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The State of Best-in-Class Customer Experience Survey Report: Top Imperatives for Your 2019 & Beyond
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loyalty360.org - Through a unique blend of content, networking, and research, Loyalty360 represents a community of the best voices and minds in the customer loyalty industry. As such, in partnership with SAP, we are …
How retailers can survive Amazon's stronghold in Google search - Search Engine Land
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searchengineland.com - Retail marketers can’t out-Amazon on the paid Google SERP, but they can find white space. Among the metrics that can help is impression share. It’s in the Google Auction Insights report for shopping …
Blizzard has handed Diablo 1’s keys to GOG, and you can buy it right now
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arstechnica.com - Two years ago, Blizzard announced its intention to release a series of remastered classic games, and so far, the company is making good on that promise. StarCraft Remastered launched as a solid, fait…
YouTube has started showing fact-check cards debunking conspiracy theories and hoaxes
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www.businessinsider.com - YouTube is trying to fight the deluge of misinformation on its platform by flashing up fact-checking information boxes when users search for topics "prone to misinformation," a spokesperson told Buzz…
Gmail’s Smart Compose now available for non-Pixel devices
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androidcommunity.com - When Google announced the Smart Compose feature for Gmail, which is basically like auto-complete but using machine learning to fit your writing style, people got pretty excited, especially those that…
Google: Chrome zero-day was used together with a Windows 7 zero-day | ZDNet
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www.zdnet.com - Google revealed today that a Chrome zero-day the company patched last week was actually used together with a second one, a zero-day impacting the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system. The two zero-da…
Car alarms with security flaws put 3 million vehicles at risk of hijack
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techcrunch.com - Two popular car alarm systems have fixed security vulnerabilities that allowed researchers to remotely track, hijack and take control of vehicles with the alarms installed. The systems, built by Russ…
Security holes found in smart car alarms
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www.bbc.com - Security flaws in three specialist car alarms have left vehicles vulnerable to being stolen or hijacked, say researchers. The bugs were found in alarm apps by Clifford, Viper, and Pandora. The alarms…
Here are the most popular PlayStation games, based on public trophy data
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arstechnica.com - Gamstat launched in December as a clearinghouse for information gleaned from that "MyPS4Life" data leak. But in recent weeks it has unveiled a new algorithm—as outlined on the about page and in more …
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY Stunning portraits of open source revolutionaries | ZDNet Shared by Tamara Dull www.zdnet.com - A rough and tumble Che Guevara gazing skyward. Gandhi wrapped in a white robe. Successful re…
Zuckerberg: Facebook will shift focus to private networks instead of open ones
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arstechnica.com - Mark Zuckerberg discussing issues with an audience. (This time he used a blog post, though.) On Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a more-than-3,000-word blog post that seems to declar…
Pocket Casts finally releases stable version 7
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androidcommunity.com - Podcasts are still very much a thing, especially if you spend a lot of time commuting or driving or falling in line at places or if you can’t be bothered to pick up a book or something. There are a l…
PolyAI scores $12M Series A to put its ‘conversational AI agents’ in contact centres
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techcrunch.com - PolyAI, a London startup founded by experts in the field of “conversational AI” — including CEO Nikola Mrkšić who was previously the first engineer at Apple-acquired VocalIQ — has raised $12 million …
Cookie walls don’t comply with GDPR, says Dutch DPA
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techcrunch.com - Cookie walls that demand a website visitor agrees to their Internet browsing being tracked for ad-targeting as the ‘price’ of entry to the site are not compliant with European data protection law, th…
Hammerhead raises $4.2M to build a smarter operating system for bikes
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techcrunch.com - Hammerhead founder and CEO Piet Morgan is a bicyclist, and he started the company because he wanted a better navigation system. So Hammerhead crowdfunded its first product, the H1, and subsequently b…
Okta to acquire workflow automation startup Azuqua for $52.5M
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techcrunch.com - During its earnings report yesterday afternoon, Okta announced it intends to acquire Azuqua, a Bellevue, Washington workflow automation startup for $52.5 million. In a blog post announcing the news, …
Over a quarter of U.S. adults now own a smart speaker, typically an Amazon Echo
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techcrunch.com - U.S. smart speaker owners grew 40 percent over 2018 to now reach 66.4 million – or 26.2 percent of the U.S. adult population – according to a new report from Voicebot.ai and Voicify released this wee…
Apple could launch augmented reality headset in 2020
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techcrunch.com - According to a new report from Ming-Chi Kuo (via 9to5mac), a reliable analyst on all things Apple, the company has been working on an augmented reality headset and is about to launch the device. This…
Podcasts, smart speakers soar as social media stalls, based on new survey
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techcrunch.com - The 2019 edition of a popular annual survey shows usage of social media by Americans is stalling while ownership of smart speakers and tablets has soared over the last year, as has consumer engagemen…
Scaleway releases cloud GPU instances for €1 per hour
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techcrunch.com - French cloud-hosting company Scaleway is rolling out new instances with an Nvidia Tesla P100 GPU. The company is opting for simple pricing with a single configuration that costs €1 per hour ($1.13). …
Lyft lays off up to 50 in bikes and scooters as it gears up for another wave of launches
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techcrunch.com - As Lyft continues to prepare for its IPO, the on-demand transportation startup is trimming staff to cut costs ahead of another wave of expansion. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Lyft has la…
Digital publisher Serial Box raises $4.5M
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techcrunch.com - Serial Box, a startup bringing back the tradition of serialized fiction, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. The company actually disclosed the funding last week, when announcing a partnership t…
Tufts expelled a student for grade hacking. She claims innocence
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techcrunch.com - As she sat in the airport with a one-way ticket in her hand, Tiffany Filler wondered how she would pick up the pieces of her life, with tens of thousands of dollars in student debt and nothing to sho…
Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look up’ setting
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techcrunch.com - Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication has also been associated with their user profile — which anyone can use…
MyEquifax.com is yet another security disaster
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techcrunch.com - One would think that having one of the most high-profile breaches in recent memory would make a company take security to heart, but Equifax is full of surprises. The latest is that its MyEquifax.com …
Flickr says all Creative Commons photos are protected from deletion, not just past uploads
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techcrunch.com - Flickr announced today that all Creative Commons images will remain protected on its site – including those uploaded in the past and those that will be added in the future. The news follows Flickr’s …
Spotify announces expanded Samsung partnership focused on pre-installs and free trials
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techcrunch.com - In August 2018, Spotify became Samsung’s go-to streaming music service provider following a strategic partnership between the two companies that initially focused on bringing Spotify to Samsung Smart…
Foursquare’s Hypertrending helps you spy on the coolest local happenings
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techcrunch.com - Ten years after the launch of Foursquare at SXSW, the company is laying its technology bare with a futuristic version of its old app that doesn’t require a check-in at all. The godfather of location …
Japanese police charge 13-year-old girl for infinite JavaScript popup prank
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arstechnica.com - Japanese police in the city of Kariya have questioned and charged a 13-year-old female student for distributing malicious code online after she linked to the code on an online message board. The mali…
Citrix says its network was breached by international criminals
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arstechnica.com - Virtualization and software provider Citrix said its internal network was breached by international criminals who most likely exploited weak passwords to gain limited access before working to gain mo…
Energizer’s brick of a smartphone uses “world’s most powerful” phone battery
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arstechnica.com - Mobile World Congress has been home to some truly unique smartphone designs this year, and one of the strangest has to be the Energizer PowerMax P18K Pop, an attention-grabbing brick of a smartphone …
The Hidden Costs of Minimalism in Design | Webdesigner Depot
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www.webdesignerdepot.com - Minimalism often comes with a hidden cost to users Minimalism is a trend that has largely defined the best part of the last decade. Its rise to prominence came as a reaction to the abundance of heavy…
Mass-market electric pickup trucks and SUVs are on the way
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theconversation.com - Electric vehicles – specifically, the Tesla Model 3 – are dominating the U.S. market for premium sedans, but are barely even on the radar in the busiest automotive category, which includes SUVs and p…
Facebook takes a shot at Apple in China, says it won’t store data in certain countries
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www.theverge.com - In a long manifesto about Facebook’s future, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is willing to be banned in countries that object to its new focus on privacy, specifically the emphasis on secure dat…
Xiaomi to launch Black Shark 2 gaming phone on March 18
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androidcommunity.com - If you were a fan of the Black Shark gaming phone that the Xiaomi subsidiary released last year, then you’ll be happy to know that they are set to announce a new product soon. The Black Shark 2 will …
Google kicks out SNES emulator SuperRetro16 from Play Store
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androidcommunity.com - There are a lot of people who want to play Super Nintendo games on their smartphones given the popularity of emulators that can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. But it looks like Google has …
Xperia 10 Plus’ 21:9 screen should be easy to replace
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androidcommunity.com - Some people find satisfaction in seeing new smartphones be put through the ringer with all kinds of scratch and pressure tests. But there are also those who like to see these devices being disassembl…
“Ok Google” will not unlock your smartphone anymore
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androidcommunity.com - When you have your hands full or they’re too dirty to touch anything else, having the Voice Match feature to unlock your phone is crucial. While there are of course security issues that may arise fro…
Law Expert: Chinese Government Can’t Force Huawei to Make Backdoors
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www.wired.com - The Sino-US trade war is hurting companies on both sides of the conflict. In early January, the US stock market dropped sharply after Apple issued its first revenue warning in 16 years, citing weak s…
The Social Media Content Calendar Template Every Marketer Needs [Free Template]
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blog.hubspot.com - "We have a 9 a.m. meeting? Hold on -- let me just click around the internet like a maniac to find something for the morning tweet." Sound familiar? Scrambling for social content is nothing new. We ha…
Eight social media trends that will make 2019 - Search Engine Watch
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searchenginewatch.com - If there’s one thing that is constant about social media, it’s change. So many things influence the way we behave on social media: technology, social changes, economy, and politics. All of them are c…
Dems Block Motion Condemning Illegal Aliens Voting in Elections
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www.breitbart.com - The House passed H.R. 1, known as the For the People Act, which was approved along staunch party lines on Friday. Conservatives and Republicans alike derided the bill at a “voter fraud and election t…
Report: Tech Companies Fear China Spying Through Power Cords | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - CNBC, citing a report from Nikkei Asian Review, claimed that the companies are fearful “that China could be spying on them using power cords and plugs,” and “have asked their Taiwanese suppliers to s…
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