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Thursday, July 14, 2016

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The Facebook of ecommerce

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ben-evans.com - Amazon in particular and ecommerce in general is good at search. Amazon, very obviously, is Google for products. It's good at giving you the best-seller you've heard of or the water filter for you...

How to download Pokémon Go for Android and iOS

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arstechnica.co.uk - Pokémon Go has launched on both iOS and Android. As of July 13, the game is officially available in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and most recently Germany. You can download the game from the off...

A surge of Pokemon Go-related apps is out to steal your data

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cio.co.nz - Privacy fears about the Pokemon Go app have been largely addressed, but dozens of other apps that piggy back on the popular game have raised further concerns. Since the game launched last week, a s...

Egnyte pushes beyond storage into document protection

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techcrunch.com - Egnyte has gotten as creative as it could as an online storage company. You could store your files on Egnyte in the cloud, on prem or with a competing storage service if you liked, but the company ...

Exclusive Interview With Cold-Calling Guru Art Sobczak – Lucep – Blog

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blog.lucep.com - Art Sobczak and his firm Business By Phone Inc., has helped hundreds of thousands of salespeople generate untold millions by showing them how to sell and do business successfully on the phone. Art ...

Android Pay launches in Australia with ANZ and American Express on board

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mashable.com - Following on the heels of Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, Google's own mobile payments platform Android Pay launched in Australia Thursday. It kicked things off with ANZ as its major banking partner. Al...

People are spending more time in 'Pokèmon Go' than Facebook and Snapchat

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mashable.com - Nintendo's seemingly unstoppable mobile hit has reached a new milestone. iPhone users may be spending more time playing Pokèmon Go than they do browsing Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter or Instagram, ac...

SpareMin helps you fill your extra time with spontaneous phone calls

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techcrunch.com - Even though TechCrunch readers can get really busy with their jobs, their side hustles and everything else in their lives, you’ll probably still have a few moments of downtime today — maybe when yo...

4 Groundbreaking Market Strategies to Skyrocket Your Startup

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entrepreneur.com - Join us for a free, live webinar and learn how to drive revenue with content marketing. Tune in 8/4 at 10:30 a.m. PT. Register Now » Many companies invest heavily to perfect their product developme...

Look out, Samsung: Alcatel's Idol 4S is respectable, affordable and all about VR

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mashable.com - As if Xiaomi and Huawei eating Samsung's lunch in the smartphone market wasn't already enough trouble, now the Korean electronics giant has to worry about Alcatel. Announced at Mobile World Congres...

Senator pummels Mark Zuckerberg with questions about gun sales on Facebook

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mashable.com - Facebook is facing new questions over how it deals with guns on its network after reports that the Dallas police shooter previously arranged to buy an AK-47 on Facebook. Massachusetts Sen. Ed Marke...

An Indian city is getting futuristic pod taxis to beat traffic blues

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mashable.com - Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi and home to India headquarters of MNC's like Google, Microsoft and Apple, is about to get driverless electric pods to alleviate the traffic woes faced by thousands of...

Mekiwi Oy : Finnish Startup To Manage Daily Life - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Antti Kananen”, CEO of the Finland based start-up “Mekiwi” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-u...

Navigating Road Blocks | RoadGrit.TV

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roadgrit.tv - Menu WATCH HOME MADE MONEY KITCHEN TO THE ROAD I Need More Money SEX DRIVE THE DANCING TRUCKER SHOW Social Highway BIG RIG VIDEOS THE GRIT TRUCK FEED LIVE LIFE OF A TRUCKER Trucking In The Badlands...

ColorTV raises $1.5 million to bring advertising to the connected TV

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techcrunch.com - As platforms like Apple TV, Android TV and others pick up traction, it’s worth wondering about the evolution of the biggest advertising industry in the world: TV advertising. $176 billion is spent ...

Pokémon Go expands to Europe starting with Germany

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techcrunch.com - Pokémon Go isn’t a global phenomenon just yet as the game has only been available in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. But the game is preparing for its European launch. Pokémon Go is now availa...

Where are they now? 1st & Future alum Radd3 raises $2.2M from HTC

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techcrunch.com - In coordination with Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium, TechCrunch partnered with Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and the National Football League on 1st & Future, a competition for startups l...

Prime Day 2016 was Amazon’s biggest day ever

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techcrunch.com - Yesterday’s checkout glitches didn’t impact Amazon’s ability to pull off another successful Prime Day sales event, as it turns out. The online retailer announced this morning, without giving specif...

Zendesk’s “Automatic Answers” taps machine learning, AI to generate bot-style email responses

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techcrunch.com - Chat bots have ballooned in popularity in recent months, and now we’re seeing some interesting examples of how that technology, where computers interact and respond to human requests, is being used...

DigitalOcean launches block storage and lets you store terabytes of data

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techcrunch.com - DigitalOcean has become a popular cloud hosting provider over the years. But many customers have relied on third-party solutions, such as Amazon EBS, to host large sets of data. DigitalOcean is lau...

Decrypted, episode 1: Our crash course to the world of Mr. Robot

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arstechnica.com - If there are two things the Ars staff has been itching for over the past year, it's a return to podcasting and the return of Mr. Robot. If you feel similar, we have some good news. Welcome to Decry...

Bug bounties and automotive firewalls: Dealing with the car hacker threat

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arstechnica.com - As we have seen in the past couple of years, car hacking is becoming an ever-greater threat. Many of the systems in our vehicles—and the standards to which they were designed—predate the connected ...

Festival uses CC-licensed pic without attribution, pays the price

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arstechnica.com - The picture in question was taken by Niccolò Caranti, who is a professional photographer and an active member of the Wikipedia community—nearly 900 of his images are available on Wikimedia Commons....

Valve denounces third-party gambling sites—but isn’t ready to block them

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arstechnica.com - Valve Software is facing potential legal trouble in the form of two recent lawsuits, both of which revolve around the company's games being connected to third-party gambling sites. While the game m...

The right way to increase your freelance rates without losing clients

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webdesignerdepot.com - Scratch that. You aren’t being paid what you’re worth. You bend over backwards for your clients. But they have no idea how hard you work. How much effort it takes to do what you do. So they nickel ...

The Solution This Latina CEO Found to Beat Bias in Silicon Valley

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inc.com - This is the second in my series of posts spotlighting underrepresented communities around the world and the entrepreneurs trying to help them. In this installment, I talk to an entrepreneur hoping ...

Polaroid Swing Thinks the World Needs a Better Photo App

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wired.com - If you were to reinvent Polaroid, what would it look like? A few companies have tried answering that, mostly with instant-print cameras and smartphone-connected printers that riff on Polaroid’s bes...

Warning: Millions of Xiaomi Phones Vulnerable to Remote Hacking

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thehackernews.com - Millions of Xiaomi smartphones are vulnerable to a dangerous remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that could grant attackers complete control of handsets. The vulnerability, now patched, exist...

This Hyperloop Lawsuit May Be the Craziest In Silicon Valley History

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wired.com - The likelihood that you will someday zoom across the country at supersonic speeds through a tube just got a lot smaller. The leaders of Hyperloop One, the leading effort to take the transportation ...

Pokemon GO gets an update, brings the best of augmented reality

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Android Community



androidcommunity.com - Have you caught them all? That question has been asked of you a dozen times ever since you downloaded and started playing Pokemon Go. The game which has been under our radar since September 2015 is...

You’ll flip out over this micro-USB cable [DEALS]

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Android Community



androidcommunity.com - Wish there were a micro USB charging cable that was easier to use and safer for your device? Well, your wish is our command. Now Android Community readers can get the MicFlip Fully Reversible Micro...

Google Search brings new travel, shopping options for users, marketers

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androidcommunity.com - It’s only July of course but already, both users and marketers are already preparing and bracing themselves for the months of October - December which are traditionally the biggest months for trave...

Superbook converts your Android smartphone into a laptop

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Android Community



androidcommunity.com - The idea to turn your smartphone into a desktop is nothing new. Andromium has been getting into the subject since year 2014 when it launched a project on Kickstarter. We've also seen Andromium OS a...

Samsung Pay launches in Puerto Rico, first market in South America

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androidcommunity.com - Samsung has recently launched in another market. The mobile payment service that's been satisfying more consumers in the United States according to a survey is now available in Puerto Rico. This is...

Android Wear 2.0 Dev Preview 2 adds wrist gestures, drawers enhancements

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androidcommunity.com - Google announced the Android Wear 2.0 last May at the Google I/O 2016 conference and the Developer Preview soon rolled out. We knew it's only a matter of time before the latest version of the weara...

17 Tricks to Master Google Photos

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pcmag.com - We're not at a loss for services that automatically back up your photos and give you access to them on any device. Yahoo's Flickr does it, Dropbox does it, Microsoft OneDrive does it, and Apple iCl...

Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra review - Amateur Photographer

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amateurphotographer.co.uk - Opening the top gives easy access to the hard disks if they need to be replaced. This allows external drives to be attached for additional storage or back-up. This connects directly to your router ...

Personalized Video Can Lead to Brand Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place,” according to the late great Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. Shirley Adut, Strategic Initiatives, North Ameri...

Five Steps to Keep Customers Loyal

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loyalty360.org - Customer loyalty is the goal for any marketer, but maintaining that brand loyalty is crucial to the long-term success of any brand. Here are five key steps to keep customers loyalty, provided by th...

Mobile Customer Engagement A Critical Ecommerce Component

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Loyalty 360



loyalty360.org - Mobile customer engagement has emerged as a critical component for ecommerce, according to a new study from LogMeIn. Respondents reported that 27% of all of their purchases in the past year were ma...

Unique Customer Experience Keeps Dave & Buster’s Rolling Along

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loyalty360.org - Dave & Buster’s CEO Steve King believes that the company’s successful first-quarter performance can be attributed to a unique customer experience offered at all restaurants. “I think this is due to...

Label 59: A Web-Based Application that Requires No Coding Skills and That Helps you to Label Anything Interactively on your Own in Minutes - Start-Ups.Co

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Debbas



start-ups.co - Label 59 is a web application that helps you to label anything interactively on your own in minutes. It is ideal for creating engaging presentations that have interactive labels attached to them. “...

Pushstartr : Database Management Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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Debbas


start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ryan Nutley”, CEO of the Ireland based start-up “Pushstartr” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start...

ShopLocket.com: An E-commerce Platform that Lets Anyone Start Selling Professionally Online in Minutes - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - ShopLocket is the easiest way to sell online. Rather than having to build out a full online storefront or get lost in a marketplace, sellers are able to quickly sell from anywhere that they already...

EzyOnlineBookings.com: An Online Booking System that Allows Businesses to Take Appointment Bookings Right on their Existing Website - Start-Ups.Co

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Debbas



start-ups.co - EzyOnlineBookings.com is an online booking system that allows businesses to take appointment bookings right on their existing website. According to Mr. ‘Gol'; EzyOnlineBookings.com is an online boo...

Mangomolo : Stream Personlized Live and On-Demand Content - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Wissam Sabbagh”, CEO of the Beirut – Lebanon based StartUp “Mangomolo” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what ...

Narwall : Personalized Designs for Toys, Apparel and Decor for Kids - Start-Ups.Co

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Debbas



start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Andrew Fry”, Founder of the startup based in Campbell – United States “Narwall” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you d...

How retailers are getting mobile engagement wrong

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Brett Prince



marketingland.com - It seems like every day another major retailer is in the news struggling to maintain profits. Major brands from Walmart to Best Buy have alarmed shareholders and employees alike in recent years wit...

How brands are jumping on the Pokémon Go bandwagon: the good and the bad

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Brett Prince



clickz.com - Pokémon Go may not even have a worldwide release yet, as it’s only available in US, Australia and New Zealand, but it’s rapidly surpassing WhatsApp, Instagram and Snapchat in terms of usage. Over t...

Microsoft is Bringing Skype to Linux, Chromebook and Chrome Web Browser - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - If you’re feeling a little frosty this morning, it might be because hell just froze over: Microsoft announced today that it is bringing full-featured Skype experiences to Linux (!), Chromebook and ...