TECHNOLOGY
This New Wheel Turns Your Bike Electric
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Michael
bostonmagazine.com - No more breaking a sweat during your morning commute—a new type of wheel from GeoOrbital will give your standard bike some extra power. The Cambridge-based startup’s idea is simple. The GeoOrbital ...
I just joined Moms Demand Action!
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Anita Nelson
act.everytown.org - IMPORTANT – THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (referenced herein as "You", or "User" or with “your”) AND THE EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND (referenced herein as "EGSAF") THAT APPLIES EAC...
Nintendo Stock is in Freefall After People Discover Nintendo Doesn't Make Pokémon Go
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Susan Cooper
inc.com - Until this week, Pokémon Go was a tremendous windfall for Nintendo. The company's market capitalization more than doubled since the beginning of the month, and actually broke the record for single-...
FIR #45: I'm an influencer, pay me more! - FIR Podcast Network
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firpodcastnetwork.com - Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:41:33 — 41.6MB) | Embed Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Today’s panel features digital strategist and technologist Chris Abraham, Zeno Group EV...
The Long, Final Goodbye of the VCR
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Om Malik
nytimes.com - Many new technologies are born with a bang: Virtual reality headsets! Renewable rockets! And old ones often die with a whimper. So it is for the videocassette recorder, or VCR. The last-known compa...
Chief iPad engineer is now heading Apple's car efforts, report says
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - If you love the iPad, MacBook Air or iMac, you're probably going to love the Apple Car. Senior Apple executive Bob Mansfield, the man who led the engineering development for those wildly popular pr...
How Google Street View lets people reconnect with lost loved ones
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Technology is changing the way we connect with our family and friends, so it only makes sense that it would also change how we remember them — something Google Street View is facilitating in surpri...
Beginner's Guide to Gamification (11 of 90): Empowerment of Creativity & Feedback (II) - Yu-kai Chou: Gamification & Behavioral Design
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yukaichou.com - Check out all the videos for the Beginner’s Guide to Gamification Last episode, people wanted me to talk more about the core drive. Other social games like Draw Something (at least in the early sca...
Drastically Improve your Social Media Success with One Tip
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Guy Kawasaki
pegfitzpatrick.com - Comparison could be making you feel jealous, unhappy, and possibly crushing your creativity. Stop it! Looking around on Facebook and Instagram can create FOMO (fear of missing out). Keep in mind th...
A Map Of Where The Internet Doesn't Exist--And How To Get There
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fastcodesign.com - Dutch designer Richard Vijgen has long been fascinated by the unseen structure of the Internet. His last app, Architecture of Sound, let people discover the Wi-Fi signals, overhead satellites, GPS ...
Does Everybody Need to do Everything to Do Video Right?
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - If you were to cook up a video service for subscribers today, what ingredients would you need? The recipe for success would surely include a significant measure of exclusive content, mixed with a g...
New Apps Raise the Customer Experience Bar at HGTV, Food Network
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loyalty360.org - Customer experience just got a lot better at HGTV and Food Network. HGTV and Food Network each launched exclusive new apps for Amazon’s Fire TV to provide viewers with original content and a new vi...
Allo, Duo messaging apps might be set as default on Android Nougat
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - We're still curious to know about the Allo smart chat and Duo video calling--two new instant messaging apps that Google launched back in May at the Google I/O 2016. The new programs are not yet rel...
Ford 2017 vehicles to come with Sync 3, compatible with Android Auto
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androidcommunity.com - If you’re planning to buy a new car, and a new model to boot, you might want to check out the Ford 2017 models if that is in your price range. It is especially important if you prefer to have your ...
Security-as-a-service startup StackPath nabs $180M, 4 acquisitions including MaxCDN
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techcrunch.com - A mass migration of IT services to the cloud, coupled with a huge growth of connected devices, has created a perfect storm for security breaches with some 400 million malware attacks identified las...
AOL’s Tim Armstrong explains the Yahoo acquisition and what’s next
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techcrunch.com - Following a months-long bidding process, Verizon announced this morning that it’s acquiring Yahoo’s core business for $4.83 billion. The goal, it seems, is to merge Yahoo with AOL (which Verizon ac...
With Yahoo Acquisition, Verizon Hopes To Grow Its New Media Empire
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fastcompany.com - After months of speculation and intrigue, the bidding war for Yahoo came to an end today with the announcement that Verizon has agreed to acquire the former search giant’s digital assets for $4.83 ...
How to delete all of the search data Facebook keeps on you
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Reg Saddler
techinsider.io - Facebook keeps track of your every move on its platform. Whether you’ve “Liked” a photo or commented on a post, rest assured the social giant is keeping tabs. (You can easily view your history of t...
Pokemon Go estimated at over 75M downloads worldwide
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techcrunch.com - Pokemon Go has already earned one official record – most downloads on the App Store in a launch week ever. But it’s going to break a lot more records still: app analytics firm SensorTower estimates...
Pokemon Go to get more Pokemon, trading, and customizable PokeStops
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techcrunch.com - Pokemon players will eventually be able to fill out their collections via trades, which is very good news for people eyeing region-specific Pokemon like Australia’s Kangaskhan from the other side o...
NIST declares the age of SMS-based 2-factor authentication over
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - 2-factor authentication is a great thing to have, and more and more services are making it a standard feature. But one of the go-to methods for sending 2FA notifications, SMS, is being left in the ...
The future is a smarter world of dumber devices
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techcrunch.com - Tom Goodwin is senior vice president of strategy and innovation at Havas Media. With smartphones in all of our pockets, it’s easy to laugh at Thomas Watson’s reputed remark that “there is a world m...
Twitter tries to explain itself – again! – via a new marketing campaign aimed at attracting users
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techcrunch.com - Do you have to tweet to use Twitter? Is Twitter a social network? Many people still think so because the company has failed to properly position itself – and its broader use cases – to the general ...
Why Most Startups Suck at PR and How to Fix It to Get More Press Right Now - OpenView Labs
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Guy Kawasaki
medium.com - I was having coffee with someone who works in a senior marketing role at a startup in Boston. “I want to pick your brain on PR” she said. “Well we’re having a hard time getting any press.” This com...
Netflix’s cable box deal with Comcast won’t exempt it from data caps
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arstechnica.com - Netflix and Comcast will be available on the same cable box later this year, but Netflix video will still count against Comcast data caps. Netflix's deal to get its online video on Comcast's X1 set...
Google may get its futuristic new campus after all
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theverge.com - Google's grand plans for a futuristic new campus in the North Bayshore district of Mountain View, CA may finally become a reality thanks to a new real estate deal struck with LinkedIn. According to...
A Quick Guide To Internal Links For SEO - WinningWP
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winningwp.com - Internal linking should be an important consideration for all website owners. Not only can readers and visitors click such links to discover further content on your website, Google sees them too. I...
Why Aren’t People Liking Your Facebook Page - and What Can You do About It?
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Reg Saddler
pixelproductionsinc.com - The number of people who like your Facebook Page is a direct measurement of its success. The more likes it receives, the greater the engagement, and with a large number of followers, you’ll have an...
Zauba site indicates Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to have 12MP camera
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androidcommunity.com - We’re still almost a week away from the expected announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (yes, it seems like they really are skipping a number) and so that means a lot more rumors and leaks regar...
Suicide Squad VR Experience coming to a Samsung device near you
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - One of the most highly anticipated films coming this summer is Warner Bros’ Suicide Squad, about a bunch of antiheroes and bad guys from the DC Universe that have been put together to execute dange...
Linksys Smart Wi-Fi app adds a new User Interface, better navigation experience
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androidcommunity.com - We are all familiar with Linksys as a reliable wireless Internet router provider. In case you are not aware yet, the company has just started developing apps for their routers and now it’s revealin...
The Chuwi Vi10 is an affordable 2-in-1 tablet that will run on Remix OS
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androidcommunity.com - Android tablets are not getting any good press these days, and that’s down to the really expensive pricing versus the less-than-exciting user experience you get for buying these slates. Google will...
4 Mobile Messaging Definitions Every Marketer Needs to Know
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loyalty360.org - We don’t need to introduce this blog post by telling you about how connected consumers are to their smartphones, and how this makes mobile messaging the most effective tool for engagement. We won’t...
Travel on the Small Screen
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loyalty360.org - Travel and video are perfect companions. Two out of three US consumers watch online travel videos for inspiration when they’re thinking about taking a trip according to a 2015 Google study. In fact...
SpareFoot.com: The World's Largest Marketplace for Self-Storage - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - Sparefoot is a simple and efficient solution for locating storage facilities, comparing prices, and booking storage units online. According to Mr. ‘Betts'; Sparefoot is a simple and efficient solut...
JobQuotes : Connect Consumers With Local Professionals For Any Project - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Brandon Large”, CEO & Founder of the Aliso Viejo, USA based start-up “JobQuotes” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do...
BunchCut : Sort Large Volumes of Images Fast - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Nathalie du Preez”, CEO and Co-Founder of the London and New York based start-up “Bunchcut” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly ...
Mekiwi Oy : Finnish Startup To Manage Daily Life - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Antti Kananen”, CEO of the Finland based start-up “Mekiwi” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-u...
SurveyMonkey: Pokemon Go Has Peaked in the U.S.
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adweek.com - Pokemon Go, the massively popular mobile game that encourages users to travel around the real world on a quest to “catch ’em all,” has reportedly hit its peak in the U.S., according to data from Su...
Twitter Wants Non-Users to Come ‘See What’s Happening’
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adweek.com - Twitter’s newest marketing campaign encourages non-users to “See What’s Happening.” Chief marketing officer Leslie Berland announced the new campaign in a blog post, saying that its content, includ...
Branded Email Notifications: Your Brand Deserves a Little Extra Attention
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Tyson Quick
instapage.com - It’s taken some time, but you’ve got your agency in a good place. To do this you’ve avoided the 13 reasons agencies don’t get hired and you’re diligently practicing some (if not all) of the techniq...
Wikileaks Dismantling of DNC Is Clear Attack by Putin on Clinton
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observer.com - The recent Wikileaks dump of 20,000 emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee has caused political sensation and scandal on a grand scale. These internal communications reveal nothing f...
Lighten Your Burden with the Letgo App’s Commercializer – stupidDOPE
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LeVar Thomas
stupiddope.com - I tend to move around a lot and I think I may have wanderlust. Maybe I should seek counsel for it. In the process of moving around though, I end up having items that cannot fit at my new place, too...
Rob McClure Of The Broadway Hit 'Something Rotten!' Describes His Day
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LeVar Thomas
huffingtonpost.com - Rob McClure knows the exact moment when he first understood the transformative power of live theater. He was 15 and watching a community theater production of a show he didn't know called Sweeney T...
Social Media: a hunting ground for cybercriminals - BBC News
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LeVar Thomas
bbc.co.uk - Do you ever hesitate to click on a post shared by a friend on Facebook? Not because it's a boring picture of their dinner, but because you're suspicious it might not actually have been posted by th...
Twitter Paid a Hacker $10,000 For Filching Vine's Source Code
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fortune.com - Avinash Singh, an Indian computer security researcher, stumbled across a prized possession earlier this year: the entire source code for Twitter’s short-form video service, Vine. Singh, who goes by...
Next-gen ‘tech gallery” exits South Norwalk
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Future Lighting
thehour.com - Only months after announcing itself as the world’s first “tech gallery,” Industrial C.H.I.M.P. has quietly exited its Washington Boulevard storefront, eliminating a unique retail presence from Sout...
What We Learned At New Age Electronics’ Retail Summit
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Future Lighting
twice.com - At first glance, observers (i.e., family and friends) might think a business trip to Hollywood would be filled with sun and fun. Well, there was that at New Age Electronics’ sixth annual Retail Dea...
Tarnea unveils first cloud based software in Mumbai to automate drug retail operations
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pharmabiz.com - Drug retailers should automate drug store operations through embracing cloud based online technology like Tarnea SmartMile to counter the onslaught of challenges faced in the form of online pharmac...
Verizon’s $5 billion deal with Yahoo seems like an alliance of the weakest
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Marcus Mavakala
theconversation.com - US telecoms giant Verizon paid an eye-opening US$4.8 billion for Yahoo’s search, email and advertising businesses which will be merged into its own online operation bought from and still branded as...
