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Silicon Valley just lost a friend with the exit of Gottlieb from the FDA

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www.cnbc.com - The departure of Scott Gottlieb from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday is a potential blow to Silicon Valley. In his two years as commissioner of the FDA, Gottlieb, a doctor and former…

WordPress accounted for 90 percent of all hacked CMS sites in 2018 | ZDNet

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www.zdnet.com - Roughly 90 percent of all the hacked content management systems (CMSs) Sucuri investigated and helped fix in 2018 were WordPress sites. In a distant second, third, and fourth came Magento (4.6 percen…

Is your website’s menu broken? Find out fast using the Navigation Summary report in Google Analytics. | Orbit Media Studios

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www.orbitmedia.com - Imagine you’re a shopkeeper. You’re in the store, standing behind the counter, watching as people come in and walk around. Today is like most days. Everyone comes in, goes straight to aisle four, the…

Instagram Marketing: Social Media Experts Share Top Tips

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contentmarketinginstitute.com - Instagram is the “it” social media platform for 2019. There, I said it. With plenty of creative possibilities, targeting opportunities, and personalization potential, the youth-friendly platform offe…

3 Building Blocks of a Superior Customer Experience Strategy | Post Funnel

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postfunnel.com - There are still many companies that get it wrong… Revenue doesn’t come first — your customers do. “Of course they do! You need customers to gain revenue, right?” However, I’m not merely referring to …

42 Of The Best Damn Photos On The Internet This Morning

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brobible.com - Every single day I’m bringing you all the best 2019 memes. Actually, you get two pic dumps each day of the best memes of 2019. Here on BroBible, it’s known as the ‘Best Damn Photos’, a pic dump I’ve …

Report: 51% of web site hacks related to SEO spam - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - A report released by Sucuri states that over half of sites hacked in 2018 were done so for SEO reasons. These hacks target web sites in order to try to manipulate the success of a site’s SEO campaign…

China’s Huawei has big ambitions to weaken the US grip on AI leadership

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www.technologyreview.com - Ren Zhengfei, the reclusive founder and CEO of China’s embattled tech giant, Huawei, is defiant about American efforts to impede his company with lawsuits and restrictions. Triton is the world’s most…

Epsilon Executive Advises Brand to Establish Big L Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - The first customer loyalty programs, founded by airlines companies, were based around transactions. Customers purchased company products or services, earned points or miles, and eventually redeemed t…

Cartamundi Looks to Adapt Loyalty Strategy for US Market

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loyalty360.org - As the digital age dawns, customer loyalty is becoming more and more essential to companies, especially those with tangible products. While every company worries about meeting the needs of customers …

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followme4.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY 5 Ways to Integrate Snapchat Into Your Marketing Strategy Shared by Leeanne Nuttall-Lowe www.jeffbullas.com - Just when you feel like you’re figuring it all out… Another social media marke…

Yep, Apple is the Problem with Apple’s Video Service - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - As I predicted, Apple’s “intrusive” executives are slowing down production of the firm’s TV and movie efforts specifically because they will not allow adult content. And by adult content, I don’t mea…

How to Keep Your Phone Number (Sort of) Private on Facebook

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lifehacker.com - What is it this time, you ask? Well, Facebook may have your phone number and they’re allowing anyone in the world to find your account! Quick, change your settings now! I’m a tremendous fan of using …

How to Find a Trustworthy VPN

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lifehacker.com - We talk a lot about VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) around here, and with good reason. There are numerous reasons why using a VPN—both legal and otherwise—is in your best interest. As more internet u…

What critics get wrong about the ‘American AI Initiative’

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techcrunch.com - Sujai Hajela is co-founder, president and CEO of Mist, which develops self-learning wireless networks using artificial intelligence. There’s been a bit of hysteria — AI-steria, if you will — over the…

Pre-register for huge savings on Disrupt SF 2019

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techcrunch.com - Disrupt San Francisco 2019 — the epic, three-day conference celebrating early-stage startups — may not take place until October 2-4, but it’s never too soon for serious savings. Want to shave $500 of…

Pininfarina’s $2 million electric ‘Battista’ hypercar is faster than a Formula 1 race car

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techcrunch.com - Automobili Pininfarina, the automaker brand infused with Pininfarina design house DNA and owned by India’s Mahindra Group, revealed its first production car this week at the Geneva International Moto…

SoundCloud finally introduces discounted student pricing

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techcrunch.com - SoundCloud wants to make its streaming music service more affordable to a key demographic: younger users who generally spend more time listening to music, compared with their older counterparts. This…

IDC: Apple led wearables market in 2018, with 46.2M of the total 172.2M devices shipped

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techcrunch.com - Apple devices continue to lead the wearables market, according to a new report from IDC out today, which claimed the Cupertino-based company shipped a total of 46.2 million wearables for the year. Th…

Google employees can’t just walk away from ethical tradeoffs like Dragonfly

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techcrunch.com - Let me blunt up front: I think Google should launch a censored search engine in China (albeit with careful organizational boundaries). And I think that Google employees who would undermine such a pro…

You can now ask Alexa to control your Roku devices

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techcrunch.com - Roku this morning announced its devices will now be compatible with Amazon’s Alexa. Through a new Roku skill for Alexa, Roku owners will be able to control their devices in order to do things like la…

Salesforce releases myTrailhead, a customizable training platform

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techcrunch.com - Salesforce has been using the notion of trailblazers as a learning metaphor for several years, since it created a platform to teach customers Salesforce skills called Trailhead. Today, the company an…

Daily Crunch: Jibo dies a lonely death

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techcrunch.com - The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. The l…

Can predictive analytics be made safe for humans?

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techcrunch.com - Massive-scale predictive analytics is a relatively new phenomenon, one that challenges both decades of law as well as consumer thinking about privacy. As a technology, it may well save thousands of l…

Mercedes Concept EQV delivers an all-electric luxe vision of van life

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techcrunch.com - Mercedes-Benz revealed Tuesday the Concept EQV, an all-electric premium van designed to travel up to 249 miles on a single charge. Concepts often times never become production vehicles. But this one …

People Spend 1/7 of Their Waking Lives on Social Media (and Other Stats)

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blog.hootsuite.com - This is an edited version of Simon’s complete Digital 2019 analysis, which you can read in full over on DataReportal. The new 2019 Global Digital suite of reports from We Are Social and Hootsuite rev…

All the Times Facebook Moved Fast and Sometimes Broke Things

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www.wired.com - Fifteen years ago this week, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg created TheFacebook.com, a social network for college students that looked a lot like Friendster or Myspace. The company moved from his do…

Nokia’s new smartphones bring a surprisingly modern design for under $170

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arstechnica.com - From left to right, meet the Nokia 4.2, Nokia 3.2, and Nokia 1 Plus. The Nokia 4.2 is made of glass and has a surprisingly modern design. The Nokia 3.2 keeps the modern design but swaps in a plastic …

Tesla says New York incentive for non-proprietary chargers is “discriminatory”

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arstechnica.com - Last week, Tesla formally asked the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) to reconsider a February 7 order that would give utilities incentives for installing "publicly accessible" electric vehi…

In the lab with Xbox’s new Adaptive Controller, which may change gaming forever

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arstechnica.com - REDMOND, Washington—The Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC), slated to launch "later this year," looks almost incomplete at first glance. The clean, confusing-looking slab, nearly the length and width of …

Mercedes-Benz debuts EQV electric van at the Geneva auto show

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arstechnica.com - Mercedes-Benz brought the Concept EQV to the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show. It will go into production in 2020. It's powered by a 100kWh lithium-ion battery that feeds a 150kW electric motor d…

Sony begins refunding Anthem purchases in light of “full power down” reports

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arstechnica.com - After a weekend full of reports about Anthem woes on PS4, people who purchased the game on that console got a sliver of "good" news on Monday: you can probably get a no-questions-asked refund for you…

China’s “democracy” includes mandatory apps, mass chat surveillance

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arstechnica.com - As the National People's Congress gathers in Beijing for the beginning of China's "Two Sessions" political season, state media is making an international propaganda push on social media—including on …

2 Essential Social Media Tips for Small Busines...

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smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com - Small Businesses should leverage social media marketing to grow sales. Facebook marketing expert Mari Smith offers two essential tips all business owners should use in the latest podcast episode of “…

Redesigning the mobile app that Tesla deserves — a UX case study

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uxdesign.cc - I want to preface this case study by stating that I have the utmost respect for the designers and engineers at Tesla, and this redesign is born out of a desire to further my own education as a design…

10 Python File System Methods You Should Know – Towards Data Science

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towardsdatascience.com - In this guide we’ll look at methods from the os and shutil modules. The os module is the primary Python module for interacting with the operating system. The shutil module also contains high-level fi…

Is Social Media Hurting Your Web Design Business? | Webdesigner Depot

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www.webdesignerdepot.com - Social media is an interesting thing. As web design professionals, it can be a great opportunity to share your work and get in front of prospects who might otherwise never find you online. But for as…

Engadget at 15: A look at how much tech has changed

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www.engadget.com - In the past, mobile phones could do mostly two things: make calls and send (and receive) text messages. If you had a fancier model, you could also play a little game. Features were added over the yea…

Holdout Jeff Bezos Confronted by Amazon Moms Demanding Day Care

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www.bloomberg.com - Amazon has long resisted pleas to provide a backup day care benefit for employees, even though other tech companies have offered the perk for years. Now a group comprising hundreds of working moms is…

HTC reportedly planning to re-enter Indian market through licensing

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androidcommunity.com - Just last year, Taiwanese brand HTC decided it couldn’t compete anymore with the onslaught of Chinese OEMs like Xiaomi, Oppo, etc, and said goodbye to India. But it looks like they’re not giving up o…

Huawei phone with pop-up dual selfie cameras shown in a patent

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androidcommunity.com - We’re no longer surprised when Huawei introduces something new. Every time the brand is mentioned, we anticipate that it’s going to be innovative. Well, not all the time, but most of the time, the to…

Huawei will reportedly file suit against US government

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androidcommunity.com - If you think that Huawei will take all the things that the U.S. government is saying about them sitting down, well you’re apparently wrong. Reports are coming in that the Chinese OEM is preparing to …

March security patches, Nexus and Pixel Factory Images now available

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androidcommunity.com - March security patches are now available for a number of Android phones plus supported Nexus and Pixel devices. The latest factory images are available for Nexus and Pixel devices so if you own one, …

Google Home app bug caused leak of Android TV accounts on Vu TVs

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androidcommunity.com - The last thing you would want is to have your account, even just your email address, broadcast to the whole world. What would be even worse is if that some of your pictures on your Google Photos acco…

Hyundai developing Digital Key starting with 2020 Sonata

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androidcommunity.com - We knew the day would come when various automobile brands will do away with physical keys and start developing digital ones that will supposedly be more secure and convenient. Hyundai will be joining…

The Influence of Customer Service in Loyalty Programs

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loyalty360.org - I think it’s fair to say that we’ll never forget the best and worst customer service we’ve experienced throughout our shopping excursions, dining at restaurants or travels. Customer service is an int…

China is Surging in Wearables, Too - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - The latest marketshare data from IDC suggests that smartphones aren’t the only market about to be dominated by the Chinese. Companies like Xiaomi and Huawei saw huge growth in wearables in the fourth…

Xbox One S "All Digital Edition" Expected in April - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Tell me if this sounds familiar, Microsoft is going to ship an Xbox One S without a disc drive? That’s the information that I reported back in November and others are now starting to hear the same. S…

USB4 = USB 3.x + Thunderbolt 3 - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - The USB Promoter Group said that it will incorporate Thunderbolt 3 capabilities into its USB4 specification. Which you just know will have stupid marketing name like “Super-Duper High-Speed USB.” Bec…

Inventor Sells House to Take Tech Giant to Court

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www.lightstalking.com - A Portuguese inventor and entrepreneur is taking one of China’s largest smartphone manufacturers to court and he’s sold his house to do it according to an exclusive published by FStoppers. Rui Pedro …

How To Make Your Website More Mobile-Friendly

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www.dumblittleman.com - I could start by bombarding you with statistics on how many people now use smartphones vs. desktops, but you’ve probably heard them. I could talk about the importance of making your website usable an…

Use This 6-Point Checklist To Guide Your First Film Camera Purchase

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www.lightstalking.com - If you’re planning on getting into film photography, I hope you’re not on the hunt for a new film camera. I don’t say that because there aren’t any film cameras still being manufactured — there are, …

SEOs on Google e-commerce category recommendation: 'I'll stop doing it when it stops working.' - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - E-commerce SEOs often place relevant content about a category in the footer of their e-commerce category pages, hoping it will help the page rank in search. But Google’s John Mueller recently suggest…

10 Marketing Trends to Watch in 2019

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www.entrepreneur.com - It's difficult to predict which methods will connect with consumers most effectively in the ever-changing landscape of marketing. Just when marketers believe they understand their audience, a new tec…

5 B2B SEO Tips For 2019

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www.bitrebels.com - With the new year in its second month, now’s a good time to take stock of your existing SEO strategy. Perhaps you didn’t see the sort of results you wanted to in 2018 — or maybe you’re just trying to…

3 Benefits Of SEO For A Small Business

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www.bitrebels.com - Search engine optimization (SEO) is a popular acronym used in web marketing. It is a digital marketing technique that helps to make your business available to an online audience. Basically, it is an …

How to set up Google Search Console domain verification for site-wide reporting data - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - A common issue with Google Webmaster Tools, now Google Search Console (GSC), is that it has had us verifying versions of our sites as different properties broken down by TLS spelling (HTTP or HTTPS) …

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