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Thursday, September 8, 2016

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TECHNOLOGY

EU orders telcos to cap free mobile roaming to 90 days a year

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arstechnica.co.uk - BRUSSELS—Consumers looking forward to travelling in Europe without paying roaming charges will only be able to do so for 90 days a year, the European Commission has confirmed. Officials in Brussels...

Insane, 24-core phone sounds like vaporware, but we still want it

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mashable.com - In a few hours, the iPhone 7 will be unveiled, and — based on rumors about the phone's specs — many are already bashing Apple for its lack of innovation. On the other end of the spectrum, a little...

Look out Sonos, Vizio's coming for you with its Google Cast-ready speakers

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mashable.com - Vizio wants to do for audio what it has done with TVs: Make it dead easy to stream music from any service using Google Cast and look good doing it. The company's new $299.99 SmartCast Crave Pro and...

Facebook tests streaming videos to TV using Apple’s AirPlay, Google’s Chromecast

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marketingland.com - Facebook has overtaken the small screen in people’s pockets. Now it’s ready to take on the big screen in their living rooms. Facebook has started testing the ability for people to stream videos — i...

Sony wins battle over preinstalled Windows in Europe’s top court

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arstechnica.com - The sale of a computer equipped with pre-installed software isn't an unfair commercial practice because most customers prefer to buy a laptop they can use straight away, Europe’s top court has rule...

What to expect from tomorrow’s PlayStation Meeting

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arstechnica.com - Sony stayed strangely quiet about its upcoming hardware plans back at June's E3, using the convention to focus on PS4 software instead. That silence seems set to come to an end tomorrow, though, as...

8 Ways to Grow Your LinkedIn Connections : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Interested in ways to find and attract quality connections? Growing your LinkedIn network helps establish you as an expert in your field and extends your reach and exposure. In this article you’ll ...

5 Customer Retention Metrics Your Business Can't Afford to Ignore

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inc.com - Without customers you don't have a business -- and that means not only acquiring customers, but keeping them. That means understanding what you're doing right -- and wrong -- where customer retenti...

How to Optimize Your Instagram Posting Schedule : Social Media Examiner

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Do you have a plan to consistently deliver value to your followers? To maximize engagement, you need a smart posting schedule. In this article, you’ll discover how to improve your visibility in the...

Follow Microsoft’s Lead by Investing in LinkedIn Marketing | SEJ

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searchenginejournal.com - Microsoft recently acquired LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, which made it one of the largest acquisitions the company’s history. Initially, the acquisition was a bit of a head-scratcher for me, but Mic...

Vitamin Shoppe Revamps Loyalty Program for Better Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - Vitamin Shoppe’s Health Awards loyalty program has been available for several years, but four months ago company officials revamped their platform to drive a better and more seamless customer exper...

Point Shout : Mobile App to Listen, Engage and React to Customers' Needs - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ionut Danifeld”, Co-Founder at the Brussels – Belgium based start-up “PointShout” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you d...

MarTech Today: Pokémon Go's data, MobileFuse/Cuebiq's 'Dwell Lift' & 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 Pokémon Go generates sales from visiting game pla...

Microsoft's Arrow Launcher for Android Gets Performance Boost, More - Thurrott.com

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thurrott.com - Microsoft’s innovative Arrow Launcher replaces the stock Android home screen with a more useful interface that focuses on what’s important to you. In a new update this week, it’s gotten even better...

How to Supercharge Your Online Authority an Hour at a Time - Copyblogger -

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copyblogger.com - Here at Copyblogger, we don’t espouse the “get rich quick” message that’s so prevalent in online business circles. If anything, our message has always been: “Let us show you how to work hard on the...

Apple Inc. Has No Choice but to Adopt Curved Displays | Fox Business

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fool.com - Writing for Seeking Alpha, Mark Hibben recently expressed his view that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)is unlikely to adopt curved AMOLED displays in the 2017 iPhone, contrary to a report fromNikkei Asian Rev...

Microsoft offers wide range of cloud services from UK datacenters

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reuters.com - LONDON Microsoft Corp is introducing a complete set of cloud services from data centers in Britain, its second biggest market for cloud-based software after the United States, as demand for data lo...

Volkswagen says van drivers' electric eureka moment yet to come

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reuters.com - BERLIN Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will launch its first battery-powered van later this month as it shifts to zero-emission vehicles following its diesel cheating scandal, but customers are still skepti...

AT&T uses loophole to deny low-income internet discounts

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engadget.com - As a condition for AT&T's merger with DirecTV, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires that it offer $5 or $10 internet service to people on the SNAP low-income assistance program. If ...

Ezapor Mini Video Projector 800×480 800 Lumen LCD LED HD Home Theater Support HDMI VGA AV USB TV SD For Music TXT Video Picture Black Color

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agent-money.com - Product Points: LCD Display Imaging Device 800 Lumens Brightness Offer protection to Your Eyes 800×480 Resolution Deliver Clear Photographs 720P Video Assist 37-130 Inches Image Dimension Enjoy Hug...

A Tools Guide to Live streaming on Facebook

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razorsocial.com - If you’ve crawled under a rock recently, you may not have noticed the dramatic growth of Facebook Live and live streaming. For everyone else, it’s no secret. I’m going to share with you exactly wha...