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Sunday, July 29, 2018

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Apple’s Next iPhone Could Spell Big Trouble for AT&T and Others

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www.barrons.com - The traditional “SIM,” or “subscriber identification module,” is that little plastic card that one sticks in a little tray in the side of a smartphone, or sometimes inside a slot located under the re…

Disruptive Innovation Strategy - 13 Exercises for Disrupting Thinking in New eBook

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brainzooming.com - Whenever we discuss using questions to foster disruptive innovation strategy, it prompts objections. The objections center on the idea that questions do not create disruptive innovation. The point t…

Verizon’s new Safe Wi-Fi is a VPN that blocks ad tracking for $3.99 a month

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techcrunch.com - Verizon has rolled out a new product called Safe Wi-Fi, a VPN that provides a security stop gap for its mobile customers logging onto a public network. It’s also being marketed as a way to block ads.…

Data for Good: Movement or Moment? - Cindi Howson

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blogs.gartner.com - A few weeks ago, we published a research note on how to Use Data for Good to Impact Society. For me, this note is from the heart and soul; I suspect the same is true for my co-authors. It’s been an e…

How I made my own WireGuard VPN server

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techcrunch.com - Some of you may have heard about VPN protocols that let you establish a connection between your device and a server, such as OpenVPN and IPsec. But there’s a brand new shiny protocol that promises to…

Alphabet earnings and the jaws of antitrust

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techcrunch.com - Alphabet’s earnings were stellar, and that is truly saying something. Just a few weeks ago, the European Union placed a record €4.34 billion fine on the Mountain View-based company, a penalty for the…

The cloud continues to grow in leaps and bounds, but it’s still AWS’s world

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techcrunch.com - With the big cloud companies reporting recently, we can be sure of a couple of things: the market continues to expand rapidly and AWS is going to be hard to catch. Depending on whose numbers you look…

“Oprah” for indie bands: Apple once loved unknown acts—what changed?

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arstechnica.com - In April 2007, only diehard Broken Social Scene fans salivated when band member Leslie Feist released a solo album titled The Reminder. Sales were moderate for the first five months, reaching an aver…

Cryptomining malware is infecting corporate networks worldwide

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futurism.com - CORPORATE HIJACKING. Security firm Kaspersky Lab just exposed an international cryptocurrency mining ring that is using malware software called PowerGhost to spread across vast corporate networks. Th…

Twitter unrolls plan to deal with Periscope trolls more aggressively

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mashable.com - Twitter's live video-streaming app Periscope is about to become a much less appealing place for trolls to ply their hate. In a new Medium post bearing the title "A Safer Conversation," the Periscope …

London Newspaper: Assange Could Face Imminent Expulsion

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www.newsmax.com - The Times of London reports Ecuador President Lenin Moreno wants Assange, who has been living under asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012, to leave. Assange's assistant, told the Times that Mor…

Julian Assange lawyers brace for Ecuador evicting WikiLeaks publisher from embassy at any moment

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www.washingtontimes.com - Julian Assange’s legal team is preparing to defend the WikiLeaks publisher against a possible U.S. extradition request in anticipation of Ecuador ejecting him from its London embassy at any moment. E…

Homeless man hands out resumes, gets hundreds of job offers

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nypost.com - On Friday morning, homeless web developer David Casarez woke from his park bench in Mountain View, Calif., put on a nice shirt and tie, and carried his hand-written cardboard sign to a nearby highway…

Amazon Prime Day India - Anatomy of A Mega Omnichannel Campaign

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paulwriter.com - There are sales. And there is Amazon Prime Day. At least that’s what Amazon’s marketing team is aiming for with their second Prime Day sale (July 16 & 17) in India. Intrigued by the sheer volume an…

The state of mobile voice search in 2018

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www.econsultancy.com - The voice revolution is upon us. The big tech companies are going head-to-head on voice technology, sales of voice-activated smart speakers are on the rise, and the future of search could be SERP-les…

r/Bitcoin - Twitter now has verified crypto scam accounts

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www.reddit.com - They hack a verified account. They don't change the username as that will get rid of the verified tick. Edit: many people are confused as to how Twitter usernames/profile names work - which is unders…

Magic Leap One coming this summer, will run on Nvidia Tegra X2

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techcrunch.com - After a few years of waiting, Magic Leap says it will finally ship its first hardware this summer. The company has already detailed that the Magic Leap One would be shipping the device in 2018, but a…

‘You can’t fake a true omnichannel experience’

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www.cio.co.nz - From a retail perspective, we have diluted the channel conflict. For retailers aiming for the nirvana of omnichannel experience, Shane Lenton has this to say. “First and foremost, you can’t fake it,”…

HTC’s blockchain phone is real, and it’s arriving later this year

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techcrunch.com - HTC isn’t gone just yet. Granted, it’s closer than it’s ever been before, with a headcount of fewer than 5,000 employees worldwide — that’s down from 19,000 in 2013. But in spite of those “market com…

How to choose the best platform for your ecommerce business

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belvg.com - Choosing an ecommerce platform is probably the main decision every business owner should make before creating a webstore. There are so many of them that it’s very easy to get disoriented once you sta…

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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY How A Group of Imprisoned Hackers Introduced JPay to the World Shared by Susan Cooper www.wired.com - Until yesterday, unless you had a family member or friend in prison, you most likely h…

Decision Dismissing SEC FCPA Claims Extends Recent Supreme Court Rulings Curtailing SEC Enforcement Authority | JD Supra

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www.jdsupra.com - JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations. This Privacy Policy describes how JD Supra, LLC (…

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