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Cisco, Dell, and the Race to Make a Better World
2018-06-18 19:43:16| TechNewsWorld
To say we live in troubled times would be an understatement. It often feels like the politicians and executives who surround us are interested only in who can tell the biggest whopper while lining their own pockets and leaving their constituents and customers to pay the bills. I recently read that the real reason Jon Stewart stepped down from The Daily Show was that he was incredibly angry all the time.
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Upcoming iOS Access Restrictions Could Stymie Law Enforcement
2018-06-16 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Apple plans to equip iOS 12 with USB Restricted Mode, which requires users to unlock their iPhone with their passcode before USB accessories can connect if the phone last was unlocked more than an hour earlier. The company included this feature in the developer versions of iOS 11.4.1 and iOS 12. Apple will release USB Restricted Mode publicly in a future software update, it confirmed this week.
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How Can Marketers Improve Trust, Authority & Credibility? Lee Odden Explores During IDMA 2018 Keynote In Mumbai
2018-06-15 19:30:47| Marketing and Public Relations - M&O
What are the best ways that digital marketers can improve trust, gain authority, and grow credibility? Actionable answers await as TopRank Marketing chief executive and co-founder Lee Odden presents a major global keynote presentation during the Indian Digital Marketing Awards conference on June 27, 2018 in Mumbai, India. [caption id="attachment_6801" align="alignright" width="200"] Lee Odden[/caption] Lee brings his noted influencer marketing background to IDMA 2018 for "5 Secrets to Growing Influence in Marketing," which he'll present as a conference global keynote speaker on Wednesday, June 27 at 12:25 p.m. in Mumbai. "The average tenure of a CMO is under four years, representing a crisis in confidence when it comes to marketing," Lee noted. "To advance the valuable contributions marketing can make to everything from short-term sales to long-term market share, it is important for marketers to build trust and influence within their own organization," Lee added. Lee will examine how you can bring marketing back in a digital world with a recent past that has been marred by challenging concerns facing media platforms from fake news to inappropriate content, to measurement. Lee will explore what needs to be done to dial the conversation back on marketing, and to put the smart marketer at the forefront of change. With the credibility of marketing among customers and within companies at risk, how can marketers improve trust, authority and credibility? In this keynote presentation, Lee will share five actionable secrets to building greater influence in marketing, to help you: Understand the nature of influence both internally and with customers Build trust with company executives to inspire more confidence in marketing Learn how major brands are using influence to achieve greater success with marketing to customers Put marketing first by making customers the focus of your digital marketing Registration and complete IDMA 2018 conference details are available on the IDMA 2018 website. We hope you'll join us in Mumbai for Lee's latest insightful keynote, or follow along on Twitter using the #e4mIDMA hashtag. The post How Can Marketers Improve Trust, Authority & Credibility? Lee Odden Explores During IDMA 2018 Keynote In Mumbai appeared first on Newsroom.
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Hits, Misses and Drama at E3 2018
2018-06-15 16:00:00| TechNewsWorld
E3 had the usual hits and misses this year, and more drama than most of the games on the screens. With a strong lineup of first-party titles plus better third-party support, Nintendo is the comeback king. However, the battle for hardcore gamer dollars continues to be fought between Microsoft and Sony. With no new hardware news from the companies, this was another year about the games.
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Modicia: Ultimate Linux with a Twist
2018-06-15 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Every once and a great while I stumble on a Linux distro that makes me sit up and smile. Modicia O.S. is one of them. It is not that Modicia steps over the bleeding edge of innovation. It is a seemingly standard desktop Linux distribution based on Xubuntu. It comes in one desktop flavor, Xfce -- but with a twist. Yet nothing is standard about Modicia O.S. That is what generates the happiness.
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Nintendo Leans on Fan Favorites and Fortnite
2018-06-14 18:30:34| TechNewsWorld
Nintendo called in fan favorites, including Mario and Smash Bros., at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Super Mario Party will be heading to the Nintendo Switch this October, joined by Fire Emblem: Three Houses and the giant robot combat game Daemon x Machina. However, it was Fortnite that arguably stole Nintendo's E3 Direct show.
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Sony Trains Spotlight on a Few Good Games
2018-06-13 18:29:13| TechNewsWorld
Sony gave PlayStation fans a hefty sampling of what's coming to its gaming consoles this year at E3. It gave them a long look at a relatively few offerings -- a marked contrast from Microsoft's deluge of titles. "Sony's E3 event was a break with tradition, an experiment to test the way it could present its first-party output to the media," said Piers Harding-Rolls, head of games at IHS Technology.
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Private Cloud May Be the Best Bet: Report
2018-06-13 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
News flash: Private cloud economics can offer more cost efficiency than public cloud pricing structures. Private, or on-premises, cloud solutions can be more cost-effective than public cloud options, according to a report by 451 Research and Canonical. That conclusion counters the notion that public cloud platforms traditionally are more cost-efficient than private infrastructures.
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Microsoft Goes All-In With Gaming
2018-06-12 19:40:56| TechNewsWorld
Microsoft made a big splash at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles with its announcement of more than 50 games for its Xbox One gaming console. Among the games unveiled by the company were 18 designed to run exclusively on Xbox, including Forza Horizon 4, Halo Infinite, Gears 5, Session, Below and Ashen.
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What Microsoft's GitHub Deal Promises to Programmers
2018-06-11 20:00:06| TechNewsWorld
Microsoft sent tremors through the open source world last week, when it announced that it would acquire the popular developer platform GitHub for $7.5 billion in company stock. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the calendar year. GitHub, one of the world's largest computer code repositories, is home to more than 28 million developers for collaboration and distribution of projects.
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