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Sunday, June 19, 2016

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Syscoin 2.0 is Live! - Syscoin

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syscoin.org - Upgrading to Syscoin 2.0 from Syscoin 1.x is very simple. As with any upgrade, back up your wallet.dat. The location of wallet.dat will vary based on your operating system, it can be found here on ...

Here's a young Steve Jobs giving the best advice on hiring, success and failure

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businessinsider.com - With all the controversy surrounding the new Steve Jobs movie and its portrayal of him as a difficult person, it's sort of interesting to see videos of the real Steve Jobs from his early days. We d...

Here's How Your Smartphone Can Be Hacked Without You Knowing

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nbcnews.com - Not only can your smartphone be hacked, it can be done very easily without your knowledge. "At the end of the day, everything is hackable. What I am surprised about is that people sometimes forget ...

Pinterest Rolls Out Retargeting: This Week in Social Media : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. New Targeting Tools Make ...

Apple won't be funding GOP convention due to Trump, report says

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mashable.com - Facebook will have a lounge, Google will be live streaming and Microsoft will be providing tech products at the Republican National Convention this fall, but Apple is expected to be absent. Accordi...

7 can't-miss apps: 'Slip Away,' Flogg, BurstKey and more

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mashable.com - With Apple's news-filled WWDC and trying to figure out what to get your dad for Father's Day, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps. SEE ALSO: Can emoji and 'invisible ink' make App...

Top Ten Learning Games For Kids

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yukaichou.com - (If you are confused about what all the Core Drive #s are about in this post, make sure you check out the Gamification Framework: Octalysis first!) This is a follow-up to last week’s post on What a...

CNC Mills Don't Have to Be Beautiful, But This Bamboo One Sure Is

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wired.com - Platforms like Apple HomeKit and IFTTT (If This Then That) help your Internet-connected devices talk to each other. Use these cloud services to build your own domestic surveillance state. Forget fi...

Star Trek Beyond will be one extended HPE commercial, according to HPE

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arstechnica.com - Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) gleefully announced on Monday that it has been working with Paramount over the last few months to “develop three conceptual technologies” for Star Trek Beyond, the ...

Expect a lot more M&A, says Marc Andreessen

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techcrunch.com - Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen spoke at the Bloomberg Technology conference this afternoon, and he said he expects far more M&A than the tech industry has seen in recent years. The conversation...

Game Review: Ninja Dude vs Zombies

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techcrunch.com - Ninja Dude vs Zombies is an endless tap’n’slash arcade. You are a brave ninja trapped on a tower surrounded by hordes of bloody zombies. So of course, as with all things zombie related, the only wa...

As the smartphone wars reheat, the threat of chilling innovation looms

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techcrunch.com - G. Nagesh Rao is a former U.S. Patent Examiner and Senior Policy Advisor with the Department of Commerce-U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He represent...

VR skateboarding at E3

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techcrunch.com - I’ve been skateboarding for longer than I care mention, and I still had to hold onto the damn railings. I’m going to blame it on the screwy sense of orientation one experiences in virtual reality, ...

Will the next Siri be empathetic?

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techcrunch.com - Rupa Chaturvedi is the head of design of visual intelligence at Sentient Technologies. AI assistants are having their moment. Just a week ago, Google announced the aptly named Assistant, an AI capa...

Contact CI’s Exotendon system brings touch to VR

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techcrunch.com - Sometimes the coolest demos at a convention are tucked away in the back corners, far from the bright lights and big booths industry stalwarts. One of the hidden gems of this year’s E3 arrives court...

11 of the coolest video game trailers from E3

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techcrunch.com - We’ve been focused on VR and non-traditional gaming here at E3 this year, but that doesn’t mean we’ve been walking around with our eyes closed. You might not have been paying close attention, what ...

Tom Wheeler defeats the broadband industry: Net neutrality wins in court

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arstechnica.com - The US broadband industry has lost its lawsuit attempting to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules and the related reclassification of Internet service providers as ...

The 10 Definitive Instagram Statistics You Should Know - and Why

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maximizesocialbusiness.com - Influencer marketing is at an all time high according to Google Trends, and Instagram continues to arguably perform as one of the leading platforms for these marketers. Find your voice on Instagram...

YouTube Channel Art Template: Updated for iOS and Android

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brainymarketer.com - As with most things, change is constant. I’ve updated my YouTube Channel Art Template after hitting a snag when updating a couple of client’s accounts. If you’re like me, you want your design to lo...

Twitter And Facebook Are Turning Publishers Into Ghost Writers

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techcrunch.com - Publishers are in danger of becoming dumb content in the smart pipes of platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The quest for smoother user experience portrays actually visiting a publisher’s site as ...

Protect Your Home With This Internet-Connected Security Gear

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wired.com - Platforms like Apple HomeKit and IFTTT (If This Then That) help your Internet-connected devices talk to each other. Use these cloud services to build your own domestic surveillance state. Forget fi...

Facebook Adds More Tools for Branded Content in Instant Articles

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adweek.com - Facebook added some new options to branded content in its Instant Articles, including support for marketer logos atop those articles. The social network also updated its article style editor to sup...

Launching a Product with Social Media Shock and Awe - Joel Comm - New York Times Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, Social Influencer, Futurist

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joelcomm.com - If you are writing a book, you are working hard to create something that will bring value to others. You may be writing to inform, inspire or entertain, but odds are you are fully vested in your ma...

Be a Javascript master with the ReactJS Programming Bootcamp [DEALS]

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androidcommunity.com - Javascript is everywhere! It has long shed off its browser only roots in order to become one of the most used Web languages today, both for client side browser programs but even in server side appl...

The Forrest Gump of the Internet

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theatlantic.com - To a certain kind of nerd, Ev Williams is the Forrest Gump of internet media. Williams helped write the software that made us call blogs blogs. He founded a podcast company years before most people...

Hotel Customer Experience Gets Boost from Real Time Customer Service Chat

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loyalty360.org - Customer experience in 2016 is largely about speed. Consumers have grown accustomed to the lightning-fast tempo of online and mobile platforms, and brands are expected to follow suit in all custome...

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...

Q&A: Connecting and Building Customer Loyalty with Millennial Moms

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loyalty360.org - Building customer loyalty is an often daunting task, replete with a myriad of factors connected to leveraging key behavioral and transactional insights. One customer segment−Millennial Moms−compris...

Mazda Takes New Approach to Customer Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - Mazda wants to elevate its customer engagement, heighten its customer loyalty, and spark its brand advocacy. As a result, it has taken a new approach to these critical customer engagement pieces. T...

Innovative Lowes Foods eCircular Bridges the Gap Between Print and Digital Customer Experiences

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loyalty360.org - Lowes Foods is proud to claim an industry fist among brands that are vying for customer engagement in the grocery space. Based in North Carolina, Lowes Foods has faced a tremendously competitive in...

Data Deficiencies Continue to Plague Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - Just 6% of survey respondents described their omnichannel readiness as “excellent—fully implemented.” When asked about the holdups in delivering the personalized engagements consumers want, retaile...

Arctic Cat Delivers Ultimate Virtual Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - Arctic Cat, among the most widely recognized and respected brands in the recreational vehicle industry, recently launched the new Arctic Cat 360 Wildcat VR experience. For off-road and snowmobiling...

Customers Looking for More Social Loyalty Programs

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loyalty360.org - In the age of social media and digital connection, customers everywhere are looking to connect with one another more than ever before. From linking social accounts, to competing with friends to see...

Point Shout : Mobile App to Listen, Engage and React to Customers' Needs - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ionut Danifeld”, Co-Founder at the Brussels – Belgium based start-up “PointShout” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you d...

Textr : Group Messaging App - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Sam Getty”, Founder of the Atlanta, Georgia – USA based start-up “Textr” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...

JobQuotes : Connect Consumers With Local Professionals For Any Project - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Brandon Large”, CEO & Founder of the Aliso Viejo, USA based start-up “JobQuotes” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do...

Crowdid : E-Commerce Platform Selling Crowdfunded Products - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ed Havens”, Founder (CMO) at the San Francisco – USA based start-up “crowdid” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do a...

MinYawns : Minions To Supervillains - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Billy Sheng'; Founder of the Start Up “MinYawns”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. What is i...

Trainoholics : Skill Development Arena - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Sandesh HS'; Founder of the Karnataka – India start-up “TRAINOHOLICS”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted ...

CMYKC : Uniting Creatives Within Local Kansas City - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Abigail Gallagher, Co–founder at the Missouri, USA-based start-up “CMYKC.” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what y...

HiveFlux : Real-time Overview of What Everyone In the Company is Working - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Bruno Figueiredo”, CEO at the Lisbon – Portugal based start-up “Hiveflux” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and w...

Fripito : Up-To-Date Travel Guides - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Irma Stastova”, Marketing and Sales Manager of the Nevada- USA based start-up “Fripito” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that...

Fitnescity : Allows Users To Connect With Personal Trainers - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Leila Zemrani”, Founder and CEO of the New York – US based start-up “Fitnescity” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you d...

MediaNest : Manage Video Marketing Campaigns on Social Media - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Natasha Robinson”, Co-Founder & CMO at the California- USA based start-up “MediaNest” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that ...

Top 10 TED Talks for Entrepreneurs

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inc.com - TEDGlobal 2014 kicked off this week in Rio de Janeiro with panels focusing on how ideas, both good and bad, spread across borders. If you've yet to accumulate enough frequent-flier miles to dash o...

Insiders Get Your Groove Feature in Groove for Windows 10 - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - An update to the Groove app on Windows 10 Insider Preview builds of Windows 10 for PCs and Mobile adds the Your Groove feature that enhances Recent plays with curated playlists that can help you di...

How To Make Your Wi-Fi Connection Faster: Here Are Some Tips

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techtimes.com - Startup Plume is looking to improve Wi-Fi networks at home by replacing old-fashioned routers with palm-sized, cloud-based pods that will increase the reach and strength of Wi-Fi signals. While the...

First Level 1 Octalysis Certificate (in Gamification) Given!

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yukaichou.com - I know there’s been a few certified gamification courses out there, and I’ve heard mixed reviews about them. Some readers have told me that they have learned way more from my site than from other e...

Make The Most From Your Hosting Efforts By Following These Tips

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agentmonhost.com - As more people find ways to make money online, the desire of websites grows with it. There are a variety of reasons to put one together, but whatever your purpose is, you will need to get educated ...

A Quick and Dirty Guide to the Virtual-Reality Future

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gq.com - One of the nice things about 2016 is that it's finally the year companies stop talking about Virtual Reality and actually let people buy it. This last week was the annual Electronics Entertainment ...