Wednesday 31 July 2019

Google delivers a new look for Android Auto

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It's Wednesday, July 31, 2019.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

July is almost over. So after you double-check your UltraViolet account, it’s time to look over quarterly results from Apple and Samsung to find out what's working (services) and what isn't (high-end phones). Plus, the new look for Android Auto is rolling out and you can pre-order a Switch Lite.

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The idea is to make it safer to launch and use apps in the car.

Google’s refreshed look for Android Auto is rolling out now 

Google’s refreshed look for Android Auto is rolling out now 

Now whenever you are in Android Auto and following a route, the information is shown along the lower portion of a car's display -- no more launching Spotify and wondering if you're about to miss a turn while choosing a playlist. The weird, notification-style layout of the home screen is gone. Instead, Android Auto's home screen now resembles a tablet with all your apps in one place.
 

Still $1,300.

LG's updated UltraFine 5K display works with your iPad Pro

LG's updated UltraFine 5K display works with your iPad Pro

The UltraFine 5K Display by LG has returned to Apple’s store after a months-long hiatus, with just one notable change. The updated version of the 27-inch monitor is compatible with the USB-C output from recent iPad Pros, making it a viable option if you need a large secondary screen for media previews or screen mirroring.

Wearables revenue grew by 50 percent.

Apple's wearables and services made up for weak iPhone sales

Apple's wearables and services made up for weak iPhone sales

Apple — which can't count on people splurging on pricey new iPhones the way they used to — is shifting to focus on its services business. It's not hard to see why, either: in the last two quarters, iPhone sales have dipped significantly year-over-year while Apple's service revenue continued to climb. Not coincidentally, CEO Tim Cook revealed that its Apple Card would launch in the US sometime in August.

Solid sales for Macs ($5.8 billion) and iPads ($5.02 billion) prove that diligent hardware upgrades do make a material impact on the bottom line. More importantly, Apple saw its wearables business -- which includes the Apple Watch, AirPods, Beats and more -- swell by nearly $2 billion since this time last year.

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Q2 2019 profits dropped 56 percent from the same period last year.

Samsung to fight falling profits with midrange phones, 'mainstream' 8K

Samsung to fight falling profits with midrange phones, 'mainstream' 8K

So what does Samsung do when the money isn’t rolling in quite like it used to? The electronics giant still showed an operating profit of $5.6 billion over the last three months, but that’s less than half of its haul over the same period in 2018.

Besides the upcoming Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Note 10, Samsung said it’s going to focus on midrange devices like its all-screen Galaxy A80. For larger screens, it’s looking to make 8K ‘mainstream’ this fall.

Upgrade time.

Back to School 2019: The best mobile devices

Back to School 2019: The best mobile devices

New school year, new gear. Maybe you're due for an upgrade, or maybe you broke your phone over summer break, or maybe you just want a new toy. Either way, you might be looking to refresh your slate of devices before heading to campus. For the mobile section of our back-to-school guide, we considered the best phones you can get on a student-friendly budget. We also threw in our favorite smartwatches for both Android and iOS users.

The trade war could have a direct impact on gamers.

Sony warns trade war could lead to PlayStation price hikes

Following the company’s financial results (almost 100 million PS4s sold!), Sony’s financial chief Hiroki Totoki warned that US plans for expanded tariffs on Chinese products could force a price hike on PlayStation consoles. Passing higher costs to consumers could be the result.  It’s TBC whether or not widened tariffs will apply in the first place -- that depends on the US administration's negotiations with China.

The US raised tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods back in May, to 25 percent. A further tariff expansion would cover another $300 billion in products, including PlayStation systems -- and consoles are typically sold at slim profit margins in the first place. And the Playstation 5 isn’t far away.

If it's not a problem, then why is it secret?

Amazon's Ring service may already have 200 law enforcement agency partners

Amazon's Ring service may already have 200 law enforcement agency partners

Amazon's Ring security service is working with as many as 200 law enforcement agencies, according to an email obtained by Motherboard. A few days ago, the publication learned that Ring forged partnerships with a number of law enforcement agencies.

Some of those partners are reportedly required to advertise Ring home security cameras in exchange for free units and access to an anonymized portal that allows them to request security footage from users. A Ring spokesperson denied that the program was supposed to be a deep, dark secret, but the company never disclosed the number of partnerships it maintains.

But wait, there's more...

1. Nintendo's $200 Switch Lite is now available for pre-order

2. GOG Galaxy 2.0 puts all your PC games in one place

3. Sony has sold 100 million PlayStation 4 consoles

4. Livestreamer caught using face filter to make herself look younger

5. Samsung teases reveal dates for a new Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Watch

6. Samsung teases reveal dates for a new Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Watch

7. Google researchers discovered serious iOS 12.3 security flaws

8. Chrome 76 rolls out and prevents sites from knowing if you're using 'incognito' mode

9. LG adds AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to some of its 4K TVs in the US

10. Pro tips on how to improve your action adventure video skills

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Tuesday 30 July 2019

E-Commerce Minute


E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- July 30, 2019

The E-Commerce Times -- E-Business Means Business
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Headline Scan
How to Compete With Big Retail by Optimizing Your Product Page
Recipe for CX Success: Combine Context From Conversations With Speech Analytics
Automation: Helping SMBs Cut the Gordian Knot of Transaction Tax
Timely Antitrust Investigation
Understanding the IP Policy Changes Coming to Amazon Sellers
Salesforce's Road to China

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Today's Story Highlights

How to Compete With Big Retail by Optimizing Your Product Page
Congratulations! You've succeeded in driving online traffic to your
product page. So why aren't customers actually clicking 'Add to Cart'?
Making successful e-commerce conversions, or transforming your website's
visitors into actual paying customers, isn't an easy feat. Expertise on
doing it well and accurately is key to your long-term growth. This is a
critical area where SMBs really struggle.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86156.html

Recipe for CX Success: Combine Context From Conversations With Speech Analytics
The contact center uses familiar benchmarks to determine if a call, chat
or email is successful or not. Call metrics such as net promoter score,
handle time, and amount of silence are correlated with positive or
negative outcomes. However, insights from speech analytics technology
prove that these metrics only tell part of the story. What's missing?
Context -- and it's the essential CX ingredient.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86152.html

Automation: Helping SMBs Cut the Gordian Knot of Transaction Tax
Finance and accounting technology became the No. 1 software budgeting
priority for small and mid-sized businesses, according to a survey
conducted last year. Almost 54 percent of respondents were budgeting to
invest in accounting tools in the next 12 to 24 months, with those in
the retail industry specifically forecasting to spend between $30,000
and $40,000.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86151.html

Timely Antitrust Investigation
The Justice Department is opening antitrust investigations into some of
the biggest tech companies around, including Facebook, Google, Amazon
and others. This is nothing that either the public or the companies
involved should fret about. This is part of the evolution of the tech
sector. We've been through this kind of thing before. Each economic era
follows a similar trajectory.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86150.html

Understanding the IP Policy Changes Coming to Amazon Sellers
Amazon is keenly interested in protecting the IP rights of its third-
party sellers because the company depends upon them for their long-term
success. In a recent newsletter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
explained that third-party sellers currently make up a majority of the
site's gross merchandise sales, with the share of revenue from third-
party sellers having grown to 58 percent.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86146.html

Salesforce's Road to China
It was bound to happen. Salesforce was going to China at some point, and
it announced that action this week saying it was partnering with
Alibaba. There are so many ways to read this, but I don't have the
filters to resist comparing the announcement to what Robin Williams once
said about cocaine: "Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making
too much money."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86147.html

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Tech News Flash


Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- July 30, 2019

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Apple to Jump on 5G Bandwagon in 2020
Tesla's Failings Overshadow Its Impressive Successes
What the CBS Blackout Means for the Future of Streaming
Emmabuntüs Is a Hidden Linux Gem
DoJ to Examine Big Tech Competitive Landscape

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Apple to Jump on 5G Bandwagon in 2020
Apple's 2019 crop of iPhones haven't been released yet but there's
already talk about its 2020 plans, largely because that will be the
first year the company's mobile lineup will support 5G. Ming-Chi Kuo, an
Apple analyst known for his accurate predictions, believes all three
iPhones introduced in 2020 will support 5G. Kuo gave three reasons for
Apple's decision.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86153.html

Tesla's Failings Overshadow Its Impressive Successes
Launching a new car company and getting it to global scale doesn't
happen often, and it has been a long time since there has been a
successful launch of one in the United States. Tesla really stands alone
as the only new U.S. car company of scale since American Motors and
Studebaker failed decades ago, when three auto companies then dominated
the U.S. industry.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86148.html

What the CBS Blackout Means for the Future of Streaming
CBS went dark across AT&T's U-verse and DirecTV services, days after the
seven-year contract between the two companies expired. As the two
couldn't come to new terms, CBS and its related channels -- including
CBSN, CBS Sports and The Smithsonian Channel -- were blacked out. This
latest disruption in service affected viewers in major markets across
the United States.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86149.html

Emmabuntüs Is a Hidden Linux Gem
Emmabuntüs is a great find if you are looking for an all-around Linux
operating system that keeps legacy computers out of the trash heap and
is easy to use with no setup or regular Internet access required. This
distro is not one whose name is readily recognizable. Hidden from
popular view, it's seldom spotted by product reviewers. Yet it has
fulfilled a range of user needs for years.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86145.html

DoJ to Examine Big Tech Competitive Landscape
The DoJ has announced an antitrust probe into big tech, following
several months of rumors that it was about to do so. The DoJ plans to
review how the leading online platforms achieved market power and
whether they have engaged in practices that reduced competition, stifled
innovation, or otherwise harmed consumers. The department will consider
widespread concerns.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86144.html

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