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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

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Now Is A Good Time To Remind Everyone That An Adviser Promised a Bloodbath If Trump Lost

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politicususa.com - For context to Donald Trump’s call for violence against Hillary Clinton today, here’s a reminder of his adviser Roger Stone promising a “bloodbath” if Trump loses, and “widespread resistance”. "It ...

The iPhone 7 is reportedly going to get a major camera upgrade

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uk.businessinsider.com - The iPhone may be about to get a major upgrade, with a dual-sensor system reportedly making its way to the iPhone 7 slated for a launch later this year. That's according to Mark Gurman, a reporter ...

Instagram castrated Snapchat like Facebook neutered Twitter

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techcrunch.com - Good-enough goes a long way when combined with network effect. You don’t always need to be better to win, you just have to rob your competitor of its appeal. Why would people stray if you provide c...

Playing The Long Game Inside Tim Cook's Apple

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fastcompany.com - Eddy Cue doesn’t look like a man in the midst of his toughest year in decades. Sporting an untucked apricot camp shirt and blue jeans over camouflage socks and a pair of blue leather racing shoes f...

Instagram is testing a “Save Draft” feature

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techcrunch.com - If your Instagrams are works of art that take more than a few moments to finesse, you’ll appreciate a new feature that may soon be coming to Instagram: “Save Draft.” The option is something many In...

More games join Nintendo Selects to sweeten the back-to-school blues

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mashable.com - Video games probably aren't on the approved list of school supplies, but Nintendo is getting pretty studious by putting several new games on its discounted Nintendo Selects program. 3DS titles Anim...

JBL Reflect Aware C headphones free when you buy HTC 10

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androidcommunity.com - Guys, HTC really, really wants you to buy its flagship smartphone, the HTC 10. Last month, they were offering it at $100 off its regular price when you buy it directly from their online store. Now ...

Twitter Moments creation opens to influencers, brands, and soon, everyone

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techcrunch.com - Twitter’s curated tweet slideshow Moments has failed to move the user growth needle. But the sagging public company hopes to make itself accessible and indispensable by allowing more than just its ...

No Man’s Sky is an immersive wonder for solitary wanderers

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techcrunch.com - The change in perception you experience as a player coming back to your ship after a long trip on foot for the first time in No Man’s Sky is astounding. I crested a ledge and saw the ship I’d left ...

For the ambitious ed tech company AltSchool, it’s time for phase two

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techcrunch.com - Much has been written about the ambitions of AltSchool, a San Francisco-based startup that’s aiming to change the way that school children learn. Its big idea, broadly, is that personalized learnin...

Qualcomm nets patent deals with China’s top two fastest-growing phone makers

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techcrunch.com - Qualcomm’s busy year in China continues with news that it has agreed to patent licensing deals with two of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone companies: Oppo and Vivo. U.S. chip firm Qualcomm w...

Mirantis and SUSE team up to give OpenStack users new support options

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techcrunch.com - Mirantis, which specializes in offering software, support and training for running OpenStack, today announced that it is partnering with Germany-based SUSE, best known for its Linux distribution, t...

Apple, Google, Amazon, and the Advantages of Bigness - The New Yorker

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newyorker.com - At some point in a big, successful company’s life, it comes up against the problem of the law of large numbers. In the simplest terms, a fast-growing company can’t keep growing at the same fast rat...

Nexus rumor roundup: The “Nexus Launcher” and other exclusive features

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arstechnica.com - With Android 7.0 Nougat and the new Nexus devices fast approaching, Google is no doubt hard at work developing and testing the latest wave of features coming to the Android ecosystem. The Android N...

Don't Intend Money Directly - Steve Pavlina

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stevepavlina.com - The Law of Attraction can be very powerful. It’s more than wishing, intending, and visualizing though. I know a lot of people who intend money to come to them. They keep intending for years, and th...

4 Growth Hacking Strategies That Work Like Magic

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entrepreneur.com - If you are an entrepreneur, you should have heard about customer acquisition and great impact of growth hacking strategies on marketing. Unfortunately, many marketers have misperceptions about the ...

Dark Political Cartoons Show How Technology Is Our New Master | The Creators Project

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thecreatorsproject.vice.com - While you might not know his name, you've almost certainly seen the work of Polish illustrator Pawel Kuczynski. Known for political cartoons that stick in your mind as much as your social media fee...

UX Trends For Small Business Websites - Speckyboy Design Magazine

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speckyboy.com - With smartphone and tablet technology catching up to desktops and laptops, web design and user experience needs to catch up, too. If you toss together a design based off a wireframe template, hand ...

Summary of key rules | Butterick’s Practical Typography

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practicaltypography.com - The four most im­por­tant ty­po­graphic choices you make in any doc­u­ment are point size, line spac­ing, line length, and font (pas­sim), be­cause those choices de­ter­mine how the body text looks...

Daily Twitter Habits You Must Cultivate

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smedio.com - Old habits die hard and new habits don’t come easy – Twitter is no exception to that rule. If you’ve been using Twitter for a while, I’m sure you’ve become habitual with its use. Like our everyday ...

Quora -- What Have You Always Wondered About?

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wonderoftech.com - If you’ve ever wondered about something but didn’t know where to turn, you’ll be a big fan of Quora. Yes, there’s the Internet, that could be considered the source of all knowledge. But when you’re...

How to Optimize Landing Pages to Boost Social Media Conversions : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want more conversions from your social traffic? Directing targeted social media traffic to relevant landing pages helps you convert visitors into leads. In this article you’ll discover how t...

How to Manage Your Facebook Ad Frequency : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Wondering how many times your audience should see your ads? In this article, you’ll discover what marketers need to know about managing the frequency of Facebook ads. Facebook defines “ad frequency...

Decoding SEO: Understand What Your Consultant is Telling You

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entrepreneur.com - Search engine optimization, or SEO, is the kind of techie, jargon-filled field that can give those outside the industry a feeling of dread. It can sound overwhelming and difficult, and it might be ...

How to Get Your Business on Snapchat in Four Steps : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Are you wondering how to get your business started on Snapchat? Creating a Snapchat marketing plan helps ensure you’ll gain a significant return on the amount of time you invest in the platform. In...

SwiftKey update finally fixes syncing, prediction errors

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androidcommunity.com - A few days after reports started piling up that there were huge mistakes in SwiftKey’s syncing, predictions and suggestions, the Microsoft-owned virtual keyboard has finally released an update that...

Hyundai starts delivering Android Auto software updates to more vehicles

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androidcommunity.com - The last update we heard from Hyundai was when the company began teaching car owners to add Android Auto DIY. It took the South Korean automaker some time since the 2015 Hyundai Sonata owners were ...

Google Maps update brings more offline options, ride service comparison

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androidcommunity.com - We’ve all been there at one point or another. You’re driving in an unfamiliar area, relying only on your Google Maps to get you to that place, when suddenly, your data becomes wonky and you lose si...

7 Tips to Get The Most From Your Marketing Efforts on Twitter

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binkd.com - Many brands are now using social media as a medium to share and broadcast their messages and promotions to a larger audience and; why not, as most people are now getting their news and information ...

Creating the Smarter Grocery Store for a Heightened Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - Retailers that build a mobile customer experience in-store win the shopper. That was the key theme of the session, “Creating The Smarter Store: Bringing the Benefits of E-Commerce to Brick & Mortar...

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...

Loyalty Lessons from Pokémon Go

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loyalty360.org - When you see a mobile application exceed the use of Twitter in a little over a week of existence, it demands your attention. So, with the help of my 19-year-old daughter who loves the game, I jumpe...

Mobile Wallets Hold Key to Elevated Mobile Customer Engagement

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loyalty360.org - Mobile wallets have been talked about within the loyalty industry for quite some time now, but, according to a new report from Urban Airship, more businesses are jumping onboard amid a significant ...

Papadakis Konstantinos : Latest Technologies Designed by High Detailed Graphics - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Konstantinos Papadakis”, Developer and Owber of the Greece based start-up “PapadakisKonstantinos” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it e...

Ostrato cloudSM™ : Cloud Based Services and Applications - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had a nice chat with Mr. “Jay Chapel”, CEO of the USA-based start-up “Ostrato” about his Company. 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-up is all about? Ostrato cloudSM™ empowers...

HeadFunder : Social Crowdfunding Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneurs; Mr. ‘Nolan Thompson and Mr. Chris LaBonty'; Partners at the Start Up “HeadFunder”. Below, is the full interview that we have ...

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...

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...

ApprovalQ : Email Project Management Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Sharif Aly”, Aly of the California – USA based start-up “ApprovalQ” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what you...

Mekiwi : Easy-To-Use 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 her: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-u...

Fanaka : Automates Sales, Projects and Accounting - Start-Ups.Co

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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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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...

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...

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...

The ONE Social Media Rule That Will Determine Whether You Succeed… Or Fail

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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...

Social Media: In-house or Outsource?

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portent.com - If you’re working your way down the “must-have” list of digital marketing needs for 2016, organizing a coherent presence across social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter would get slotted in ...

Windows Insiders: It's Go Time - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - Windows Insiders have a decision to make, and time is running out: With the Anniversary Update now publicly available, Insiders can opt out of the program and remain on Windows 10 version 1607 if t...

Thurrott Daily: August 9 - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - He later commented, “Sorry, I’m a Windows guy. And I can’t stand when people use a 10-inch tablet like it’s a digital camera.” As expected, NuAns fails to meet its Kickstarter goals A few weeks bac...

Are We Becoming A #hashtag World?

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sd-entrepreneur.com - With all the different Social Media Platforms out there like the ones named above, marketers and businesses are looking for ways to curate content and reach a target market of group of people via #...

Why, When, and How to Schedule Facebook Posts | Agorapulse

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agorapulse.com - Are you managing your first Facebook page and want to learn more on how to schedule Facebook posts? Or have you been managing a Facebook Page for a while, haven’t tried scheduling, but know you sho...