TECHNOLOGY
These billboards will target you as you drive by
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money.cnn.com - By early fall, a billboard in Tokyo will automatically identify the make and model of vehicles driving by it to display a targeted advertisement. "The ad could come up with 'Hey you in the Mercedes...
Who needs parents when you’ve got Siri?
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washingtonpost.com - (iStock) Whom do you call when you have a practical question? Ask teens and 20-somethings, and they’re likely to say Siri. Ask middle-aged moms like me, and we’re likely to say, well … Siri. Once u...
AMA with Isabelle Guis, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at Egnyte, and Behind-The-Scenes Coder
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growthhackers.com - Each company is different and diversity cannot be forced upon companies by board or an executive team. To be successful and sustained, diversity at the top positions has to be desired first. And to...
SearchCap: Google EU charges, Bing Ads changes & keyword planner bugs
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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. In a keynote discussion at SMX Advanced, Lynne Kjolso, General Manager, Global Search...
Anki's Cozmo robot is like Wall-E and Eve's love child
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mashable.com - Cozmo is busy celebrating. It’s bouncing on its tank-like treads, demonstrating that this little robot is the least gracious of winners. It’s also incredibly cute and, in my brief experience, surpr...
Twitter introduces #Stickers, giving your timeline a taste of Snapchat
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mashable.com - Twitter is introducing #Stickers, a new feature that lets you add tiny drawings or symbols — including silly hats and emoji — to the photos you tweet. SEE ALSO: Catch up on Twitter's top tweets fro...
Android Pay launches in Asia starting with Singapore
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mashable.com - SINGAPORE — Starting Tuesday local time, most Android users in Singapore will be able to link their credit cards to their phones and tap to pay at retail outlets on the island. This makes Singapore...
So, does anybody want Twitter?
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techcrunch.com - In a move out of a middle school flag-football game, Microsoft selected LinkedIn to join its team. The sheer size of the transaction has reignited conversations about who will be picked next to joi...
Chrome DRM bug makes it easy to download streaming video
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arstechnica.com - Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser that could allow users to bypass itscopy protection system and download content from streaming video services like ...
Large botnet of CCTV devices knock the snot out of jewelry website
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arstechnica.com - Researchers have encountered a denial-of-service botnet that's made up of more than 25,000 Internet-connected closed circuit TV devices. The researchers with Security firm Sucuri came across the ma...
BlackBerry mid-range smartphones to be unveiled soon, John Chen hints
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androidcommunity.com - BlackBerry is still alive. Yup, that's what the launch of two mid-range BlackBerry Android phones this year means. We've been saying that the Canadian smartphone pioneer is set to release more phon...
How to make sure your data is really deleted before selling your Android phone
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mashable.com - You would think when you do a "factory reset" and agree to erase everything on your Android device that all of your data would be wiped out for good. But you'd be wrong. As many researchers have di...
My virtual living room: Setting up a social VR space in the house
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arstechnica.com - SEATTLE—The HTC Vive isn't like any computing device I've ever put in a home. This "room-scale" virtual-reality system is at the bleeding edge of what I'd call "home-appropriate"—meaning, it's pret...
YCombinator makes every SimCity player’s dream reality with new research initiative
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techcrunch.com - All those years tinkering with SimCity and Legos are going to finally start paying dividends for a lucky few. YCombinator is looking for urban mavericks to address everything from the creation of a...
ZFS: The other new Apple file system that almost was—until it wasn’t
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arstechnica.com - I attended my first WWDC in 2006 to participate in Apple's launch of its DTrace port to the next version of Mac OS X (Leopard). Apple completed all but the fiddliest finishing touches without help ...
Amazon jumps into online learning with Inspire, a platform for free crowdsourced and premium materials
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techcrunch.com - Back in March, we reported on how the e-commerce and cloud services giant Amazon was poised to up its stakes in the educational publishing market with the launch a new, free platform called Inspire...
Pandora hopes you’ll listen more in an Uber
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techcrunch.com - Uber already integrates with Spotify so riders can pick their favorite tunes to jam to on their trip, but now Pandora is teaming up with the rideshare giant to do the same — this time for drivers. ...
As Symantec flexes its muscle in security, who will step up to the challenge?
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techcrunch.com - Mahendra Ramsinghani is the founder of Secure Octane, a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity seed fund. Intel wants to sell its McAfee security business, which was acquired for $7.7 bn in 2010. And S...
Meet the team hacking Sundar Pichai and Channing Tatum
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techcrunch.com - If you follow tech executives or famous actors on Twitter, you’ve probably seen references to something called OurMine several times over the last few weeks. That’s because a group of three hackers...
Microsoft’s open source .NET Core and ASP.NET Core hit 1.0
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techcrunch.com - It’s been over a year and a half since Microsoft first announced the open source .NET Core project, which aims to bring the core parts of Microsoft’s .NET framework (and its cousin, the web-focused...
Facebook launches human-curated Featured Events list
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techcrunch.com - Approximately 550 million people use Facebook Events each month, with 60 percent of connections to events happening serendipitously in the News Feed. But Facebook is giving hardcore extroverts seek...
Boon + Gable closes on $2.5 million for its in-home stylist and shopping service
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techcrunch.com - Online clothes shopping can be a gamble – you never really know if items will fit until you try them on. Meanwhile, shopping at local retailers can be time-consuming. A startup called Boon + Gable ...
Pocket Tripod is a credit-card-sized phone holder that fits in your wallet
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techcrunch.com - The Pocket Tripod is repeating its crowdfunding success from a few years ago, creating an updated, universal version of its incredibly popular credit-card-sized tripod that fits in your wallet. Now...
Leet debuts a simple app for sharing your best gameplay highlights
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techcrunch.com - Services like YouTube Gaming and Twitch are great for watching videos and live streams from your favorite gamers, but a new app called Leet, launching now, has a slightly different take. Instead of...
Google opens up its Virtual Reality field trips for all, debuts new apps and services for teachers
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techcrunch.com - On the heels of Amazon’s entry into the learning materials market, Google this morning also unveiled a series of product announcements aimed at expanding use of Google products and technologies in ...
This Might Be the Coolest Thing That's Happened to Photos Since Instagram
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inc.com - Inc.'s 11th annual 30 Under 30 list features the young founders taking on some of the world's biggest challenges. Here, meet Prynt. Prynt's device is magic in a way that's obvious only when you act...
Proxy.sh hints at gag order after VPN node withdrawn from warrant canary
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arstechnica.com - The Seychelles-based VPN provider Proxy.sh has withdrawn an exit node from its warrant canary—a statement certifying that "to the date of publication, no warrants, searches, or seizures that have n...
Google’s own non-Nexus Android phone could launch this year—report
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arstechnica.com - Google is preparing to release a branded phone by the end of 2016 in an effort to compete more directly with Apple's iPhone, according to a report in The Telegraph this morning. It follows a simila...
Adobe reveal major Creative Cloud update
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webdesignerdepot.com - Adobe has just released a major update to its Creative Cloud apps. Updates have been made to Adobe Stock, and Creative Sync, meaning that almost every application in the ecosystem is affected. The ...
8 Ways Virtual Reality Is For More Than Just Video Games
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gizmodo.com - Virtual reality, a dream of science fiction writers for decades, is the closest to a true reality than it’s ever been. Multiple headsets are on sale to consumers, and while some aren’t exactly affo...
Google Play Newsstand finally gets AMPlified, lets you set AMP as default
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androidcommunity.com - Back in April, we noted that Google would be joining the AMP bandwagon and the News app got optimized immediately. After a couple of months, Google is bringing the same experience to the Google Pla...
Cozmo may be the cute, AI-powered robot of your dreams
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androidcommunity.com - Have you always dreamt of having a cute robot that somehow resembles Wall-E to follow you around and entertain you? Well that’s not just the stuff of science fiction anymore and we are getting clos...
Adult Swim Keyboard now available for Android devices
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androidcommunity.com - If you spend a lot of your allotted TV watching time hooked on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block, then you probably are also the type of person who makes references to the various shows there, whe...
Get your audio game on with Acesori BT A.Buds, G-BOOM BT Boombox [DEALS]
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androidcommunity.com - Sound and music have been liberated from the shackles of cables. Wireless audio, delivered via Bluetooth, is no longer synonymous with weak, low quality output. Case in point is the G-BOOM Wireless...
Seoul adds traffic signs warning smartphone users to be careful
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androidcommunity.com - South Korea is one of the countries with the highest usage of smartphones, partly because LG and Samsung come from there and also maybe because of their super fast Internet, the fastest in the worl...
5 Real-Life Push Notifications and Why They Work (or Don't)
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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...
User Experience Essential Piece of Customer Loyalty
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loyalty360.org - Nearly all executives would agree that user experience is among the most important factors in building a strong following for any brand. What is less clear, however, is how exactly that role is def...
Campbell Ready to Add More Excitement to Chunky Soups Category for Greater Customer Engagement
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Denise Morrison, President and CEO of Campbell Soups, realizes the company needs to add some more spark and excitement to its Chunky soups category to drive enhanced customer engagement and greater...
Creating the Smarter Grocery Store for a Heightened Customer Experience
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loyalty360.org - Retailers that build a mobile customer experience in-store win the shopper. That was the key theme of the session, “Creating The Smarter Store: Bringing the Benefits of E-Commerce to Brick & Mortar...
Taco John’s Finds New Way to Gain Customer Loyalty
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loyalty360.org - Customer loyalty is always top-of-mind for officials at Taco John’s. This is clearly evident in the company’s latest move to gain more customer loyalty. Now, customers will have a new way to get th...
3 Reasons to Get Customers Now with Referral & Introduce Loyalty Later
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loyalty360.org - If you’re a marketing leader in, say, a retail business, you might think that a customer loyalty program is the best way to build up a pool of repeat buyers. It’s a smart move. Loyalty lets you bui...
Personalization Drives Emotional Moments for Loyalty Marketers
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loyalty360.org - Loyalty marketers are keenly aware of the power of personalization and its impact on creating emotional connections with customers. But, successful execution in this area can often elude them. Loya...
Soundest : App For E-commerce Email Marketing - Start-Ups.Co
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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...
Pushstartr : Database Management Platform - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ryan Nutley”, CEO of the Ireland based start-up “Pushstartr” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start...
Peoplegeist: A 100% Free Social People Search Engine that Puts You in Complete Control of What Others See and Learn about You Online - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - Peoplegeist is, simply put, designed to make it easier to find information about people for the purpose of forming and maintaining stronger relationships. “Peoplegeist” is a social people search en...
SkilledWizard.com: A Professional Social Network Platform Dedicated Exclusively to Skilled Workers - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - SkilledWizard is a platform for Skilled Workers Worldwide. They set out to erase the void that currently exists today. “SkilledWizard.com”‘s mission is to unite skilled / blue collar workers worldw...
Airwalk Design : Pinterest For Designers - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Daniel Schwarz'; Founder & CEO of the London-based start-up “Airwalk Design”. Below, is the full interview that we have con...
SpotLoss: A Device that Keeps Track of Everything from your Keys to your Kids - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - SpotLoss is a device that allows you to keep track of everything from your keys to your phone to your kids. The SpotLoss fob allows you to press a button on the fob to find your phone, or a button ...
Flipit : Global Couponing Environment in Australia - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Jochem Vroom'; Founder of the Netherlands start-up “Flipit”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. What ...
DealTrunk : Browser Extension To Display Best Deals From Online Retailers - Start-Ups.Co
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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...
