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Apple to Design Its Own ARM-Based Mac Chips

Apple will announce a new processor for its Mac computer line at its virtual World Wide Developers Conference later this month, Bloomberg reported Tuesday Fulfilling a years-long rumor, the company will begin using an ARM chip based on Apple's A14 processor, which will be featured in the next iPhone....

Linux Foundation Offers Discount-Priced Cloud Engineer Bootcamp

The Linux Foundation is priming the pump to help software engineers become cloud technology certified through a self-paced bootcamp and discounted pricing LF last week announced the availability of the Cloud Engineer Bootcamp, its first-ever training bootcamp. This new offering enables individuals to go from complete IT beginner to certified cloud ...

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How Will Retailers Survive This Time of Crisis?

The COVID-19 pandemic will be one of the defining events of our lifetime. The economic consequences will last years and forever change consumer behavior. Over the last 30 years, experts have been studying the slow burn of consumer adoption of new technologies. Never have we witnessed the adoption rate of new tech accelerate to the degree we saw in...

Brave Browser Caught Redirecting URLs for Cash

A browser that has received plaudits for privacy protection has been exposed for redirecting Web searches to make money Brave, a browser with some 15 million monthly users, has been redirecting searches for cryptocurrency companies to links that produce revenue for the browser's owners through advertising affiliate programs....

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Website Development Contracts, Part 2: Who Owns the IP on Your Site?

This is Part 2 of a new series providing advice about website development contracts for businesses engaged in e-commerce. Part 1 covers how to avoid major disasters When entering into website development contracts, the more you know, the more likely you will be able to avoid common pitfalls....

OPINION

Rethinking Remote Education

In these trying times, kids have to deal with a lot of stuff they weren't prepared for: a significant loss of weeks of education, damaged GPAs, and no assurance they'll be going back in the fall. However, some schools were able to pivot because they already had implemented remote programs that were mature, easily implemented, and designed by teac...

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Back to the RSS Future

As someone with a nominal presence in the media, I try to stay aware of people's attitudes toward it. One common refrain is that, for understandable reasons, people feel worn down by the volume and composition of the media coming at them This fatigue stems from a few compounding factors. There is a strong perception that the character of the inform...

Google Sued for Tracking Chrome Users While Incognito

Google is facing a class-action lawsuit for tracking people who used the Chrome browser's Incognito mode. Law firm Boies Schiller Flexner earlier this week filed the complaint on behalf of people who used the privacy mode during the past four years....

LINUX PICKS AND PANS

Linuxfx 10: A Smart, Easy Way to Transition From Windows

Linuxfx 10 could provide businesses and consumers with a Windows 7-like experience that puts users on a smooth downhill path to Linux adoption Distributions that tweak styles and desktop environment settings to create a Windows-clone type of familiar experience are now numerous, but they often fail to entice reluctant users to stay the course and r...

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

'New Normal' Security Era Begins for US Agencies, Cloud Providers

United States government agencies and cloud technology providers are heading toward a reset in how they cooperate on cybersecurity challenges. The expected growth of cloud use will create a more complex federal security landscape, according to a recent report from Thales Group Federal agencies actually have moved ahead of businesses in cloud adopti...

Microsoft Sacks Editors, Gives Jobs to AI

Some 50 editors working for MSN, Microsoft's news operation, have learned their contracts won't be renewed and their jobs will be performed by artificial intelligence software, according to multiple news reports The contractors hired through staffing agencies Aquent, IFG and MAQ Consulting were notified May 27 that their services would not be neede...

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Blueprint for Building a Global Commerce Site

Building a successful global business is a never-ending juggling act. With what can seem like an unlimited number of moving parts, compromises feel inevitable. Efficiency is traded for simplicity. Optimal long-term solutions are traded for quick and dirty fixes These tradeoffs can be especially problematic for e-commerce businesses. For companies a...

PRODUCT REVIEW

Lenovo Duet: Chrome OS Shines on Innovative 2-in-1

Lenovo introduced innovations that push the limits of Chrome OS-powered tablets with a new 2-in-1 form factor in the IdeaPad Chromebook Duet This new device mimics Microsoft's Surface Pro line, using Chrome OS instead of Microsoft Windows. It redefines what the Chrome OS can do on a convertible tablet compared to Android. The Duet comes with a 10.1

New Group Aims to Help Bridge E-Commerce Digital Divide

The United States Business Association of E-Commerce is poised to open for business on June 9. Its mission is to help small and mid-sized enterprises, as well as minority- and veteran-owned startups, to bridge the e-commerce digital divide The B2B marketplace platform will connect small and medium-sized firms to domestic and global buyers.

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Website Development Contracts, Part 1: How to Avoid Major Disasters

This is Part 1 of a new series providing advice about website development contracts for businesses engaged in e-commerce When entering into website development contracts, the more you know the more likely you will be able to avoid contract disasters that could prevent your website from launching on time or working properly. ...

OPINION

Jack Dorsey and the End of Twitter

I'm a member of what is likely a reasonably sizable informal group of people who trained to be a CEO but declined the job -- in my case, several times. So I don't envy the position that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is in as he tries to figure out a way to do the right thing concerning the spread of false information and defend his company against an attack by the designated leader of the free world. ...

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Influx of E-Com Sales? Now's the Time for 2021 Tax Planning

Consumer spending has shifted even more heavily from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce during the coronavirus pandemic. Many retailers are pivoting to e-commerce for the first time, and established online retailers are seeing significant growth Businesses that are seeing the highest uptick are those selling "essentials" -- including groceries, office ...

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How to Create Valuable Customer Conversations

A pandemic, economic uncertainty, and social distancing -- what a kerfuffle we are in right now As marketing leaders, it's an incredibly difficult time to direct our teams. Everyone is struggling to navigate our current situation. Yet, while we're all figuring out how to juggle emotions, families, dogs, toilet paper shortages, and a calendar full o...

Google Aims to Secure Voice Purchases Through Match Feature

Google has undertaken a pilot program for Voice Match, a new voice confirmation feature for purchases made in Assistant, the company confirmed this week "In the United States, a select number of users can now make purchases in certain apps and restaurants with Voice Match on Google Assistant-enabled smart speakers and smart displays," a Google spok...

LINUX PICKS AND PANS

POP!_OS Delivers Outstanding GNOME Experience

POP!_OS 20.04, released on May 1, has the potential to be one of the best starting points for any new Linux user. Given this distro's rising popularity, it will continue to hold that distinction....

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