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Today, No one Was Mugged while Selling a PlayStation | PayOnDelivery.com | stupidDOPE.com

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stupiddope.com - Selling used stuff online has become a hassle, and sometimes a bit dicey these days. You have people contacting you to consign your stuff, or some scammer tries getting the product first for money la…

Influencer Marketing Should be About Community, Not a Campaign

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nealschaffer.com - (this post first appeared on TechHQ here: http://techhq.com/2018/04/influencer-marketing-is-about-community-not-a-campaign/) The number one question I get asked from marketing executives as a social …

How to Discover Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

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www.business.com - Creating a security risk profile can help you determine how vulnerable your business is to cyberattacks. Small businesses often think they don't have to worry about cybersecurity, but these companies…

How Amazon Pulled Off Its Biggest Delivery Ever, a Masterpiece of Buzz Marketing

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www.adweek.com - Most marketers who want to generate buzz, especially for a one-time event like a movie premiere, are looking to get the most eyeballs as fast as possible. But Amazon’s mega-delivery stunt for Jurassi…

Split View Support is Coming to Microsoft Edge for iOS - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - The latest beta build of Microsoft Edge for iOS adds support for the mobile platform’s split view feature. This will make it a better multitasker on iPad. To be clear, this functionality isn’t yet av…

The ‘UI and UX Design’ Pocket Guide (Volume One) 📘

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medium.com - Should designers code? Oh this debate will be here till the end of time, and I’m not getting into that particular argument, but instead sharing my thoughts on why it can be beneficial to at least und…

Tainted, crypto-mining containers pulled from Docker Hub

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techcrunch.com - Security companies Fortinet and Kromtech found seventeen tainted Docker containers that were essentially downloadable images containing programs that had been designed to mine cryptocurrencies. Furth…

Apple’s new Mac ads show that even Grimes uses dongles

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techcrunch.com - Apple has launched an new advertising campaign for the Mac called “behind the Mac”. In this campaign, the company is sharing user stories of people using Mac for work, creative projects and accessibi…

Here are the finalists for The Europas Awards 2018, July 3, London

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techcrunch.com - The Europas Awards and Unconference for tech and crypto startups will be held on July 3, in London. Tickets are selling fast, so grab yours here to mingle with the cream of Europe’s startups, VCs and…

Judge says ‘literal but nonsensical’ Google translation isn’t consent for police search

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techcrunch.com - Machine translation of foreign languages is undoubtedly a very useful thing, but if you’re going for anything more than directions or recommendations for lunch, its shallowness is a real barrier. And…

Instagram plans June 20th launch event for long-form video hub

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techcrunch.com - Last week TechCrunch reported Instagram will launch a long-form video hub, with a tentative June 20th launch date. Now Instagram is asking reporters to RSVP for a June 20th “special event,” confirmin…

UK report warns DeepMind Health could gain “excessive monopoly power”

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techcrunch.com - DeepMind’s foray into digital health services continues to raise concerns. The latest worries are voiced by a panel of external reviewers appointed by the Google-owned AI company to report on its ope…

6 Reasons Why Your Photos Aren't Razor Sharp

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petapixel.com - Picture this: you come home after a great day out photographing and you’re excited to look through all the beautiful images you’ve captured. However, after importing them you realize that they’re all…

FBI recovered hundreds of encrypted messages from Michael Cohen’s phone

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arstechnica.com - In a letter to the presiding judge in the case against Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's long-time personal attorney, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Southern New York revealed tod…

How startups are building driverless cars without Google’s billions

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arstechnica.com - There's near-universal agreement that Google spinoff Waymo is the leading company in the driverless-vehicle business. And Waymo's strategy for developing fully driverless cars is very expensive. Befo…

The Ars Technica Father’s Day gift guide

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arstechnica.com - Last month, we compiled a few gift-worthy gadgets for Ars readers to grab for Mother's Day. Today, it's Dad's turn. With Father's Day on the horizon, we've once again revisited the many devices that …

It looks like Google is readying the Pixelbook to run Windows 10

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arstechnica.com - Google's Pixelbook is some beautiful, well-built hardware, but its use of Chrome OS means that for many people, it will be too limited to be useful. Although Chrome OS is no longer entirely dependent…

How Just Cause 4’s tornado works, and a glimpse at all the chaos you cause

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arstechnica.com - LOS ANGELES—Just Cause 4 has the opportunity to take a video game franchise that has never quite hit its stride into the spotlight. 2015's Just Cause 3 was the franchise's best game yet, and though i…

The 2018 Honda Accord proves there’s still life in the family sedan

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arstechnica.com - Things aren't looking great for the family sedan here in the US. The car-buying public has turned against the traditional three-box silhouette, preferring the crew-cab truck, SUV, and crossover inste…

Verizon’s new $95 unlimited plan offers at least 75GB of high-speed data

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arstechnica.com - Verizon Wireless next week will start selling a third unlimited data plan, one that costs $95 for one line and lets customers use 75GB each month without any possibility of throttling. Verizon curren…

24 things I learned publishing 3 books in only 6 months

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writingcooperative.com - After I published my first book, it took six years before I published my second book. Today, only six months after publishing my second book, I’m publishing my fourth book. I’ve published three books…

3 brilliant design details from the new Microsoft Office

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www.fastcodesign.com - These updates are a year in the works and promise to be but the first of many starting this June. “We’re on the beginning of the journey. I want to make that part clear,” says Jon Friedman, chief des…

4 Ways to Improve Your Site's Content | Webdesigner Depot

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www.webdesignerdepot.com - “Why isn’t my site ranking in searches? Why has traffic not improved since we hired you? Calls from customers are actually down… do you even know what you’re doing?!” Ah…the music of irate customers,…

This 1 LinkedIn Mistake Is a Huge Red Flag to Hiring Managers

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www.inc.com - While LinkedIn has tried to make it easier for us to create a professional summary of our skills and experience, it's still pretty daunting for most people to fill out their online profile. Especiall…

iPhone Hackers May Already Have a Workaround for Cops to Crack Apple's Newest Security Feature

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gizmodo.com - Apple and the law enforcement community have been stuck in a back-and-forth over encryption for the last few years, and it’s heated up considerably this month since Apple announced a feature that wou…

Huawei GPU Turbo update schedule: what you need to know

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androidcommunity.com - Last week, Huawei announced not only that they have a new gaming-focused smartphone called the Honor Play but that it is powered by a new technology called GPU Turbo. They claim that it will make the…

Appdates: Open source Talon, Prettier Gratus, Calming Bob Ross

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androidcommunity.com - You probably really love the apps that you frequently use either because you love the features or all of your friends are also using it (or for both reasons). But as with everything else, there’s alw…

Verizon redefines what “unlimited” means yet again

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androidcommunity.com - Carriers casually use the term “unlimited” to draw in customers but we have become wiser to their gimmicks, understanding that they don’t mean it literally, hence the use of the quotation marks. Veri…

Huawei phones running Windows 10: here’s how it will happen

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androidcommunity.com - The tablet business may be going down the past few years but the smartphone game continues to flourish. We don’t think it will ever go south. It can even replace laptops now because of the convenienc…

Nokia 7 Plus downgraded to Oreo from Android P

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androidcommunity.com - You may not realize it but some Nokia phones already run Android P. One of the first Android P-related news we heard was that the next version of the mobile OS would come to Nokia smartphones once av…

Beyond Points and Rewards: Building a Digital Loyalty Program with Meaningful Results

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www.loyalty360.org - Digital. It’s how we listen to music. Understand current events. Communicate with friends. The world has changed and if we want to be successful in our understanding of and engagement with our cust…

PagerDuty Helps Businesses Save Face with Customers

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www.loyalty360.org - This week, PagerDuty, a global leader in digital operations management, announced integration of its real-time operations management platform with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio Team Services, Azu…

Loyalty360 Reads: May 10th, 2018

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www.loyalty360.org - The latest news in the world of customer experience and customer loyalty. Flybuys, eBay Partnership Yields Massive Opportunities for Australians Flybuys, Australia’s most popular loyalty program, h…

Customer Retention with W. Capra Consulting

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www.loyalty360.org - Customer retention in 2018, regardless of industry or brand, is completely different than it was even five years ago. Daniel Kahan, Consultant with W. Capra Consulting Group, sat down with Loyaty360 …

CarMax CMO Jim Lyski Talks Evolution and Survival in Loyalty Expo Keynote

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www.loyalty360.org - CarMax is the largest used-car retailer in the U.S., selling more than 700,000 cars each year from 169 dealerships in 39 states. The company has grown dramatically since the first CarMax location ope…

E3 2018 Report Card: The Winners and Losers

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www.tomsguide.com - The E3 2018 press conferences are officially in the books, and our winner may surprise you. Credit: Tom's Guide Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and the major third-parties have all taken to gaming's bigg…

Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: June 15 - Petri

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www.petri.com - Because I do not like it Sam-I-Am, this week’s edition of Short Takes looks at Windows 10 version 1803 out in the wild, Microsoft’s coming Office UI change, new Surface PCs, and much, much more. Wind…

Snapchat Finally Cracks Open Its Door for Developers

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www.adweek.com - After years of not offering a public application-programming interface like those of Facebook and Twitter, Snapchat is finally providing some access to the developer community with its introduction o…

5 Takeaways From the Reuters Institute Digital News Report

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www.adweek.com - Podcasts, fake news and digital assistants are all key growing trends highlighted in the seventh annual Reuters Institute Digital News Report. The report surveyed more than 74,000 people in 37 market…

Should TV Content Owners Fear Fair Use?

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www.adweek.com - When it comes to copyright laws, there is a grey area that many companies find confusing to navigate. “Fair use” in its most general sense is a copyright law intended to determine when unauthorized u…

The Reasons Why Logos Are Key In Building Brand Recognition | Bit Rebels

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www.bitrebels.com - Many entrepreneurs, firms are famous for using logos which helps to increase brand awareness as a strategy to market their commodities. It helps in making the product popular and targeting the right …

The basics of working with Amazon Marketing Services - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Amazon used to just do books, but now they do more or less everything. Aside from every imaginable retail product, they also provide video, groceries, music and cloud computing, and they’ve even open…

A questionnaire survey on road rage and anger-provoking situations in China. - PubMed - NCBI

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - This paper surveys the reactions of Chinese drivers when encountering anger-provoking situations, including traffic congestion, pedestrians crossing the street illegally, being flashed by the high be…

Revealed: How Sony's $750m Spotify equity cash will be shared with artists and indie labels - Music Business Worldwide

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www.musicbusinessworldwide.com - Sony Music has set out exactly how it will share profits from its Spotify equity with artists and distributed labels – and it’s better news than some might have expected. MBW can reveal all of the de…

Google’s Diversity Stats Are Still Very Dismal

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www.wired.com - The company that championed the idea of moonshots—ambitious ideas that can “make the world a radically better place”—is still struggling to make incremental change when it comes to diversifying its r…

How to Use Facebook Ads to Improve Your Video Views : Social Media Examiner

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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Wondering how the Facebook suggested video feed can help? To explore a creative way Facebook ads can improve your video views, I interview Paul Ramondo. The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-de…

Master Marketing on Instagram - Marketing with Instagram Video Tutorial

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www.attractionmarketingprofits.com - This is easier than you might think once you uncover the proven tips, tricks and inside secrets (and apps!) used to capture and convert your target audience. Because there is both a right way and a w…

How to Go From Information Overload to Massive Action Mode in Your Business • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - Do you suffer from information overload? Or, if you would prefer to call it, analysis paralysis? Are you someone who attends the webinars, goes through the training, and buys the courses but then can…

Mobile Marketing Ideas To Grow Business Revenue

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marketingpromotion.biz - Mobile marketing may be a steady source of major or minor income for you. These tips will help you understand mobile marketing. Do not send irrelevant texts to your clients. Always ensure that what y…

Keep Your Car's Engine Running Smooth With These Top Auto Repair Tips

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carshopping.biz - The next time there is trouble with your car, could you fix it yourself? Use the tips below to help you repair your car repairs. You’ll save a little bit of cash while feeling good doing it. Get a re…

AT&T Rolls Out iPhone X BOGO for Father's Day

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www.phonescoop.com - Today, 3:12 PM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper AT&T today made it possible to buy one iPhone X and get a second iPhone for free. The offer is available to new and existing customers, and requires …

A New Sales Book You Need to Own: SNAP Selling - Smart Calling Blog

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smartcalling.com - I’m often asked what has changed the most about sales in the past 5-10-20 years. Well, of course technology has made many things in our lives easier, but also has made us busier, which does not neces…

Amazon has already begun automating its white-collar jobs

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qz.com - Algorithms have usurped Amazon’s retail decision-makers. The e-commerce company once relied on humans to predict demand of certain products, such as anticipating and ordering a glut of the season’s h…

10 Hot IoT startups to watch

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www.networkworld.com - The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to make machines smarter, industrial processes more efficient and consumer devices more responsive to our needs. According to research firm Gartner, there will b…

Successful Networking Is All About Having the Right Energy

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www.entrepreneur.com - There are three things that set any business person apart from the rest of the pack. The energy she carries. The situational knowledge she has. How she leverages relationship capital, not only of he…

Mega-mergers like AT&T and Time Warner crush American democracy | Zephyr Teachout

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www.theguardian.com - On Tuesday, a district judge in DC approved the $85bn dollar merger between AT&T and Time Warner, without any conditions. On Monday, the FCC repealed its network neutrality laws. With a double punch,…

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