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8 People You Should Follow On Snapchat for Marketing, Growth and Startup Advice - Techstars
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Chris Abraham
techstars.com - Alison is an Account Executive at J.B. Communications, a marketing and strategy agency based in Los Angeles that specializes in innovative startups and a guest author on NoCMO, online marketing str...
A popular mobile game's forums have been hacked
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Susan Cooper
zdnet.com - A hacker has targeted the official forum for popular mobile game "Clash of Kings," making off with close to 1.6 million accounts. The hack was carried out on July 14 by a hacker, who wants to remai...
Redbox is testing a new streaming service because that's the cool thing to do
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - The streaming-service space is getting another addition Redbox — known for its DVD, Blu-ray, and video game rentals via automated retail kiosks — is testing out a new streaming service called Redbo...
Microsoft Announces July Updates for OneNote - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
thurrott.com - Windows isn’t the only traditional Microsoft software that is being updated like a service: Its Office applications are as well, and this week the software giant highlighted the improvements its ma...
CMYKC : Uniting Creatives Within Local Kansas City - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
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...
The ONE Social Media Rule That Will Determine Whether You Succeed… Or Fail
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Jonathan Gunson
trafficcafe.com - This morning I was listening to a radio interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the future of social media, when the station suddenly cut to an advertising break that seemed to last for an e...
Report: Cyanogen Inc. to layoff 20% of workers, may pivot to app development
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Cyanogen Inc. seems to be in trouble. A report from Android Police cites "several sources" that say the three-year-old Android software house will be laying off 20 percent of its workforce. One sou...
Batman: The Telltale Series to be released by August 2
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - If you weren’t a fan of the Batman V Superman movie that came out this year but you’re still not giving up on your Caped Crusader (just not the Ben Affleck version), then you might want to check ou...
Dear Google, the future is fewer people writing code
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Adam LaGreca is the head of communications at Datadog. Google recently launched Project Bloks — a “platform” that will enable developers, educators and designers to work together in order to build ...
Weekly Roundup: Elon Musk’s master plan, Peter Thiel speaks at RNC and iPhone 7 leak
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - History was made this week in tech as Peter Thiel wowed the crowd at the RNC, Elon Musk exposed Master Plan Part Deux and we saw yet another iPhone 7 leak. Want to receive the Weekly Roundup in you...
Hands-on with the SpeedX Leopard carbon fiber racing bike
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - That’s right: $2 million was publicly raised for a bicycle. However, this isn’t an ordinary Schwinn, but a racing machine with Shimano crankset, front and back derailleurs, cassette sprockets, shif...
3Doodler’s CEO talks about what comes after the crowdfunding
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - “You don’t just hand over a prototype to manufacturing and say, ‘make this,’ ” Maxwell Bogue explains, offering some off-hand advice to hardware startups. “Whatever you made is wrong. It’s just not...
Apple will sell limited edition Apple Watch bands for the Olympics as sales stall
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Are you ready for the performance-enhancing drugs TV special called the Olympic Games? It looks like Apple is ready for the marketing branding extravaganza as the company is releasing limited editi...
For Dyson, the 360 Eye robot vacuum is only the beginning
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Dyson’s 360 Eye robot vacuum is going global, with retail availability in Canada today, and a U.S. launch following soon. I spoke to Dyson’s Lead Robotics Engineer Mike Aldred about the vacuum, whi...
Will photo art phenom Prisma raise or get bought?
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Prisma morphs your photos into fine art like Picasso or Mondrian, and it’s blowing up the iOS app charts. Today it came out in unofficial APK beta on Android. But what will be the fate of this red-...
Facebook scraps another Snapchat clone: 24-hour “Quick Updates”
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Poke failed. Slingshot failed. But Facebook is still trying to mimic Snapchat with a new Stories-style feature it’s been testing called “Quick Updates”. These 24-hour ephemeral updates are buried i...
A $99 add-on that promises to bring 3D sound to standard headphones
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - 3D sound, it’s, ahem, all around you. From the look (or, rather, sound of it), hardware startups are convinced that the effect is set to be the next big thing in consumer audio, and Kickstarter, ac...
Car breakdowns reach record high despite boost in auto technology
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - In spite of the progress of car tech overall, the number of vehicles breaking down is actually spiking. According to Fortune, the American Automotive Association (AAA) tended to a record-high 32 mi...
Are You Missing this Vital Ingredient In Your Content Strategy?
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Larry Wentz
unbounce.com - Deadlines loom. Good writers are hard to find. And even the good ones will miss deadlines or disappear when you need them most. The result is often content for content’s sake. You end up publishing...
Facebook Live Is About To Feel More Like TV
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Webdesigner Depot
fastcodesign.com - This week, Facebook is quietly deploying a few major changes to a product that's becoming increasingly prevalent in the way news is reported: Facebook Live. Now, Live videos can go full screen and ...
Microsoft Has Zoomed Back to Relevance after Hitting Bottom
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Webdesigner Depot
wired.com - It looks like Microsoft is finally getting the hang of this whole open source software thing. Last year the company revealed that it had created a custom bundle of networking software built on the ...
The top 101 Top Twitter Tools of 2016
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Douglas Idugboe
lilachbullock.com - If you know one thing about me is that I love Twitter, and I love social media tools – and Twitter, thankfully, has a lot of them! Over the years, I’ve tried out as many Twitter tools and apps as I...
If you aren't on Facebook, people won't believe you are real
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TweetSmarter
theverge.com - For a good portion of last night, thousands of people believed Donald Trump’s longtime speech writer didn’t exist. The conspiracy theory flashed up in the wake of Melania Trump’s plagiarism scandal...
Mich. police 3D-printed murder victim's fingers to unlock phone
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nydailynews.com - A Michigan computer engineering professor is helping police crack a murder investigation by 3D printing the victim’s fingerprints in order to unlock the slain man’s phone. According to a report in ...
Choice Privileges Expands Loyalty Program Rewards Network
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Choice Privileges, the recently redesigned loyalty program at hospitality chain Choice Hotels, has earned a sterling reputation based on its generous “Your Extras” benefits. Members of the program ...
Social Media Engagement Platforms Provide Effect Avenue for Customer Engagement
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Social media has revolutionized the world of marketing. Brand loyalty has expanded as a result, and the line between advertisement and genuine brand advocacy has been blurred by the proliferation o...
LoopLR.com: A Real-Time Social Video Platform for the Creation and Distribution of User Produced Video Content on Smartphones - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - LoopLR is a real time social video platform for the creation and distribution of user produced video content on Smartphones and Tabs. LoopLR is a real-time video sharing app for Smartphones. It let...
PrayerSpark : The First And Only Site For Interfaith Spiritually - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Michael Feder”, Founder of the Las Vegas – USA based startup “PrayerSpark” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and ...
ShareWhere : Social Sharing Application - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Geoffrey Chan”, Founder of the Miami based start-up “ShareWhere” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your s...
StoryMarkLife.com: A Mobile and Tablet Applications Company for Lifestyle and Business that’s Redefining the Way we Capture and Share Experiences - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - StoryMark Life is a mobile and tablet applications company for lifestyle and business that is redefining the way we capture and share experiences. “StoryMark Life” is a mobile and tablet applicatio...
Fanaka : Automates Sales, Projects and Accounting - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Michael Mbugua”, Founder and CEO at the Nairobi, Kenya based start-up “Fanaka-Hybrid” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that y...
ZWOOKY : Innovative Contact System - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Thomas Stoll”, CIO at the Uerikon – Switzerland based start-up “ZWOOKY ” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...
CMS2CMS : A CMS Migration tool . - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - CMS2CMS is the web based service that helps to move content from the existing CMS to a new one easily and fast. Today, we had a quick overview with Mr. ‘Ruslan Savchyshyn'; Director and Founder in ...
XLR8 : Social Matching and Communication Platform for Entrepreneurs - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Rick Duree”, Chief Firestarter of the Missouri- United States based startup “XLR8″ Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that ...
GetEchoed : A Social Platform For People To Act On Their Goals - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Arpita Chakraborty'; Co-founder of the Indian-based start-up “getechoed”. Below, is the full interview that we have conduct...
Marketing Day: Landing pages, data segmentations & content creation
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Brett Prince
marketingland.com - Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: 3 signs your landing page copy is leaving your visit...
23 Ways to Build Colossal Pre-Launch Product Buzz
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Jonathan Gunson
jeffbullas.com - You have invested time, money and resources. The product has to be a hit, otherwise, it was all for nothing. You push publish and it’s live. You have finally launched the product and… Silence… Uh, ...
Rainmaker Rewind: Launching Your First (or Next) Digital Product - Copyblogger -
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Stephan Stavrakis
copyblogger.com - This week on Rainmaker Rewind, Sonia Simone explains the value of launching a digital product and the steps you should take to get moving. Listen to Confessions of a Pink-haired Marketer to discove...
Images: three optimisation tips to help speed up your site
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DotOnline (.ONLINE)
searchenginewatch.com - In fact, your website’s speed is a ranking factor in Google search engine results. If your site loads quickly, it’s more likely to appear when people search for your brand. This along with the know...
Pokémon Go, augmented reality and the future of local marketing
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DotOnline (.ONLINE)
searchengineland.com - Yesterday, as I was walking back from lunch, a middle-aged businessman stopped in front of me and took a picture of a dumpster with his smartphone — or at least that’s how it must have appeared to ...
3 Ways Customer Stories Can Build Your Business
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Jefferson Faudan
huffingtonpost.com - Marketers regularly discuss how customer stories are a fantastic resource for building your business, but they don't often talk about how to use them to your best advantage. These three methods for...
Program helps families ‘talk about driving’ with seniors
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Jefferson Faudan
reuters.com - (Reuters Health) - When Elizabeth Kennedy’s 84-year-old father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease two years ago, she removed the car keys from his Johnstown, Pennsylvania home and his Volkswage...
Mark Zukerberg's AI is already making him toast
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - Mark Zuckerberg's personal artificial intelligence is already toast...ing his bread. Since January, the Facebook founder and CEO has been working on an AI to help him at home and with work. "You ca...
This photo of various iPhone 7 models looks eerily real
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - It's common to see leaks and rumors in the weeks leading up to a big Apple event, but the number of photo and video leaks related to the upcoming iPhone 7 must be setting some kind of record. We'v...
5 ‘Boring’ Companies that are Rocking Instagram (via Passle)
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Chris Abraham
blog.passle.net - Instagram is a tool traditionally associated with B2C companies, and with good reason, its format makes it perfect for showing off tangible products. Increasingly however, B2B companies are using I...
Is your website’s newsroom missing key pieces of content? - Biznology
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Chris Abraham
biznology.com - If one of your company’s goals is to gain media attention, then your website can be a supporting factor with the information that the press and even your customers might be looking for. Sending out...
Apple - Press Info - FY 16 Third Quarter Results Conference Call
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Mike Elgan
apple.com - Media Alert FY 16 Third Quarter Results Conference Call WHAT: Apple® FY 16 Third Quarter Results Conference Call WHERE: Via conference call. The dial-in numbers for press are (877) 616-0071 (toll-f...
How to Find Out If Your Private Data Was Just Revealed by WikiLeaks
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Steve Hultquist
lifehacker.com - Earlier today, WikiLeaks published over 19,000 emails from top U.S. Democratic National Committee members, then announced it in a tweet. Those emails contained the personal information of many dono...
Former Homeland Security Advisor: Tech Companies Have The Burden Of Proving Harm Of Backdoored Encryption | Techdirt
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Steve Hultquist
techdirt.com - Last week's one-sided "hearing" on encryption -- hosted by an irritated John McCain, who kept interrupting things to complain that Apple hadn't showed up to field false accusations and his general ...
Razer Mechanical Keyboard Case: The quest for the perfect iPad Pro keyboard continues
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Steve Hultquist
sixcolors.com - Ever since I decided to embrace the iPad Pro, I’ve been trying to figure out the best option for an external keyboard. One of the things I do for a living is write. As much as I like the iPad Pro 1...