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Why Your Team Needs Sales Coaching for Digital Selling Success | Vengreso

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vengreso.com - Sales coaching is not a one-and-done event, especially when it comes to mastering social selling! Though digital prospecting may seem straightforward, it requires behavior change, reinforcement, and …

3 Tips for Avoiding Getting Caught in a Credential Stuffing Attack

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www.backblaze.com - While we often see warnings about password best practices (different passwords for different services, change passwords frequently, 123456 is never a good password), we rarely get into why we need to…

Tesla's Model 3 production ramp hits overdrive: 61.8k new VIN registrations in Oct so far

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www.teslarati.com - Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) have shown some recovery since the electric car maker pleasantly surprised Wall Street last week, when it posted $6.8 billion in revenue and beat earnings estimates with a …

4 Steps to Take the Agile Approach to Sales Onboarding | Sales Hacker

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www.saleshacker.com - Sales onboarding – every company does it, but few do it as well as they’d like. According to a report from The Sales Management Association, 62% of companies consider themselves to be ineffective at …

Try This Simple Technique to Always Remember the Names of People You Meet

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www.entrepreneur.com - "I'm so bad at remembering names." "I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my body!" "I'm sorry -- where did you say you were from again?" Ah, memory. You're such a tricky beast. Let's be real w…

What to know about WhatsApp in Brazil ahead of Sunday’s election

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www.niemanlab.org - The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to keep up with. This weekly roundup offers the highlights of what you might h…

Apple iPhone XR First Impressions - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Launched alongside the iPhone XS, the iPhone XR is a more affordable and colorful take on Apple’s latest smartphone design. But if you’re feeling a sense of déjà vu, you’re not alone: The iPhone XR i…

Google looks to AI interactions and cats to power its latest AR feature

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techcrunch.com - Of all the features and hardware that dropped at Google’s event earlier this month, one that felt particularly glossed over was Playground, the new augmented reality mode that’s arrived on the Pixel …

Hidden files hint at a possible PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2

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techcrunch.com - At launch, the long-awaited (and much hyped) western adventure that is Red Dead Redemption 2 is only available on the PS4 and Xbox One. That might not be the case forever, though. Code hidden within …

Sony posts $2.1B profit as PlayStation sales keep on growing

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techcrunch.com - Sony’s PlayStation business continues to come on leaps and bounds after a 27 percent increase in gaming revenue helped the company record a $2.1 billion profit in Q2. The PlayStation division is Sony…

A fully loaded iPad Pro will cost you $2,227

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techcrunch.com - This is a public service announcement. The latest and greatest iPad, namely the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, will cost you $2,227 to buy in its best configuration and with the basic accessories that make it w…

Nintendo turns to old favorites Mario and Pokémon to hit lofty Switch target

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techcrunch.com - Nintendo is betting that two of its most-beloved franchises — Mario and Pokémon — can help it hit its lofty goal of selling 20 million Switch consoles this financial year. The company made the bold p…

Up close and hands on with the new MacBook Air

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techcrunch.com - Why, it seems like only yesterday that Steve Jobs first pulled the MacBook Air from a manilla envelope for the world to see. It wasn’t, of course — that was 10 years ago this January. In that past de…

Waymo takes the wheel: Self-driving cars go fully driverless on California roads

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techcrunch.com - Self-driving startup Waymo, a Google spin -off owned by parent company Alphabet, has been granted the first permit in California to begin driverless testing on public roads. Yes, that means self-driv…

Siri Shortcuts app gets updated with weather, alarms, timers and more

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techcrunch.com - Alongside today’s announcements of new iPads and Mac, Apple also rolled out an updated version of its Siri Shortcuts app. The app, first introduced at WWDC, arrived with iOS 12 as a way to unlock Sir…

Ole Harms to talk about Moia’s mobility bet at Disrupt Berlin

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techcrunch.com - Volkswagen Group wants to reinvent itself in the age of connected and electric vehicles. And it starts with Volkswagen’s Moia, a brand new mobility brand with services and vehicles built for the citi…

Valued at $500M, investors say HeadSpin is ‘one of the fastest-scaling software companies’ ever

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techcrunch.com - HeadSpin has closed a $20 million Series B, valuing the provider of mobile application performance software at $500 million. New investors ICONIQ Capital, Battery Ventures and EQT Ventures participat…

How to watch the live stream for Apple’s iPad and Mac keynote

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techcrunch.com - Apple is holding a keynote today at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House, and the company is expected to unveil a brand new iPad Pro as well as updated Mac computers. The event s…

Cockroach Labs launches CockroachDB as managed service

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techcrunch.com - Cockroach Lab’s open source SQL database, CockroachDB, has been making inroads since it launched last year, but as any open source technology matures, in order to move deeper into markets it has to m…

Long-awaited brand-new MacBook Air finally gets retina display and Touch ID

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techcrunch.com - MacBook Air fans aren’t hard to find. Although I admit to being a bit skeptical at its introduction, the laptop grew from an underpowered runt to an underappreciated workhorse over the years. But the…

To actually change the world, Big Tech needs to grow up

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techcrunch.com - “Fierce competitor” is one of the biggest, and most culturally ingrained, compliments that exists in sports. The same is true in the technology world. However, as competitors originating from outside…

Zuckerberg says the future is sharing via 100B messages & 1B Stories/day

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techcrunch.com - The News Feed won’t sustain Facebook forever, and that’s scaring investors. Today on Facebook’s earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg stressed that sharing is shifting to private chat, where people send 100…

The hybrid cloud market just got a heck of a lot more compelling

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techcrunch.com - Let’s start with a basic premise that the vast majority of the world’s work loads remain in private data centers. Cloud infrastructure vendors are working hard to shift those workloads, but technolog…

Apple’s new T2 security chip will prevent hackers from eavesdropping on your microphone

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techcrunch.com - Apple’s newest MacBooks includes a new feature that makes it far more difficult for hackers or spies to eavesdrop on your microphone. Buried in Apple’s latest range of MacBooks — including the MacBoo…

With cheap new smart-home gear, Amazon wants to keep you in its world

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www.fastcompany.com - Shop on Amazon for a smart plug today, and you’ll notice that the most popular options work with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and in some cases Apple’s HomeKit. Connecting your bedside lamp or coffee m…

New MacBook Air, Mac mini hands-on: Making old favorites new again

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arstechnica.com - The updated MacBook Air looks like a hybrid between the old Air and the 12-inch MacBook. Apple finally brought its Retina display to the MacBook Air! It also has the new butterfly key mechanism and a…

Tesla Autopilot steered into a stationary object again—the driver is suing

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arstechnica.com - Earlier this month, Shawn Hudson's Tesla Model S crashed into a stalled car while moving at about 80 miles per hour on a Florida freeway. Tesla's Autopilot technology was engaged at the time, and now…

FCC Republican claims municipal broadband is threat to First Amendment

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arstechnica.com - A Republican on the Federal Communications Commission claimed that municipal broadband networks pose a unique threat to First Amendment free speech rights—but provided no compelling evidence to back …

Windows 10 October 2018 Update still not released, running out of October

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arstechnica.com - Microsoft is making yet more fixes to Windows 10 build 17763, the build that has been blessed as the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. The update was initially published on the second Tuesday of the mo…

Finally in the black: Tesla has a good quarter

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arstechnica.com - Tesla finally turned a profit, posting net income attributable to shareholders of approximately $311.5 million. The Q3 results come after many quarters of losses, and Tesla shares are up 12 percent i…

17 Designers with Fantastic Side Projects - Onextrapixel

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onextrapixel.com - It’s important to have something outside of work for all of us, like a hobby or a side project. It keeps us sane; it keeps us creative. What you do after work doesn’t have to rely on your design skil…

The Golden Age of Ancient Greece Gets Faithfully Recreated in the New Video Game Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

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www.openculture.com - If you haven't played video games in a long time, you might feel a certain trepidation at the idea of picking them up again. So rapidly have they evolved in the 21st century that they now resemble le…

Google launches reCAPTCHA v3 that detects bad traffic without user interaction | ZDNet

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www.zdnet.com - Google today launched an update to its reCAPTCHA technology that the company has been offering since 2007 to fight off bots on the world wide web. reCAPTCHA v3, as the new version has been branded, i…

Sam's Club is ditching cashiers at a new store in Texas

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www.cnbc.com - Sam's Club is opening a location in Dallas that will allow customers to scan and pay for their groceries with an app — without a cashier or standing in the checkout line. It comes at a time when many…

Google Maps now lets you choose night mode permanently

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androidcommunity.com - Google has been working hard to bring dark mode options to all of its apps including Messages, Phone, etc. But some already have dark mode built-in, although it’s not really a full option just yet. G…

This NVIDIA SHIELD TV with Alexa, Amazon Echo Dot deal is tempting

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androidcommunity.com - The NVIDIA SHIELD team has been busy updating the different models of the Shield series. The Smart Home Edition of the NVIDIA SHIELD TV recently hit Amazon and Best Buy while the Android TV variant j…

Nextdoor lets you know the Halloween tricks and treats in your hood

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androidcommunity.com - Trick or treat evening is just a couple of days away and if your neighborhood is heavily into that stuff, you may want to start a campaign that everyone get on the Nextdoor app if you and your neighb…

SPI 137: A Product Launch Sequence That Works—How to Create a 3-Part Video Series with Amy Porterfield

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www.smartpassiveincome.com - This week, I’m joined by none other than Amy Porterfield! You might know Amy for her social media strategies or from her podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy, where she dishes out the insight and expe…

Get clients for Microsoft Teams

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docs.microsoft.com - Microsoft Teams has clients available for desktop (Windows and Mac), web, and mobile (Android, iOS, and Windows Phone). These clients all require an active internet connection and do not support an o…

Nintendo Switch Surpasses GameCube, But ... - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Nintendo has sold more Switch consoles in 15 months than it did GameCubes over that device’s entire lifetime. But the Switch continues to falter when compared to the surprisingly resilient Sony PlayS…

Bing adds election information, redesigns image search, provides NFL answers, and word of the day - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Bing announced some new features and spotlighted existing features on the search engine on Tuesday. Specifically, Bing demonstrated some of its election related search results, a new refreshed design…

5 UX tips for better SEO results

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searchenginewatch.com - When Google’s Search Quality Senior Strategist Andrey Lipattsev was asked about Google’s most important ranking factors, he gave three: content, links, and RankBrain. We’ve known for a long time that…

In Wake Of Synagogue Shooting, How Effective Are Armed Citizens?

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bearingarms.com - President Donald Trump stirred up a hornet’s nest when he suggested that the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh would have been well-served with having an armed guard on the premises. The idea of a…

Roger Stone Prepares for Mueller Confrontation

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www.newsmax.com - Republican consultant Roger Stone is gearing up for a legal battle with Special Counsel Robert Mueller after his team spent weeks interviewing people close to Stone, ABC News reports. Stone, a longti…

200+ Google Engineers Organize Walkout over Alleged Company Protection of Sexual Harasser | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - According to Buzzfeed, the “women’s walk” protest will be staged on Thursday “in light of a story by the New York Times last week into the alleged misbehavior of Android creator Andy Rubin and other …

Report: Chinese Students Illegally Forced to Make Apple Watches

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www.pcmag.com - Apple is no stranger to inquiries about working conditions at its overseas manufacturing facilities. The latest, from Hong Kong labor rights group Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour…

Great Article With Plenty Of Insights About Website Development

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agentmonhost.com - There are few things that have reached the world by storm as the Internet has. There is a website for everything that cover just about any topic you can imagine. There are limitless possibilities for…

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