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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

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8 Top Tech Conferences You Can’t Miss This Fall

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inc.com - Each year the number of tech conferences seems to increase. Wondering which conferences were remaining in 2016? Here's a list of the top eight conferences remaining this year. There are a few other...

Happy 25th birthday, Linux

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techcrunch.com - Linux will turn 25 years old on August 25, the day Linus Torvalds sent out his fateful message asking for help with a new operating system. “I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t...

Apple acquired Gliimpse, a personal health data startup

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techcrunch.com - Apple has reportedly acquired health data startup Gliimpse, a company that collects and combines disparate threads of personal health info. Fast Company reports that the acquisition went down earli...

Donald Trump's new app tries to make personal branding great again

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mashable.com - Democratic party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has an app for voters so it's only natural that her GOP opponent, Donald Trump, would roll out his own as well. SEE ALSO: Hillary Clinton's ...

Samsung Notebook 7 Spin is a powerful laptop designed to stay put

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mashable.com - When you think of a laptop, what attributes come to mind? Portable and powerful are my top two. Now, forget at least one part of that equation while I tell you about Samsung’s Notebook 7 Spin. For...

Google Page 1 SEO + Social- 2,826 orders. New and Improved Alpha PLUS V5.0 for $57 - SEOClerks

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seoclerk.com - Polite notice for potential clients (please read carefully); This service is for the Google search engine. Non-English languages ACCEPTED High rankings in Google does not always guarantee traffic o...

BlackBerry’s new round of lawsuits targets BLU—and Android

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arstechnica.com - Over the years, BlackBerry has amassed a giant portfolio of patents, but it hasn't used them to sue others—until now. BlackBerry has filed three patent infringement lawsuits in as many weeks. The s...

AppFormix now helps enterprises monitor and optimize their virtualized networks

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techcrunch.com - AppFormix helps enterprises, including the likes of Rackspace and its customers, monitor and optimize their OpenStack- and container-based clouds. The company today announced that it has also now a...

Microsoft buys AI scheduling tool Genee to make Office 365 smarter

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techcrunch.com - Microsoft has picked up another productivity app — announcing the acquisition of AI-powered scheduling tool Genee. In a blog post today the software giant said it will be plugging Genee into its cl...

All 44 startups that launched at Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 1

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techcrunch.com - Farm drones, autonomous security guards and next-generation tampons were among the products presented at today’s Y Combinator startup accelerator Summer 2016 Demo Day 1. YC’s increased internationa...

Email and file encryption service Virtru, built by ex-NSA engineer, raises $29 million

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techcrunch.com - Talk about being at the right place and at the right time. Following revelations of government spying, data breaches, malicious hacking, identity theft and other online threats, the email and file ...

Master New Skills: Social Media Power Tips to Be More Successful

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pegfitzpatrick.com - Let’s face it, social media is getting more complicated as time goes on. Instead of being trying to successful with your 2014 social media plan and wondering why it isn’t working, you need to stay ...

The Volkswagen Golf TSI: Wolfsburg gains the middle ground

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arstechnica.com - The biggest Golf changes for this year are on the inside. The most immediately apparent is a new 5-inch display on the base model and a 6.5-inch display on all other trim levels. Running VW's Modul...

Little Nightmares might be the most impressive game at Gamescom

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arstechnica.com - COLOGNE, Germany—When you're a child, everything is terrifying. Shadows under the bed hide monsters, the light peeking through the window creating a world of stark whites and blacks. Tarsier Studio...

PS4 Slim leaks online, looks legit

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arstechnica.com - Sony will have not one, but two consoles on show at its upcoming PlayStation Meeting event on September 7—and the first appears to have leaked online. A thinner, rounder PlayStation 4 Slim was spot...

60+ LinkedIn Profile Tips for Marketers

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contentmarketinginstitute.com - Content marketing careers are constantly evolving, but one thing is certain: The power of LinkedIn for personal branding is here to stay, especially when you’re aware of all the tricks that can hel...

Adobe Typekit unveils major redesign

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webdesignerdepot.com - Adobe Typekit has just released a long-overdue update to its font browsing interface. Currently still in beta, the new UI makes finding, and using fonts substantially easier. This is the biggest up...

Top Five Best Rich Snippets Plugins For WordPress (2016)

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winningwp.com - For quite a while in the SEO world, Rich Snippets have been an interesting and often talked about concept. According to Google, they don’t actually have a direct impact on search rankings: neverthe...

10 LinkedIn Tips for Connecting With People at Live Events : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you want to strengthen the connections you make at conferences? Have you considered using LinkedIn to develop relationships during events? As a business-centric social network, LinkedIn is valua...

Galaxy Note 7 undergoes knife and hammer test from YouTuber

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androidcommunity.com - If you feel really queasy on seeing a brand new smartphones be repeatedly hit by a hammer and scratched by a knife, better turn away now. YouTube channel TechRax has conducted a test once again, th...

Xiaomi coming to the United States, another product launching soon

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androidcommunity.com - Xiaomi is definitely entering the US market. Hugo Barra did say that handsets will not be available Stateside anytime soon but the brand will come somday. In a recent interview with Bloomberg's Bet...

Drop Test and Speed Test: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 VS IPhone 6S

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androidcommunity.com - It's that time when after the launch and commercial release of a new premium flagship device, drop tests are being made. The latest subject is of a series of test by PhoneBuff is the Samsung Galaxy...

S Pen on Note 7 gets stuck if you push too hard, reports some users

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androidcommunity.com - After the "S Pen-gate" on the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, you would think that their new phablet, the Galaxy Note 7 would have fixed the problems that people were having with the S Pen and its spring me...

Samsung LEVEL Active designed for workouts and outdoor activities 

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androidcommunity.com - One thing that you shouldn’t worry about when you’re doing your daily run or when you’re doing exercises on your machine is whether or not your earphones will get dislodged or will get damaged. The...

Corning responds to scratch test on Samsung Galaxy Note 7, GG5 harder than metal pick

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androidcommunity.com - So if you’ve been around the Android beat for a while now, you’d recognize the things published by JerryRigEverything. They have a YouTube channel where they perform durability tests on popular sma...

Four Attributes of Customer Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - This is the first of four posts on modern approaches to customer loyalty aimed at improving it through customer engagement. A fuller discussion is available in my new book, You Can’t Buy Customer L...

Customer Engagement In a New Way for Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores

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loyalty360.org - Attracting new customers, especially a new generation of shoppers, can be very difficult for any brand. As a result, Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores has partnered with Ibotta, a leading mobile shopp...

Conversational Commerce Technology Expected to Improve Customer Experience Across All Markets

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loyalty360.org - Professional services company Ernst & Young is bringing its clients’ customer experience into a new age, investing in conversational commerce, the newest development in digital experiences. Perhaps...

Experian Honors Retailers for Customer Engagement Excellence

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loyalty360.org - Retailers with innovative programs of customer engagement and customer experience were honored by Experian Marketing Services with its 2016 #SuiteLife Awards. Winners included an international hote...

Brands Must Ensure a Seamless Online Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - Customers have so many shopping options at their disposal and, when it comes to online purchases, brands must ensure a seamless customer experience, according to a new study from Monetate. Accordin...

Samsung Pay Seeks Greater Customer Engagement

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loyalty360.org - Samsung is taking a different approach toward mobile payments. Samsung Pay, which is a mobile payment service that allows Samsung users to make payments using compatible phones, is different from o...

Prime Day And Beyond: Amazon is Disrupting Retail For Good

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loyalty360.org - Boasting 150 million cubic feet of storage capacity, $100 billion in annual sales in 2015 and 300 million customers, Amazon is the competitor that keeps retailers up at night. And this e-commerce g...

Mobile Experiences Tied to Brand Customer Loyalty Efforts

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loyalty360.org - Mobile is seemingly everywhere these days in the customer loyalty industry, and its impact continues to grow and grow LogMeIn conducted a recent study related to mobile experiences and their impact...

A 10x future demands change

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loyalty360.org - In last month’s blog I talked about keeping your team innovative. One of the key tenets of an innovative team is the concept of moonshots or "10x Thinking" or audacious goals. In a “moonshot econom...

Premium Loyalty Programs Gain Steam as Customer Engagement Measure

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loyalty360.org - The thought of a loyalty program, for most customers, conjures up images of a quick, free enrollment process that entitles them to rewards, incentives, and discounts in exchange for their undying s...

DealTrunk : Browser Extension To Display Best Deals From Online Retailers - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Amanda Wrzeszczynski”, Founder of the Pittsburgh, USA based start-up “DealTrunk” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that you do...

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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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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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 ...

BunchCut : Sort Large Volumes of Images Fast - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Nathalie du Preez”, CEO and Co-Founder of the London and New York based start-up “Bunchcut” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly ...

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...

MonitorBacklinks.com: An Easy Backlink Checker Tool that Notifies you via Email or in your Changelog if Someone Removes your Links or Makes them Nofollow - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Monitor Backlinks looks to replace the notepad and spreadsheets that SEOs use to keep track of their backlinks, checking their status regulary and notifies when they get removed or nofollowed. “Mon...

Trainoholics : Skill Development Arena - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Sandesh HS'; Founder of the Karnataka – India start-up “TRAINOHOLICS”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted ...

HiveFlux : Real-time Overview of What Everyone In the Company is Working - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Bruno Figueiredo”, CEO at the Lisbon – Portugal based start-up “Hiveflux” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and w...

Marketing Day: Olympic brands earning buzz, responsive mobile sites & more

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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: Coca-Cola, Nike top lists of Olympics advertisers ea...

The ONE Social Media Rule That Will Determine Whether You Succeed... Or Fail - Traffic Café

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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...

Top 10 TED Talks for Entrepreneurs

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inc.com - TEDGlobal 2014 kicked off this week in Rio de Janeiro with panels focusing on how ideas, both good and bad, spread across borders. If you've yet to accumulate enough frequent-flier miles to dash o...

Microsoft's Arrow Launcher for Android is Updated with Fully Customizable Home Screen - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - I’ve recommended Microsoft’s Arrow Launcher for Android since the first version launched last October, but there’s always been one little gotcha. Well, not anymore: Now, Microsoft is allowing Arrow...

Ep. 192: Want to become a great speaker and run a successful business? Casey Cornelius can tell you how

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dougsandler.com - Casey Cornelius runs a national agency of collegiate speakers, has spoken on colleges campuses coast-to-coast, and keynoted national leadership conferences. Hear his story on The Nice Guys today He...

Everything you need to know about Windows 10

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itpro.co.uk - Windows 10 launched globally on 29 July 2015 and touted as "the last version of Windows", marking the end of decades of occasional heavy duty OS updates in favour of a more incremental approach. Av...

Former Disney Exec Forms Like Pizza, Announces Bunny Rappid Mobile App

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adweek.com - Former Disney executive Jeff Nuzzi and Bob Spang, an award-winning director and animator, have partnered to form a digital media studio called Like Pizza. The company will develop original animated...