TECHNOLOGY
Mark Zuckerberg gives Pope Francis a Facebook drone
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Franco Gonzalez
money.cnn.com - Mark Zuckerberg handed over a Facebook drone when he, and his wife Priscilla Chan, met Pope Francis on Monday. "It was a meeting we'll never forget," Zuckerberg said. "You can feel [the Pope's] war...
The 10 most expensive cars in the world make Teslas look like Toyotas
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Karl Kovacs
digitaltrends.com - Koenigsegg makes its first appearance on our list with the CCXR Trevita, and it does so as the most expensive street-legal production car in the world. Why so much coin? With no exaggeration, the c...
This desk changed my life
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Android Community
slashgear.com - The following is an Ergotron WorkFit-D Sit-Stand Desk Review - with a couple of Ergotron add-ons. Earlier this year it was apparent that my working situation was not going to be able to work any lo...
Not Your Mom’s Tupperware: Talking Containers and VVols at VMworld
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Karl Kovacs
community.hpe.com - By Jessica Burton & Charles Tierney. Packed into this year’s VMworld are some exciting advancements which are largely focused on VM and application level management. Two of the biggest technologies...
The Unexpected Ways Chat Bots Could Change Marketing
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Tom Maduri
adweek.com - There’s an awkward moment at the outset of every new technology when marketers and agencies begin spasmodically craving it. This craving is often blind to whether the investment would solve a busin...
This speech recognition software is much faster than human typists
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Speech recognition software used to be awful. It couldn't deal with background noise, its vocabulary was limited and it was awkward to use in public. But we've come a long way. A new speech recogn...
20 free must-have apps for dog lovers
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - Dogs and apps both tend to make life better. Even better is when they combine to make everything easier, because — face it — your dog is probably the cutest thing alive but also a hot mess. That's...
EpiPen maker caves in to social media pressure, drops price by 50%
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - In a big win for people power, drugmaker Mylan has caved in to pressure across social media and announced it will create a generic version of the EpiPen. The cheaper version will be priced at $300,...
Facebook's Zuckerberg says user control of Safety Check coming
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - On Monday, Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg dropped an unexpected piece of news in Italy on a topic currently at the top of the country's collective conscious: safety. SEE ALSO: Munich s...
How to Add Web Browser Push Notifications to Your Blog : Social Media Examiner
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Themelis Cuiper
socialmediaexaminer.com - Looking for a way to stay in touch with blog visitors who haven’t subscribed to your newsletter? Have you heard of browser-based push notifications? Setting up browser push notifications on your bl...
Trainoholics : Skill Development Arena - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Sandesh HS'; Founder of the Karnataka – India start-up “TRAINOHOLICS”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted ...
Is Instagram Innovative Anymore? Do we Care?
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Reg Saddler
socialmediatoday.com - With the recent release of Instagram Stories, there’s been a lot (a lot) of talk about it just being a copy of Snapchat Stories. The discussion has varied from what that means for social media to w...
T-Mobile announces initial devices that will receive Android Nougat
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androidcommunity.com - Just a few days after Google rolled out its latest major update, Android 7.0 Nougat, to selected Nexus devices last week, US carrier T-Mobile has now announced the nine devices that will be receivi...
ARCHOS to showcase 50f Helium, 55 Helium range at IFA 2016
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androidcommunity.com - Just like last year, ARCHOS is scheduled to unveil new mobile devices at the upcoming IFA 2016. The last phone we remember was launched at the MWC 2016 and it’s getting a follow-up in the form of t...
GOAT raises $5 million to help sneakerheads buy and sell covetable kicks
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Los Angeles startup GOAT (incorporated as 1661 Inc.) has raised $5 million in new venture funding to grow its mobile-only marketplace for used and collectible sneakers. The GOAT app features everyt...
Leak points to refreshed Roku devices sporting new names, HDR support
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Roku’s popular media players will be getting a refresh later this fall, according to a new report, as well as a rebranding which will see the device models renamed from those sporting numerical cha...
Fitbit shows off sequels to the Charge and Flex, updates Blaze and Alta software
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Fitbit is kicking the week off right with a slew of announcements that affect a large number wearable company’s offerings. The biggest updates are coming to the company’s best selling lines, the Ch...
The last thing the API economy needs is copyright friction
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - The Oracle versus Google verdict set a positive precedent for the future of the API economy, but will it last? What is at stake if the decision is reversed? While on the surface Oracle versus Googl...
Fedora 24 review: The year’s best Linux distro is puzzlingly hard to recommend
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Fedora 24 is very near the best Linux distro release I've used, and certainly the best release I have tested this year. Considering 2016 has welcomed new offerings like Mint 18 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS...
Vivaldi 1.3 is a bold new vision for browsers
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Webdesigner Depot
webdesignerdepot.com - If there’s one thing you can count on from the folks at Vivaldi, it’s that they’re always seeking to make their browser faster, better and more stable, while adding more features and functionality....
Designing a Website Ten Years Ago
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Webdesigner Depot
envato.com - Last month ten million people visited Envato Market, and a couple of hundred people worked on it. The toolchain looks like many other modern product floors — from Git to Invision and React to Sketc...
4 Productivity Lessons You Can Learn from Mark Zuckerberg - Joel Comm - New York Times Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, Social Influencer, Futurist
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Joel Comm
joelcomm.com - Steve Jobs’ black turtleneck sweater was famous. Mark Zuckerberg has his own uniform of grey T-shirt and hoodie. Both built enormous companies that made them billionaires. But you have to think the...
How to Share Content People Love
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Reg Saddler
socialmediatoday.com - Social media has been around long enough and has a good enough track record as a great way to engage customers that no one really doubts its potential as a marketing medium. As social engagement ma...
AT&T brings Marshmallow update for Samsung Galaxy S5, S5 Active
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androidcommunity.com - Whenever a new flagship device comes out, of course fans of that particular OEM would want to upgrade their current device to the latest. But of course, not everyone can afford to, and honestly, no...
Samsung Gear IconX Bluetooth earbuds now available on Amazon
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androidcommunity.com - We’ve been eagerly awaiting the actual release of the Samsung Gear IconX wireless Bluetooth earbuds ever since they started talking about it and last week, it finally dropped together with the new ...
Qualcomm shares why Nougat isn’t coming to some devices
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Last week, we said that Android 7.0 Nougat won’t be coming to some Snapdragon 800 and S801 devices. That’s bad news for those who own phones and tablets running such chipsets because that means the...
Google Wallet now lets you automatically transfer to bank accounts
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androidcommunity.com - Yes, people, Google Wallet is still alive in case you didn’t know. Just because there is Android Pay doesn’t mean the app has completely disappeared. It has simply transitioned into a peer-to-peer ...
Peterbilt Preferred Loyalty Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - PACCAR Parts, a top manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks and parts, recently reached a milestone that many companies can only aspire to. The brand’s Peterbilt Preferred loyalty program celebrated its ...
5 Fears That May Be Terminating Your Customer Retention Strategies
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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...
Making Changes to Loyalty Programs the Most Effective Way
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - When a brand makes changes to its loyalty program, sometimes those changes are received well by customers, but other times (i.e. Starbucks) not so much. Loyalty360 caught up with Christopher Barnar...
Point Shout : Mobile App to Listen, Engage and React to Customers' Needs - Start-Ups.Co
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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...
Ven.io: A Comprehensive Healthy Lifestyle Solution which Generates a Nutritional Plan that is personalized for You - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Venio provides a comprehensive healthy lifestyle solution, which generates an interactive meal-plan that is personalized around your taste, health goals, and dietary preferences. Below is the full ...
Wob.io: An Online Jukebox that was Designed with the Express Aim of Being Simple and Easy to Use - Start-Ups.Co
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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...
Cheekd : Mobile Dating App - Start-Ups.Co
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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...
D-Tangle : New Innovative Gadget Using Set of Earbuds - Start-Ups.Co
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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Christina Nicholson”, Executive Director of the Nicosia- Cyprus based start-up “D-Tangle” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly th...
Conversion In A Box : Web Based Niche Marketing Tool - Start-Ups.Co
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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....
Is your email a casualty of the war on spam?
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Brett Prince
marketingland.com - In the world of email marketing, deliverability is a core issue. It’s commonly known that when you send an email, it doesn’t always reach the intended recipient. Between the sender and the recipien...
Thurrott Daily: August 29 - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
thurrott.com - Possible workaround for the Kindle BSOD issue on Windows 10 version 1607 A reader offered me the following via email: I’ve stumbled across a work-around for the kindle crash issue with the latest W...
20 Ideas to super-charge your social media network strategy
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Wayne Mansfield
businessesgrow.com - Behind every social media strategy you must have a content plan and a network plan. Most businesses are starting to understand the content part. But a network plan? That is usually overlooked, whic...
Top Lead Generation Strategies Revealed
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James Hickey
sd-entrepreneur.com - The Web is a beautiful place that allows you to be whatever you choose, and market to whomever you want. So step outside of your Web site profile page and start thinking in terms of who you are mar...
Why Email Should Be at the Center of Your Social Strategy
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Tom Maduri
adweek.com - Social networks were designed as a way for people to connect with friends and family. Despite this origin, publishers have gotten awfully dependent on using social networks to distribute content. A...
4 Social Commerce Tips Guaranteed to Double Your Revenue
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Tom Maduri
adweek.com - According to Internet Retailer’s Social Media 500 report, the top 500 retailers in the U.S. earned $3.3 billion from social shopping in 2014, a 26 percent increase from the previous year. Furthermo...
Microsoft, Red Hat Look To Steal VMware Customers - InformationWeek
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Jefferson Faudan
informationweek.com - When VMware gathers the faithful at VMWorld 2016 in Las Vegas this week, the company might keep a careful eye out for how many of its customers are looking over their shoulder for some alternate so...
Apple Officially Announces Sept. 7 Event Where iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus Are Expected To Debut
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Jefferson Faudan
ibtimes.com - Apple has finally sent out invitations for its fall event where the iPhone 7 is expected to make its official debut. The event will be on Sept. 7 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisc...
Relaxing Privacy Vow, WhatsApp Will Share Some Data With Facebook
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nytimes.com - SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook bought the start-up WhatsApp in 2014, Jan Koum, one of WhatsApp’s founders, declared that the deal would not affect the digital privacy of his mobile messaging service...
Instagram will soon suggest Stories from people you don't follow
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Instagram's obvious bid to compete with Snapchat by launching a Stories feature was, apparently, just the beginning. Now the app will harness the power of Facebook's algorithmic expertise to begin...
17 Reasons Why Single Keyword Ad Groups (SKAGs) Always Win
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Chris Abraham
klientboost.com - You don’t have to be a bread lover, like me, to understand the value of a perfectly sliced loaf. Slicing bread makes it easier to handle, easier to enjoy, and way easier to rub on your face. But wh...
7 Effective Principles That’ll Skyrocket Your Sales (Backed by Neuroscience)
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Tyson Quick
neilpatel.com - According to Sandler Training, believing that you can sell anything to anybody is a trap you should avoid. Instead, identify your ideal customers and you’ll find it easier to get them to act. Selli...
Pushing Their Buttons so They Push Yours: How to Create Better Landing Page Calls to Action
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Tyson Quick
instapage.com - Your landing page call-to-action button has the power to make or break your conversion rate. Just ask iMPACT who increased their conversions by 78.5% simply by changing their button copy. Or look a...
25 black founders making moves in tech
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huffingtonpost.com - Black people are better represented in the National Hockey League than they are in the technology industry. Just let that sink in. Five percent of the NHL is African-American, whereas according to ...
