Thursday, August 25, 2016

TPS Consulting Daily


TECHNOLOGY

How To Become A Social Media Icon

Shared by
Douglas Idugboe





smedio.com - If you’ve good intentions, it’s never too late to start afresh. I come across several successful online marketers who aspired to be social media icons but they feel they’ve missed the bus. The imme...

The NEW New Americana: An explanation

Shared by
Soshable





thenewamericana.com - What started off yesterday as a question about whether or not we’re posting too many links turned into a complete revamping of the website. I’m glad we had it done. Everything makes much more sense...

Understand Data and You'll Understand Why CMOs Make the Best CEOs

Shared by
WorldConsultingGroup





entrepreneur.com - We're searching for top company cultures to be featured on our annual list. Think your company has what it takes? Apply Now » In baseball, there isn’t a more underappreciated position than catcher....

3 digital marketing trends the customer-centric CMO must prepare for now

Shared by
WorldConsultingGroup





marketingland.com - Digital marketing is on the precipice of major change, driven by new technologies and the multi-screening, highly connected consumer. Consider the following recent research that demonstrate the pai...

How to build your own screaming fast quadcopter drone

Shared by
LeVar Thomas





mashable.com - The sport of drone quad racing is quickly growing from DIY hobby to full-fledged competitive sport. Unlike off-the-shelf drones like DJI's Phantom series, the racing drones are quadcopters (hence, ...

Five years on, Tim Cook is already building a remarkable legacy

Shared by
Jefferson Faudan





mashable.com - That’s what I wrote five years ago this Wednesday when Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, then in ill health, reluctantly stepped down as and handed over the reins to COO Tim Cook. It was Aug. 24...

Apple wants to add five new inclusive emoji for different professions

Shared by
LeVar Thomas





mashable.com - Are you a female astronaut or a male judge? Apple has your back. As spotted by Emojipedia, the company has requested male and female variations of five new professions be added to the next Unicode ...

Google Drive update brings shortcuts, last update for Android ICS users

Shared by
Android Community





androidcommunity.com - If you use Google Drive as your primary cloud storage service, then there are probably files that you access daily or at least pretty often. The latest update to the app allows you to create shortc...

Best Buy bets on VR for the holidays with 500 stores demoing Oculus Rift

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - Best Buy has provided in-person demonstrations for Oculus Rift basically since there were real Oculus Rift headsets to demonstrate – the retailer announced back in May it would provide demos at 48 ...

Encryption under fire in Europe as France and Germany call for decrypt law

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - A fresh chapter of the crypto wars looks to be opening up in Europe, after the French and German interior ministers took to a podium yesterday to lobby for a law change that would enable courts to ...

Authentication startup Auth0 raises $15M as it beefs up security features

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - “Identity-as-a-service” startup Auth0 (pronounced “auth zero”) has raised $15 million in Series B funding. CEO Jon Gelsey said that for many website and mobile app developers, integrating with diff...

How GM’s Maven car sharing service got to over 4.2M miles driven in 7 months

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - In January, GM did something somewhat unusual for a company founded in 1908 – it began a car sharing operation, offering customers a fleet of new vehicles on-demand, for use in exchange for an hour...

Why AI consolidation will create the worst monopoly in US history

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - Vinod Iyengar is the director of product marketing at open source machine learning company H2O.ai. Forget Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — we need a trust-buster like Teddy Roosevelt, who in 1902...

YouTube gets a new TV app

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - With more people than ever cutting the cord, watching via smart TVs, and turning to streaming media players like Roku and others, YouTube decided it was time to update is TV application to be easie...

Amazon launches the Kindle Reading Fund to expand digital reading around the world

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - Amazon today announced a new program called the Kindle Reading Fund which is aimed at making digital books more easily available worldwide. The Fund will donate a number of Kindle e-readers, Fire t...

Live video minus Facebook equals Alively

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - SMS is terrible, yet it’s still the way more than half of video gets shared on mobile. Meanwhile, Facebook is trying to turn everyone into famous broadcasters when most people just want to show clo...

White House LGBTQ Tech and Innovation Briefing addresses national issues

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - The country faces a plethora of issues that affect millions of people every day. Although there has been some progress as a society around pro-LGBTQ legislation and healthcare, there is a lot left ...

SkyGiraffe raises $6M for its enterprise mobility platform

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - SkyGiraffe helps enterprises give their employees access to their line-of-business apps and enterprise data from virtually any device. The company today announced that it has raised a $6 million fu...

The new, scary face of auto insurance

Shared by
TechCrunch





techcrunch.com - Kevin Wang is with Plug and Play Insurance, the insurtech vertical at Plug and Play Tech Center, one the largest global technology innovation platforms. Plug and Play insurance is a leading insuran...

9 Key Skills to Fly Drones Like a Pro | Make:

Shared by
Guy Kawasaki





makezine.com - So you’ve obtained a shiny new drone (perhaps one that you’ve built yourself). In order to pilot that thing, you’ll want to read this crash course in basic aircraft terminology, and how it relates ...

Confused by Chip Credit Cards? Get in Line

Shared by
Guy Kawasaki





nytimes.com - You’re at the checkout counter. Your items have been bagged. Your credit card is in your hand. The question has become vexing enough in the United States that a plea from one Twitter user for the c...

Microsoft goes after VMware with free(ish) Windows licenses for Hyper-V converts

Shared by
Ars Technica





arstechnica.com - With the imminent release of Windows Server 2016, due to be launched some time in September with its new per-core licensing, Microsoft is making a concerted effort to win over VMware users and get ...

From The Wirecutter: The best uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

Shared by
Ars Technica





thewirecutter.com - After researching more than two dozen models, interviewing experts, and having an electrical engineer test our top candidates, we found that the CyberPower CP685AVR is the best uninterruptible powe...

Case Study: The Interconnectedness of Local SEO and Exact Match Domains

Shared by
Larry Wentz




moz.com - Before we get into this article, I just want to say that if you are wanting to build a brand, doing it through exact match domains is not the best idea. I selected an exact match domain for myself,...

Snyk: The Easy Way To Find Code Vulnerabilities

Shared by
Webdesigner Depot




developerdrive.com - Security in programming is essential, and a massive headache. As the things that people build become more sophisticated and complex, their code bases get bigger and bigger. With that extreme growth...

Email List Hygiene Best Practices to Curb Unsubscribe Rates

Shared by
Reg Saddler




socialmediatoday.com - How do you shield yourself against illness and infections? By practicing hygiene, right? Your email list, too, needs some cleaning up (list hygiene) at regular intervals, just to make sure that you...

How to Track the Results of your Influencer Marketing Efforts (and Why You Should)

Shared by
Reg Saddler




socialmediatoday.com - Influencer Marketing. What's considered by many to be the next big thing in marketing seems to have become a dirty word to some, particularly those who feel like they haven't seen any significant r...

Hidden Google Command: Search “**” For a List of Local Business Websites - Search Engine Journal

Shared by
Reg Saddler





searchenginejournal.com - Tips about a new Google search command have been circulating around the Reddit community r/Google today, where users have discovered that searching for “**” (without quotation marks) pulls up a lis...

55+ Sites to Discover or Promote Startups, Apps or Tools

Shared by
Reg Saddler





marketingtechblog.com - Quite a few people wonder how we’re able to find such a wide array of marketing technology platforms and tools out there that they hadn’t heard of yet, or that may even be beta. Aside from customiz...

How (and Why) to Better Organize Your Content Marketing Ideas

Shared by
Reg Saddler




socialmediatoday.com - As a content marketer, you have to be able to summon your creativity at any given moment and churn out something great. It never stops. You have to learn to come up with ideas all the time – to liv...

Instagram Marketing: How to Grow Your Community

Shared by
Reg Saddler




socialmediatoday.com - The number one question we get asked is, “How do I build an Instagram following?” While it’s a great question, it isn’t step number one. Before you start filling up your feed with countless selfies...

Google’s VR push includes Daydream platform, web stars, Hulu

Shared by
Android Community





androidcommunity.com - 2016 is the year when the various OEMs and brands had a concerted effort to push virtual reality onto the regular consumer and not just the “elite”. There have been a lot of relatively affordable V...

Opera VPN for Android delivers free, unlimited VPN

Shared by
Android Community





androidcommunity.com - VPNs are particularly useful but surprisingly, even in this day and age, it can be a challenge to look for one that is reliable and efficient. You may find one that is decent enough but it usually ...

Selected Prisma filters now available offline in latest update

Shared by
Android Community





androidcommunity.com - If you’ve noticed that your friends have suddenly been posting “artistic” filters of their selfies or their kids’ pictures, it’s not because they’ve suddenly discovered the wonders of Photoshop. It...

‘Riptide GP: Renegade’ now available on Google Play Store

Shared by
Android Community





androidcommunity.com - 'Riptide GP: Renegade' made its way to the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV console earlier this August. Now we've got news that the racing adventure is live on the Google Play Store. Even the iTunes App S...

Socialmedia Is Not Just Having A FaceBook Account - smqueue

Shared by
Greg Wilson





smqueue.com - More and more clients are asking their partners to create integrated campaigns that include social media and digital components in the mix. However, what they often fail to take into considerati...

The State of Mobile Loyalty: Bridging the Gap Between Consumer Expectations and Current Brand Strate

Shared by
Loyalty 360





loyalty360.org - 52% of consumers say that mobile loyalty rewards motivate them to purchase more often, but only 35% of brand marketers say they know how to launch a mobile loyalty program. In this webinar, we’ll...

5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Gift Card Rewards

Shared by
Loyalty 360





loyalty360.org - Your members are interacting with your loyalty program digitally. They’ve looked up their account balance on a mobile device and redeemed for rewards online. They crave convenience and appreciate i...

5 Fears That May Be Terminating Your Customer Retention Strategies

Shared by
Loyalty 360





loyalty360.org - Peter Drucker once said that “the aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.” Today, however, most marketers are living with f...

Omnichannel Presence Falling Short of Expected Customer Experience Boost

Shared by
Loyalty 360





loyalty360.org - The age of customer experience is upon us. It’s never been easier to get in touch with your favorite brands and comprehensive customer service is never more than a click, a tweet, a status, a text,...

AppAppeal.com: Finding Web Apps Made Easy! - Start-Ups.Co

Shared by
Debbas




start-ups.co - AppAppeal reviews and compares web applications to help people find the best web app for their needs. Our quality reviews are comprehensive, objective, and created by professional writers. We do no...

Mekiwi Oy : Finnish Startup To Manage Daily Life - Start-Ups.Co

Shared by
Debbas




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...

Wob.io: An Online Jukebox that was Designed with the Express Aim of Being Simple and Easy to Use - Start-Ups.Co

Shared by
Debbas





start-ups.co - Wobio provides free music streaming, special tailored online radio per user, and lets you connect with artists and friends. According to Mr. Alp; Wobio provides free music streaming, special tailor...

SpotLoss: A Device that Keeps Track of Everything from your Keys to your Kids - Start-Ups.Co

Shared by
Debbas





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 ...

Point Shout : Mobile App to Listen, Engage and React to Customers' Needs - Start-Ups.Co

Shared by
Debbas





start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ionut Danifeld”, Co-Founder at the Brussels – Belgium based start-up “PointShout” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you d...

Fitnescity : Allows Users To Connect With Personal Trainers - Start-Ups.Co

Shared by
Debbas





start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Leila Zemrani”, Founder and CEO of the New York – US based start-up “Fitnescity” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you d...

Conversion In A Box : Web Based Niche Marketing Tool - Start-Ups.Co

Shared by
Debbas




start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Mark La Fay'; Founder of the – USA start-up “Conversion In A Box”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1....

Cheekd : Mobile Dating App - Start-Ups.Co

Shared by
Debbas




start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Lori Cheek”, CEO of the USA based start-up “Cheekd” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-up is al...

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

Shared by
Debbas




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...

Morces.com: Get More Than Just a Mobile Site! - Start-Ups.Co

Shared by
Debbas




start-ups.co - Morces is an absolute free platform for all users to go mobile in a matter of minutes! In addition to optimizing website for mobile devices, Morces provides comprehensive set of social tool such as...