TECHNOLOGY
Mint 18 review: “Just works” Linux doesn’t get any better than this
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The newly released Mint 18 is a major upgrade. Not only has the Linux Mint project improved Mint's dueling desktops (Cinnamon and MATE), but the group's latest work impacts all underlying systems. ...
The 5 Most Powerful Things you Can Do on LinkedIn You Never Knew - Social-Hire
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Chris Abraham
social-hire.com - Do you see LinkedIn as mainly “a place to keep my online resume”….or maybe “connect with some professional colleagues and acquaintances I already know from time to time,” because you think, “there’...
Police Use 3D Technology to Access a Smartphone
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Daniel W.Turner
alec.org - A law enforcement agency in Michigan has figured out how to use 3D printing to unlock a deceased man’s smart phone. Police believe that the man, a murder victim, had information on his phone that c...
Pokémon Go and the virtual future of storytelling - Biznology
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Chris Abraham
biznology.com - Not playing Pokémon Go yet? Think it’s just for kids? If your specialty is digital marketing, and you haven’t tested it yet, it’s time. The game is wildly popular. Combining augmented reality, GPS,...
How Google put Rio's favelas on the map in time for the Olympics
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - The favelas, or slums, of Rio de Janeiro have had a lot of bad press in the run-up to the Olympics. We've seen stories of violence, gun battles and sexual assault. Still, the view from outside is g...
This iPhone 7 mock up looks like the real thing
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Jefferson Faudan
mashable.com - We've reached a whole new stage of Apple iPhone 7 rumor management. For months we've watched as iPhone 7 rumors big and small have made their way from Apple's leaky cauldron(?) China(?), Foxconn(?)...
Google celebrates the Olympics with a bunch of cartoon fruit games
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LeVar Thomas
mashable.com - Over the years, Google has done many different style Google Doodles to recognize the Olympic games. In their own stylized way, these daily drawings and animations usually celebrate the specific spo...
Why UX and SEO go hand-in-hand | Stoney deGeyter
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Travis Wright
polepositionmarketing.com - I’ve written a lot in the past about how, in order for SEO to be effective, it needs to work in concert with other digital marketing focuses such as social media, content strategy, etc. Well, time ...
Incipio acquires Griffin, adding yet another accessory maker to its portfolio
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Incipio just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Shortly after after announcing that it had acquired up budget headphone maker Skullcandy, the Irvine-based accessories conglomerate has picked up Griff...
Facebook Confirms New Desktop Page Layout Coming to All Users
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Reg Saddler
socialmediatoday.com - Last month, we reported that Facebook was testing out a new, ad-free desktop Page layout that looks something like this: Facebook has now confirmed that this is no longer a test – the new layout wi...
Scoutsee: Monetize Social Media with an Affiliate Storefront | Marketing Technology
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Reg Saddler
marketingtechblog.com - Scoutsee is a mobile tool that allows anyone to make money by promoting products they love and use everyday on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. The methodology behind the platform is pretty cool. B...
Mercedes-Benz said to plan EV sub-brand, with multiple SUVs and sedans
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Mercedes-Benz isn’t just planning one or two all-electric vehicle options to woo customers away from competitors including BMW and Tesla who are further along with their EV lineups – they have four...
HTC launches Viveport app store as the company continues to move all-in on VR
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - As the Vive becomes an increasingly essential part of HTC’s future, the company is making sure that no stone is left unturned when it comes to potential profit. What perhaps began as a side project...
Pokémon Go drives a surge in smartphone backup battery sales
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Early on in the Pokémon Go hype cycle, there were signs that players were driving a significant uptick in sales of backup batteries, like the Mophie units you may be familiar with that offer USB co...
Navigating mobile content with app streaming
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - People are very comfortable streaming movies, TV, music, video games and more. In fact, Cisco predicts 75 percent of the world’s mobile data traffic will be video by 2020. However, the idea of stre...
Facebook’s redesigned business Pages roll out to all
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techcrunch.com - If you’ve visited a business or brand’s Facebook Page in recent days, you may have noticed things look a little different. The company is now finalizing the rollout of a new, cleaner look-and-feel ...
Apple takes a page from Amazon, recommends products based on your purchase history in its Apple Store App
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Apple has big plans to overhaul its App Store in the months ahead to better tailor the experience to its end users, but ahead of that, the company has introduced a more personalized version of its ...
Two major Windows 10 updates planned for next year
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, aka Windows 10 version 1607, released earlier this week, it's time to look forward to what's next. Windows 10 has multiple release tracks to address the need...
Report: Blizzard will reveal HD remaster of StarCraft in September
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Are you one of the thousands of diehard real-time strategy gamers who has yet to abandon the 1998 version of StarCraft? Would you rather not deal with the sequel's altered soldiers and upgrade tree...
Guest Blogging - Not Just A Good Strategy In 2016... Mandatory!
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Larry Wentz
blog.thesocialms.com - Guest Blogging is a strategy that is as old as blogging itself. But in recent years it was often questioned whether it is still a valid strategy for building web traffic for websites, blogs and Web...
Google Actively Encouraging Site Owners to Create AMP Pages - Search Engine Journal
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Reg Saddler
searchenginejournal.com - Google is encouraging site owners via Search Console to create AMP versions of their content. The AMP notifications were first spotted by Alan Bleiweiss, who shared the news on Facebook. The follow...
Too Bad You’ll Never Drive Nissan’s Razor-Like Electric Concept
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Reg Saddler
wired.com - Elon Musk, a man not known for subtlety or lack of ambition, has a plan to dominate the transportation sector. He doesn’t call it that, of course. He gave it the far more benign name Master Plan, P...
How to Deal With Unconscious Bias in the Tech Industry
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Reg Saddler
theroot.com - Scathing diversity reports from major tech companies revealed that women make up less than 30 percent of employees. For minority employees, this number staggers as low as 4 percent. The culprit? Un...
Stop hackers in their tracks with this VPN, available at an unbeatable price
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Worried that hackers might steal your data? Rest easy and surf worry-free with a lifetime subscription to RA4W VPN, offered to Android Community readers at 60% off the retail price. The cold realit...
ZTE USA crowdsourcing their next mobile device with Project CSX
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - Have you ever had a bright idea that you really think could be the next big thing but you didn’t know who to talk to to make it happen or whether any company will actually buy it? Well if it’s a sm...
Bank of America Listens to Customers, Redesigns Mobile App for Greater Brand Loyalty
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Loyalty 360
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...
American Express Partners with Barclaycard to Augment Customer Experience
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Loyalty 360
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...
Customer Experience Must Be Relevant to Executives at Top of the House
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Erich Dietz, VP, Worldwide Strategic Accounts, InMoment, believes that cultural commitment is an absolute necessity in creating a superior brand customer experience. Dietz, who was a featured speak...
Innovative Solutions Build Powerful Customer Experience at The Container Store
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - Staying on top of rapidly changing technologies to effect positive behavioral change in loyal customers is one thing, but to leverage this in a sustainable fashion that engenders long-term brand lo...
People-Based Marketing Enables Seamless Customer Experiences
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Loyalty 360
loyalty360.org - One of the constant questions on a brand marketer’s mind is, “what do my customers want?” And while the answer is simple, the route to achievement is often more challenging. Today, customers value ...
Label 59: A Web-Based Application that Requires No Coding Skills and That Helps you to Label Anything Interactively on your Own in Minutes - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Label 59 is a web application that helps you to label anything interactively on your own in minutes. It is ideal for creating engaging presentations that have interactive labels attached to them. “...
Textr : Group Messaging App - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Sam Getty”, Founder of the Atlanta, Georgia – USA based start-up “Textr” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...
HeadFunder : Social Crowdfunding Platform - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
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 ...
MinYawns : Minions To Supervillains - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Billy Sheng'; Founder of the Start Up “MinYawns”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. What is i...
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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Debbas
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 ...
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...
Mekiwi Oy : Finnish Startup To Manage Daily Life - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
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 him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start-u...
AbbeyPost : Brand-New Marketplace and Community - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
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,...
BigMarker.com: A Global Network of People and Communities that Meet Face-to-Face Online - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - BigMarker offers a community based management platform for teams, groups and organizations to video conference and collaborate online. “BigMarker” enables anyone to host webinars and video conferen...
Needls : Get Notified of Leads in Real Time - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Justin Hartzman”, Founder and CEO – of the Toronto – Canada based start-up “Needls.” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1- What is it exactly that yo...
Vertical Method : Posture Strength For Techies and The Desk-Bound Workforce - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Jennifer Davis”, Founder and CEO of the San Francisco- United States based startup “Vertical Method” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is...
XLR8 : Social Matching and Communication Platform for Entrepreneurs - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
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 ...
Contus : Mobile App Development Company - Start-Ups.Co
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Debbas
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...
Marketing Day: IBM's Watson, Pure Storage's CMO & Amazon's Prime Air
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Brett Prince
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: IBM’s Watson has a summer job working at Macy’s Aug ...
Google adds Street View images and indoor maps to Rio 2016 Olympic venues
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Brett Prince
marketingland.com - Google has enhanced its mobile mapping experience in anticipation of the 2016 Olympics in RIO. In April, it launched “real-time transit for 1,300 bus lines in the Rio metro area, as well as bike ro...
Content Marketing 2015: Top Influencers and Brands
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Jonathan Gunson
onalytica.com - With a growing discussion and a solid increase in the use of content marketing across all disciplines we are asking ourselves what’s next for content marketing? The confluence (yup, pun intented) b...
The ONE Social Media Rule That Will Determine Whether You Succeed... Or Fail - Traffic Café
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Jonathan Gunson
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...
Why visuals are the most important element of content marketing
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Jonathan Gunson
convinceandconvert.com - This is the fifth in a series of videos culled from an interview about content marketing I did with Terry Foster of Cision Canada. Cision (the USA version) is also a sponsor of Convince & Convert a...
Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: August 5 - Petri
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Paul Thurrott
petri.com - Because I still dream in French, this edition of Short Takes focuses on Apple’s and Microsoft’s new emojis, Nadella’s cloud confirmation, Microsoft is helping ex-employees in Finland find jobs, all...
Reading Roundup: What's New in Blogging Lately?
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Anita Nelson
problogger.net - The week the world got confused about Instagram Vs Snapchat stories, we figure out how to create great visual content, make our writing more real, and growth-hack our way to the top. For those of y...
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