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5 Insider Tips On How To Effectively Manage Micro-Influencers
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Leeanne Nuttall-Lowe
www.jeffbullas.com - Micro-influencers are the new buzzword in the social media marketing landscape. While the average person today is well aware of how popular Youtube and Instagram influencers are, it’s actually the ri…
Facebook, Instagram down around the world, but back up for some
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Reg Saddler
www.usatoday.com - Having trouble accessing Facebook or Instagram on Wednesday? You weren't alone. The massively popular social network started having problems at around noon Eastern time, with issues popping up across…
YouTube suspends comments on videos of kids
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Susan Cooper
www.denverpost.com - SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube said it will turn off comments on nearly all videos featuring kids — potentially affecting millions of posts on the site — after reports that pedophiles were leaving inappropr…
25 Women in B2B Marketing Who Inspire Us Every Day – Drift
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Travis Wright
www.drift.com - At Drift we’re always looking for role models and there’s certainly no shortage in the field of marketing. While there are far more than 25 to highlight (and we plan to update our list over time), we…
The buzz at RSA 2019: Cloud security, network security and more
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Egnyte
www.csoonline.com - Like many other cybersecurity professionals, I spent last week at the RSA security conference in rainy San Francisco. Here are a few of my impressions: Cybersecurity and business leaders are coming t…
Carphone Warehouse fined £29m for Geek Squad mis-selling
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news.sky.com - Carphone Warehouse has been fined £29.1m by regulators for mis-selling the mobile phone insurance product Geek Squad. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched an investigation after whistleblow…
No Agenda Newsletter
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - No Agenda Newsletter Show 1120 Pi Day! Elites with Dumb Kids Caught Scamming College Admissions Dear Producer, Tomorrow’s show falls on Pi Day (March 14 or 3-14) and you can contribute some version o…
TPS Consulting Daily
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY Web in 'downward plunge', says its creator Shared by Gerd Leonhard www.bbc.com - Global action is required to tackle the web's "downward plunge to a dysfunctional future", its inventor Sir…
Google’s new voice recognition system works instantly and offline (if you have a Pixel)
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Voice recognition is a standard part of the smartphone package these days, and a corresponding part is the delay while you wait for Siri, Alexa or Google to return your query, either correctly interp…
DoorDash claims drivers made an average of at least $17.50/hour on deliveries in 2018
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techcrunch.com - DoorDash has been under fire as of late for its practices around paying drivers. In an email to drivers today, obtained by TechCrunch, DoorDash said drivers received an average of $17.50 or more per …
TwitSnap? Twitter launches new camera feature to demote text
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Twitter is rolling out the redesign to its camera feature TechCrunch reported on a month ago that’s designed to let you capture photos, videos and live footage and connect them to global conversation…
Microsoft shows off Project xCloud with Forza running on an Android phone
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Microsoft has shared some more information and the first look at Project xCloud. The company has been working on a cloud game streaming service for a while. Microsoft is preparing the future of gamin…
Ford is expanding its self-driving vehicle program to Austin
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Ford is preparing to open an autonomous vehicle program in Austin as the automaker continues to ramp up testing ahead of launching a self-driving taxi and delivery service in 2021, according to sourc…
Apple’s streaming service could feature content from partners
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - A report from Bloomberg shares some of the details about the long-rumored video streaming service from Apple. The company should unveil this service at a press conference in Cupertino on March 25. Wh…
Tetrate nets $12.5 million to bring microservices to the corporate masses
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techcrunch.com - Tetrate, a company bringing commercial services and support to the open source projects –Istio and Envoy — providing network management functions for the microservices that make up modern mobile appl…
Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets
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techcrunch.com - In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market — expanding the cho…
Periscope cracks down on inauthentic behavior, including fake hearts, follows, chats and more
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Twitter’s video streaming app, Periscope, is cracking down on spam and, specifically, fake engagements. The company says it’s updating its policies around how it enforces its anti-spam rules, and is …
Apple Music comes to Fire TV
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - Apple Music is launching on Amazon Fire TV in the U.S. today, after rolling out in December to Amazon’s Echo line of smart speakers. The news is notable as it’s yet another example of the eased tensi…
Registration now open for Disrupt SF 2019
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techcrunch.com - It’s time to saddle up and ride, startup fans. Registration for Disrupt SF 2019 is officially up, running and open for business. TechCrunch’s flagship event — focused on early-stage tech startups — t…
Sketch, maker of popular design tools, just landed $20 million in Series A funding from Benchmark in its first outside round
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TechCrunch
techcrunch.com - You’ve probably noticed: design has become central for many businesses that might have once considered it an afterthought. Indeed, with sales and marketing so thoroughly optimized at this point — and…
A first look at Twitter’s new prototype app, twttr
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techcrunch.com - Yesterday, Twitter rolled out its much-anticipated prototype application to the first group of testers. We’ve now gotten our hands on the app and can see how the current version differs from the buil…
Blind users can now explore photos by touch with Microsoft’s Seeing AI
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techcrunch.com - Microsoft’s Seeing AI is an app that lets blind and limited-vision folks convert visual data into audio feedback, and it just got a useful new feature. Users can now use touch to explore the objects …
Inside Tufts University’s grade-hacking case
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techcrunch.com - Each week, Extra Crunch members have access to conference calls moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, security reporter Zack Whittaker discussed his exclusive report abou…
After being acquired by Spotify, Gimlet’s staff looks to unionize
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techcrunch.com - Last month’s Gimlet was a watershed moment for podcasting. Spotify acquired the network for a reported $230 million, in a pricey bid to get serious about the format. But what of all the folks employe…
Book Review: The Wonderful Life of a Wise Guy - Lisa Nirell
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Guy Kawasaki
lisanirell.com - I’ve just left the SXSW 2019 mashup in Austin, Texas. And what a joyful maiden voyage it was. In addition to the unlimited buffet of mind-bending sessions and festooned characters, I reconnected with…
All signs point to a Google game console announcement at GDC
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Normally, Google showing up to the Game Developers Conference isn't a huge deal. The company does this pretty much every year—Android smartphones and Google Play are a pretty big gaming platform, aft…
Wowing and washable: Google’s smart jacket wears and works well at first glance
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - AUSTIN, Texas—"The tech couldn't be seen as slapped on the garment," Ivan Poupyrev, technical program lead at Google’s Advanced Technology And Products (ATAP) group, told the crowd during his weekend…
Gearbox teases likely Borderlands 3 announcement for March 28
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Here at Ars, we're usually reluctant to write stories about the mere announcement that yet another announcement of a video game is coming soon. But we'll make an exception today for apparent news abo…
The Volvo Polestar 2 is the first Google Android car
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - This is the Polestar 2, the first long-range battery EV from Volvo's new spinoff. We're more concerned with the Android-powered infotainment system though. It looks like this. Here's the display in t…
It looks like Windows 10 Home can now defer updates for 35 days
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - The next Windows 10 feature update, version 1903, looks like it's going to give Windows 10 Home users a little more flexibility about when they install updates. All versions of Windows 10 allow for u…
A new triple-A Star Wars game will be announced at Celebration Chicago in April
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind Titanfall and Apex Legends, will reveal its new Star Wars video game at the Star Wars Celebration event in Chicago on April 13. The game was teased at the EA …
“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging
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Ars Technica
arstechnica.com - Last April, famed writer and hero-murderer George R.R. Martin announced that he was hoisting his ancient blog from his moldering LiveJournal onto his personal website. For casual Game of Thrones fans…
How to Create Irresistible, Thumb-Stopping Face...
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Joel Comm
smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com - Every day, more than 2 billion people are active on at least one of the Facebook family of apps and services, which includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. These 2 billion people are sc…
Twitter’s new beta app offers threaded replies, and it’s fine
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Reg Saddler
www.theverge.com - In October, The Verge reported on new conversational features Twitter was testing in an effort to promote friendlier interactions on the often hostile site. Some of those features are now becoming mo…
Chrome Lite Pages introduced
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - We don’t like to say it but there are still places that have no or slow Internet connection. First World countries don’t have this problem but for those in emerging markets or Third World countries, …
Spotify Premium now comes with Hulu subscription (limited time offer)
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - When Netflix decided to raise its prices, not a lot of people were happy. This provided an opportunity for other streaming services to try and get these unhappy customers over to their side. Hulu is …
Allo total shutdown begins so download your history now
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Android Community
androidcommunity.com - If you were one of two people who were big Allo users and you haven’t backed up your data yet, you might want to hurry up and do so. The soon-to-be-defunct messaging app from Google has started its o…
Reaching Customers as Individuals and Communities
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Loyalty360
loyalty360.org - Increasingly, we’re seeing that the days of the massive, one-size-fits all marketing strategy are over. Brands that cannot offer personalized experiences are hurting, particularly in the loyalty spac…
Loyalty360 Reads: March 13th, 2019
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Loyalty360
loyalty360.org - Tech Spotify Accuses Apple of Anticompetitive Practices in Europe Spotify has accused Apple of using its App store to promote Apple apps at the expense of competitors. “Apple has long frustrated app …
The Death of the Internet
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Travis Wright
www.strategic-culture.org - Intended to be open, free, and decentralized, it's now dominated by a handful of companies that control what we see and what we can say. The internet was meant to be open, free, and decentralized, bu…
Microsoft To-Do Now Keeps Track of Your Flagged Emails - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Microsoft is rolling out a new update to the Microsoft To-Do app on Windows 10 and on the web. The new update to the app introduces support for Flagged Email, which is a new feature that essentially …
Windows 10 Can Now Rollback Problematic Updates - Thurrott.com
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Paul Thurrott
www.thurrott.com - Microsoft seems to have quietly implemented a new update mechanism in Windows 10 that will help the company avoid major problems when rolling out new updates. ZDNet reports that Windows 10 is now abl…
03-13-2019 - [X&Y] It's Like The "Flight" At Your Favorite Bar
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Scot McKay
archive.aweber.com - ===== Are you new to this newsletter, and like what you're reading? You may be considering one of my programs, but don't know where to start. No worries. Kind of like ordering a "flight" from your fa…
Google's Gmail and Drive suffer global outages
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www.theguardian.com - Google has been hit by outages in a host of countries around the world, with users reporting issues with Gmail, Google Drive, Hangouts and Google Maps for several hours. Various websites that track G…
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