Thursday, June 08, 2017

TPS Consulting Daily


TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft signs agreement to acquire Hexadite - News Center

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news.microsoft.com - REDMOND, Wash. — June 8, 2017 — Microsoft Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire Hexadite, a company delivering agentless, automatic incident investigation and remediation solutions. The terms of...

Universal Studios Japan's Nintendo land rumored groundbreaking images will share hints for Orlando - Tampa Bay Business Journal

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www.bizjournals.com - Images of a Super Mario-themed stage at Universal Studios Japan has many in the theme park world wondering if it may signal the groundbreaking of Super Nintendo World, the Nintendo-themed world tha...

Why Does Microsoft Still Offer a 32-bit OS?

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www.backblaze.com - Editor’s Note: Our co-founder & CTO, Brian Wilson, was working on a few minor performance enhancements and bug fixes (Inherit Backup State is a lot faster now). We got a version of this note from h...

Shaking the branches always results in many questions

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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - The most recent email I sent out to all of my clients resulted in a number of "thank you's" as well as questions on one or more issues with regards to their own computer.. and one question I have b...

Secret Messages Uncovered in Xbox Project Scorpio Videos - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - It’s like a Dan Brown novel, but even dorkier: Tech enthusiasts have uncovered secret messages in a set of Microsoft teaser videos that may hint at the release date for the Xbox “Project Scorpio” c...

Sorry, Apple, The HomePod Doesn’t Reinvent Home Music

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www.fastcompany.com - A couple of places: HomePod borrows heavily from the functional concept and even the marketing language of music-streaming hardware pioneer Sonos. And while it’s clearly a direct shot at Amazon’s E...

HTC U11 review: A fragile, squeezable flagship

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arstechnica.com - HTC introduced the "U" smartphone line back in January with the U Ultra and U Play handsets, andthose were just a taste of what the company had coming. The U11 is HTC's newest flagship and follow-u...

2017 Audi R8 V10 plus: the best junior supercar we’ve tested

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arstechnica.com - Back in 2015, we spent a few very memorable days with Audi's first-generation R8 V10 plus. Built on the bones of the Lamborghini Gallardo—Audi bought the company in 1998 for $110 million—it refined...

Sneaky hackers use Intel management tools to bypass Windows firewall

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arstechnica.com - When you're a bad guy breaking into a network, the first problem you need to solve is, of course, getting into the remote system and running your malware on it. But once you're there, the next chal...

Has Microsoft just secretly announced the Xbox One Scorpio release date?

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arstechnica.com - Using the slogan "Feel True Power," Microsoft is teasing its E3 reveal of the next generation "Project Scorpio" Xbox in a set of videos. A Twitter user has gone through the videos frame by frame—be...

WiGig — New Ultra-Fast Wi-Fi Standard Ready to Boost Your Internet Speed in 2017

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thehackernews.com - Get ready for faster Internet because the WiFi you know today is about to change and get much, much faster. The WiFi Alliance, a self-described "worldwide network of companies that brings you Wi-Fi...

Apple Just Joined Tech’s Great Race to Democratize AI

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www.wired.com - Apple’s iMac updates and new HomePod speaker drew most of the attention at the company’s World Wide Developers keynote. But tucked away in the middle were a short few minutes in which software chie...

Galaxy S8, S8+ receives certification to ANSI/UL 110 for sustainability - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Smartphones aren’t necessarily known for being sustainable and environment friendly. But there are standards that organizations like UL Environment (a division of Underwriters Laboratories) a globa...

Learn valuable MS Office skills and earn the career you want [DEALS] - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Looking for a job that doesn’t require you to wear a name tag or a hairnet? Earn the career you want and get the respect you deserve with The Ultimate Microsoft Office CPD Certification Bundle, off...

Google Play Store rolls out search filters to all users - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Recently (actually, most of the time), Google has been experimenting with the way it presents search results in the Google Play Store. Late last year they started testing out for random accounts ha...

Samsung said to be planning AI-powered smart speaker - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - With the announcement of Apple’s very own Siri-driven voice-activated standalone speaker called the HomePod, we may finally be officially entering the battle of the AI-powered smart speakers. Amazo...

Pokemon GO about to turn one, team to host real-world and in-game events - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Oh, hello Pokemon GO trainers. Time flies by so fast that your favorite augmented reality game is approaching its first anniversary. You can say it’s also your first birthday as trainers of those c...

You Have Eight Seconds. Do One of These Four Things.

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loyalty360.org - Recently inBusiness Insider, Hayley Peterson argued that Tinder’s affect on culture is now affecting retail, as a generation of consumers accustomed to swiping for a more relevant romantic match ar...

How Dunkin’ Donuts Converged Mobile, Loyalty, and Payments to Create a New Customer Engagement Mediu

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loyalty360.org - Designing a superior customer experience now requires the ability to adeptly leverage the power of mobile and various digital devices with near seamless flexibility. The approaching ubiquity of thi...

Brands Need Personalization and Relevance to Succeed in Customer Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - JennaFlateman Posner, senior vice president, strategy, Clutch, believes that, because their goals have always been so acquisition-focused, most brands see enrollment as the key success metric. But,...

AccuWeather, Swirl Partner to Forecast a Relevant, Contextual Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - Making that relevant connection to a customer at the right time is a concept that loyalty marketers everywhere strive for each day. Location and environment are two pivotal pieces of the customer l...

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

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www.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...

Cibos : Sports Fan Mobile App - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Rick Gehman'; President of thePennsylvania – USA start-up “Cibos”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1....

Label 59: A Web-Based Application that Requires No Coding Skills and That Helps you to Label Anything Interactively on your Own in Minutes - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Label 59 is a web application that helps you to label anything interactively on your own in minutes. It is ideal for creating engaging presentations that have interactive labels attached to them. “...

PrayerSpark : The First And Only Site For Interfaith Spiritually - Start-Ups.Co

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www.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 w...

Pajap: A DIY Mobile Apps Service embedded with a New Technology that Allows you to Create Full Featured 100% Native and Hardware Accelerated Mobile Applications - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Pajap provides an innovative mobile service, which provides new routes in native mobile application development, end user experience and advertising methods. “Pajap” is aDIY mobile apps service wit...

XLR8 : Social Matching and Communication Platform for Entrepreneurs - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Rick Duree”, Chief Firestarter of the Missouri- United States based startup “XLR8″ Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that y...

BlackBox-BI: A French Start-Up that Provides Easy to Use Affordable Business Intelligence for Companies of all Sizes - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - BlackBox-BI makes creating business dashboards easy. From data load to dashboard creation, BlackBox-BI focus is to make each step as easy as possible without compromising on functionality. “BlackBo...

My Home Needs That : Search Engine Dedicated to Furniture and Homeware - Start-Ups.Co

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www.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 ...

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...

Google Delivers Android O Developer Preview 3 - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Google announced today that it has finalized Android “O” Developer Preview 3, offering developers their first peek at the final APIs for this release. The firm says it now expects to deliver a 4th ...

16215 Might Be the Biggest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build Yet - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft has issued Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16215 to those on the Fast ring. And this a major release with tons of new features, including the addition of acrylic effects in the UI and th...

Facebook Says Users Turn to the Social Network During Commercial Breaks When They're Watching TV

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www.adweek.com - When it comes to consumers, Facebook has a message to marketers buying ads on television: they’re just not that into you. According to research released today, peoplewatching the season premiere of...

Apple Enlists Carl Sagan for Beautiful Tribute to Earth After U.S. Exit From Paris Accord

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www.adweek.com - Several brands reacted quickly and scornfully last week following President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. Apple took its time, though, and waited until Wednesda...

Horizon Media Hopes to Unlock the Potential of AR, VR and 360 Videos With Its New Division

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www.adweek.com - Horizon Media today is announcing UNCVR, a division that will feature a partnership with entertainment-based tech player STXSurreal and focus on augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality an...

SearchCap: Siri disappointment, link referrers & LiveRamp IdentityLink

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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: WSJ: How Siri went from virtual assistant market leader to l...

WSJ: How Siri went from virtual assistant market leader to laggard

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searchengineland.com - Siri has gone from being a competitive differentiator for Apple to nearly its opposite, a product seen by many as falling behind its rivals. Regardless of the empirical truth, it’s the widely-held ...

Spotify’s Plan To Win Over Anxious Artists–And Win The Streaming War

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www.fastcompany.com - Like a lot of musicians now, Scott Hansen was pretty skeptical of Spotify. ToHansen, the mastermind of chilled-out electronic music outfit Tycho, the streaming service and the new era it seemed to ...

Buying Guide: The Best Travel Strollers Summer 2017 - Almost Fearless

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www.almostfearless.com - Let’s face it, traveling with small kids means traveling with gear— but that doesn’t mean you need to be lugging around a monstrosity of a stroller for a simple weekend at the beach. Key things to ...

Platform Value? - CXO Transform

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cxo-transform.com - Platform value offers companies the opportunity to leverage a relatively new type of value and really disrupt market dynamics. Platforms have disrupted numerous brick and mortar companies and are p...

How to Build a Social Media Marketing Funnel for Bloggers : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Wondering how to combine blog posts with social media content to move people through the sales cycle? In this article, you’ll discover how to use blog posts to create social media content at every ...

Audio Meets Tech! Beyerdynamic Byron BT Series Wireless Earphones – stupidDOPE.com

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stupiddope.com - Beyerdynamic is back with their 2 newest entries into wireless audio. We gave the in-ear Byron Series Earphones a test run and here is what we found. First up is the Byron BT Wireless Earphone, gre...

Reddit, Amazon Push For 'Day Of Action' On July 12 To Protest The Killing Of Net Neutrality

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www.techdirt.com - So as we've been noting, a lot of people remain under the impression that companies like Google and Netflix still support net neutrality, and they'll be rushing in any moment now to help thwart the...

HTML Tutorial: Publishing Your Website – Agentmonhost – Best Web Hosting Companies

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agentmonhost.com - $1*/ mo hosting! Get going with GoDaddy! Click here! YUMMM Fried Apple Pie Tacos – Find out the best ways to make them below: Watch more HTML Tutorials video clips: Hi, I am Daniel Davis. I am a qu...

The Things You Need To Know About Facebook Marketing

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duracmarketing.com - Your kids, cousins or siblings are probably already on Facebook. It is even possible that your Mom or Grandma are on Facebook, too. With that said, do you know if your customers are using Facebook?...

Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920, Widescreen Video Calling and Recording, 1080p Camera, Desktop or Laptop Webcam

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Read Through This Useful Car Article Before Shopping!

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carshopping.biz - Some people are very car makes and automatically know what an automobile is worth. When shopping for a car, you need to understand what you require. How much of a budget do you spend? How many do y...

How to make money online using adfly (really easy)

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getmoneymaker.com - Here’s Your Opportunity To CLONE My Entire Internet Business System Today! Click Here! This video shows you, the best ways to make money online utilizing adfly, at least $10 to $15 dollar per day. ...

Social Media E-commerce: Sell Products Online Through Instagram or YouTube Marketing

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duracmarketing.com - SOCIAL MEDIA SITE BASED WEB BUSINESS FOR BEGINNERS. Below are 2 Step by Step Guide to Internet Marketing Business Success Learn how you can create a new income and also quit your day as soon as pos...

Protect Your Data By Using Single Sign-On Whenever Possible 

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lifehacker.com - No company, be it a startup or a conglomerate, has a perfect security system. Chipotle’s payment system was hacked, OneLogin experienced a data breach, and even Google had a run in with a bad phish...