be heading to Dallas next
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Who would not want to have extremely fast Internet? In fact, that is probably on the digital wishlist of most people. Google Fiber is a $70 per month service that is pretty expensive but also bring...
LG G5 ranked behind the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+, Sony Xperia Z5 in DxOMark
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - We all know that the LG G5 is one of the biggest winners in the mobile game this year. The South Korean tech giant has proven itself once again in making great innovations to the smartphone. The mo...
Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury
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nytimes.com - “Over the past two decades, this content has transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, from profound actions like choosing a leader, building a career, and falling in love to more quotidian one...
Appeals court upholds FCC's net neutrality order
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TweetSmarter
theverge.com - Today, the federal appeals court for Washington, DC upheld the legal authority behind FCC's Open Internet Order in a 2-1 decision, as first reported by Politico. Faced with multiple legal challenge...
Leica tweaks S with firmware update - Amateur Photographer
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Greg Wilson
amateurphotographer.co.uk - While Leica is yet to detail the specific camera performance enhancements, firmware update 3.0.0.0 also adds, for example, an automatic lens update that allows lenses with older firmware to be auto...
Mashable Hires a New CRO and New Chief Content Officer
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Greg Wilson
adage.com - The digital media company Mashable, which was founded in 2005 by a then-19-year-old Pete Cashmore, is underdoing a major reorganization that includes the appointment of a new chief revenue officer ...
5 Real-Life Push Notifications and Why They Work (or Don't)
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - There’s a lot of buzz around push notifications--how and when to use them and why they’re effective. Though a sizable number of brands have implemented the technology to send them, few have mastere...
Getting Up Close and Personal with Behavioral-based Segmentation
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - How good are you at personalization? How much would a 20% jump in sales mean to your company? As we enter a new year, those are the stakes, nothing less, according to a Gartner Group study that pre...
Verizon Enterprise Solutions Award Highlights Commitment to Customer Experience
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Verizon Enterprise Solutions recently earned a prestigious honor: The 2016 World Class Briefing Program of the Year from the Association of Briefing Program Managers (ABPM). This is the industry’s ...
Many Brands Are Not Prepared to Deliver Mobile Customer Experience That Drives Customer Loyalty
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Mobile is such a staggeringly pivotal asset for loyalty marketers today. Customers expect brands to be able to provide the type of mobile experience that, ultimately, impacts brand loyalty. Yet, ac...
Soundest : App For E-commerce Email Marketing - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Rytis Lauris'; C0-Founder and CEOof the UK- based Start Up “Soundest”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted...
ShareWhere : Social Sharing Application - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Geoffrey Chan”, Founder of the Miami based start-up “ShareWhere” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your s...
Talk.io A New Way To Meet People - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Today, we had a quick overview with Mr. ‘Tomasz Dominiak'; Project Manager / CEO of Talk.io in Warsaw. Talk.io (http://www.talk.io) is a new product designed for anyone who wants to break free fro...
BlackBox-BI: A French Start-Up that Provides Easy to Use Affordable Business Intelligence for Companies of all Sizes - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - BlackBox-BI makes creating business dashboards easy. From data load to dashboard creation, BlackBox-BI focus is to make each step as easy as possible without compromising on functionality. “BlackBo...
My Home Needs That : Search Engine Dedicated to Furniture and Homeware - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Adam Pilling”, Foundert at the London – UK based start-up “MyHomeNeedsThat” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and...
Brian Zuercher Of VenueSeen On Social Media Photography And Managing Customer Relationships - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Brian Zuercher had a precocious interest in business for a boy from the Buckeye State. He likes his sports, too, but ever since the days of running the school store, the entrepreneurial path has be...
DealTrunk : Browser Extension To Display Best Deals From Online Retailers - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Amanda Wrzeszczynski”, Founder of the Pittsburgh, USA based start-up “DealTrunk” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do...
Here’s how to position yourself to be a new mobile leader
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Brett Prince
marketingland.com - You’re organizing all wrong around mobile. It’s tough to hear, but it’s true. At some point over the past few years, your CEO, board or executive team found religion in mobile. The edict that this ...
Merkle launches addressable ad solution that builds audiences from publisher, advertiser & Merkle data
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Brett Prince
marketingland.com - This week, Merkle launched its own effort to facilitate addressable ad targeting across a network of premium publishers with a new solution called Publisher Addressable Marketplaces (PAM). PAM brin...
Marketing Day: YouTube Director, green Google text ad labels & micro-moments
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Brett Prince
marketingland.com - Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: YouTube Director lets SMBs film professional video a...
X & Y Communications | How To Make Sure You Receive Messages From Us - X & Y Communications
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Scot McKay
deservewhatyouwant.com - Many email service providers are beginning to place more stringent restrictions on how they deliver email to you. Some of these restrictions may prevent you from receiving mail that you have reques...
A Quick Look at iOS 10 Beta 1 - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
thurrott.com - On Monday, Apple announced iOS 10 and released the first beta version of its next mobile OS. I’m not brave enough to install iOS 10 Beta 1 on my daily-use iPhone, but I did install it on my iPad mi...
Eye Tracking Shows Mobile Video Ads Embedded in Articles Perform Better Than on Social
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Stephan Stavrakis
adweek.com - A new report that used eye tracking to understand user engagement with mobile video suggests certain types of video ads on publishers' websites perform better than those on social media. According ...
LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Office 365
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Paul Thurrott
itunity.com - During my time as a corporate executive and a board member, I have been involved in quite a few company acquisitions. I also know a little bit about Office 365 and have been a LinkedIn member since...
Thurrott Daily: June 15 - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
thurrott.com - And, curiously, it’s not about buying coffee. Microsoft explains: Strong relationships grow by developing personal connections, which are best made face-to-face in an informal, friendly environment...
5 Ways to Be Extremely Productive Even If You Are Unemployed
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Stephan Stavrakis
lifehack.org - A man is measured by what he does with his time. It’s quite possible to hit a rough patch in life and enter a period when you can’t find a job that can pay the bills. Nobody in their mid-twenties w...
A Quick Look at the Office Online Extension for Microsoft Edge - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
thurrott.com - For as long as I can remember, Microsoft has pushed a “better together” strategy where its users see big benefits from using two or more of its products and services together. This week’s initial r...
Facebook’s Suicide-Prevention Tools Now Available Globally
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stejules
adweek.com - The suicide-prevention tools Facebook began introducing last year are now available worldwide. The tools allow users to report posts from friends and loved ones that raise red flags about potential...
3 Things I Learned from the Brand Strategy Summit
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stejules
likeable.com - Throughout my career at Likeable Media, I’ve attended numerous conferences ranging from intimate local meetups to as large as SXSW. Most recently, I attended the Global Strategic Management Institu...
Apple TV's biggest paint points are going to get solved with tvOS 10
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - At WWDC on Monday, Apple unveiled the next version of tvOS, its operating system for the fourth-generation Apple TV. The latest Apple TV is only eight and a half months old, so the changes coming t...
WWDC 2016: What We Didn't Get - InformationWeek
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Jefferson Faudan
informationweek.com - iOS 10 may be the most exciting release from Apple in years. The company showed off a range of refreshed and expanded apps that will make the iPhone and iPad better and more powerful. iOS 10, says ...
Video game makers plunge deeper into virtual reality at E3
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Jefferson Faudan
reuters.com - LOS ANGELES Virtual reality has yet to take off with the bulk of video gamers, but the industry is doubling down on its bet that one day it will. At the annual E3 video game showcase in Los Angeles...
Napster is coming back
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Jefferson Faudan
money.cnn.com - Rhapsody, a music streaming service, is changing its name to Napster. Rhapsody bought the remains of Napster in 2011. The Napster name is probably more famous than Rhapsody, or at least infamous. N...
Why email marketing still matters–and how to make it work - Biznology
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Chris Abraham
biznology.com - Andrew Schulkind recorded a webinar on how to make email marketing campaigns work for you. Unless you’re selling goods or services with a buying cycle of “right now” (like lattes) you need a way to...
FIR #39: Client, measure thyself - FIR Podcast Network
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Chris Abraham
firpodcastnetwork.com - Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:29:14 — 36.6MB) | Embed Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | Subscription Options Today’s panel features IBM Social Consulting Senior Business Con...
YouTube Channel Art Template: Updated for iOS and Android
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Chris Abraham
brainymarketer.com - As with most things, change is constant. I’ve updated my YouTube Channel Art Template after hitting a snag when updating a couple of client’s accounts. If you’re like me, you want your design to lo...
Intel to Launch Fintech Innovation Lab in Tel Aviv, Emerging Blockchain Tech Hotspot
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SingingSteve
bitcoinmagazine.com - Intel has announced the creation of a new fintech innovation lab in Tel Aviv, The Jerusalem Post reports. The lab will be operated in association with The Floor, a fintech hub based at the Tel Aviv...
11 Go-To Strategies For Lifting Landing Page Conversions
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Tyson Quick
klientboost.com - There are a lot of things you can do to improve your landing page’s conversion rate. Some of these strategies require a serious time, monetary investment, or maybe to hire a conversion rate optimiz...
Seth's Blog: Read more blogs
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Steve Hultquist
sethgodin.typepad.com - Other than writing a daily blog (a practice that's free, and priceless), reading more blogs is one of the best ways to become smarter, more effective and more engaged in what's going on. The last g...
Best Webhosting: There Is More To This Process Than You Know
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Rolf Joho
agentmonhost.com - It’s quite possible that you’ve heard people use the phrase “hosting” in the past, but you do not know what the term means. Best webhosting is a service that allows you to upload your website will ...
Major study links low internet usage to slow broadband - BBC News
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LeVar Thomas
bbc.co.uk - Parts of Britain are being left behind on access to online services, because of slow broadband, research suggests. King's College London researchers said many of the regions with the worst internet...
16-Year-Old Entrepreneur Releases Social Selling App Flogg
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LeVar Thomas
huffingtonpost.com - What were you doing at the age of 16? The best thing I created when I was 16 was a solid mix CD for my first car. Ben Pasternak, a 16-year-old entrepreneur from Austrailia, just released the buying...
