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Thursday, November 10, 2016

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The Beginners Guide to Becoming the Best Designer

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uxdesign.cc - Everyone wants to best the best at what they do. I don’t ever remember hearing anyone say “My goal in life is to be mediocre at best in my industry.” Why? The reason is that with prowess, greatness...

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare review: Ace campaign, but skip the mutiplayer

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arstechnica.co.uk - With Infinite Warfare that skirting flirtation goes out the window completely. This is a game rife with spaceships, warp drives, and laser weapons, which feel more in line with Star Trek and Battle...

Creative Sparks That Hit the Content Mark: 9 Lessons From 75 Brands

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contentmarketinginstitute.com - Want to know the secrets of building creative, compelling, impactful content — the kinds of powerful, relatable experiences that memories, memes, and Medium articles are all made from and that moti...

Fancy Bear goes all out to beat Adobe, MSFT zero-day patches

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arstechnica.com - A Russia-based hacking group is seeking to maximize the value of its zero-day exploits before patches issued by Adobe (released on October 26) and Microsoft (released yesterday) become widely avail...

KillerStartupsDesigns.com: A Website that Features Daily Start-Ups Based on Strict Aesthetic Standards - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - KillerStartupsDesigns features ONE startup daily that meets strict aesthetic standards and that is reviewed by a highly experienced Web/Graphic designer. 1. What is it exactly that you do and what ...

LinkedIn opens Sponsored InMail to all as yet more ad products come to messaging platforms

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techcrunch.com - It’s gloves off for social media companies that have patiently built audiences for their platforms and weaned them on steady diets of ad-free content: they’re all now starting to double down on way...

Microsoft says it will push for diversity and security from the Trump administration

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techcrunch.com - Although Donald Trump’s presidential campaign never netted much support from tech companies, at least one company is now congratulating him on his election victory. “Every president-elect deserves ...

Here are the tech policies Trump promised to implement as president

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techcrunch.com - Trump’s not a tech guy, that much we know. He reportedly doesn’t have much time for a cell phone or email. During a CNN town hall moderated by Anderson Cooper, he said that he largely composes twee...

Rigged

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techcrunch.com - The Facebook bubble just popped. Half the country today is still in shock. Reality crashed down and many were presented with a world that didn’t match up with the one they’ve inhabited in the month...

LeEco’s Super Bike isn’t electric, but it sure has a lot of gadgets attached

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techcrunch.com - The LeEco Super Bike may be the perfect analogy for the company that created it. It’s a strange amalgamation that patches together a lot of disparate ideas together in a less than elegant way. It’s...

OneLogin acquires Sphere Secure Workspace to gain mobile management foothold

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techcrunch.com - OneLogin, a company that provides identity management in the cloud, has become rather acquisitive over the last year buying CafeSoft last December and Portadi in June. Today it announced it was acq...

Google enacts stricter penalties on sites that continuously spread malware

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techcrunch.com - Google has been protecting users against dangerous and harmful websites for many years by warning web surfers when they accidentally click on links that could lead them to sites that spread malware...

Report shows Americans abandoned their news apps as election fatigue kicked in

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techcrunch.com - A new report from mobile analytics firm Flurry out this morning shows how Americans’ overwhelming election fatigue and disinterest in continuing to follow political news stories played out during t...

Pandora unveils first web redesign since 2011

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techcrunch.com - Pandora just released its biggest web redesign since 2011. Back in the day, when Pandora first launched, everything was web first, mobile second. But as more and more people made the shift to mobil...

These SNES-era Kirby games were considered lost until this week

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arstechnica.com - A group of dedicated game preservationists has obtained a set of obscure Japanese Kirby games from the Super Famicom era in order to archive them for future generations. But the uncertain fate of s...

How to Write 16 Knockout Articles When You Only Have One Wimpy Idea - Copyblogger

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copyblogger.com - Serious content creators know that each article they publish is a piece of a larger content marketing arena. But the thought of generating content ideas on a regular basis often knocks us out befor...

8 Tips to Attract Your First 250K Instagram Followers

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entrepreneur.com - Instagram is hands-down one of the most popular social media networks. There is so much available attention to capture, which is why building a large following is such a top priority for brands and...

Tesla Buys German Manufacturer to Turbocharge Vehicle Production

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inc.com - In the final days before the vote on its proposed merger with SolarCity, Tesla is making another move. The company announced Tuesday that it's acquiring Grohmann Engineering, a 700-employee German ...

TiVo’s “TV Guide” patents are DOA at appeals court

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arstechnica.com - A five-year-old patent brawl between Netflix and Rovi (now TiVo) has reached a turning point, with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upholding a major lower-court victory by Netflix. ...

Google Map Maker to be no more, “graduates” to Google Maps - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - The days of people making joke edits to Google Maps are now over. Well, sort of. Google has announced that they will be “retiring” their Map Maker tool by early next year. Instead, editing tools an...

AT&T to push DirecTV Now service, as per leaked documents - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Probably one of the biggest nightmares of major companies is that someone will leak internal documents. While some do intentionally leak theirs, there are those that don’t want any of those to see ...

Samsung Pay adds Sberbank to list of partners in Russia - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - While we’re still waiting for mobile payment gateways to expand to more countries, those that are already available in specific countries are working towards adding even more banks and financial in...

Google Pixel, Pixel XL displays can be turned on/off with magnets - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Clicking the on and off display buttons or shortcuts on our phones can sometimes be one of the most tedious things to do, especially if you’re constantly accessing your phone but also trying to con...

Customer Loyalty Solidified with Omnichannel Approach of [24]7

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loyalty360.org - “The most fun part of my job,” proclaims Scott Horn, Chief Marketing Officer for [24]7, “is there’s no way we can do what we do for our clients without understanding what they do for their customer...

Learn How to Brand Like a Billionaire

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loyalty360.org - I had the good fortune of working at Virgin as VP of Brand for North America for five years. During that time, I gained invaluable insight into best practices in branding, marketing, and corporate ...

Customer Relationship Management and Emotion Detection

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loyalty360.org - Confirmit, a provider of software that enables organizations to conduct customer feedback, employee feedback, and market research programs recently partnered with emotion recognition technology pro...

The Amnesiac Customer and the Importance of Emotions

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loyalty360.org - What makes an experience memorable? The truth is that people can’t recall much more than they remember. The overwhelming majority of experiences we have are fleeting and don’t endure much beyond th...

BlackBox-BI: A French Start-Up that Provides Easy to Use Affordable Business Intelligence for Companies of all Sizes - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - BlackBox-BI makes creating business dashboards easy. From data load to dashboard creation, BlackBox-BI focus is to make each step as easy as possible without compromising on functionality. “BlackBo...

Pajap: A DIY Mobile Apps Service embedded with a New Technology that Allows you to Create Full Featured 100% Native and Hardware Accelerated Mobile Applications - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Pajap provides an innovative mobile service, which provides new routes in native mobile application development, end user experience and advertising methods. “Pajap” is a DIY mobile apps service wi...

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...

Picovico : Cloud Based Service To Convert Photos Into Videos - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Yogesh Aggrawal”, Global Marketing Associate of the Kathmandu Nepal-based start-up “Picovico” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactl...

MassivBrand : New Innovative Home Technology - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Michelle Bair”, Owner – of the Arizona – US based start-up “MassivBrand” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wha...

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...

JobQuotes : Connect Consumers With Local Professionals For Any Project - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Brandon Large”, CEO & Founder of the Aliso Viejo, USA based start-up “JobQuotes” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do...

Pear-U : Relationship Making Application - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Sachet Gagwani”, Founder/CEO of the Ashburn – USA based start-up “Pear-U” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and wh...

GetEchoed : A Social Platform For People To Act On Their Goals - Start-Ups.Co

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start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Arpita Chakraborty'; Co-founder of the Indian-based start-up “getechoed”. Below, is the full interview that we have conduct...

How Are Emoji Made?

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mentalfloss.com - Happy World Emoji Day! If you look closely at the calendar emoji, it reads July 17 (at least on most platforms), a date that is now marked as a celebration of pictorial messaging. But who decided w...

Pinterest Is Adding 15 Ad-Tech Companies to Beef Up Its Data and Measurement Game

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adweek.com - Pinterest has long claimed it moves the needle for brands in terms of sales and conversions, and now the company is inviting more ad-tech partners to its platform to prove it. Today, the visual-sha...

5 Instagram Marketing Tools Your Business Needs

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lifehack.org - Instagram is awesome. It’s great to use and it’s a fantastic place for businesses to grow their marketing base. One downside is it can take time and you need to work a lot on posting and growing yo...

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...

Microsoft patches critical Windows security flaw disclosed by Google

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ibtimes.co.uk - As promised earlier, Microsoft has rolled out a security patch to resolve a flaw in Windows that was considered quite serious and was being actively exploited by attackers. As a Microsoft security ...

Facebook failed America this year — now it should kill the News Feed

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mashable.com - Every employee at Facebook should be ashamed of what their product became this year: a tangled mess of bizarre falsehoods and outdated information used as ammo to help people scream at one another....

Election Day: The State Of Email Marketing In The Presidential Campaign

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mediapost.com - After 19 exhausting months, the United States 2016 election will come to a close on Tuesday as Americans cast their ballots to vote for the next President. With polls showing a tightening president...

Technology vs. Humanity: The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine (Futurescapes): Gerd Leonhard, Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells, April Koury, Jean Francois Cardella: 9780993295829: Amazon.com: Books

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amazon.com - As humanity rushes headlong into a world first served and soon dominated by technology, futurism has become a burning issue for everyone, not just visionaries and geeks. Gerd Leonhard blends humani...

Consumers still value email marketing as mobile usage soars

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purecontent.com - Consumers in the US still prefer to browse content marketing offers via email rather than on social media or other platforms, according to a new report published by digital marketing research enter...

Alessandra Colaci - Videofruit

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videofruit.com - When I first started building my email list, I was a director of marketing focusing on user acquisition and customer growth for a company. Even though I loved my job, I wanted to create a place of ...

The Q4 Google Analytics Report Every Ecommerce Retailer Needs - CPC Strategy

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cpcstrategy.com - Posted by Leanna Kelly on November 9, 2016 in Analytics, Google Adwords There’s nothing worse than being caught out of stock on a hot-selling item in the middle of the holidays. What if we told you...

Increase Your Exposure Using These Striking Website Marketing Techniques

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firstadsense.com - Affiliate marketing is probably the best way to attract the most people. Most people today use the Internet each and every day. Future generations won’t even know about yellow pages. Marketing via ...

NEXI Industries Releases the Solution Pedalboard

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premierguitar.com - Amsterdam, Netherlands (November 9, 2016) -- NEXI Industries, a new-to-market guitar effects pedal manufacturer, officially launches today with a proposition to guitarists everywhere: Focus more on...

Simple Secrets About Laptops You Need To Know

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laptopsandnotebook.com - Laptops aren’t too much trouble if you learn about them beforehand. This article contains some tips on finding a laptop. All that you have to do right now on is to keep reading. If you have conside...