TECHNOLOGY
"Pokémon Go" May Prove That AR Is More Mainstream Than VR
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Jimmy Smith
fastcompany.com - With all the hype about virtual reality systems like the Oculus Rift, Gear VR, Vive, and PlayStation VR over the last year, it’s been tempting to think that the technology represents the immediate ...
Baby monitor hackers still rocking cradles across the UK, data watchdog warns
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.co.uk - Two years after it was revealed that a creepy Russian website was allowing users to watch more than 73,000 live streams from unsecure baby monitors, the UK's data watchdog has warned that manufactu...
Snapchat wants to show you ads based on what's in your images
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Snapping an image of a coffee mug? How about adding a filter with a Starbucks logo to really complete the picture? That sort of scenario may soon be possible on Snapchat, according to a patent appl...
The key to local SEO
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DotOnline (.ONLINE)
searchengineland.com - If you’ve read any of my past articles here, you know that I typically try to share tips to help marketers be more successful with their clients. Instead of sharing a specific optimization tip or s...
95 Awesome Social Media Facts You Should Not Ignore
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Larry Wentz
jeffbullas.com - It’s only been 10 years but it feels like a lifetime. Twitter has been around for a decade. I joined in 2008 and had no clue about what to do with it or where it was going but loved its simplicity....
Snapchat “Suggest” is the new way to get famous
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Brett Prince
techcrunch.com - Finally there’s a better way to gain followers on Snapchat. The app refuses to tell you who to watch. There are no suggested user lists, no leaderboards, no little buttons everywhere begging you to...
Smaller, 4K-ready Xbox One S finally has a launch date
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - Microsoft's new smaller and sleeker Xbox One S finally has a release date: Aug. 2. Announced at E3 in June, the Xbox One S is Microsoft's most compact Xbox game console yet. Starting at $299 with a...
Mercedes' autonomous Future Bus just drove through Amsterdam
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - Autonomy isn't just for cars; Mercedes-Benz has created a self-driving city bus, too. Mercedes-Benz revealed its latest creation on Monday morning. Called the Future Bus, it's the first city bus th...
Study Confirms 'Mario Kart' Really Does Make You A Better Driver
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Jefferson Faudan
huffingtonpost.com - For their study, researchers from New York University Shanghai and University of Hong Kong had 80 students and faculty from the University of Hong Kong participate in several experiments involving ...
Pokémon-tracking apps rise to the top of App Store
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - Pokémon Go isn't the only Pokémon app at the top of the App Store. Nintendo's game has sat at the No. 1 spot in Apple's App Store since it launched earlier this month but now two other Pokémon apps...
Cyclotron is the 'Tron' light cycle you peddle
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - The dream of riding one of the light cycles from the movie Tron just got a lot closer to becoming a reality. SEE ALSO: Ray J reveals the inside story of his bid to launch a tech startup Composed of...
How to Use a Facebook Squeeze Page to Capture Email Addresses
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Tyson Quick
instapage.com - Bad news: Your Facebook business page isn’t living up to its potential. Sure, you may have generated thousands of fans who “like” your posts and comment on them daily, but you’re probably not colle...
Criminals plant banking malware where victims least expect it
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - A criminal gang recently found an effective way to spread malware that drains online bank accounts. According to a blog post published Monday, they bundled the malicious executable inside a file th...
Comcast joins top mobile carriers in 600MHz spectrum auction
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Comcast is getting ready to bid on spectrum as it prepares a move into the mobile broadband business. Bidding under the name "CC Wireless Investment, LLC," Comcast submitted its application a few m...
How Pokemon Go did what these 3 hype-heavy startups couldn’t
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Pokemon Go has been continuing its global rollout fairly slowly, with a launch in Canada just this past Sunday, and even without an official debut in some key markets like Japan, it already dominat...
Google launches the final Android Nougat Developer Preview
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Google today released the fifth and last preview Android Nougat before the scheduled final release later this summer. According to the company, this preview includes the latest version of the Andro...
One of Apple Music’s biggest problems is getting fixed
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Apple is addressing a major complaint some users had with the way its Apple Music streaming service functions when it comes to matching your personal music collection to an online catalog – a featu...
Microsoft and Boeing team up to streamline aviation through big data and AI
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Cortana is set to fly the friendly skies thanks to a new partnership between Microsoft and Boeing, bring the Microsoft intelligent assistant closer still to the domain of its namesake. Microsoft an...
Why the top 5 tech companies are dead set on AI
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - David Kurtz is the chief product officer of Opera Mediaworks. At nearly every major technology event for the past five years we’ve been given at least one “wow” moment — when one of the big players...
Germany wants black boxes in self-driving cars
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - As the recent kerfuffle around Tesla's Autopilot has shown, we still have some way to go before everyone is on board with the idea of people being driven by their cars on public roads. Until we get...
I may have invented the first GPS augmented reality game
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Way back in the autumn of 2004, I may have invented the world's first GPS-based augmented reality game. In light of the stratospheric success of Pokémon Go, I'm wondering whether I should have perh...
Welcome to the new, new Ars Technica!
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - A few weeks ago we launched an ambitious new redesign aimed at improving the site's functionality and performance while putting in place the building blocks for new expansion plans, including secur...
We Tested Over 100 Different Facebook Ads in One Month – Here's What We Learned
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Larry Wentz
adespresso.com - Getting your Facebook campaigns working like a well-oiled machine is harder than quitting gummy bears for a month. Believe me; I know what I’m talking about. Unlike gummy bears, Facebook ads are hi...
How to Turn Your Customers Into Promoters
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Larry Wentz
mirasee.com - How often do you go to a restaurant or see a movie because a friend recommended it? That opinion probably means a lot more to you than online reviews from strangers or any advertising you see, beca...
Gridtastic Grid Kit of 30 Grid Systems, 180 Templates - only $7.50! - MightyDeals
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Webdesigner Depot
mightydeals.com - Gridtastic Grid Kit of 30 Grid Systems, 180 Templates - only $7.50! With the Gridtastic Grid Kit, perfection is just a few clicks away! Full of 30 unique handcrafted grid systems from Fibonacci to ...
Choosing an eCommerce Theme and 15 of the Best for WordPress!
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Webdesigner Depot
winningwp.com - More and more businesses are opening stores on the internet. Not just brand-new businesses, but even old and well-established brick-and-mortar players are now feeling the importance of having an on...
The Scary Way Pokémon Go Is Making Money Off You
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Reg Saddler
thefiscaltimes.com - If you’re reading this, you must be taking a break from catching Pokémon, so for that I thank you. In just one week, Nintendo’s augmented reality game Pokémon Go has become the most successful mobi...
10 Brands Using Facebook Messenger Bots for Business
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Reg Saddler
socialmediatoday.com - Ever since Facebook announced the release of their Messenger Bots platform at their most recent F8 conference, brands have been falling all over themselves in an attempt to reach the platform's 900...
‘Suicide Squad: Special Ops’ mobile game for Android launched
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - If you're only waiting for the upcoming superhero movie 'Suicide Squad', you may want to try and join the squad by playing the mobile game version for Android. It's like an early preview of the act...
Facebook Android app now lets you “save” videos offline
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - If you’ve always wanted to have a feature in your Facebook app that would let you save videos and watch them offline, this is apparently something that’s on its way. Some users have reported that t...
Magnetic BT Wireless Sport headphones keep the tangles away [DEALS]
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Bluetooth headsets are swell for keeping you entertained and motivated with your tunes any time, anywhere. But some, particularly most earbud types, have a small problem. The moment you remove them...
Latest Samsung Gear S2 update now ready for download
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Before Samsung starts teasing us with the Gear S3, the company is releasing it's latest software update for the Gear S2. We gave you a glimpse to the new features only last week and quickly soon af...
China’s Keeco Mobile releases “woman-friendly” phone K1
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Just when we thought we were almost past the age of putting “gender” on gadgets, along comes a device that is being heavily marketed for women, together with all the gender stereotypes that comes a...
Fake apps targeting Pokemon Go users discovered on Google Play Store
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - If you’re a diehard Pokemon Go user (as if there are any other kinds), you probably would want to catch as many Pokécoins, Pokéballs or Lucky Eggs as you can, even through “nefarious” means. And fo...
How Digital Rewards Can Incentivize Customer Loyalty
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - John Fauller, EVP, Product and Innovation at Snipp, participated in a compelling and comprehensive interview with Loyalty360 that focused on digital rewards and how they can incentivize customer lo...
HelloWorld’s Human Loyalty Brand Creates Active Customer Engagement
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Michela Baxter, Senior Director of Loyalty at HelloWorld, told Loyalty360 that one of the biggest challenges today for loyalty marketers is keeping customers actively participating in their program...
Lenati Takes a Holistic Approach to Customer Base Health
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Customer acquisition, engagement, and retention are becoming highly advanced disciplines. Finding effective ways to measure these has become much more challenging. Lenati, a marketing and sales con...
3 Reasons to Get Customers Now with Referral & Introduce Loyalty Later
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Loyalty 360
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...
Unique Customer Experience Keeps Dave & Buster’s Rolling Along
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Dave & Buster’s CEO Steve King believes that the company’s successful first-quarter performance can be attributed to a unique customer experience offered at all restaurants. “I think this is due to...
Textr : Group Messaging App - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Sam Getty”, Founder of the Atlanta, Georgia – USA based start-up “Textr” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...
JobQuotes : Connect Consumers With Local Professionals For Any Project - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
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...
PrayerSpark : The First And Only Site For Interfaith Spiritually - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Michael Feder”, Founder of the Las Vegas – USA based startup “PrayerSpark” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and ...
CareerSonar a Social Job Discovery - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co interviewed Mr. ‘Aviram Ben Moshe'; Co-founder & CTO at the US (NY)based start-up “CareerSonar”. “CareerSonar” ranks all jobs available online by the strength of your inside connection...
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...
HiveFlux : Real-time Overview of What Everyone In the Company is Working - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Bruno Figueiredo”, CEO at the Lisbon – Portugal based start-up “Hiveflux” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and w...
TheVegasHookUp : Profile Filtering System - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Jamie Brewster”, Founder and CEO of the Oakland – USA based start-up “TheVegasHookUp” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that...
Plink.com: A Facebook Credits-Based Loyalty Program - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Plink is a Facebook Credits-based loyalty program that rewards Facebook members for dining and making purchases at their favorite restaurants and stores. As per Mr. Stratz; Plink is a Facebook Cred...
Sleeves Up Productions : Digital Content For Brands - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Erika Kramer”, CEO and Founder at New York – USA based start-up “SleevesUpProductions” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that...
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...
Xerendi Initiative : Educational Learning For Kids - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Uchenna Ibekwe”, Principa and Founder of the Virginia – United States based startup Xerendi_Initiative” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. Wha...
