Thursday, May 11, 2017

TPS Consulting Daily


TECHNOLOGY

How to use Spotify Codes to share your music - DIY Musician Blog

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diymusician.cdbaby.com - Just the other day I was thinking about a solo touring scenario where I’d need to travel light, real light — like one-change-of-clothes and no-merch light. That got me wondering about the best way ...

How to use customer data to develop marketing insights - Biznology

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biznology.com - Collecting customer data and analyzing it to gain customer experience insights is something only big businesses do, right? In fact, small businesses can and should collect valuable customer informa...

Nvidia Tesla V100: First Volta GPU is one of the largest silicon chips ever

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arstechnica.co.uk - Nvidia has unveiled the Tesla V100, its first GPU based on the new Volta architecture. Like the Pascal-based P100 before it, the V100 is designed for high-performance computing rather than consumer...

SEO Wisdom from the Trenches - An Interview with BloomNation's Eric Wu on SEO, Product, and Marketing

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www.portent.com - This is cheesy but true. It takes a village of phenomenal people to “raise” and train good digital and search marketers. As SEOs, Product Managers, and Social Media strategists, our work is not cre...

How to OCR Documents for Free in Google Drive

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business.tutsplus.com - Google Drive makes it painless to go paperless. Its collaborative documents, spreadsheets, and presentations already help curtail paper usage, but its OCR feature helps curb the paper mess even mor...

The Microsoft Graph will soon cast a wider net that spans Windows, Android and iOS

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techcrunch.com - The Microsoft Graph is Microsoft’s service that lets developers get data out of its productivity apps like Office 365 and its other cloud-based productivity services. That’s not changing, but as Mi...

Microsoft announces the Fall Creators Update, the next major update to Windows 10

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techcrunch.com - At its Build developer conference in Seattle, Microsoft today announced the Windows 10 Creators Update. This is the next major update of Windows 10, which now follows a biannual release cycle. Whil...

Microsoft announces its own motion controllers for mixed reality

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techcrunch.com - Microsoft doubled down on its commitment to what it called “mixed reality” today at its Build developer conference, revealing motion controllers that work closely with VR headsets from Acer. With a...

Microsoft blurs the line between desktop and cloud with OneDrive update

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techcrunch.com - At Microsoft’s Build 2017 event today, the company introduced a new feature for the company’s cloud storage service OneDrive that will allow you toaccess your files without using up device storage....

Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules

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techcrunch.com - Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber, its competitor in the automated vehicle business, is going to trial. Judge William Alsup ruled that Uber could not force the lawsuit over theft of trade secrets into p...

Creativity is overrated

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techcrunch.com - Eliot Gattegno is an adjunct associate professor of Practice of Business and Arts at NYU Shanghai, where he teaches in the Program on Creativity and Innovation. He is also director and founder of t...

Trusona develops passwordless access for Salesforce

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techcrunch.com - Last week, to commemorate World Password Day — yes, there really is such a thing — we ran my 2015 article called Kill the password, my treatise on the myriad problems associated with passwords. Tru...

Tencent doubles down on game studio Pocket Gems with $90M investment

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techcrunch.com - Chinese internet Tencent has continued its recent investment spree after it backed U.S.-based game studio Pocket Gems to the tune of $90 million. Tencent invested in Pocket Gems back in 2015, when ...

Bash on Windows 10 goes beyond Ubuntu and gets support for Fedora and SuSE, too

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techcrunch.com - One ofthe biggest surprises at Microsoft’s Build developer conference last year was that the company was building support for the Bash shell on top of an Ubuntu-based Linux subsystem right into Win...

Ubuntu 17.04 review: This is Unity’s true swan song

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arstechnica.com - Last month, it finally happened. Six years after its tumultuous switch from GNOME 2 to thehomegrown Unity desktop, Canonical announced it was abandoning work on Unity. Going forward, the company wi...

AT&T could be punished for unlimited data throttling after all

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arstechnica.com - AT&T has beendealt a blow in its attempt to avoid all regulatory oversight from the Federal Trade Commission, and the court decision could also play an important role in the debates over net neutra...

Intel’s Itanium CPUs, once a play for 64-bit servers and desktops, are dead

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arstechnica.com - Remember Itanium? Intel's first crack at 64-bit server processors from circa the turn of the millennium? Well, two things: Intel is releasing four new 9700-series Itanium CPUs based on the "Kittson...

Cable lobby conducts survey, finds that Americans want net neutrality

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arstechnica.com - As US cable companies pushto eliminate or change net neutrality rules, the industry's primary lobby group today released the results of a survey that it says shows "strong bipartisan consensus that...

Episode 233: Video Marketing and Virtual Reality with Joel Comm

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livetogrind.com - When do you pivot and when do you POUNCE? Hear how Joel Comm went from a small mobile DJ to running several successful, multi-million-dollar corporations by working smarter, not harder. Joel shares...

9 Ways To Calibrate Your Monitor - Developer Drive

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www.developerdrive.com - What you see may be what you get, but it’s not necessarily what everyone else gets. I was reminded of this when I bought a gaming monitor. I’d originally intended to get a 4K monitor of some kind, ...

Best Free JS Libraries for Custom Radios & Checkboxes - Designmodo

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designmodo.com - Default HTML form elements work well but they sure aren’t pretty. And web design has come far enough that we don’t have to settle for just functionality. Why not build working inputs that also look...

Snapchat Adds New Creative Tools, Updated Composer Layout

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www.socialmediatoday.com - Snapchat has announced a new set of features as the company looks to stand up in the face of rising competition from Facebook. The new options include unlimited Snap viewing time, emoji drawing and...

Does Free Shipping Make You Spend More Money?

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twocents.lifehacker.com - Good news if you shop Amazon but aren’t a Prime customer: they just dropped their free shipping minimum again. While they dropped it from $49 to $35 earlier this year, it’s now down to $25. They’re...

Microsoft’s Latest Workplace Tech Demos Creep Me Out

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gizmodo.com - If you’re an employee under the heel of a giant corporation you should probably be terrified by the vision of the future of connected gadgets that Microsoft just revealed at its Build developer con...

At Build, Microsoft’s Vision Of The Future Workplace Looks Both Helpful And Intrusive

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www.fastcompany.com - The company is acutely aware of the implications of imbuing the cameras and sensors and other stuff around us with intelligence. CEO Satya Nadella–a very smart and thoughtful guy–wasn’t four minute...

Xiaomi Mi 6 undergoes Scratch, Burn, Bend Durability Test - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - The Xiaomi Mi 6 was only announced a few weeks ago but Zack Nelson already managed to get a unit to scratch, burn, and bend. The Mi 6 was introduced with a 6GB RAM and Snapdragon 835 processor and ...

Android Experiments release various innovative projects, apps - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - There are so many possibilities when it comes to creating new apps and software, only if you’re willing to experiment and be digitally adventurous of course. Android Experiments is a platform that ...

Sony shows off upcoming Xperia XZ Premium’s 960fps slow-mo prowess - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - One of the things that people are excited about the upcoming Sony Xperia XZ Premium is its Motion Eye camera system, which includes the ability to shoot in slow motion at an astounding 960 frames p...

iDevices Connected Home Products now compatible with Google Assistant - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Smart homes and devices aren’t just stuff of sci-fi and futuristic shows and movies anymore. The past years have seen various brands, devices, apps, and services becoming more available so that we ...

Surf in complete anonymity with TigerVPN [DEALS] - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Looking for a VPN that provides next level protection across all your devices? With a lifetime subscription to TigerVPN, available at over 90% off the retail price, you’ll get the peace of mind you...

Goodbye Surveys. Item Options Gives Campaigners All the Information They Need - Indiegogo Blog

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go.indiegogo.com - Let’s face it: as an entrepreneur bringing your product to market, managing perks is an important but daunting task: you’re figuring out item and size preferences, dealing with shipping address inf...

A Better B2B and B2G Customer Experience Through Advanced Analytics

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loyalty360.org - Michael Marchand, global director, chief customer office−commercial, customer loyalty for Dell EMC, shared a quote from a Dell EMC customer on a recent visit to Boston. “People do business with peo...

Evolve or Die: What Other Industries Can Learn from Hospitality Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - It's no secret, I’m a hotel girl. Having worked in the hospitality industry for over a decade before joining rDialogue, my experience gives me a unique perspective on the industry. Today, the hospi...

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

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www.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 areal-time online collaboration...

Needls : Get Notified of Leads in Real Time - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Justin Hartzman”,Founder and CEO – of the Toronto – Canada based start-up “Needls.” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1- What is it exactly that you...

Musistic : Music Technology Company - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had a nice chat with Mr. “Jimbo Lattimore”,CEO of the Memphis USA-based start-up “Musistic” about his Company. Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and...

Pollfish : A Survey Web Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Giannis Zaoudis';CTO of the Cyprus-based start-up “pollfishCom”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. W...

5 Apps That Drain Your Phone Battery The Most

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www.adweek.com - You forgot to charge your phone overnight. You’ve been out all day without a charger. You’ve been playing on your applications for too long. There are many reasons why your phone battery dies quick...

New Study Reveals How the Expectations of Gen Z 'Are Reshaping Brand Experiences'

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www.adweek.com - During a panel discussion at its American Express Innovation showcase today, American Express unveiled the results of a study it commissioned and Forrester Consulting conducted that examinedthe bra...

Mashable Unveils Cross-Platform Vertical Video and Data-Heavy Targeting

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www.adweek.com - Rather than focusing on the new shows it’s producingin 2017—and there are several—Mashable is hoping to woo advertisers with its new video formats and data-heavy targeting of everyday influencers. ...

Canonical tags are easy, right? What's the worst that could happen?

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searchengineland.com - In an ideal world, there would only be one version of each page. Too bad the world is messy and the same content can exist at multiple locations on the same website and other websites. Years ago, a...

This Kentucky County Is Starting Its Own Broadband Network

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www.vice.com - On a good day, citizens of Linefork, Kentucky, can watch a three-minute video on Facebook if they let the page buffer for ten minutes. On a bad day, when the wind is blowing too hard on the satelli...

Even experts think some pa$$w0rd-strength requirements are dumb

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mashable.com - You must use at least one uppercase letter, a symbol, and a number. Or, wait, maybe not. According to the experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), some of the password-...

5 Tips to Improve YouTube Video Performance : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Wondering how to get your videos in front of more viewers? With a few simple techniques, you can increase the likelihood that your YouTube videos will be noticed and watched by your target customer...

Lighthouse tells you what happens in your home when your not there

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techcrunch.com - A thief, your kids skipping school or paranormal activity? That’s the question that Lighthouse aims to answer with its new interactive assistant. By combining sophisticated sensors with computer vi...

Keeping Apple History Alive at MacPaw

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blog.macpaw.com - Have you ever held a NeXTcube? It’s a tesseract. It’s an alien thing that was for no reason brought to us earthlings. Apple devices have always looked a bit out-of-this-world and that’s why we like...

Read This Piece Before Marketing With Facebook

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duracmarketing.com - Millions of people out there have a Facebook account. You’re likely one of those people. If you’re a business owner, Facebook can be an incredible business platform for attracting thousands, or per...

LED-Lit Headphones From Spark Provides Extra Safety Feature For Pedestrians

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www.droidreport.com - Spark Headphones has an LED-lit headphone that it listed on Kickstarter. The headphone has a set of wires that feed LED light through the cords. By providing more visibility, it gives users an extr...

I-Connect007 :: Article

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ein.iconnect007.com - Technavio market research analysts forecast the global organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials market to grow at a CAGR of close to 6% during the forecast period, according to their latest re...

How to Make a DIY Softbox from a Bicycle Wheel and Some Fabric

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petapixel.com - Need something fun to build this weekend? This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to turn an old bicycle wheel and some fabric into a simple DIY softbox that you can use for photography or, ju...