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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

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3 Digital Marketing Trends That Are Hard to Ignore

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smedio.com - Digital marketing has grown by leaps and bounds in the past couple of years with every major company in the world recognizing the importance and potential of online presence. The internet gives you...

The Method to Duterte's Madness

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stratfor.com - The new Philippine president has made headlines for his populist theatrics. But his strategy stems from his status as an outsider trying to manage the fractured geopolitics of the nation. Enter you...

SearchCap: Google drops "mobile-friendly" label, Bing Ads & AMP for e-commerce

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searchengineland.com - Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google warns it will crack down on “intrusive interstitials”...

Postleaf is a open source blogging platform for the design-conscious

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techcrunch.com - Content management systems are boring until you have to use one. You can install a little Drupal or WordPress, pick up some Squarespace, or just dump to Medium, the graveyard for posts about protei...

Lisn’s new app lets you stream songs for your friends while chatting

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techcrunch.com - The joy that comes from listening to music with friends is something that’s been around ever since…well, ever since music. But today, thanks to digital services that let you listen anytime, anywher...

It’s normal to be bad before you’re good - Biznology

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biznology.com - I write an article for Biznology religiously, though not always on time, every Tuesday, because I know it’s not only normal to be bad before you’re good. I was out at the Nationals v Orioles game l...

The 10 best features hiding in the Android Nougat update

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mashable.com - Google is starting to roll out the latest version of Android. If you have a Nexus device, you can grab the update now. While many of the biggest improvements — like longer battery life, better secu...

J.K. Rowling has an inspirational piece of advice for budding writers

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mashable.com - LONDON — In the same way that the Harry Potter books have the ability to flit seamlessly between comedy and drama, J.K. Rowling is just as adept as switching between jokes and brilliant advice on h...

That silly Galaxy Note7 vs. iPhone 6S speed test is meaningless

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mashable.com - Sorry nerds, but the days of claiming "Phone X" dramatically smoking "Phone Z" are over. Nobody cares which phone has a faster clock speed or more cores or more RAM. Speeds and feeds haven't matter...

Opera releases free and unlimited VPN for Android

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mashable.com - Opera Software has been steadily spreading the free VPN love across device platforms in recent months, and now an Android app joins its iOS and desktop VPN releases. The Norwegian browser maker on ...

Xiaomi accused of copying again, this time by Jawbone

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mashable.com - Imitation is not always the best form of flattery. SEE ALSO: Xiaomi's MacBook Air clone is called, wait for it, Mi Notebook Air For Xiaomi, avoiding copycat accusations is hard and it is not calle...

Lenovo to Bundle Microsoft Productivity Apps on Android Devices - Petri

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petri.com - Microsoft and Lenovo announced an expansion of their strategic relationship: Under the terms of the deal, Lenovo will bundle Microsoft’s productivity apps on millions of its Android-based handsets ...

Walgreens First to Integrate Loyalty Program into Android Pay

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loyalty360.org - Shopping at Walgreens just got a little easier for Android Pay users across the country because not only is the Apple Pay competitor accepted for payment at the convenience store, but customers can...

Protect your online activity for life with the world’s most trusted VPN [DEALS]

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androidcommunity.com - Shopping for a VPN service? Get the one that offers protection, speed, and next-level features with a lifetime subscription to PureVPN, available to Android Community readers at a new, lower price....

5 Influencer Marketing Strategies That Need To Die (And What You Should Do Instead)

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coredna.com - Influencer marketing can either be an ingenious way to break through the noise or a complete waste of time and money. It all depends on your execution. The problem is that’s incredibly easy to inno...

EVEN Electric will sell only EVs, but not in the US

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techcrunch.com - EVEN Electric may be based in Ottawa, Ontario, but it has its sights set on selling electric vehicles from multiple brands worldwide. The sales and distribution network — not a dealership — will ha...

YC-backed CoinTent says it can help publishers deal with ad blockers

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techcrunch.com - CoinTent might be the solution for publishers worried about the money they’re losing to ad blockers. The San Francisco-based company started with a focus on paywalls, but it’s recently moved into o...

Pokemon Go creator John Hanke is coming to Disrupt SF 2016

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techcrunch.com - It’s every founder’s dream: you launch a product, and by the next day it’s a worldwide phenomenon. But it’s never quite that simple. For most people, Pokemon Go came out of nowhere. Seemingly sprin...

Yandex applies AI to filter annoying ads on Android, powered by user reports

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techcrunch.com - The rise in consumer usage of ad blockers is leading to a few creative alternatives to try to achieve a ‘better relationship’ between ad tech and web browsers. To wit Russia’s Yandex, which has jus...

Live video minus Facebook equals Alively

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techcrunch.com - SMS is terrible, yet it’s still the way more than half of video gets shared on mobile. Meanwhile, Facebook is trying to turn everyone into famous broadcasters when most people just to show close fr...

Karmic rolls out the Kyoto, an e-bike for women

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techcrunch.com - Karmic Bikes today began accepting pre-orders for their newest model, the Karmic Kyoto, a “pedelec” (or pedal electric bike) designed for women. The upright street bike features a 500Wh battery, Sh...

Slice’s new browser add-on will email you when prices drop

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techcrunch.com - Slice, a company best known to consumers for its mobile shopping assistant that helps you find the best deals, track packages, organize your receipts, and more, is out today with a new service aime...

Narrative Science can now describe your Tableau charts for you

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techcrunch.com - Tableau Software‘s shares soared 13 percent on Tuesday following the announcement that the data analytics provider has partnered with Narrative Science, a Chicago-based company that develops natura...

Mobileye and Delphi aim to bring self-driving cars to market as early as 2019

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techcrunch.com - Mobileye, a key supplier of components like image processing and computer vision systems for automakers, announced a partnership with self-driving software and hardware provider Delphi today to be...

Mozilla invests in Germany’s Cliqz, a private search browser

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techcrunch.com - Mozilla has invested in Cliqz, an anti-tracking browser with a pro-privacy built-in ‘quick search’ feature. The startup currently targets web users in German-speaking countries — where it has amass...

Trello makes its Power-Ups available to free users

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techcrunch.com - Project management service Trello today announced that its Power-Ups, which are essentially third-party integrations, are now available to all of its users, including those who are on the service’s...

House and Senate Republicans subpoena companies tied to Clinton mail server

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arstechnica.com - Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee, has sent subpoenas to three companies that provided services related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

Battlefield 1: “If BF4 was like Formula 1, this is more like rally”

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arstechnica.com - COLOGNE, Germany—With shooters trending towards the modern or futuristic—see the likes of Titanfall and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare—Battlefield 1 and its exaggerated take on the First World War ...

HBM3: Cheaper, up to 64GB on-package, and terabytes-per-second bandwidth

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arstechnica.com - Despite first- and second-generation High Bandwidth Memory having made few appearances in shipping products, Samsung and Hynix are already working on a followup: HBM3. Teased at the Hot Chips sympo...

6 Dos and Don’ts for Monitoring Your Social Media Channels

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socialmediatoday.com - A business can get maximum benefit from its social media channels when it approaches them with a clear purpose and strategy and the execution is founded in best practices. That said, the daily task...

Meizu M96 phone spotted on AnTuTu with Exynos chip, QHD resolution

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androidcommunity.com - Meizu is anticipated to roll out a new flagship smartphone. It may not be an expensive model but it's expected to be another bestseller. We noted last week it could be the Meizu Pro 7 based on rend...

Twitter Night Mode now available for (almost) all Android users

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androidcommunity.com - There have been countless studies released saying that our smartphones’ or tablets’ white light prevents us from falling asleep even though we already need to. That’s why a lot of devices and apps ...

New Pokémon GO update lets you see attack and defense stats

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androidcommunity.com - The Pokémon GO news may have slowed down a little the past week or so but that doesn’t mean Niantic is stopping with the updates anytime soon. The latest one is version 0.35.0 for Android devices, ...

The Battle Over Net Neutrality Started With the 1920s-Era 'Hush-A-Phone'

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atlasobscura.com - Get our latest, delivered straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter and get our latest, sent right to your inbox. It's not unusual today to overhear stran...

Snapchat Now More Popular Than Twitter, Said to Have 150M Daily Users

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adage.com - Snapchat has 150 million people using the service each day, said people familiar with the matter. That makes the four-year-old messaging app more popular than Twitter by daily active users. Snapcha...

Customer Loyalty Reaches All-Time High for SUV and CUV Automobiles

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loyalty360.org - Customer loyalty extends beyond just the brand name. Global consumers are loyal to products for a number of reasons, from color, form factor, and even specific features. In the case of automobiles,...

Bank of America Listens to Customers, Redesigns Mobile App for Greater Brand Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - Bank of America officials pride themselves on effectively listening to their customers. As a result of listening, the company announced a comprehensive redesign of its award-winning mobile app that...

SessionM’s Customer-centric Approach Brings Enhanced Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - SessionM, a pioneer in real-time personalization and loyalty technology, and Bottle Rocket, a leading mobile strategy, design, and development company (which is part of the Ogilvy & Mather and WPP ...

Publix Spices Up Customer Engagement with New Blog Site

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loyalty360.org - Officials at Publix Super Markets pride themselves on an absolute commitment to the customer that plays out every day in each and every one of their stores. Customer engagement is such a crucial pa...

4 Mobile Messaging Definitions Every Marketer Needs to Know

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loyalty360.org - We don’t need to introduce this blog post by telling you about how connected consumers are to their smartphones, and how this makes mobile messaging the most effective tool for engagement. We won’t...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SmartUse: Mobile Application To Handle Construction Projects - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Ms. ‘Lucie Perrier'; Marketing Director of the New York-based start-up “SmartUse”. Below, is the full interview that we have con...

Ekayan: A web based app for people to find out what their friends think about them, and get recognized for what's admirable about them - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - “Ekayan” facilitates you to anonymously admire your friends, and know what your friends think about you. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted with Mr. ‘Gupta’ regarding his start-up ...

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...

XLR8 : Social Matching and Communication Platform for Entrepreneurs - Start-Ups.Co

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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 ...

MarTech Today: Dynamic image optimization, OpenStreetMap & more

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marketingland.com - Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Akamai: When creating responsive sites for mobil...

Thurrott Daily: August 23 - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - Microsoft has released a new version of its WordFlow keyboard for iOS. Here’s what’s new: Microsoft reveals HoloLens spec secrets While we already knew that HoloLens was powered by a lowly 32-bit I...