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5 Simple Tips To Increase Engagement with Social Media - Jeffbullas's Blog

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jeffbullas.com - We’ve all been in the situation before where we’ve see an advertisement on television or a social media post from a brand that captivates our attention. Whether its witty, entertaining or just plai...

Senate Demands Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Answer Liberal Bias Claims

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thewrap.com - Letter asks social media giant to describe “organization structure for the Trending Topics feature” The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting i...

You Are Locked In ... Deal With It!

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stage.cloudscaling.com - You don’t want lock-in? Great. Find another universe. In this universe everyone is locked in. Seriously, stop deluding yourself and trying to get something you can never have. Didn’t your parents t...

WhatsApp gets a native desktop app for Windows, Mac

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slashgear.com - As much as these instant messaging services would like it to be the case, not everyone spends all day in front of their smartphones (though some really do). Some do have to spend some time in front...

GaggleAMP AMPlify employee and partner engagement conference

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biznology.com - While you’re reading this on Tuesday, I am writing it on the Sunday before, since I will be mounting my 1995 BMW K1100LT touring motorcycle, donning my Shoei RF-1100 helmet and Aerostich Falstaff m...

The TC Disrupt NY Battlefield Finalists are Bark, Beam, BitPagos, Ritual, SeaDrone, and WaterO

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techcrunch.com - Thus far at TC Disrupt NY, we’ve seen a handshake stalemate between IAB’s Randall Rothenberger and AdBlocker’s Till Faida. We’ve seen the Siri founders debut the next-generation of voice powered AI...

Facebook Updates Dynamic Ads, Extends Them to Instagram

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adweek.com - Facebook announced several updates to its dynamic ads (formerly dynamic product ads), including the expansion of the ad unit to Instagram, as well as updates to custom audiences for websites. The s...

Facebook Denies Allegations of Anti-Conservative Bias

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adweek.com - Facebook responded to a report by Gizmodo in which former employees of the social network claimed that they were instructed to lower the reach of posts by conservative sites. A former journalist wh...

Beware of in-the-wild 0day attacks exploiting Windows and Flash

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arstechnica.com - Windows users woke up to something that doesn't happen every day: the disclosure of two zero-day vulnerabilities, one in the Microsoft operating system and the other in Adobe's Flash Player. The Wi...

The Future Of HR And Why Startups Shouldn't Reject It

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fastcompany.com - In 2012 a curious person on the web—likely an enthusiastic entrepreneur—asked a simple question on Quora: Does a startup need an HR person? This was in the infancy of the current boom—or bust—we’re...

Wallapop and LetGo, two Craigslist rivals, plan merger to take on the U.S. market

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techcrunch.com - Consolidation is afoot in the online classifieds space as two popular startups born in Barcelona are in advanced talks to merge operations in the U.S.. Wallapop and LetGo — which both provide platf...

Lenovo intros a ZUK Z1phone with Cyanogen based on Lollipop

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androidcommunity.com - Lenovo has just introduced a not so new phone model in India. The Zuk Z1 has been around since last year that it already has the ZuK Z2 as a follow-up. A new Cyanogen version is ready for those in ...

Slack debuts ‘Sign in with Slack,’ the work chat platform’s answer to Facebook Login

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techcrunch.com - Slack is pushing to become the identity layer for all enterprise apps. The workplace chat app has already captured the eyes, minds (and wallets) of the tech world with its deceptively simple, zippy...

Enterprise hardware maker Ubiquiti extends to the home network with AmpliFi

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techcrunch.com - After more than a decade spent focused on enterprise networking, San Jose-based Ubiquiti is looking to apply its workplace wireless expertise for a home audience. The company, co-founded by ex-Appl...

Kit, a social network for products from startup studio Expa, names its first CEO

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techcrunch.com - One of the startups incubated at startup studio Expa is today taking its next step in developing as a standalone company. Kit, a social network where people can share their favorite products — thin...

Please don’t learn to code

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techcrunch.com - Basel Farag is an iOS Engineer (he thinks). Besides GPU processors, robits and AI, Basel enjoys learning about computer science, astronomy and philosophy. He was once referred to as "the Daft Punk ...

Amazon Echo VP Mike George talks Alexa security and simplifying search

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techcrunch.com - In a wide-ranging conversation at Disrupt today, Mike George, Amazon’s Vice President of Echo, Alexa and Appstore discussed the past and future of the company’s surprise hit home appliance. George ...

Microsoft will close MSN China to focus on selling other services

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techcrunch.com - Microsoft announced today that it will shut down MSN China, its web portal for China, early next month. An emailed statement from a company representative said, “Microsoft will be shutting down the...

Vrse CEO Chris Milk talks VR storytelling and the road to virtual reality’s Citizen Kane

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techcrunch.com - Esteemed VR filmmaker/documentarian/founder/CEO Chris Milk took to the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in NY to discuss the limitations and massive items of potential for the proliferation of VR conten...

FTC, FCC launch inquiry into how companies distribute security fixes to mobile devices

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techcrunch.com - The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission announced today that they are teaming up for an inquiry into how security updates to smartphones and other mobile devices are ...

Amazon Prime Air opens Austrian outpost with focus on sense-and-avoid tech

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techcrunch.com - As first reported by the Verge, Amazon today announced that it is opening a new development center for its Prime Air drone delivery program in Graz, Austria. This new team will focus on “sense-and-...

Withings Go reviewed: This button-sized fitness tracker left me wanting more

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arstechnica.com - The French company, Withings, made one of the first truly fashionable smartwatches. The $450 Swiss-made Activitè pulled double-duty as an elegant timepiece as well as a basic activity and sleep tra...

How to Set Up a Shop Section on Your Facebook Page : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Have you considered setting up a shop on Facebook? Facebook allows you to add a Shop section to your Facebook page so customers can buy your products directly from Facebook. In this article you’ll ...

20 Popular Social Media Sites Right Now

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smallbiztrends.com - Social media networks are a major resource for both small and big businesses that are looking to promote their brands on the Internet. The platforms are easy to use and some of them even have paid ...

How to Increase Your Post Reach on Top Social Networks : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want more people to see your social media posts? Have you thought about investing in social media advertising? With targeted ad campaigns, you can ensure that your posts reach the audience y...

ASUS rolls out ZenFone Go TV, get ready to watch foreign channels on-the-go

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androidcommunity.com - Here's the latest ZenFone from ASUS. We're actually waiting for Computex for the new smartphone to be unveiled but the ZenFone Go TV was already sighted on ASUS 'official website. The phone is ide...

Emulate Nintendo Virtual Boy games on Google Cardboard VR

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androidcommunity.com - There’s a chance you might not know what the Nintendo Virtual Boy was. It was probably the first gaming platform to hype on the 3D madness, and the first to have a headset that isolated you with a ...

This App Can Tell You If Your iPhone Has Been Secretly Hacked

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gizmodo.com - If your iPhone has been jailbroken without your knowledge, something fishy is probably going on. The only problem is, it can be impossible to tell that your iPhone has been jailbroken. A new applic...

Twitter Has Cut Off Real-Time Alerts to U.S. Spy Agencies

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fortune.com - Silicon Valley and U.S. intelligence agencies haven’t been getting along for a while, and a new move by Twitter underscores their tense relationship. In an atmosphere fraught with conflicting worri...

Time Warner Cable Provides Heightened Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - Anyone who has an appointment to repair anything wrong with their cable television wants anything that can make the customer experience better. Time Warner Cable customers will soon receive just th...

Technology Triggers Brand Loyalty at FedEx

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loyalty360.org - Becky Huling, Vice president of Customer Engagement Marketing at FedEx, told Loyalty360 that the company’s technology platforms pave the way for brand loyalty. “FedEx has consistently been at the f...

Wells Fargo Listens to Customers and Introduces Credit Card Loyalty Program

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loyalty360.org - Wells Fargo officials listened to their customers in an effort to display flexibility in a new credit card loyalty program. Wells Fargo introduced Go FarTM Rewards, which goes beyond traditional cr...

716Labs : Helps App Developers In The Marketng Validation stage - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Scott Falbo”, Co-Founder of the Buffalo – USA based start-up “716Labs” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what ...

Almost 10 years after the iPhone, marketers still not meeting mobile expectations

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marketingland.com - Despite nearly a decade after the introduction of the iPhone, one still hears conference speakers make the same tired “year of mobile” joke. But maybe that’s appropriate because so many brands are ...

Salesforce puts Lightning into its Marketing Cloud

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marketingland.com - Salesforce is adding more lightning to its clouds. Today, the company announced the launch of Marketing Cloud Lightning, which follows the relaunch in February of its Sales and Service clouds on th...

Are We Becoming A #hashtag World?

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sd-entrepreneur.com - With all the different Social Media Platforms out there like the ones named above, marketers and businesses are looking for ways to curate content and reach a target market of group of people via #...

Report: Ignore Customers on Social at Your Own Peril

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adweek.com - Social media is a two-way conversation between consumers and businesses, but it remains a poor way to get customer service. The communication breakdown isn’t because brands are absent; most are on ...

Periscope Will Soon Introduce Broadcast Saving, Broadcast Search, More

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adweek.com - Following Periscope‘s launch of its #save hashtag feature, which allows users to save their broadcasts by adding the #save hashtag to the title of their streams, Twitter formally announced its plan...

3Dprintler lets you order a 3D print via chatbot

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techcrunch.com - If you want to 3D print something who do you call? Step forward 3Dprintler, a startup that has made a search engine for locating 3D printing services in your area. The team was chosen as the wildca...

Smartphone and Internet usage is on the rise in developing economies

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mashable.com - Connectivity and the technology that connects us continues to grow and expand across the globe. As countries with advanced economies slowly inch toward 100% usage of smartphones and the Internet, d...

Senate committee seeks answers from Zuckerberg over news selection

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reuters.com - A U.S. Senate committee launched an inquiry on Tuesday into how social media website Facebook selects its news stories after a report that company employees blocked news about conservative issues f...

Your iPhone is at risk, and the government wants Apple to up its security game

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money.cnn.com - In letters to the country's major cell phone manufacturers and wireless networks, the Federal Trade Commission and the FCC said they want to better understand how phones get security updates. The r...

PC Sales Topple To 2011 Levels, Tablets Continue Decline - InformationWeek

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informationweek.com - The future of the global PC market looks bleak, as indicated by Q1 sales figures from market research firm Canalys. During the first quarter of 2016, worldwide PC shipments reached 101 million unit...

How Power Tools Are Becoming Tech Products

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cta.tech - Home » Industry How Power Tools Are Becoming Tech Products Power tools have joined the consumer tech product family. In an ongoing effort to develop the most efficient timesaving tools for their u...

9 Facebook Ad Tips That Will Rock Your ROI

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instapage.com - In one minute, Facebook users share 2.5 million pieces of content — and as an advertiser, you have to compete with all of it. That’s where your Facebook ad creative comes in. Without a strong headl...

Want To Find Great Best Webhosting? Try These Simple Ideas!

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agentmonhost.com - Many people have heard of hosting, but not everyone knows just what it entails. Hosting is a service that allows you to upload your website will be located. If you find yourself curious about how e...

Check Out This Wonderful E-mail Marketing Advice

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marketingpromotion.biz - There is a right way to be professional with your e-mail marketing professionally. Read this article to learn some strategies for e-mail marketing. This will make your customers want to refer their...

Gamified Training in the Corporate Workplace

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yukaichou.com - The corporate workplace is a harsh place. Well, harsh as in very few employees wake up every morning excited to go to work. More often than not, employees simply attempt to survive through the drea...

Comfort & Style! The 2017 Kia Sportage SX FWD – stupidDOPE

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stupiddope.com - The world of automobiles is constantly changing thanks to technology and all that it brings to the table. Well recently we had the chance to get behind the wheel of one of Kia’s latest designs, the...

Our Garage: Top 10 Rides For 2016 – stupidDOPE | Art, Travel, Culture, Design, Music, Lifestyle

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stupiddope.com - Let’s talk rides for a minute. We’ve all got our favorite rides, two or four wheeled, and we’d certainly love to have a garage full of unique and dope creations. Well today at stupidDOPE we’ve deci...