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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

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Why Most Digital Marketing Fails -- And How To Fix It

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www.forbes.com - This article was co-authored by Chris Abraham and Dorie Clark If you’re looking for insights about the future of digital communications, it pays to ask someone who’s been there from the beginning. ...

Google rater fired after speaking to Ars about work conditions

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arstechnica.com - Last week we reported on the lives of Google raters, people whose job is to provide Google with data on the usefulness of its algorithms. The 10 anonymous raters we spoke with were all contractors ...

Meet Greyhound.com, the site that doesn’t allow password changes

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arstechnica.com - When it comes to websites with bad password policies, there's no shortage of bad actors. Sites—some operated by banks or other financial services—that allow eight- or even six-character passwords, ...

ASUS Zenfone Zoom S is just the Zenfone 3 Zoom for Asia - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - If you’ve been wondering whether the ASUS Zenfone Zoom S is a new variant of the Zenfone 3 Zoom, then wonder no more. The full product page is already up and even though it is only visible in the T...

Red Hat launches OpenShift.io, an online IDE for building container-based applications

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techcrunch.com - Red Hat is launching OpenShift.io today, its first major foray into offering cloud-based developer tools.As the name implies, OpenShift.io sits on top of the company’s Kubernetes-based OpenShift co...

Microsoft’s new education push plays to its strengths, the cheap and familiar

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techcrunch.com - Microsoft never mentioned Chromebook by name, but it’s clear that Google’s browser-based hardware offering was at the front of everyone’s mind at today’s education event in New York City. The compa...

Microsoft needs to open up Windows 10 S if it wants to find success outside the classroom

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techcrunch.com - At first glance, Windows 10 S makes perfect sense. It’s a lightweight, stripped-down version of Microsoft’s operating system designed to avoid taxing low-cost hardware. That makes it a good fit for...

TC Sessions: Justice

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techcrunch.com - Wayne Sutton i is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Change Catalyst and its Tech Inclusion programs. Tech Inclusion is dedicated to exploring innovative solutions to diversity and inclusion i...

Nodez is a smart home solution that brings all of its equipment on the bus

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techcrunch.com - Nodez is a company that promises to turn your entire home into a smart home with a single, all-encompassing package. Their $196 product includes a little of everything including a smoke/CO2 detecto...

InVision picks up TrackDuck to better integrate with Atlassian products

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techcrunch.com - InVision is acquiring the TrackDuck startup to further connect and enable the digital product development process from design to delivery. This is InVision’s 7th acquisition in the last 16 months. ...

Kobo’s Aura H2O gets an upgrade, but waterproofing is still its standout feature

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techcrunch.com - Kobo doesn’t upgrade its products much, because, let’s face it, the e-reader market isn’t what it once was — and what’s left of it is still dominated by Amazon. Still, the Canadian-turned-Japanese ...

Mailchimp’s marketing automation tools are now available for free

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techcrunch.com - MailChimp is probably best known for its basic email newsletter services, but it has long offered a number of more advancedmarketing tools that allows its users to follow up with online shoppers, f...

Amazon’s “actually free” app store didn’t actually last for two years

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arstechnica.com - Amazon Underground, the company's experiment in "actually free" smartphone apps and games, will soon go even more underground. As in, dead and buried. A developer blog confirmed the news on Friday,...

Ferrari won’t drop the naturally aspirated V12 any time soon

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arstechnica.com - When Ferrari announced the 812 Superfast in February, I wondered if it might be the last-ever naturally aspirated Ferrari road car. The auto industry is in the midst of a full-blown turbocharger ad...

Decrypted: American Gods: New series is as good as the book

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arstechnica.com - Welcome back to Ars Technica's podcast Decrypted, which is all about the TV we love to analyze. Right now, we're watching American Gods, a new Starz series created by Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushin...

Spear phishing is getting good enough to hook even savvy users

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arstechnica.com - To understand why Carbanak is one of the Internet's most skilled and successful criminal groups, consider the recent spear-phishing campaign it used to infect computers in the hospitality and resta...

The Best Tools to Archive Web Pages

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lifehacker.com - It seems like a lot of web pages are disappearing from the internet these days. If you feel like taking on archiving duties for yourself, there are a variety of tools for doing so. Well, it took 10...

Growth-Hacking 101

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www.entrepreneur.com - Growth-hacking is more than just the latest buzzword to sweep through the marketing world. Instead, it's something thatshould be of urgent interest to you and your brand. Related: 4 Growth Hacking ...

Insecure Apps that Open Ports Leave Millions of Smartphones at Risk of Hacking

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thehackernews.com - A team of researchers from the University of Michigan discovered that hundreds of applications in Google Play Store have a security hole that could potentially allow hackers to steal data from and ...

Top 10 Google Play Deals - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - In case you haven’t heard or noticed, a group of Redditors regularly come up with a list of some of the best deals they can find on theGoogle Play Store. This is simply done by receiving submission...

Android Nougat update ready for the unlocked Galaxy S7 Edge - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Samsung may be busy with the issues of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ and the refurbished Galaxy Note 7 but it doesn’t mean that it has forgotten the older Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. In fact, we just tried turn...

Bixby reveals some rapping and beatboxing skills - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - And you thought Bixby would have no use for you at all! Apparently, Samsung’s new digital voice assistant has been practicing his beats and his rhymes and is now finally ready to unleash its powers...

Bloomberg and Twitter team up for breaking news network - Android Community

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androidcommunity.com - Ever since social media came into our lives, the way we consume news has drastically changed, from where we get it to when we get it and from whom we get it. The news organizations that refused to ...

Why This Futuristic Tech Will Be The Future of Computing

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time.com - In the 25 years or so since I've been working on voice recognition projects, the technology has evolved a great deal. Today, all the major tech companies, from Apple to Google and beyond, are combi...

Fund Your Business the Smart Way with General Assembly and Indiegogo - Indiegogo Blog

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go.indiegogo.com - Let’s say you have a brilliant business idea, but you don’t know how to scale it. Finding funding can be a challenge. You might feel like successful entrepreneurs are hoarding some grand secret abo...

Pollfish : A Survey Web Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Giannis Zaoudis';CTO of the Cyprus-based start-up “pollfishCom”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. W...

Pushstartr : Database Management Platform - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Ryan Nutley”, CEO of the Ireland based start-up “Pushstartr” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your start...

Room In The Moon : Social Travel Website - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Start-Ups.Co really enjoyed interviewing the brilliant entrepreneur; Mr. ‘Rafael Dos Santos';CEO of the – UK start-up “Room in the Moon”. Below, is the full interview that we have conducted : 1. Wh...

BigMarker.com: A Global Network of People and Communities that Meet Face-to-Face Online - Start-Ups.Co

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www.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 conferenc...

Imboard : Event Discovery and Promotion App - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Dominic Smith”, CEO of the Baltimore USA-based start-up “Imboard” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your ...

Classified Post : Online Classfied Ad Website - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Robbie Alvarez”, CEO of the US based start-up “The Classified Post” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1-What is it exactly that you do and what your...

Render.st: An Easy to Use and Affordable Online Render Farm, with a Great Customer Support - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Render Street is an easy to use and affordable render farm for 3D projects with very good customer support. “Render Street”is a global provider of rendering services. Below is the full interview th...

Microsoft Brings Code Writing to Minecraft: Education Edition - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - At its educational event today in New York City, Microsoft announced new functionality for Minecraft: Education Edition. Key among them is support for Code Builder, which will allow students and te...

Revolving Door Roundup: Moves at ProPublica, Reuters and Gizmodo Media Group

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www.adweek.com - ProPublica adds Isaac Arnsdorf as a reporter covering the Trump administration. Arnsdorf, who starts May 8, joins from Politico, where he was a reporter covering lobbying and money in politics. Pri...

Mark Robinson Returns to Wired as Features Editor

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www.adweek.com - Some personal news: I am tethered to a charging station at Penn St and also will be covering Silicon Valley for @Wired starting next week!! Mark Robinson (pictured) accomplished many things during ...

Defy Media Is Producing Web Videos Like TV Series, With a Rotating Set of Channels

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www.adweek.com - Digital media companies are notorious for pitching ambitious video series during the NewFronts that never get made, but Defy Media is the exception. The multichannel network is investing in a heavy...

'It's spot on': Facebook worker sees parallels with The Circle

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www.theguardian.com - Mark Zuckerberg ate two brats in Madison, Wisconsin this weekend, “basically inhal[ing]” the first before remembering that the entire reason he was in Madison eating brats in the first place was to...

Domino's Now Has Order-Tracking Life Hacks with IFTTT, Latest Bid to Polish Tech Halo

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adage.com - Domino's is out with its latest move to associate its brand with tech innovation, a partnership with the IFTTT platform that lets customers use and create delivery-timed "hacks." IFTTT, which stand...

New Verizon Video Blatantly Lies About What's Happening To Net Neutrality

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www.techdirt.com - Lies and hyperbole are certainly no strangers to either side of the net neutrality debate, but as the FCC moves to kill net neutrality -- net neutrality opponents have taken things to an entirely n...

6 Often Overlooked A/B Testing Ideas You May Not Have Tried

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instapage.com - No matter how hard they tried, my parents could never stop my little brother from crashing his car into the contents of our garage. Growing up, he was a one-man wrecking crew. For years we lost spo...

Become Successful At Affliate Marketing By Following This Advice.

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duracmarketing.com - If you are an internet marketing virgin, these tips will be especially useful to you as you embark in this field. The tips below can help you develop a plan for web marketing. Do not take advantage...

Detailed Guide On How To Use Your Iphone

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iphonefindmyphone.com - Most people own a smartphone, and a good portion of those own an iphone; however, most don’t know how to really use it.You aren’t the only person who is unsure about all the iphone has to offer.Rea...

Use These Tips To Conquer Your Own Online Market

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marketingpromotion.biz - You likely don’t know everything you can be learned about Internet marketing. Between the breadth of the field and the constant innovation of internet marketers, you should be able to effectively m...

Tips To Avoiding Many Mobile Marketing Scams

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durac.info - There are many ways that a person can successfully promote his or her business with mobile marketing. With so many ways to do things, you may be unsure where to start. Try beginning with the advice...

How To Get Google Adsense Approved in 1 Hour 2016

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firstadsense.com - Now, you are ready to Register for AdSense Program. There are two-step application authorization procedure under AdSense program. 1) Sign-up and also Area advertisement units: Google has actually c...

Passive Income: Learn How to Make Money Online through Affiliate Marketing: Passive, Income, Money, Forex, Sales, Financial, Entrepreneurship

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freeaffiliatepro.com - How To Make Money In South Africa | MakeMoneySA Can You Really Create Financial Freedom In Your Life In South Africa? My Name Is Leigh Williams, Founder Of MakeMoneySA, The place South Africans tur...

Lite-On, Everlight, Genesis to Expand Into LED Automotive Headlight Market

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www.photonics.com - Lite-On, Everlight, Genesis to Expand Into LED Automotive Headlight Market Photonics.com May 2017 TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 2, 2017 — Electronics developer Lite-On Technology Corp. and LED packaging serv...

LEDVANCE Advancing Light at LIGHTFAIR International 2017 with New SYLVANIA LED Lighting

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www.businesswire.com - WILMINGTON, Mass. & PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LEDVANCE is unveiling new SYLVANIA lighting solutions for the commercial and residential market at Booth 1701 at LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®), ...

New C-Lite LED Lighting by Cree Offers Easy Choice for Contractors and Distributors

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finance.yahoo.com - Cree (CREE) announces C-Lite™ LED Lighting by Cree (C-Lite), a portfolio of LED lighting products that offers electrical distributors and contractors a broad range of stock and flow items with the ...

Leading Retailers Recognized for Growth and Innovation at Aptos Engage 2017 User Conference

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finance.yahoo.com - APTOS ENGAGE 2017 – Aptos, Inc., a recognized market leader in retail technology solutions, today announced the winners of its Aptos Engage 2017 Think Differently Awards program, recognizing retail...