Thursday, August 11, 2016

TPS Consulting Daily


TECHNOLOGY

Democratic ‘Crisis Communications” PR Agent Hired to Shut Down Seth Rich “Conspiracy Theories”

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infowars.com - The man hired to shut down “conspiracy theories” surrounding the mysterious murder of former DNC staffer Seth Rich is a public relations manager who specializes in “crisis communications” for the D...

Secure Boot snafu: Microsoft leaks backdoor key, firmware flung wide open

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arstechnica.com - Microsoft has inadvertently demonstrated the intrinsic security problem of including a universal backdoor in its software after it accidentally leaked its so-called "golden key"—which allows users ...

Opening Acts 2016 Panel Lineups

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blog.vmunderground.com - We’re pleased to announce the Opening Acts 2016 panel lineups! Location: Liberty Loft meeting space at NYNY casino, Sunday August 28th. You can find a map to the Loft here. Ticket details are avail...

This app is giving streaming TV news a second try

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mashable.com - Watchup, the once-buzzy news video streaming service, is trying its hand again at the news game with a relaunch this week. The new app emphasizes speed, with the company claiming to get users to v...

SearchCap: Google link tool bug, Search Engine Land awards & more

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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 Search Console reporting glitch shows no links for so...

600 million IP addresses are linked to this house in Kansas

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mashable.com - A couple who say that a company has registered their home as the position of more than 600 million IP addresses are suing the company for $75,000. James and Theresa Arnold, who live on a farm near ...

The secret reason Apple might be killing the iPhone 7 headphone jack

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mashable.com - Apple is expected to unveil its next iPhone in a few weeks. And, as is usual pattern, more and more credible leaks have come out about what will presumably be called the iPhone 7. Bloomberg probabl...

Mom discovers security cameras hacked, kids' bedroom livestreamed

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mashable.com - A mother in Houston, Texas woke up one morning to pretty much every parent's worst-case scenario. "I happened to get a text from a friend of mine that said she saw a picture on Facebook and she th...

Samsung iris scanner one of the most secure, 128GB variant being considered

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androidcommunity.com - Much has been said about the new iris scanning technology but we're predicting a lot of issues will still come up. Even before Samsung announced the new Galaxy Note 7, we noted that there could be ...

Gmail’s new warnings protects users from possibly fraudulent emails

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androidcommunity.com - At one point or another, you’ve probably received a legit looking email from what seems to be a bank or financial institution or even a brand, and you read and followed instructions, only to find o...

Seagate’s new 60TB SSD is world’s largest

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arstechnica.com - Seagate has unveiled the world's largest SSD: a 60-terabyte monster. Pricing isn't available, but the company says the drive will provide "the lowest cost per gigabyte for flash" memory today. The ...

CVS Pharmacy launches its own mobile payments and loyalty solution, CVS Pay

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techcrunch.com - CVS Health today is launching its own mobile payments solution that will allow customers to pay for products, pick up prescriptions, earn ExtraCare loyalty rewards, as well as pay – just by scannin...

Razer CEO Min Liang-Tan is speaking at Disrupt SF 2016

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techcrunch.com - The first OSVR headset made its debut at last year’s CES. The wearable wasn’t aimed at Oculus or HTC – nor were its creators looking to take on Samsung’s low cost Gear VR. Rather, the prototype rep...

Advice for Snapchat from the world’s first Pokémon Go master

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techcrunch.com - With a nearly $18 billion valuation, Snapchat has decided it’s time to make money. The company recently launched a massive expansion of its advertising, including in-stream ads that now play in its...

Microsoft debug policy leak could make Windows Phones useful again

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techcrunch.com - Microsoft looks to have inadvertently made some of its own orphaned devices useful again, after accidentally leaking a debug policy that could allow owners of Windows powered hardware such as earli...

Test the security of your apps with Verify.ly

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techcrunch.com - It’s not easy for the average user to determine whether or not the apps on his or her iPhone are trustworthy. Some apps scoop up contact lists, others unnecessarily harvest your location data, and ...

Karma Revero hybrid electric sports car revealed, complete with solar roof

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techcrunch.com - The Fisker Karma is back, reborn as the Karma Revero, with a familiar look, along with a new name and some design tweaks and feature additions that mark a departure from its origins. Today marks th...

Intel has a leaky bucket

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techcrunch.com - This apparently bears repeating: putting resources toward attracting and hiring diverse candidates is useless if you can’t retain them. I’m looking at you, Intel. Intel, which last year made a $300...

Microsoft acquires Beam interactive game live streaming service

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techcrunch.com - Microsoft has acquired Beam, a Seattle-based interactive game streaming service that lets viewers play along with streamers as they watch. Beam’s model takes the mostly passive interaction that str...

Why is Facebook waging war on popular meme pages?

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dailydot.com - Scroll through the New York magazine’s “The Rise of Weird Facebook: How the World’s Biggest Social Network Became Cool Again (and Why It Matters),” and you’ll notice a recurring theme: Many of the ...

Monkey’s selfie at center of copyright brouhaha

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arstechnica.com - An English nature photographer is going ape over Wikipedia's refusal to remove pictures of a monkey from the online encyclopedia that he says are being displayed without his permission. Wikimedia, ...

Microsoft acquires game-streaming site, will integrate features into its games

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arstechnica.com - Amazon and Google now have company in the game-streaming wars—in the form of a major game publisher, no less. On Thursday, Microsoft announced its acquisition of a burgeoning game-streaming service...

7 Ways To Get Traffic To Your Blog Today

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matthewwoodward.co.uk - Every time you hit publish on your awesome blog, you feel like you are just talking to yourself. Yes you follow popular blogs that talk about how to grow your audience and you do everything they sa...

20 top new tools for freelancers

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creativebloq.com - From juggling your finances to writing proposals and making sure you manage your time properly, there’s much more to being a freelancer than just working with clients. Luckily, there are plenty of ...

4 Ways to Improve Your Facebook Ad Campaigns : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Looking for tips to get a better return on your investment? With a few tweaks, you can increase the chances that your Facebook ad campaigns will succeed. In this article, you’ll discover four ways ...

Facebook’s 360 video Guide and Heatmap can steer or track where you look

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techcrunch.com - Facebook has to train people how to make great video if it wants it “at the heart” of its services like Mark Zuckerberg promised, so today it launched a slew of new video analytics. Creators can no...

9 Secrets for Taking Your Ecommerce Startup to Social-Media Bliss

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entrepreneur.com - Attend our free webinar August 24 and learn how to create highly profitable direct mail campaigns that will grow your business. Register Now » The social media game seems like it comes naturally to...

Algorithmic feeds force us to compete

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techcrunch.com - Is that photo pretty enough? Is that tweet funny enough? If not, they might not be seen now that Instagram and Twitter are moving to algorithmically sorted feeds. That could spell big problems for ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 officially launched in India

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androidcommunity.com - It’s been a week or so since Samsung officially launched its newest phablet, the Galaxy Note 7, in the US. And now it’s India’s turn to have its official announcement, and of course along with it i...

Google’s latest FCC filing is to speed-up Fiber internet service

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androidcommunity.com - Google’s high-speed Internet service Fiber is only available in a few cities for now, 7 to be exact, but they have been pretty open with their plans to expand to more cities in the near future. In ...

This is how scammers really hurt you after they steal your iPhone

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thesun.co.uk - Criminals are preying on iPhone users who have lost their phone or had it stolen to nab more cash from the unfortunate owners. One unlucky man described how he was singled out by an expert hacker a...

What's New on smqueue - smqueue

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smqueue.com - Searching for innovative social media marketing tools? Sign up to smqueue today and start enjoying the power of the queues! This post is where you’ll find our latest news on site developments. We’r...

Officials Believe Wells Fargo Wallet Will Create Seamless Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - This week Wells Fargo launched its Wells Fargo Wallet nationally to create a seamless customer experience. Jim Smith, Head of Wells Fargo Virtual Channels at Wells Fargo, participated in a Q&A with...

14 A/B Tests to Optimize the Referral Funnel

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loyalty360.org - On the surface, A/B testing your website or app looks incredibly simple. All you do is send half your users to Variation A, half to Variation B, and see which one drives more conversions. But if yo...

Five Questions Customer Experience Professionals Are Asking Today

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loyalty360.org - Everyone is talking about customer experience. What it is, why it’s important, how to deliver and how to improve it. Everyone, it seems, has an opinion. Which is why I thought you’d be interested i...

More Points of Entry Raise the Level of Customer Experience Buying Digital, Plastic Gift Cards

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loyalty360.org - A new survey from CashStar explored consumer attitudes about the customer experience angle of purchasing plastic and digital gift cards in a report titled, “Gift Cards Through the Eyes of the Con...

People-Based Marketing Enables Seamless Customer Experiences

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loyalty360.org - One of the constant questions on a brand marketer’s mind is, “what do my customers want?” And while the answer is simple, the route to achievement is often more challenging. Today, customers value ...

Customer Loyalty Reaches All-Time High for SUV and CUV Automobiles

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loyalty360.org - Customer loyalty extends beyond just the brand name. Global consumers are loyal to products for a number of reasons, from color, form factor, and even specific features. In the case of automobiles,...

Social Media Leads to Increased Online Customer Engagement for Small Businesses

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loyalty360.org - For several years now, a strong digital presence has been a defining trait of small businesses that have been able to separate from the pack. While mega-corporations like Apple and Google are expec...

ServiceSutra.com: An Online Marketplace to Hire Quality Service Providers - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - ServiceSutra helps consumers compare price from Trustworthy, Qualified and Verified Local Service Providers in India. As per Mr. Chaudhary; ServiceSutra helps consumers compare price from Trustwort...

KindCritic.com: A Social Platform that Allows you to get Crowdsourced Feedback on your Creative Projects - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - KindCritic is a social platform where creatives can give and get crowdsourced constructive feedback on their creative works from real experts in their field of interest. “KindCritic” is A Social Pl...

GetQuantify.com: A Real-Time Online Collaboration Application for Small Businesses - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Getquantify is real-time online collaboration application for small businesses. Organize your tasks into projects and keep your team up to date. “GetQuantify.com” is a real-time online collaboratio...

CMYKC : Uniting Creatives Within Local Kansas City - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Abigail Gallagher, Co–founder at the Missouri, USA-based start-up “CMYKC.” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what y...

MeasurableMediaLabs.com: A Company that Conducts Advertising Case Studies for Online Publishers - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - MeasurableMediaLabs.com is the “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” for online advertisers by validating the CPM publishers charge in order for publishers to be successful. “MeasurableMediaLabs.com...

Vertical Method : Posture Strength For Techies and The Desk-Bound Workforce - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Jennifer Davis”, Founder and CEO of the San Francisco- United States based startup “Vertical Method” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is...

MediaNest : Manage Video Marketing Campaigns on Social Media - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Natasha Robinson”, Co-Founder & CMO at the California- USA based start-up “MediaNest” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that ...

Xerendi Initiative : Educational Learning For Kids - Start-Ups.Co

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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...

SentioSearch.com: A Social Network that Connects Decision-Makers with Mentors who will Give them the Best Chance to Make Good Decisions and Minimize Regret - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - SentioSearch is a social network that connects decision-makers with mentors who will give them the best chance to make good decisions and minimize regret. “SentioSearch.com” is a social network tha...

VaporWare : Building, Testing, and Running Lean Cloud Software - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Jeff Schroeder”, Co-Founder of the US based start-up “vaporware” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what you...

GetEchoed : A Social Platform For People To Act On Their Goals - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Arpita Chakraborty'; Co-founder of the Indian-based start-up “getechoed”. Below, is the full interview that we have conduct...