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Decades-old PGP bug allowed hackers to spoof just about anyone’s signature

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arstechnica.com - For their entire existence, some of the world's most widely used email encryption tools have been vulnerable to hacks that allowed attackers to spoof the digital signature of just about any person wi…

Samsung Announces Second-Generation Chromebook Plus - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Samsung today announced its second-generation Chromebook Plus, again offering a convertible design with touch and smartpen support. “Today’s consumers want to be able to maximize their communication …

Microsoft tech may help Walmart get rid of cashiers and checkout lines

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arstechnica.com - A report from Reuters suggests that Microsoft is looking to take on Amazon in the retail store space. Microsoft is reportedly working on technology that removes the need for cashiers and checkout lin…

Reflections on E3 2018

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techcrunch.com - After taking a year off, I returned to E3 this week. It’s always a fun show, in spite of the fact that the show floor has come to rival Comic-Con in terms of the mass of people the show’s organizers …

Microsoft is developing its own cashierless store technology, says report

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techcrunch.com - Amazon may be facing new competition from Microsoft on its cashierless, automated store technology, according to a new report from Reuters out this morning. The report claims Microsoft is in the proc…

App Maker, Google’s low-code tool for building business apps, comes out of beta

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techcrunch.com - It’s been a year and a half since Google announced App Maker, its online tool for quickly building and deploying business apps on the web. The company has mostly remained quiet about App Maker ever s…

Samsung announces a push for renewable energy

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techcrunch.com - Samsung has announced that it will use 100 percent renewable energy for all its factories and offices in the U.S., Europe and China. This is the first time Samsung announces a public commitment for r…

NXP-Qualcomm $44b deal to clear China as Trump authorizes $50b tariffs

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techcrunch.com - The U.S.-China trade battle enters an important new phase. The South China Morning Post is reporting that China’s Ministry of Commerce will clear Qualcomm’s pending $44 billion acquisition of NXP Sem…

Snapchat launches privacy-safe Snap Kit, the un-Facebook platform

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techcrunch.com - Today Snapchat finally gets a true developer platform, confirming TechCrunch’s scoop from last month about Snap Kit. This set of APIs lets other apps piggyback on Snap’s login for sign up, build Bitm…

Pipedrive, a CRM and sales tool, raises $50M to take on Salesforce and Microsoft

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techcrunch.com - While Salesforce and Microsoft have a dominant position in the world of sales software today, there are a number of startups nipping at their heels, and today one of the more promising of them has an…

Facebook’s longtime head of policy and comms steps down

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techcrunch.com - A prominent figure that helped shape Facebook public perception over the course of the last decade is on the way out. In a Facebook post today, Elliot Schrage, vice president of communications and pu…

Developers – hack your way to free passes to Disrupt SF 2018

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techcrunch.com - You’ve heard how TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2018 is going to be the biggest, most ambitious Disrupt ever — and we’re serious. So serious, in fact, that we’re super-sizing the Hackathon, taking …

Google releases first diversity report since the infamous anti-diversity memo

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techcrunch.com - Google has released its first diversity report since the infamous James Damore memo and the fallout that resulted from it. Those are both long stories but the TL;DR is that Damore said some sexist th…

Leica, ready to flip?

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om.co - After five years of using Leica products, I can safely say that Leica does make fantastic products, and expensive as they might be, they are going to last what seems like a lifetime. I bought my Leic…

Find the Fastest Wireless Network Near Your City

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lifehacker.com - I’m not the biggest fan of Verizon’s stance on net neutrality, the wireless carrier’s costs, or the unrelated fact that I still can’t get FIOS in Silicon-freakin’-Valley, but according to PCMag, Veri…

Smash Bros. Ultimate hands-on: We put new fighters, new features to the test

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arstechnica.com - LOS ANGELES—We didn't have to go hands-on with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to realize how massive this Switch game is. Nintendo's latest "mascot fighter" sequel emerged on Tuesday via a lengthy reveal…

Comcast disabled throttling system, proving data cap is just a money grab

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arstechnica.com - Comcast has disabled a throttling system that it deployed in 2008 in order to slow down heavy Internet users. Comcast's network is now strong enough that a congestion management system isn't needed, …

Is Just Cause 4 the polished sequel fans hoped for? Probably not, but it sure looks fun

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arstechnica.com - LOS ANGELES—Just Cause 4 has the opportunity to take a video game franchise that has never quite hit its stride into the spotlight. 2015's Just Cause 3 was the franchise's best game yet, and though i…

Cyberpunk 2077 world premiere: 50 minutes of William Gibson-level insanity

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arstechnica.com - Every E3 conference has that one behind-closed-doors gameplay reveal. The one that combines holy-cow gameplay, how'd-they-do-that visual trickery, and the mystique of hiding behind an “industry-only”…

Sony is locking Fortnite accounts to PS4, and players are mad

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arstechnica.com - Epic accounts that have been used to play Fortnite on the PS4 are blocked from use on other console versions of the game, including the newly released Nintendo Switch version. The move is a seemingly…

Forget about that Tesla—the Jaguar I-Pace is the most compelling EV yet

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arstechnica.com - Because Jaguar is only offering I-Pace drives in Portugal, we elected to accept a paid flight and 3 nights in a hotel (two in Portugal and then one at CDG because we had to wait for our return flight…

Backdoored images downloaded 5 million times finally removed from Docker Hub

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arstechnica.com - A single person or group may have made as much as $90,000 over 10 months by spreading 17 malicious images that were downloaded more than 5 million times from Docker Hub, researchers said Wednesday. T…

How To Turn Your Users Into Advocates

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www.smashingmagazine.com - Nick Babich is a developer, tech enthusiast, and UX lover. He has spent the last 10 years working in the software industry with a specialized focus on … More about Nick… To succeed in the modern mark…

5 Simple Steps to Zero Conversions | Webdesigner Depot

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www.webdesignerdepot.com - Alright, so let me begin by addressing the title because there is a method to my madness: There are literally hundreds of articles out there with tips, tricks, and best practices when it comes to e-c…

New European rules may give US internet users true privacy choices for the first time

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theconversation.com - Europe’s new data privacy rules, the General Data Protection Regulation, have taken effect, but what they actually mean remains to be discovered. And whether the GDPR, as it’s known, really helps pro…

Meet the mad geniuses building personal flying machines

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www.fastcompany.com - Since the mythical Icarus flew too close to the sun, personal flight–just you, minimal gear, and the open sky–has been both an inspiration and, well, a downer. But despite historical junk heaps of pr…

A Simple Law from Congress Will Save Us From Telemarketers | RealClearMarkets

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www.realclearmarkets.com - The Federal Communications Commission recently sought public comment on how to implement the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1991. For a fed…

Xperia XZ3 first picture leak: no notch

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androidcommunity.com - Sony is still in the mobile business. It’s not going anytime soon despite thinking in the past 2016 could be its make-or-break year. It’s one of the few companies we believe come up with the best pro…

RED Hydrogen One pre-registration is up: 5 features you should know

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androidcommunity.com - Not many people may probably know RED the company but there is a brand called Red–Red Digital Cinema–that manufactures digital photography and cinematography cameras and accessories. There are numero…

Topgolf Names Lyft Official Rideshare Partner

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www.loyalty360.org - Topgolf, the widely popular high tech driving range and sports bar, announced last week that Lyft, the fastest growing rideshare company in the United States, will be its official rideshare partner a…

Bruster’s Partners with Paytronix for Loyalty App

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www.loyalty360.org - Last week, Paytronix Systems, Inc., an innovator in mobile loyalty and online ordering applications, mobile payment, and digital communication tools, and Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, announced the launc…

Major Technology Company Translates Customer Satisfaction to Customer Loyalty — and Better Business

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www.loyalty360.org - Challenge: The company develops embedded and mobile software and operating systems that are used in hundreds of millions of devices worldwide: from smart phones and pacemakers to TV set-top boxes and…

How Comcast Is Delivering World Cup Coverage to Its Increasingly Bicultural Customers

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www.adweek.com - The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off today in Russia, and the U.S. isn’t going to be participating, much to the chagrin of millions of Americans and TV and marketing executives. But Comcast isn’t lettin…

How Snapchat’s Pace of Innovation Is Pushing the Industry Forward

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www.adweek.com - In its short history, Snapchat has repeatedly broken new ground with innovations in its application and ads, setting a breakneck pace for other platforms to follow. The result has been sticky usage, …

Why Sony Crackle Is Heading Into the Nielsen Marketing Cloud

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www.adweek.com - Crackle, the free, advertiser-supported streaming network from Sony, will use the Nielsen Marketing Cloud in the hopes of offering more personal and meaningful ads to viewers, and more efficiency for…

Top 5 Reasons Why Print Marketing Is Still Important For Your Business | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - Due to the ever-increasing importance of the Internet and social media marketing, many businesses make the assumption that print marketing is dead. However, this is not the case. Print marketing is s…

Google makes some clarifications related to mobile-first indexing - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - As Google begins rolling out mobile-first indexing to more and more sites, the search giant is seeing some confusion within the industry around mobile-first indexing and has decided to clarify some p…

How does Yelp's review solicitation penalty work? - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Back in November of 2017, Yelp announced it would start issuing penalties for businesses that solicit reviews. Yelp said: “Now, we are also demoting business pages in Yelp search results that show in…

Microsoft Takes Aim at Amazon With Push for Checkout-Free Retail

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www.newsmax.com - Microsoft Corp. is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, in a nascent challenge to Amazon.com Inc.'s automated grocery shop, six people familiar with the…

DOJ Watchdog: James Comey Used Personal Email for FBI Business

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www.breitbart.com - On November 8, 2016, Comey forwarded to his personal email account from his unclassified FBI account a proposed post-election message for all FBI employees that was entitled “Midyear thoughts.” This …

Musk to build underground high-speed rail connecting Chicago's loop and O'Hare

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www.americanthinker.com - It's been the dream of Chicago's city government under several recent mayors to bypass the gridlocked loop traffic by building a high-speed rail system to O'Hare Airport. Now it appears that the firs…

Are You Still a Paper Based Seller? - Digital Leadership Associates

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www.social-experts.net - I’m sitting on a train on the way into London and the person next to me is reminding me what life used to be like. While sipping a coffee, she is copying notes from a large note book, paper diary and…

Proven PPV Marketing Secrets Revealed - Pay-Per-View Pays

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - PPV marketing (pay-per-view) is the system of creating a promo pop-up window to appear on a website that accepts pop up ads. The advertiser is charged by the number of times the ad pops up and is “vi…

Social Media Marketing Plan • Attraction Marketing Profits

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - If you are a business owner, many, if not most, of your customers have one or more social media accounts. If you're not already set up with a profile for your company, what's stopping you? Read on to…

Facebook Mobile Messenger Marketing for Traffic, Leads & Sales

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - Facebook Messenger (otherwise called Messenger) is an instant messaging solution. The software program application was released in August 2011 by Facebook. Unlike a lot of SMS message applications, M…

What is a Demand-Side Platform & How Does it Work?

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instapage.com - Ad buying and selling didn’t used to be as easy as it is today. Manual insertion orders, sit-down meetings, contracts were all once part of the drawn-out process of publishing of an ad. In the past, …

10 Top Webinar tools for small businesses

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www.lilachbullock.com - Webinars are one of the best forms of content for generating high-quality leads. Not only that, but it’s one of the most accessible forms of monetizing your knowledge online. Although it’s considerab…

Learn The Best Ways To Use Your Iphone

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laptopsandnotebook.com - You may be clueless about what an iphone has.Do not let yourself to be intimated by your new device. Check out this article instead to learn how you can become the master of your iphone to its full p…

Simple Steps For High Quality Website Development

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agentmonhost.com - The key to creating a successful website is instrumental when it comes to showcasing your business is design. Continue reading for some ideas to vastly improve your website’s design. Use fixed-positi…

Step by Step Guide to How to Backup QNAP NAS to the Cloud

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www.backblaze.com - Network-Attached-Storage (NAS) devices are great for local backups and archives of data. They have become even more capable, now often taking over functions that used to be reserved for servers. QNAP…

Report: Microsoft seeks to help retailers compete with Amazon Go - Marketing Land

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marketingland.com - Amazon’s Go checkout-free grocery concept store proved immediately popular, with the retailer saying it would open more stores in the US. While it’s not clear how disruptive to the grocery or broader…

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