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Thursday, July 28, 2016

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How r/the_donald Became a Melting Pot of Frustration and Hate

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motherboard.vice.com - In June of last year, a new subreddit was created called r/the_donald, a place for “following the news related to Donald Trump during his presidential run.” The curious thing is that’s kind of exac...

UK ad watchdog spanks Three after it scares kids, and tells fibs

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arstechnica.co.uk - Three has been put on the naughty step twice this week by the UK's advertising regulator after the mobile operator's horror-themed YouTube video scared three children—and claims it made last summer...

SEO requirements for a new website platform

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searchengineland.com - Many times, those choosing a new enterprise platform to serve their website to the world are not well-versed in today’s SEO requirements. Systems integration and indexation are the focus of many IT...

Elon Musk takes press inside the Gigafactory for the first time

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mashable.com - Tesla let the press into its giant new battery-producing plant, called the Gigafactory, for the first time Friday. Experts told Wired the factory will be necessary to power Musk's dream fleet of E...

Apple sells its billionth iPhone

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mashable.com - Apple on Wednesday announced that it has sold its billionth iPhone. The original iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007. SEE ALSO: U.S. Army switching to iPhones because Androids freeze up The news, ...

End of SMS-based 2-Factor Authentication; Yes, It's Insecure!

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thehackernews.com - SMS-based Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) has been declared insecure and soon it might be a thing of the past. Two-Factor Authentication or 2FA adds an extra step of entering a random passcode sent...

Google launches Family Library, a way for families to share Google Play purchases

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techcrunch.com - Google officially announced this morning the launch of “Family Library” – a program that allows up to six family members to share their purchases from Google Play across devices. This includes the ...

Amazon debuts a dedicated shop for Kickstarter products

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techcrunch.com - Funding a project on Kickstarter is like placing a bet – will the project ever work? Will it ship? Or will you just be out a chunk of change? That said, the crowdfunding platform has enabled a numb...

Apple and Oracle vets’ Upthere raises $77 million to put a new spin on personal cloud storage

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techcrunch.com - Upthere isn’t your parents’ personal cloud storage service. The team behind the service, which is coming out of beta today with $77 million in financing from a slew of investors, believes that the ...

Dropbox steps up to business users with AdminX, plans device management

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techcrunch.com - As Dropbox — the cloud storage company with 500 million users — gets more profitable and inches towards an IPO, the company is slowly adding more features that cater to the lucrative business marke...

Telegram app vuln recorded anything macOS users pasted—even in secret

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arstechnica.com - The vulnerability was spotted earlier this month by Russian infosec operative Kirill Firsov, who directly and publicly challenged Telegram's flamboyant founder and chief Pavel Durov about the app's...

Nintendo suffers huge first-quarter loss as Wii U and 3DS sales tumble

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arstechnica.com - While Nintendo tried to temper expectations and the impact of augmented reality game Pokémon Go ahead of its financial results, its latest quarterly earnings still make for surprisingly bad reading...

Xbox Design Lab offers tons of custom gamepad colors—except for Blue...tooth

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arstechnica.com - Back in the day if you wanted a specially colored game controller, too bad. Gamers were stuck with the system default (unless you bought a cruddy third-party pad, of course). The N64 was the first ...

How To Get Interviewed On Top Podcasts In Your Industry

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blog.thinkific.com - This is a question that we receive from our community of online course creators on a regular basis. Now, they may not use those exact words, but the issue remains: they have a course to sell, but t...

10 Free Content Marketing Tools | SEJ

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searchenginejournal.com - According to The Content Marketing Institute’s 2015 B2C study, 77% of companies use content marketing, but only 37% believe they are effective at it. That means a whopping 40 percent of brands are ...

What the 1960s Can Teach You About Growth Hacking

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blog.kissmetrics.com - It takes a different skill set. A new way of thinking. However, at the end of the day, a lot of what you’re doing still looks and sounds like real marketing. Not today’s misappropriated use of the ...

Windows 10's Anniversary Update makes a great OS better

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engadget.com - Microsoft says the software is now running on more than 350 million devices worldwide, and it's seeing the highest customer-satisfaction ratings for a Windows release. So expectations are running p...

Missing Facebook Pages: What to Do When Facebook Takes Your Page Away : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you know what to do if your Facebook page vanishes? Want to be ready when and if that day comes? To share what happened when the Social Media Examiner Facebook page disappeared and how we handle...

Twitter Adds "Night Mode" for Android (Which May be More Beneficial Than You'd Think)

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socialmediatoday.com - In a small but interesting update, Twitter has announced that Android users will now be able to active a 'Night Mode' by selecting the relevant option in the left side slider menu. As you can see, ...

These Samsung headphones offer comfort, premium sound, at 71% off [DEALS]

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androidcommunity.com - Looking for a new set of headphones that offer great sound with a superior build quality from a name you can trust? Now Android Community readers can pick up a set of two Samsung EG920 Headphones a...

Opera Mini for Android now has a download videos feature

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androidcommunity.com - If you’re the type of person who spends an inordinate amount of time just browsing for funny, non-sensical, or even serious videos on your mobile device, then you probably eat up a large amount of ...

Loyalty360 - Three Steps to Better Personalization

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loyalty360.org - Your dentist has a file on you. One that includes your name, birthdate, address and other personal details. You visit your dentist regularly, and tell your friends about your experiences with him. ...

Loyalty360 - American Express Partners with Barclaycard to Augment Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - Communication’s significance within the larger customer experience puzzle cannot be overstated. Simply put, effective brand communication is among the most crucial factors in fostering engagement w...

Nordstrom Rewards 2.0 Takes Customer Loyalty to Greater Heights

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loyalty360.org - Opening up its loyalty program to allow all of its customers to reap the benefits is a momentum-changing strategy for Nordstrom. Since the company launched Nordstrom Rewards 2.0, it has sparked con...

Room In The Moon : Social Travel Website - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Rafael Dos Santos'; CEO of the – UK start-up “Room in the Moon”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. W...

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...

Render.st: An Easy to Use and Affordable Online Render Farm, with a Great Customer Support - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Render Street is an easy to use and affordable render farm for 3D projects with very good customer support. “Render Street” is a global provider of rendering services. Below is the full interview t...

GetQuantify.com: A Real-Time Online Collaboration Application for Small Businesses - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Getquantify is real-time online collaboration application for small businesses. Organize your tasks into projects and keep your team up to date. “GetQuantify.com” is a real-time online collaboratio...

nspHire : Job Search App - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Rasheen Carbin”, CMO at the US based start-up “nspHire” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-up i...

FoodTrucksNearMe.com: A Website that Allows Users to Find Food Trucks Locations and Menus via Computer or Smartphone - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Food Trucks Near Me is a website that allows users to find food trucks locations and menus via computer or smartphone. “Food Trucks Near Me” is a website that allows users to find food trucks’ loca...

Talk.io A New Way To Meet People - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Today, we had a quick overview with Mr. ‘Tomasz Dominiak'; Project Manager / CEO of Talk.io in Warsaw. Talk.io (http://www.talk.io) is a new product designed for anyone who wants to break free fro...

CUBICUS SMART TOYS : Child's Daily Activities - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Gema Parreño Piqueras”, CEO of the Madrid – Spain based start-up “CUBICUS SMART TOYS SL” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly tha...

Vertical Method : Posture Strength For Techies and The Desk-Bound Workforce - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Jennifer Davis”, Founder and CEO of the San Francisco- United States based startup “Vertical Method” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is...

Plink.com: A Facebook Credits-Based Loyalty Program - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Plink is a Facebook Credits-based loyalty program that rewards Facebook members for dining and making purchases at their favorite restaurants and stores. As per Mr. Stratz; Plink is a Facebook Cred...

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

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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...

Marketing Day: IAB's ad-blocking study, mobile wallets & chatbots

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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: Does the IAB’s first ad-blocking study provide the “...

Surfers Are Audacious Snails in Samsung's Latest Paean to the Waves

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adweek.com - Why did the snail cross the road? To go shoot the curl, of course. This new ad for Samsung frames the enterprising spirit (or, skeptics might say, the biological hardwiring) of a slug in a shell as...

New Responsive Display Ads: What You Need to Know

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wordstream.com - Yesterday, Google released Expanded Text Ads for all advertisers. But expanded text ads aren’t the only new ad format they released. Google also released a new, larger Responsive Ad format for GDN ...

Internet Marketing Consultant - New Career Choice

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sd-entrepreneur.com - Internet Marketing has been an extremely vast field with constant evolution. An answer to the need of businesses that want to grow their business in the web world, this marketing is growing leaps a...

Instagram Explodes Past 500 Million Monthly Users and Why It Matters | Fstoppers

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fstoppers.com - If you are still one of the few photographers or creatives on planet earth not on Instagram, you might want to reconsider after hearing these stats. Instagram has now reached more than 500 million ...

A Complete Guide to Twitter’s Q2 2016 Earnings Call

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adweek.com - Twitter reported its second-quarter-2016 financial results Tuesday, and Wall Street was far from overwhelmed. The social network posted revenue of $602 million, up 20 percent compared with the seco...

As iPhone sales stagnate, services promise growth for Apple

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reuters.com - Though Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is selling enough iPhones to keep investors happy for now, the world's most valuable publicly traded company is set increasingly to rely on its apps and services to drive ...

Apple CEO touts future technology amid iPhone worries

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reuters.com - SAN FRANCISCO As iPhone sales declined for the second straight quarter, Apple CEO Tim Cook peeled back the curtain ever so slightly on its work in artificial intelligence and augmented reality, aim...

Nintendo's Mario eyes a Mickey Mouse merchandising makeover

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reuters.com - TOKYO Flush with the stunning popularity of the Pokemon GO mobile game, Nintendo aims to make more from marketing popular characters such as Super Mario, taking a leaf from the Walt Disney playbook...

Check Out Google Maps And Its Brand New Look

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travelpulse.com - The Current and Future State of Cruise Specialty... An Airplane Flight Listed on AirBNB? Lufthansa Thinks... Is JetBlue Poised to Add Routes to Europe? Google Maps is growing up and looking a littl...

Viesearch Friends of Viesearch - Some of our Lastest Referrers

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viesearch.com - Click Du Jour LLC is a full service website designer. We absolutely love, love, love building websites. Click Du Jour LLC is a diversified company, which allows us to make your website come to life...

4 Tools for Social Customer Service : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want to provide them with better customer service? Today’s tools make it easier than ever for brands to ensure that no customer service issues go unresolved. In this article, you’ll discover...

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...

Apple Shares Rise After Beating Earnings Projections

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hollywoodreporter.com - Apple shares rose after the closing bell when it posted quarterly earnings that slightly beat analysts' expectations on Tuesday. The tech giant said it earned $1.42 per share on $42.4 billion in re...

20 MailChimp Integrations That Help You Sell More and Stay in Touch With Minimal Effort

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zapier.com - Your customers are the core of your business, so communication with them should be paramount. But keeping in touch can be a time-consuming task that falls by the wayside—especially if you want to a...