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Thursday, August 18, 2016

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The Digest, #launch 🚀 - Dreamers // Doers

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blog.dreamersdoers.me - *** The Digest is a monthly curation of top opportunities + resources, to help you *make* big dreams happen✨ #workyourdream ==> Want The Digest in your inbox? Subscribe here! ==> For extra speedy...

Gary Johnson's Super PAC Has Been Spending Crazy Sums Of Money On Dank Memes Because LOLOLOL Politics

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brobible.com - Ever since the 2016 Presidential Election race narrowed to just the two major party candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, all of the political outsiders and disenfranchised Bernie Bots seem...

Volkswagen reportedly readying 300-mile EV prototype to take on Tesla

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mashable.com - If you thought the Tesla Model 3's 200-mile-range was impressive, wait until you hear what Volkswagen has in store. The company has been hurting a bit since dieselgate broke last year. The world's ...

Review: Shark Skwal Helmet

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honestjohn.co.uk - When you’re new to riding, or if you’re just using a bike as a commuting tool, spending a huge sum of money on a carbon-fibre helmet isn’t going to be top of your to-do list. But equally it’s a bad...

80% of Consumers Use Digital Devices to Contact Customer Service (Report)

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adweek.com - Social media has changed our sense of identity, as well as how we communicate. As people become more dependent on social media, they demand more, including customer service and ecommerce. A report ...

5 Objections to Employee Advocacy [Infographic]

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gaggleamp.com - Employees don’t WANT to share our company content. Most of them don’t even use social media personally. Wrong wrong wrong. Research shows that 98% of employees use at least one social media site f...

Tweet like Guy Kawasaki for Twitter success — Chris Abraham

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chrisabraham.com - People love and hate my friend Guy Kawasaki. Here are some of the least flattering blog posts, including Dear Guy Kawasaki, You Tweet Too Much; Guy Kawasaki is too ‘popular’ to stop autotweets duri...

Autonomous cars will be data-consuming monsters

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mashable.com - If you think we're hyperconnected today, just wait until autonomous cars are everywhere. In 2020, we'll all download and upload a lot more data, and so will the objects around us. The average perso...

How to stand up to bullies with a simple emoji

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mashable.com - The first day of school can be nerve-wracking. Between new teachers, harder subjects and quickly forming cliques, it's easy to feel like an outsider. As if those worries weren't enough, young p...

Zuckerberg blames himself for having to spend $2B on this tech platform

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mashable.com - Build or buy? It's the age-old business question, but when the buy added up to billions of dollars, it was, perhaps, the question for Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. The social network founder and CEO ...

Boxagon: Social Commerce Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Juan Diego Farah'; Co-Founder and CEO of the UK-Based Start Up “Boxagon”. Below, is the full interview that we have condu...

Sources: Cisco planning 15 percent cost reduction this month

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techcrunch.com - Sources are telling TechCrunch that Cisco is planning a significant cost reduction this week, which could involve budget cuts and layoffs. We’ve been hearing that the reductions will be announced o...

Culture Amp launches its own take on performance reviews

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techcrunch.com - Since launching five years ago, Culture Amp has focused on employee engagement and corporate culture. Now, Culture Amp is tackling the performance review space — something its CEO Didier Elzinga (p...

Cisco and Fortinet say vulnerabilities disclosed in ‘NSA hack’ are legit

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techcrunch.com - A group calling itself the Shadow Brokers dumped data online this weekend that it claimed to have stolen from the Equation Group, a hacking team widely believed to be associated with the NSA. Firew...

Kobo goes big with its 7.8-inch Aura One e-reader

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techcrunch.com - When Kobo briefed me on the release of its new e-reader, a company rep explained that the company “[wasn’t] sure if there was a premium price point” when they released the Aura HD back in 2013. At ...

Why This Brand Gets 15-Fold Engagement on Facebook Live Video

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convinceandconvert.com - Managing the digital footprint for one of the most globally recognized brands is a tall order for anyone. Add in an extensive roster of nearly 200 properties spread across 69 countries, each with t...

HP’s new Omen X gaming PC is a tilted homage to the NeXTcube

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arstechnica.com - COLOGNE, Germany—While common wisdom suggests that your average gamer would prefer a smaller PC over a larger one—see Nvidia shrinking down its desktop graphics cards to fit inside laptops—HP is bu...

Cisco confirms NSA-linked zeroday targeted its firewalls for years

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arstechnica.com - Cisco Systems has confirmed that recently-leaked malware tied to the National Security Agency exploited a high-severity vulnerability that had gone undetected for years in every supported version o...

Magic Submitter |

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magicsubmitter.com - From the Desk of Alexander Krulik Wednesday, 11:11am My name’s Alex Krulik, and over the last 15 years of software development I’ve had the privilege of helping 1000’s on online marketers grow thei...

Dan Mall Shares His Design Trade Secrets

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99u.com - Everything from Dan Mall’s demeanor to the name of his company, SuperFriendly, makes one thing clear: He is here to help. Before heading out on his own to found his Philadelphia-based design agency...

Someone is Spying on Researchers Behind VeraCrypt Security Audit

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thehackernews.com - After TrueCrypt mysteriously discontinued itself, VeraCrypt became the most popular open source disk encryption software used by activists, journalists, and privacy conscious people. Due to the hug...

New Data Shows Instagram Stories is Not Slowing Snapchat Use - Yet

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socialmediatoday.com - It’s only been two weeks since the launch of Instagram’s new Snapchat-cloning ‘Stories’ option, but already some have declared it a Snapchat killer, a means for Facebook to finally fend off, and ev...

3 Things to Do Before Starting a Company Blog

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inc.com - One of the most common questions that comes up in my job has to do with blogging. The inquiry usually comes from founders of companies, and the question is usually followed by some urgency and exci...

Internet Traffic Hijacking Linux Flaw Affects 80% of Android Devices

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thehackernews.com - An estimated 80 percent of Android smartphones and tablets running Android 4.4 KitKat and higher are vulnerable to a recently disclosed Linux kernel flaw that allows hackers to terminate connection...

The 10 Worst Social Media Marketing Decisions and What to Do Instead

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socialmediatoday.com - Have you seen any social media users make a mistake? Of course you have because we all do. Unfortunately, some of these mistakes can be quite damaging to your image, especially when they are easily...

The 1 Simple Question Every Prospect Wants You To Ask

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inc.com - With it becoming easier than ever to quickly identify and engage your ideal prospects on LinkedIn, a critical component is knowing what to send those professionals in order to turn new connections ...

Google updates Santa Tracker open source in time for -ber months

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androidcommunity.com - Wait, what, it’s almost Christmas already? Okay, not quite, since we still have a few more weeks for the -ber months to start closing in on us. But of course it’s never too early for developers to ...

Limited-time offer: Get 35% off Carbonite’s top-rated backup solution

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androidcommunity.com - Don’t want to lose your files? Keep them safe with a 3-year subscription to Carbonite Unlimited Cloud Backup, 35% off the retail price for Android Community readers. We’d wager that, like most ever...

Android x86 project announces second Marshmallow release candidate

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androidcommunity.com - You’ve probably heard of the Android x86 project, or you might have thought it in your head. Basically, the project is trying to get you Android on your laptop or desktop, which of course is made e...

Baskin-Robbins Launches New Mobile App for Greater Personalization, Brand Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - Carol Austin, Vice President of Marketing, Baskin-Robbins, told Loyalty360 that she is excited about the launch of the company’s new mobile app because it provides for a new and more targeted appro...

Customer Referrals, Impulse Buys Move Toward a New Era of Customer Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - Customers today are constantly bombarded with marketing material. From car commercials to targeted online advertisements, it’s difficult to do anything without being told to buy a new product, shop...

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 ...

betternet :Provides Parents With Information About Their Kids' Online Behavior - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Colton Shields”, Co-Founder of the Provo – USA based start-up “bettrnet” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and w...

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...

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...

WhyWaitTheApp.com: A Mobile Discovery App that Allows Users to Find a Plethora of Info Related to Restaurants & Bars - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - WhyWait is a discovery app that allows users to find the following for restaurants/bars: Happy Hours, Deals, Events, Menus, Images and Social Media Integration. “WhyWait” is a discovery app that al...

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...

Musistic : Music Technology Company - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had a nice chat with Mr. “Jimbo Lattimore”, CEO of the Memphis USA-based start-up “Musistic” about his Company. Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do an...

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...

Xerendi Initiative : Educational Learning For Kids - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Uchenna Ibekwe”, Principa and Founder of the Virginia – United States based startup Xerendi_Initiative” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. Wha...

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...

Oracle launches “largest B2B audience data marketplace”

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marketingland.com - Oracle has beefed up its data chops with the launch of what it describes as the largest B2B audience data marketplace. Part of the company’s Data Cloud, it offers access to over 400 million busines...

Thurrott Daily: August 17 - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - Microsoft: Fixing display scaling in Windows is a hard computer science problem If you use Windows 10 on a high DPI display—like those on Surface devices—you know the challenges, and how UWP apps t...

A 6-Step Process to Write PPC Ads at Scale

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wordstream.com - You should have at least two to three ad variations per ad group. Which, if you’re doing a decent job keeping keywords tight in each ad group, means you’re supposed to be creating a LOT of ads acro...

How to solve duplicate content local SEO issues for multi-location businesses

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searchengineland.com - Earlier this year, I wrote an article on Moz that talked about one of the issues big brands run into with SEO. Brands with tons of locations sometimes have a hard time coming up with unique content...

Meeting Google's Quality Guidelines: Will Google EAT Your Content?

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problogger.net - If you spend much time thinking about it, you’ll quickly realize that quality is a vague word with a subjective meaning. One person’s idea of quality can vary quite dramatically from another. Think...

Credit Where Due: Unlocking Social Attribution

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adweek.com - For all of the recent advancements in the industry, social marketers still struggle with attribution, and while that difficulty is understandable (can you explain your weighted attribution model an...

10 Strategies to Build Your E-mail List | The Official Site Of James Hickey

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digitalbloggers.com - Email marketing is profitable for any business, no matter what kind of product or service you offer. It is less expensive than other advertising methods and it helps build loyalty and trust with cu...

YouTube’s Value Gap | Music Business Journal

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thembj.org - In the beginning of the XXth Century music consumption did not compare with today. Music publishers, for instance, were used to generate revenue mostly through the commercialization of printed shee...

The iPhone's Retina display isn't good enough anymore

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mashable.com - As much as I love my iPhone, its screen is starting to look just terrible compared to the displays on other phones. The screens on Samsung's flagship Android phones leapfrogged the iPhone's years a...
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