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Snap Unwraps $380 High-Tech Specs

With Tuesday's announcement of its Spectacles 3 sunglasses, Snap must be hoping three times will be the charm Unlike the two previous generations of the product, Spectacles 3 has two HD cameras -- one at each corner of the glasses frame -- to add depth perception to the peepers' repertoire....

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ClickSoftware Buy Signals Important Directional Shift for Salesforce

What's the big deal, I thought? Last week Salesforce announced it was paying in the range of US$1.35 billion for ClickSoftware, a private field service automation and workforce management company. At first, I attributed it to a slow summer news cycle that was driving attention to the deal at a time when many people in the industry are off trout fi...

Samsung Announces Monster 108MP Smartphone Sensor

Samsung and Xiaomi on Monday announced a new sensor for smartphone cameras comparable to those used in high-end DSLR shutterboxes The new Isocell Bright HMX packs 108 megapixels on a three-quarter-inch sensor, similar to the sensors found in digital cameras that use interchangeable lenses....

The Apple Card Difference: Security

Apple sent emails to a small number of customers last week, inviting them to apply for the company's new Apple Card, and a privileged few have become the first to enroll in the program. The rollout is limited to qualifying applicants in the United States....

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The Future of Entertainment Services Authentication

New personal identification and authentication technologies have the potential to transform the way entertainment services are delivered, accessed and experienced. These technologies offer a high level of security, often incorporating biometrics such as voice, fingerprint, iris or retinal features, and facial characteristics. The development of au...

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Technology Could End Mass Shootings

Like many of you, I'm tired of being upset about mass shootings and the government's seeming lack of progress to end them. I'm particularly tired of the partisan bickering around talking points that have no basis in fact. The left wants this to be about guns. The right, fearing that this effort will reduce gun sales, wants to blame mental illness and video games.

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3 Critical Steps to Startup Success

Startups in the U.S. fail at a rate of 90 percent largely due to cash flow problems and the lack of a market need for a product or service. In fact, not even half of startups make it to their fourth year. It's also noteworthy that 65 percent of startup owners admitted to not being fully confident about having enough money to even start their busin...

When Technology Makes Life Harder

The latest Windows 10 update from Microsoft hasn't gone smoothly for many users due to a conflict with an outdated driver for Intel's Rapid Storage Technology. This is somewhat ironic in that RST was designed to improve the performance of storage hardware. Certain versions have slowed the installation process, and in some cases, the program actually has made the installation of the Version 1903 Windows 10 update impossible...

Galaxy Note10 Sharpens Samsung's Mobile Experience Vision

Samsung on Wednesday announced new devices and a deepening of its relationship with Microsoft at Samsung Unpacked, which showcased innovative new mobile experiences that work seamlessly and continuously anywhere and anywhen "The line between work and play has pretty much disappeared, and that means we need technology that can seamlessly flow betwee...

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Newcomer EndeavourOS Offers a Friendlier Arch Linux Experience

Good-bye Antergos Linux. Welcome to the Arch neighborhood, EndeavourOS. Here's hoping that you are well received! That may seem like a strange way to begin this week's Linux review discussion. After all, Linux distributions come and go far too often. However, the handoff from Antergos to EndeavourOS is significant.

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5 Steps to Optimizing Your Quiz for Marketing Success

The modern world is becoming more difficult every year for e-commerce marketers. Audiences are harder than ever to reach as mistrust of traditional marketing tactics continues to increase. Banner ads are dying with the rise of ad blockers -- and proven lead generation methods like pop-ups and interstitials are becoming less and less effective. Cle...

Microsoft Exposes Russian Cyberattacks on Phones, Printers, Video Decoders

The Russian hacking group known for stealing sensitive emails from the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential election season has been cracking into printers, phones and video decoders to gain access to corporate networks, the Microsoft Security Response Center Team reported on Monday The group, known by a number of names includ...

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How to Check the Pulse of Your Voice of the Customer Program

These days, what business isn't pushing to become more customer-centric? And for good reason --88 percent of businesses view customer experience as a competitive differentiator. A customer-centric culture is a source of long-term strategic competitive advantage. Culture is the one aspect of a business that cannot be replicated easily by the competition...

How to Exert Privacy Control Over Your Home Speakers

Three leading smart speaker technology makers -- Amazon, Google and Apple -- have suspended contractor review of consumer recordings following disclosures that the devices are nearly always listening and have captured personal, business and other delicate human interactions Consumers using smart speakers and digital assistant apps from Amazon and G...

Cloudflare Cuts Service to 'Cesspool of Hate'

Cloudflare, an Internet infrastructure and website security company, on Monday announced that it was cutting service to 8chan, an online forum it called a "cesspool of hate." The move was motivated by the role 8chan played in mass shootings in El Paso, Texas; Christchurch, New Zealand; and Poway, California....

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Leveling Up From Product Seller to Brand Builder

We all know how powerful video marketing can be when it comes to building a brand. Video traffic is expected to make up 82 percent of all Internet traffic by 2022. This spike coincides with the increased production and distribution of videos throughout every industry. With this in mind, it is important to remember that the value of video marketing...

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How Tech Could Rescue the Awful Democratic Debates

Like many of you, I watched eight-plus hours of Democratic debates last week, and they seem to be getting worse over time. The last effort made it look like CNN was trying harder to create drama than to help people make a choice among the candidates. We have a ton of technology -- some new, some in place for decades -- that could make this proces...

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How to Overcome 5 Common E-Commerce Roadblocks

The road to e-commerce business success is hardly a straight and narrow one. Every step in a business lifecycle -- from launch and growth to scale and maturity -- is fraught with peaks, valleys, bumps, hazards and roadblocks. Your plan and reality are usually very different! ...

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TROM-Jaro: A New Twist on Open Source Freedom

TROM-Jaro Linux offers a new twist on the concept of open source as free software First released as a beta version last December, TROM-Jaro's second and current non-beta release was pushed out in June....

Is Biometrics ID Security Good Enough?

United Airlines this week announced that it would begin rolling out Clear's biometric prescreening at its hub airports, including Newark Liberty International and Houston George Bush Intercontinental. The system works by verifying a flier's fingerprints or eye scan Clear is already available at about 60 locations throughout the United States. It of...

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