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Verizon is reportedly close to buying Yahoo for $5 billion

Remember when Verizon bought out AOL (Engadget's parent brand) last year? Then get ready for deja vu: the communications giant is reportedly in closing talks to purchase Yahoo later this year. [Read more...]

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1060 gives you gaming power on a budget

After debuting the fastest high-end and mid-range video cards ever seen, the GTX 1080 and 1070, we expected a lot from NVIDIA's new lower-tier entry, the $249 GeForce GTX 1060. [Read more...]

A baby planet created one of the moon's largest impact basins

Scientists have known for a long time that the Imbrium Basin, one of the largest impact craters on the moon, was the result of an asteroid colliding with our planet's natural satellite. [Read more...]

Chinese scientists will soon begin the first CRISPR human trial

American regulators already approved a University of Pennsylvania team's plans to conduct a CRISPR trial on humans, but a group of Chinese scientists will beat them to the punch. [Read more...]

'Pokemon Go' launches in Japan under golden arches

Despite being the true home of Pocket Monsters, until today, Japanese fans weren't able to download the smartphone phenomenon that is Pokemon Go. [Read more...]

NVIDIA's new top-end graphics card is the $1,200 Titan X

If you recently bought a $599 NVIDIA GTX 1080 in order to have the fastest rig around, I have bad news. [Read more...]

Try passing 'The Turing Test' August 30th on Xbox One

Given video gaming's reliance on artificial intelligence and penchant for sci-fi themes, it's surprising that only now there's a game named after Alan Turing's famous A.I. [Read more...]

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E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- July 22, 2016

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Headline Scan
Verizon on Verge of $5B Deal for Yahoo Core Assets
Musk Plots Out Tesla's Next 10 Years
LinkedIn Spiffs Up Sales Navigator
Facebook Messenger Counter Rolls Over to 1 Billion
Netflix Shares Fall as Subscriber Growth Hits a Wall
Platform as a Platform
Google Transparency Report Shows Government Data Demands Rising
Uber by the Billions
Yahoo Posts Weak Earnings as Assets Sale Waiting Game Drags On
Softbank Strong-ARMs Its Way Into Internet of Things
5 Ways to Guarantee Sales Will Hate Your CRM

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Verizon on Verge of $5B Deal for Yahoo Core Assets

Verizon reportedly is close to a deal to buy the core Web assets of
Yahoo for $5 billion, which would end a months-long process of jockeying
over the future of the struggling company. Verizon emerged as the winner
of a lengthy bidding contest to acquire the assets, according to reports
that surfaced Friday. An agreement is expected early next week.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83729.html

Musk Plots Out Tesla's Next 10 Years

Elon Musk has unveiled a second master plan for Tesla, a follow-up to
the vision he shared 10 years ago. The original master plan is now in
the final stages of execution. The refresh sketches out a multiyear,
four-pronged strategy that is about more than vehicles. Musk also plans
to advance an integrated solar-roof-with-battery product and create a
ride-sharing program, among other things.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83727.html

LinkedIn Spiffs Up Sales Navigator

LinkedIn this week announced three updates to Sales Navigator. One is
deeper integration with Salesforce CRM data, allowing leads and accounts
to be imported into Sales Navigator automatically. More than 20 LinkedIn
customers already are using this feature. The second is direct
integration of Sales Navigator with Gmail. The third is a new
recommendation tab on the Sales Navigator mobile apps.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83728.html

Facebook Messenger Counter Rolls Over to 1 Billion

Facebook on Wednesday announced that the number of people using its
Messenger app every month has surpassed 1 billion -- a major milestone
for what is arguably the most important tool in the company's growth
strategy going forward. A growing number of people are using Messenger
to communicate with friends, send money, plan events, play games and
tell jokes, the company said.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83724.html

Netflix Shares Fall as Subscriber Growth Hits a Wall

Shares of Netflix fell sharply Tuesday after it reported lower-than-
expected second quarter earnings, which the company blamed on subscriber
growth that fell short of forecasts. Netflix added 1.7 million
subscribers in the quarter, pushing its total membership to more than 83
million, the company told shareholders. However, that growth was far
less than the 2.5 million it had projected.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83720.html

Platform as a Platform

The platform land rush is definitely on. You can't swing a dead cat, as
the saying goes, without finding an announcement about some new platform
or some established vendor's attempt to enhance its existing platform.
Some sorting out seems to be in order. What's not a platform these days?
Well, if it's easy to substitute the word "application" for "platform,"
then you should use "application."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83721.html

Google Transparency Report Shows Government Data Demands Rising

The number of government requests to Google for citizens' personal data
rose in the second half of 2015, according to the company's latest
Transparency Report, released Monday. The number has been trending
upward for the past few years as the number of people connected to the
Internet has increased. The growth also coincides with almost-daily
reports of terrorist attacks.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83718.html

Uber by the Billions

Uber just celebrated its two-billionth trip in a 147-way tie, CEO Travis
Kalanick announced Monday. Each of the drivers and riders who began
their trip at 4:16 a.m. GMT on Saturday, June 18, got a $450 gift from
Uber -- the number is significant because Uber now operates in 450
cities across the globe, Kalanick said. The company's growth trajectory
is impressive.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83716.html

Yahoo Posts Weak Earnings as Assets Sale Waiting Game Drags On

Yahoo on Monday reported second quarter earnings that fell just short of
Wall Street estimates but left investors and analysts waiting to hear
about progress in finding a strategic investment partner. Negotiations
over the potential sale of the company's core assets are under way. The
company reported earnings from operations of $39 million, or 9 cents a
share in the second quarter.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83715.html

Softbank Strong-ARMs Its Way Into Internet of Things

Softbank Group has agreed to buy British semiconductor maker ARM
Holdings for about $31.4 billion in cash, the companies announced
Monday. Softbank agreed to pay a hefty premium for ARM, with a price of
about $67.28 per ARM share, which is a 42.9 percent premium over the
$47.08 closing price as of Friday, the last business day before the deal
was announced. The surprise move will help Softbank gain a solid IoT
foothold.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83712.html

5 Ways to Guarantee Sales Will Hate Your CRM

CRM often is described as a discipline and a technology that will
transform the entire business. Sales and marketing can get on the same
page, support will have visibility into what sales and marketing are
doing, and every interaction can be captured and used to create a
complete view of every customer. CRM has weak links, however -- and in
many businesses, the weakest is the sales team.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83711.html

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Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Friday -- July 22, 2016

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Headline Scan
Tinder Social Feeds More-the-Merrier Impulses
Snowden Puts His Mind to Designing Spy-Proof Smartphone Cases
Teal Pushes Drone Speed Limits
Splice Machine Creates Open Source, Enterprise Split
Twitter Lets Anyone and Everyone Apply for a Blue Badge
The Internet of Medical Things, Part 3: Safety First
Hackers Claim Credit for Pokemon Go No-Go

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Tinder Social Feeds More-the-Merrier Impulses

Tinder has announced the launch of Tinder Social, a new platform that
helps users plan group nights out. The new platform will help users plan
double dates or larger group events, creating new opportunities for
people to make connections, the company said. Tinder took the platform
for a test drive in Australia and found that users wanted a better way
to add friends to their night out in real time.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83726.html

Snowden Puts His Mind to Designing Spy-Proof Smartphone Cases

NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden and noted hacker Andrew "Bunnie" Huang
on Thursday published a paper on their collaboration to design a
smartphone case that will protect user privacy. The pair developed a
prototype compatible with the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, as it's "driven
primarily by what we understand to be the current preferences and tastes
of reporters," the paper states.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83725.html

Teal Pushes Drone Speed Limits

Teal Drones on Wednesday introduced what it billed as the world's
fastest production drone. Aside from its drone's capabilities, the
company is drawing attention because George Matus Jr., its founder and
CEO, is an 18-year-old recent high school graduate. The drone can fly at
70 mph in all weather conditions and has reached a top speed of 85 mph.
It can withstand 40 mph winds.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83722.html

Splice Machine Creates Open Source, Enterprise Split

Splice Machine has open sourced its Spark-powered relational SQL
database system. The company has set up a cloud-based sandbox for
developers to put its new open source Splice Machine 2.0 Community
Edition to the test. The company also announced the release of a cluster
version and the launch of a developer community site. Splice Machine is
designed for high-speed performance.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83723.html

Twitter Lets Anyone and Everyone Apply for a Blue Badge

Twitter on Tuesday announced it has opened up the application process
for verified account status, which previously was reserved for
celebrities and other high-profile users. Any user may now file an
online application to have an account verified. Twitter account
verification, denoted by a blue badge icon, flags individuals and
organizations as authentic, the company explained.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83719.html

The Internet of Medical Things, Part 3: Safety First

Though quick to capitalize on connected health devices and the coming
Internet of Medical Things, hardware manufacturers may be moving too
slowly when it comes to building the necessary protections into the back
end. The National Security Agency last month told participants in a
defense technology summit in Washington that it was looking into hacking
connected medical devices.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83717.html

Hackers Claim Credit for Pokemon Go No-Go

Pokemon Go , the augmented reality overnight sensation, experienced
sluggish performance over the weekend, possibly from a hacker attack on
its login servers. Shortly after Pokemon Go devs tweeted that the game
was rolling out to 26 additional countries, this tweet appeared:
"Trainers! We have been working to fix the server issues. ... We'll post
an update soon."
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