Sunday, December 17, 2017

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TECHNOLOGY

Google stops showing news sites that hide their country of origin

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www.slashgear.com - Google has made a big change to its policies on news articles and websites, hoping to improve the odds in the ongoing war against “fake news.” Google News will no longer show results from publication…

Julian Assange Reveals 'Amazing Plot By U.S. Intelligence' To Impose 'Blockade' On WikiLeaks

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www.thegatewaypundit.com - It’s no secret U.S. intelligence agencies have been on a warpath against WikiLeaks for years. The self-described ‘international non-profit organization that publishes secret information and news leak…

For 8 days Windows bundled a password manager with a critical plugin flaw

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arstechnica.com - For about eight days, some versions of Windows 10 quietly bundled a password manager that contained a critical vulnerability in its browser plug in, a researcher said Friday. The flaw was almost iden…

Netflix will look for a repeat play in 2018 after a strong year

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techcrunch.com - Netflix had a pretty good year by very Netflix-y standards: it added a ton of subscribers; its international growth plans seem to be playing out as hoped; it cleaned up in the Golden Globe nomination…

Negativity and Startups

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techcrunch.com - 2017 has not been a good year for good news in the startup world. VCs repeatedly sexually harassing founders, often over a period of years. Products that are dangerous, stupid or a mix of both. Compa…

The 2017 Ars Technica gadget gift guide: Power-user edition

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arstechnica.com - It’s the holidays, which means it’s once again time to rack your brain in search of the right gifts for the right people. If someone on your list is into tech, though, we’ve got your back. For this y…

The Mac mini isn’t dead yet, says Tim Cook

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arstechnica.com - More than 1,000 days have passed since Apple updated its Mac mini hardware. Since then, Apple has launched the Apple Watch, AirPods, the retina MacBook, and the Touch Bar MacBook Pro. Meanwhile, the …

6 Tips for Exploding Your Marketing Efforts with Chatbots

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www.inc.com - Many people believe that chatbots were invented to automate customer care processes; in reality, they're packed with capabilities that can help your teams across your entire company, and your marketi…

What You Don't Understand About the Bitcoin Explosion - Joel Comm

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joelcomm.com - By now your newsfeed is absolutely filled with Bitcoin. All of a sudden the “experts” are coming out of the woodwork. A bunch of people are offering courses. And there’s talk about the “bubble.” I’m …

Netflix is watching you. We're all watching you | ZDNet

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www.zdnet.com - Over the weekend, people got a bit freaked out when Netflix sent out a cheeky tweet, indicating that it was tracking views of its original movie, The Christmas Prince. Netflix, in essence, has admitt…

Net neutrality has been destroyed. Here's what happens next.

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futurism.com - On December 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality in a very close 3-2 decision. Without net neutrality, there’s nothing stopping Internet Service Providers (I…

The Creator of Signal Has a Plan to Fix Cryptocurrency

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www.wired.com - In the early bitcoin years, proponents promised that you would soon be able to pay for anything and everything with cryptocurrency. Order pizza! Buy Etsy trinkets! Use a bitcoin ATM! While PayPal had…

Google Maps now officially has transit step-by-step navigation

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androidcommunity.com - When you use Google Maps for driving, walking, or biking directions, you can get a step-by-step navigation to ensure that you actually won’t get lost. But when you’re commuting or in transit, you onl…

StarkBoard - Handsfree Smart Electric Skateboard

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www.indiegogo.com - Welcome to the future of mobility! The StarkBoard is the first of its kind. A board that comes with intelligent weight and motion sensors, propelling it forward with just a slight tilt of your body. …

Taga 2.0: The Ultimate Most Affordable Family Bike

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www.indiegogo.com - Taga 2.0 is a bike specifically designed to address the needs of the modern family. Many family bikes today were originally designed to carry cargo, not children. They are usually unstable, expensive…

4th Annual Loyalty360 Awards Seek to Recognize Excellence in Customer Loyalty

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www.prnewswire.com - - Creative Campaign - Technology & Trends - Customer Analytics & Data - Employee Engagement - Program Partnership - Loyalty/Reward Program Design In addition to the above categories, one brand and on…

Harnessing the Power of CX Innovations

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www.loyalty360.org - Confirmit wanted to find out how CX (Customer Experience) practitioners could develop a holistic approach to their domains through tactics such as improving the survey and re-evaluating KPIs, and exp…

Core Principles of Emotion Design

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www.loyalty360.org - This is the second in our series on Emotion Design in CX, look for the next two blogs coming this week. Check out our first blog here. Designing for Emotion is the process of driving emotional connec…

Comarch Loyalty Management: Implementation at Hudson's Bay Company

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www.loyalty360.org - Hudson’s Bay, unknown to Dutch customers, was seeking a tool to acquire a large number of clients and reach out to them using highly personalized communications and services. In order to do so, the c…

What You Need to Know to Launch a Successful Podcast - The Smart Passive Income Blog

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www.smartpassiveincome.com - Podcasts are huge nowadays. It seems like there are podcasts for every subject, from fiction storytelling podcasts like Welcome to Night Vale to entrepreneurial podcasts like Chris Ducker’s YouPreneu…

Don't Publish a Single Blog Post Without These 9 HTML Tags

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neilpatel.com - Understanding basic HTML is absolutely necessary if you’re running a blog. If you didn’t already know, HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. It’s a coding language that tells your web browser ho…

This Software Can Supercharge Your Remote Work Collaboration

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tech.co - In a recent international survey of 25,000 workers, 32 percent said they regularly work remotely. And with the gig economy showing no signs of slowing down, more tools to support remote work will nee…

Tesla is prohibiting commercial drivers from using its Supercharger stations

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www.theverge.com - If you plan to buy a Tesla for your job, you won’t be able to use the company’s Supercharger stations anymore. The company recently released a new policy called Supercharger Fair Use, which prohibits…

Amazon Prime could face investigation over delivery complaints

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www.theguardian.com - Amazon could face an investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority over complaints that its premium service is failing to deliver on time in the run-up to Christmas. Amazon Prime claims to off…

Cruz Quotes Yoda in Twitter Retort to Hamill Over Net Neutrality

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www.newsmax.com - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, continued his public spat with “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill on Twitter over net neutrality, with Rubio quoting “Star Wars” character Yoda in a final retort. “Respond not with…

The ridiculously awful push for Twitter, Facebook regulations - Hot Air

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hotair.com - One of the fallouts from the election of President Donald Trump is the decision by some pundits the government should, nay, has to get its fat, piggy, regulatory fingers into Facebook and Twitter. I’…

Ecuador Warns Assange Against Interfering in Catalonia Crisis

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sputniknews.com - Ecuador's authorities have urged Australian activist and founder of the WikiLeaks platform, Julian Assange, to refrain from interfering in Catalonia's crisis, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said i…

Business Transformation Enabled by IDC DecisionScapes

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robllewellyn.com - The future of business will be technology fuelled and driven. Future technologies (Mobility, Cloud Computing, Social Media, Crowd-sourcing, Internet of things, Industry 4.0, Big Data, 3D printing) or…

Google's taking another big step to stop the spread of fake news

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mashable.com - The internet is filled with too many fake news websites — not the ones Donald Trump keeps falsely accusing, but real sources of provably false information — and Google's taking another step to stop t…

Smartphones are driving us to distraction. Here’s help.

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www.computerworld.com - Ho-hum. Another year, another crop of amazing smartphones. The latest advancements come from Apple and Google. The new iPhone 8 line and iPhone X phones, as well as Google’s new Pixel phones, are bli…

Advertising Personalization and Landing Pages: The Next Wave in Digital Marketing

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instapage.com - There’s no escaping them. You hear them on the radio, see them on TV, on the side of the freeway, in your search results, and practically everywhere else. As a society, we’ve become numb to them, to …

Tips On How To Succeed In Mobile Marketing

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internetmarketinginfos.com - Mobile marketing is the latest form of advertising to masses of people. Read the information below to see how to use mobile marketing campaigns that are easy and effective. Never randomly message you…

Turn Likes Into Profits With Facebook Marketing

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Rolf Joho




internetmarketinginfos.com - Are you prepared to go head to head with the competition? Are they using Facebook marketing and you wish to do that as well? Would you like to have a Facebook campaign that beats them on Facebook? Yo…

Handy Social Media Marketing Advice For Everyone

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firstadsense.com - If you’re still focusing all of your efforts on traditional forms of advertising, you will be left behind! Social media marketing is one of the newest ways to market your product or service, but to b…

Techniques To Help You Market Through Facebook

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Rolf Joho




duracmarketing.com - Knowing how to market your business’ products or services can be difficult. If you are, Facebook marketing could be for you. This strategy could connect you with millions upon millions of people. If …

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