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Friday, July 8, 2016

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Why These Facebook Features Should Worry Digital Advertisers

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entrepreneur.com - Attend our free webinar July 12 and discover SEO, social media and content tactics to boost your brand’s online visibility. Register Now » We’ve been hearing that it’s “the year of mobile” repeated...

Misfortune

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teslamotors.com - First, Fortune mischaracterizes Tesla's SEC filing. Here is what Tesla's SEC filing actually says: "We may become subject to product liability claims, which could harm our financial condition and l...

Wal-Mart May Need to Sweeten Deal to Get People to Pay With App

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bloomberg.com - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s expansion of its mobile-payment system across the U.S. may meet resistance from shoppers with little incentive to whip out their phones at the register. “There’s got to be so...

2 weeks after launch, live.ly live streaming platform hits 2 million downloads

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mashable.com - New live streaming app live.ly has been downloaded 2 million times in about two weeks, app creators said Thursday. The app — which was created by the founders of musical.ly — allows users to broad...

'Evolve' goes free-to-play on PC, with changes aimed at accessibility

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mashable.com - The 2015 game from Turtle Rock Studios is entering into what the developer calls "Stage 2." That means a lot of different things, but the biggest change of all: Evolve is now free to play in beta o...

Windows Weekly 473: Mary Jo Storms Out - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - In this episode of Windows Weekly, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss last week’s live event in New York, new Surface device rumors, more changes to the Get Windows 10 ads, some new Windows 1...

Pokemon GO will drain your phone’s battery, but you’ll still play it

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androidcommunity.com - The internet has been abuzz with the nominal release of the much awaited Pokemon GO augmented reality gaming app to Android (and iOS too). It has been released in limited territories, with a US rel...

SkilledWizard.com: A Professional Social Network Platform Dedicated Exclusively to Skilled Workers - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - SkilledWizard is a platform for Skilled Workers Worldwide. They set out to erase the void that currently exists today. “SkilledWizard.com”‘s mission is to unite skilled / blue collar workers worldw...

Evolve goes free-to-play after struggling to gain players

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arstechnica.com - Asymmetrical multiplayer entertains an asymmetrical amount of the time. "Making Evolve free on PC is going to be a process that takes time and a lot of hard work, but we believe in Evolve and we be...

Mom takes on Valve, third-party “trading” sites, alleges “illegal scheme”

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arstechnica.com - Two nearly identical lawsuits have been recently filed against the Valve Corporation over an alleged "illegal scheme" that revolves around the online game Counter Strike: Global Offensive, and more...

If you’re waiting for a self-driving car revolution, keep waiting

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techcrunch.com - Not a week goes by, it seems, without some sort of development in the world regarding self-driving cars. Whether it’s Google going on a hiring spree as it attempts to accelerate its efforts or Gene...

Audible’s new Channels audio content subscription service is a bet on a voice-powered future

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techcrunch.com - Amazon-owned Audible announced a new service called Channels today, one that differs from its typical audiobook business in offering more bite-size content from original content producers, as well ...

Signs of a new Samsung Gear VR are surfacing

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techcrunch.com - It’s been less than a year since the consumer Gear VR was first shown off and it already seems as though Samsung and Oculus are regrouping to push out a new version of the pre-eminent mobile VR hea...

Google acquires Anvato, a media streaming and monetization platform for broadcasters

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techcrunch.com - Google is getting deeper into the tech side of the video and broadcasting business. The company today announced that it has acquired Anvato, a platform for encoding, editing, publishing and distrib...

Samsung just had its most profitable quarter in more than two years

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techcrunch.com - Samsung has reported its most profitable quarter of business in over two years thanks to its resurgent smartphone business. The Korean firm’s earnings guidance today estimated profit for the second...

iOS 10 preview: Apple breaks down its walled garden

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techcrunch.com - As our phones become our primary computing devices, major iOS updates affect the workflow and lifestyle of hundreds of millions of people. Even minor changes can have major implications. So let’s d...

Canadian self-driving program further slowed by Tesla Autopilot fatality

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techcrunch.com - The driver death resulting from a Tesla Model S Autopilot crash on May 7 has ramifications that extend well past a federal investigation in the United States. In fact, government officials from the...

Parachut is the perfect photography gear club for indecisive photographers

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techcrunch.com - It is frequently said that photography is a more expensive hobby than a recreational drug habit. Whether that’s true or not I wouldn’t know (I’ve only ever suffered one of those two afflictions), b...

ZUtA demos its mobile robotic printer

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techcrunch.com - After finding success on Kickstarter, ZUtA Labs is piecing together its mobile robotic printer. Small enough to fit into the palm of your hand, the four-inch wireless device makes it easy to produc...

Ch-ch-ch-changes at Microsoft as COO Kevin Turner heads for the exits

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techcrunch.com - In a blog post this morning, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that long-time COO Kevin Turner would be leaving after 11 years at the company. At the same time, Citadel Securities announced on ...

Set-top saga: Comcast says it’s “not feasible” to comply with FCC cable box rules

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arstechnica.com - It's no secret that cable companies hate the Federal Communications Commission plan to make TV channels more widely available on third-party devices and applications. The proposal would force pay-T...

Nvidia unveils the GTX 1060: Faster than a GTX 980 for $250

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arstechnica.com - The GTX 1060, Founders Edition. It looks much like the Founders Edition GTX 1070 and 1080, but it's a bit shorter. The GTX 1060, Founders Edition. It looks much like the Founders Edition GTX 1070 a...

15 Best Growth Hacking Techniques & Ideas (Infographic)

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eliv8group.com - To some, “growth hacking” might seem like the latest buzzword for “marketing.” But growth hacking is much more than a buzzword and requires absolute focus on one thing: Grow as fast as possible. Th...

5 Myths About Social Media Marketing in 2016

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mirasee.com - What kind of businesses do you think need to be on social media in this day and age? Possibly clothing or food shops, makeup boutiques, or maybe even law firms come to mind. But what about the ones...

Face facts: You’re replaceable, and there’s only 2 things you can do about it

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webdesignerdepot.com - Let’s say that co-owners of a business who know nothing about creating a website (except that they need one) are in the market for a website. They need a site that gives potential customers all the...

4 Reasons LinkedIn Premium Is Good for Marketers : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - While most people start with the free version of LinkedIn, there are a number of useful paid features that make a Premium account worth the investment. In this article, you’ll discover four ways Li...

The 5 Worst Ways Of Communicating With Millennials

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inc.com - Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. Communicating with the young can cause your mind to twitch uncontrollably and your mouth to...

7 Lessons We’ve Learned From Running 31,307 Social Media Contests

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blog.wishpond.com - ​Wishpond has been running social media contests for five years now. Before our marketing suite expanded to include a landing page builder, pop-up builder, and marketing automation - social media c...

Snapchat Saves Your Snaps Now Because Hey, Memories Can Be Nice

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wired.com - Snapchat has built a social media kingdom on the back of a fairly straightforward premise: the things you share disappear soon after you share them. Snapchat Memories, rolling out as of nowish, upe...

Snapchat update: store media in Memories, lock some for My Eyes Only

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androidcommunity.com - Snapchat made its name in the social media world by introducing ephemeral messages or pictures and messages that will not last forever (in fact, just a few seconds only). But it looks like the more...

Samsung shows off new 256GB UFS removable memory card, a first in the world

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androidcommunity.com - Samsung recently introduced a new set of removable memory cards. It's the first based on the JEDEC Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 1.0 Card Extension Standard, making it ideal for hi-res shooting of ...

Google brings new Now On Tap features: translate, discover, scan 

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androidcommunity.com - Now that more and more devices are already updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, this means that more people are now able to use the Google Now on Tap feature which gives you quick information withou...

SuperSU updated to 2.76, improvements and fixes in tow

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androidcommunity.com - Deep customization and tweaking, something most Android users will boast to you about (if you’re still not on an Android device), but some will boast more than others. These are the guys who gain r...

CloudPlayer music app now lets you save cloud playlists

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androidcommunity.com - Mobile users now rarely play their own music files as they rely on the glut of music streaming services available like Spotify, Pandora, Google Play Music, Amazon Prime Music, etc. But there are st...

These 10 programs will make you and your PC perform better [DEALS]

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androidcommunity.com - Unleash the full potential of your computer. Even if it isn’t a top of the line unit, there are software titles available to make it - and you - a better performer. Now Android Community readers ca...

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...

Interactive Personalized Video Can Trigger Better Customer Experience, Customer Engagement

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loyalty360.org - Interactive personalized video is a great way to create a better customer experience and better customer engagement. That’s according to Scot A. Laudicina, Vice President, Cross Sell, Pitney Bowes ...

AT&T Enhances Video Customer Experience Through Acquisition

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loyalty360.org - For AT&T officials, their goal is simple: To deliver a rich entertainment customer experience–not a skinny bundle or limited service offering–on any device, anywhere their customers live, work, or ...

My Tour Deal : Mobile ONLY Booking App - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Patrick Ncho”, Co-Founder at the California – USA based Startup “MyTourDeal” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and...

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...

CareerSonar a Social Job Discovery - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co interviewed Mr. ‘Aviram Ben Moshe'; Co-founder & CTO at the US (NY)based start-up “CareerSonar”. “CareerSonar” ranks all jobs available online by the strength of your inside connection...

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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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...

AbbeyPost : Brand-New Marketplace and Community - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - AbbeyPost is a brand-new marketplace and community designed exclusively for plus size women’s fashion! Shopping is an inherently social activity, but for over 100 million plus size women in the US,...

AppAppeal.com: Finding Web Apps Made Easy! - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - AppAppeal reviews and compares web applications to help people find the best web app for their needs. Our quality reviews are comprehensive, objective, and created by professional writers. We do no...

CMS2CMS : A CMS Migration tool . - Start-Ups.Co

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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 ...

KillerStartupsDesigns.com: A Website that Features Daily Start-Ups Based on Strict Aesthetic Standards - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - KillerStartupsDesigns features ONE startup daily that meets strict aesthetic standards and that is reviewed by a highly experienced Web/Graphic designer. 1. What is it exactly that you do and what ...

My Home Needs That : Search Engine Dedicated to Furniture and Homeware - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Adam Pilling”, Foundert at the London – UK based start-up “MyHomeNeedsThat” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and...

Conversion In A Box : Web Based Niche Marketing Tool - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Mark La Fay'; Founder of the – USA start-up “Conversion In A Box”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1....

Contus : Mobile App Development Company - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Today, we had an in-depth and very interesting interview with Mr. ‘Sriram Manoharan'; Founder of Contus at Tamil Nadu – India. “Contus” is a leading mobile app development company Below is the full...

Inside Google Play’s branded YouTube show that spanned 23 channels

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marketingland.com - Google Play and production studio Portal A tried to pull off something tough with the app store’s latest digital video campaign, “Game Fest.” Instead of airing its branded video show in one place l...