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List Of Xbox One X Enhanced Games Grows To Over 130, Console Pre-orders Now Available

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majornelson.com - Last month at gamescom, we unveiled pre-orders for the Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition, a limited edition console designed for our biggest fans. Thanks to you, we saw record-setting sellouts in th…

Web Mining - Monetize Your Website through User Browsers

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99bitcoins.com - Coinhive is a Monero (XMR) miner that runs on users’ web browsers when they’re visiting certain sites (don’t worry, we don’t employ this on 99Bitcoins). Recently, The Pirate Bay and CBS’s Showtime we…

Persuasive Techniques in Website Optimization: The Ultimate Guide for SaaS (100+ persuasion techniques)

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convertize.blog - This is the most comprehensive guide to persuasive techniques for Saas websites on planet internet. More than 31 900 words (That’s NOT a typo)! So why should you care about persuasive techniques? Let…

How Richard Branson Escaped a Ransom Money Scam

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www.inc.com - Individuals today are at the whim of many different kinds of scams. There are online scams, social media scams, and of course, credit card scammers. What do they all have in common? They are looking …

How To Get Products For Free And Start A Review Blog

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www.incomediary.com - Hi, my name is Robb Sutton and today I’m going to share some information with you that a number of you have been requesting. How Do I Get Products For FREE to Review On My Blog? I have already done a…

The 100 Richest Internet Entrepreneurs - How To Make Money Online

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www.incomediary.com - is an American technology and retail entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, who is best known as the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, the world’s largest online shop…

Sundar Pichai vows to fix cheeseburger emoji cheese order

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www.slashgear.com - Stop the presses! Or in this case, drop all work at Google on Monday in order to address one of the most critical issues plaguing the company. This is the tongue-in-cheek promise that Google CEO Sund…

13 Growth Hacks to Increase Traffic to Your Blog - How To Make Money Online

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www.incomediary.com - Essential growth hacks that every blogger should know about driving more traffic to their website. Even if you’re a beginning online marketer, you probably know about the importance of growth hacking.

Pokemon GO Halloween event: Shiny new developments!

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www.slashgear.com - This afternoon it became evident that we’d not seen the end of the surprises during this Pokemon GO event! During the week of Halloween (and the week before that, starting in the morning of the 21st,…

10 Billion Dollar Companies that Didn’t Start with Business Plans

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www.retireat21.com - I’d like to put an end to the myth that you need a business plan if you want to succeed as an entrepreneur. This should do it. Here are ten billion dollar companies or corporations that didn’t start …

Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

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www.theatlantic.com - One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas. She answered her phone—she’s had an iPhone since she was 11—sounding as if she’d just woken up. We chatte…

How Much Does a Data Breach Cost a Business?

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www.egnyte.com - Another month goes by and another big brand is left red-faced at the center of a major hacking scandal. In the last two years, LinkedIn, Tumblr and Adult Friend Finder¹ have all been hit hard by majo…

A surge of sites and apps are exhausting your CPU to mine cryptocurrency

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arstechnica.com - The Internet is awash with covert crypto currency miners that bog down computers and even smartphones with computationally intensive math problems called by hacked or ethically questionable sites. Th…

Assassin’s Creed Origins review: A living, breathing ancient world

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arstechnica.com - Glistening sands and teaming life stretch far away. I stand at the head of a gilded Pyramid, looking away to the bustling lives and vibrant oases around me. Dust curls up along the horizon, eager to …

GameStop is launching a game rental subscription called PowerPass

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techcrunch.com - GameStop, the video game store that has fallen from grace in the era of digital downloads, will start offering a subscription rental program, according to Mashable. Over the past decade, it’s become …

Apple’s spat with Qualcomm may reportedly escalate to the hardware level

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techcrunch.com - Apple and Qualcomm’s feud appears to be escalating, as a new report by The Wall Street Journal this evening says Apple is designing iPhones and iPads that would not include Qualcomm’s components. Ins…

Google offers new findings on Russian disinformation across its products

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techcrunch.com - Just a day before tech’s big Russia-focused Congressional hearings begin, Google is out with a new report on the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election across its…

Skype’s big redesign publicly launches to all desktop users

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techcrunch.com - Earlier this year, Skype introduced a revamped version of its application offering a heavier focus on media sharing and social expression tools, in an effort to better compete with more modern social…

GrubHub made closing arguments defending 1099 independent contractor model

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techcrunch.com - GrubHub was back in court today for closing arguments around the trial involving Raef Lawson, a former delivery driver for GrubHub, who is seeking a small, estimated sum of $586.56. This trial, Lawso…

The MSI Trident 3 Arctic packs crazy gaming power into a tiny case

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techcrunch.com - Here’s the skinny: This computer is skinny. The MSI Trident 3 Arctic is a gaming rig in a surprisingly small package. During testing the found the computer capable of running the latest VR hardware a…

Smaller is better with Samsung’s Gear Sport smartwatch

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techcrunch.com - Samsung’s been in the smartwatch game longer than most. The first Galaxy Gear hit the market way back in 2013, beating out the Apple Watch by 18 months. It doesn’t get nearly as much love (or market …

AWS continues to rule the cloud infrastructure market

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techcrunch.com - AWS’s domination of the Infrastructure as a Service market continues unabated this quarter. Yes, Microsoft, Google, Alibaba and others continue to grow much faster than AWS, but that has not had a si…

No, iPhones don’t have a special folder for your sexy pics

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techcrunch.com - It’s understandable when things change as fast as they do these days that it takes a bit for our ideas of how things work to catch up to how they actually work. One misunderstanding worth clearing up…

Small startup shows us the wrong way to incentivize programmers

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techcrunch.com - A small Los Angeles-based company, Bee Technologies, recently made a stir on Reddit by asking potential unpaid interns to complete a fairly complex software product before they were “hired.” The resu…

Facebook, YouTube admit to wider-ranging campaigns by Russian “state actors”

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arstechnica.com - Ahead of a Tuesday hearing on Capitol Hill, a combination of leaked statements and official blogs confirmed wider-ranging impact by Russian "state actors" on platforms operated by Facebook and Google…

Harman Kardon Invoke review: Cortana isn’t too comfortable in the home yet

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arstechnica.com - The voice assistant most of us overlook is the one that is available to over 500 million of us on Windows PCs. Microsoft's Cortana has been sequestered in laptops and desktops for too long, but now i…

Outlook.com is getting better for Office 365 subscribers, immigrants

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arstechnica.com - Microsoft is shaking up its consumer-oriented e-mail offerings, further improving the value of its Office 365 subscriptions as it continues to push customers away from perpetual licenses. Features fo…

ICO Spotlight: Lampix, Miniapps & Flixxo

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badcryptopodcast.com - Augmented reality isn’t just for sci-fi films, as Lampix.co will attest. Chatbots aren’t just for large corporations, as we learned from the founder of Miniapps.pro. And videos can have a home apart …

Generate Sales by Building Relationships - SalesPOP!

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salespop.pipelinersales.com - It is certainly true that everything has changed since the arrival of social media. In the beginning of the Web, it was unclear how money could possibly be made through Web page content. But then cam…

7 Insider Tips to Get More Traffic From Search Engines

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www.jeffbullas.com - Let’s face it – generating traffic from search engines is hard work. It is much easier to buy traffic. But we all know that organic traffic converts better so this is usually the primary goal for onl…

Amazon is securing wholesale pharmacy licenses across the U.S. (Video) - Puget Sound Business Journal

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www.bizjournals.com - Amazon.com Inc. has been rumored to be eyeing the health care industry, and new reports came out this week that bolster such speculation. Sources told CNBC that a fear of Amazon spurred CVS Health's …

Prynt Pocket raising funds on Kickstarter for Android version

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androidcommunity.com - There are already several pocket printers out in the market right now, but if you’re still on the lookout for something, Prynt Pocket is finally coming to Android. Well, if they’re able to get backer…

Halloween 2017: scary filters, spooky digital assistant, freaky games

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androidcommunity.com - Halloween is technically just one day a year, and yet brands devote a lot of time and resources to creating themed products and experiences built around this “holiday”. This is a sign that people rea…

InMotion Slider allows dramatic camera movements, now on Kickstarter

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androidcommunity.com - Vlogging these days is easier with all the devices and accessories available. A decade ago, you’d need a handycam or you digicam to record short clips that you had to edit for hours. Fast forward to …

Google Assistant can be your workout buddy this holiday season

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androidcommunity.com - Fall is the signal that we’re all about to consume a whole lot of food over the next few months. We’re not saying you should not partake of all the Halloween, Thanksgiving, and then Christmas feasts …

Galaxy Note 8 gets better camera features with Zero Camera Mod

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androidcommunity.com - The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has more to offer. We know it comes with an S-Pen that works as a pen beater, beatboxer, and producer to create new tones. It may soon get that “dramatic” Portrait mode effe…

Going Back to Basics to Build Five-Star Loyalty Programs

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www.loyalty360.org - Loyalty[1]: faithful adherence; faithfulness to commitments or obligations As a business owner, manager, or marketer, you want your customers to be loyal: to choose you over a competitor, and to retu…

You Have Eight Seconds. Do One of These Four Things.

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www.loyalty360.org - Recently in Business Insider, Hayley Peterson argued that Tinder’s affect on culture is now affecting retail, as a generation of consumers accustomed to swiping for a more relevant romantic match are…

Hilton Guests Will Have More Control of Their Customer Experience

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www.loyalty360.org - Hilton Worldwide continues to innovate to expand the customer experience of its guests. A new partnership with Travel and Transport, a first in the hotel industry, will provide Travel and Transport c…

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

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www.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 conducted…

GetQuantify.com: A Real-Time Online Collaboration Application for Small Businesses - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Getquantify is real-time online collaboration application for small businesses. Organize your tasks into projects and keep your team up to date. “GetQuantify.com” is a real-time online collaboration …

HiveFlux : Real-time Overview of What Everyone In the Company is Working - Start-Ups.Co

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www.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 wha…

Sleeves Up Productions : Digital Content For Brands - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Erika Kramer”, CEO and Founder at New York – USA based start-up “SleevesUpProductions” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that y…

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

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www.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 “K…

ServiceSutra.com: An Online Marketplace to Hire Quality Service Providers - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - ServiceSutra helps consumers compare price from Trustworthy, Qualified and Verified Local Service Providers in India. As per Mr. Chaudhary; ServiceSutra helps consumers compare price from Trustworthy…

Vertical Method : Posture Strength For Techies and The Desk-Bound Workforce - Start-Ups.Co

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www.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 i…

LoopLR.com: A Real-Time Social Video Platform for the Creation and Distribution of User Produced Video Content on Smartphones - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - LoopLR is a real time social video platform for the creation and distribution of user produced video content on Smartphones and Tabs. LoopLR is a real-time video sharing app for Smartphones. It lets …

MediaNest : Manage Video Marketing Campaigns on Social Media - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Ms. “Natasha Robinson”, Co-Founder & CMO at the California- USA based start-up “MediaNest” Below is the interview we conducted with her: 1. What is it exactly that yo…

MonitorBacklinks.com: An Easy Backlink Checker Tool that Notifies you via Email or in your Changelog if Someone Removes your Links or Makes them Nofollow - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - Monitor Backlinks looks to replace the notepad and spreadsheets that SEOs use to keep track of their backlinks, checking their status regulary and notifies when they get removed or nofollowed. “Monit…

ShareWhere : Social Sharing Application - Start-Ups.Co

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www.start-ups.co - We had an interesting chat with Mr. “Geoffrey Chan”, Founder of the Miami based start-up “ShareWhere” Below is the interview we conducted with him: 1. What is it exactly that you do and what your sta…

Microsoft's 'Next-Gen' Skype Client Only Works on Old Windows - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - In reply to karma77police: Having spent quite a bit of time wrestling with UWP I can concur with your assessment of UWP. It's a solution looking for a problem, and, with Microsoft abandoning the mobi…

Dell XPS 13 (Late 2017) First Impressions - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Earlier this year, Brad and I reviewed two members of the XPS family, the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 and the Dell XPS 15, respectively. Both are Kaby Lake-era PCs, but as you may have noticed, the industry i…

7 Lessons We’ve Learned Running App Install Campaigns on Snapchat

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www.adweek.com - Snapchat has made no secret of its desire to steal a piece of the mobile application advertising pie that is ruled by Facebook and Google. The popular chat app has been rolling out a number of ad pro…

5 Dos and Don'ts of Digital Transformation

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www.adweek.com - Over the past two years, businesses have put increased focus on digitally transforming their brands from the inside out. That’s led not only to taking new risks with emerging tech, but also implement…

Traveler’s guide to turning your home into a Smart Home with Nest

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midliferoadtrip.tv - After the Nest Protect was installed, I checked to see if the paint had dried. It had …but it still didn’t match. So I gathered the newly purchased quart of paint and the old rusty gallon of dried pa…

Code Coverage Analysis for Better Page Speed - Portent

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www.portent.com - It’s aggravating. You smushed the images. You smashed the files. Your site’s still getting a lousy page speed score. You shake your fist at the internet gods and scream “Why!?!! WHY DO YOU MOCK ME?! …

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Hershey's Gets Ready for Halloween

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www.adweek.com - Though Halloween dates back to the 10th century Celtic festival of Samhain, or “summer’s end,” the earliest mention of trick-or-treating dates to 1927, when a Canadian newspaper spoke of “youthful to…

How Emerging Marketing Technology Will Impact the Automotive Industry

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www.adweek.com - Ford, General Motors and Chrysler didn’t earn their iconic status by idling. As Tesla, Uber, Lyft and even Google aim to upend the automotive space, new business models are focused on more than just …

3 Lessons Marketers Can Learn From the Mobile-First Consumer Journey in China

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www.adweek.com - The mobile device is the center of the universe, and it’s increasingly pushing media and marketing to change the way we talk about consumer journeys. Evidence of this is happening in major marketplac…

4 Steps Cities Must Take To Catch Up With Transportation Technology | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - The auto revolution is right around the corner. Electric vehicles, self-driving cars, smart technology, and smartphone apps are changing the way Americans get around. But cities are stuck in the past…

Simple And Effective Steps For Creative Website Link-Building | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - One of the most simple ways of growing your business through SEO marketing is through link-building because the more websites that link to yours, the more credibility your business will have. Plus th…

Learn The ABCs Of The iPhone X’s Face ID | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - If you’ve managed to get past the iPhone X’s price, then you’re probably aware of the latest security feature in Apple’s flagship. But at $999 for its basic 64GB model, we don’t blame you if you have…

13 outdated SEO tactics that should terrify you

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searchengineland.com - As we approach Halloween and our Netflix queues again fill up with all manner of spooky, startling and downright horrifying monsters, I’m reminded of another kind of monster we should all be afraid o…

Paul Manafort's email password was probably 'Bond007.' Really.

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mashable.com - Trumpland spun into a frenzy early October 30 as former campaign chief Paul Manafort was charged with money laundering and tax fraud. The indictment contained several juicy tidbits about Manafort's a…

WikiLeaks Legally Obtained Clinton Emails From US State Dept.

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sputniknews.com - MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The emails of former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, published by the WikiLeaks whistleblowing platform in 2016, were not hacked but legally obtained from the US State D…

Russian agents used Facebook and YouTube to sow division prior to the 2016 election - Hot Air

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hotair.com - The big social media companies are scheduled to give congressional testimony this week about the abuse of their platforms by Russian agents. Reuters got an advance look at written testimony Facebook …

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