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This Week's Top News Headlines From the E-Commerce Times

Nintendo's Q1 Reflects Struggles Unrelated to Pokemon Go Success
(Posted 27-Jul-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83742.html

KickassTorrents Owner Faces 20-Plus Years in Stir
(Posted 26-Jul-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83734.html

Amazon Sidles Into Student Loans
(Posted 25-Jul-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83736.html

Yahoo Deal Could Put Verizon in Google and Facebook's League
(Posted 25-Jul-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83733.html

Verizon on Verge of $5B Deal for Yahoo Core Assets
(Posted 22-Jul-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83729.html

Musk Plots Out Tesla's Next 10 Years
(Posted 22-Jul-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83727.html

Facebook Messenger Counter Rolls Over to 1 Billion
(Posted 21-Jul-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83724.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

New Office 365 Features Help Build a Better Research Paper
(Posted 27-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83743.html

Gadget Ogling: Pretty Printers, Bargain Smartwatches, and Font Finders
(Posted 26-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83739.html

Aquila Test Flight Carries Facebook's Internet Ambitions Aloft
(Posted 26-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83735.html

FBI Launches Probe Into DNC Email Hack
(Posted 26-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83738.html

Windows RIP: Thankfully It Died With Windows 8
(Posted 25-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83731.html

Snapchat's Curious About-Face
(Posted 23-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83732.html

Civil Rights Office Issues Ransomware Guidance
(Posted 22-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83730.html

Tinder Social Feeds More-the-Merrier Impulses
(Posted 22-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83726.html

Snowden Puts His Mind to Designing Spy-Proof Smartphone Cases
(Posted 21-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83725.html

Teal Pushes Drone Speed Limits
(Posted 21-Jul-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83722.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From CRM Buyer

Xactly CEO Christopher Cabrera: Understanding CRM's Boundaries
(Posted 27-Jul-16)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/83740.html

Gamification's Serious Role in Sales Success
(Posted 26-Jul-16)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/83737.html

LinkedIn Spiffs Up Sales Navigator
(Posted 22-Jul-16)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/83728.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

Google Beefs Up Phone App's Spam-Fighting Skills
(Posted 27-Jul-16)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/83741.html

Android, Chromebook Make a Sweet Couple
(Posted 23-Jul-16)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/83714.html

Splice Machine Creates Open Source, Enterprise Split
(Posted 21-Jul-16)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/83723.html

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Editor's Pick: Gamification's Serious Role in Sales Success

Gamification's Serious Role in Sales Success

Christopher J. Bucholtz
Jul 26, 2016 7:30 AM PT

When gamification was just starting to catch on several years ago, I recall sitting next to the CMO of my then-company at a Gartner conference session. The presenter walked the audience through the concept of using ideas borrowed from gaming as a motivational tool, and about two-thirds of the way through, the CMO turned to me and whispered, "This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen." [More...]

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Windows RIP: Thankfully It Died With Windows 8
As we approach the end of the free Windows 10 upgrades and get used to the anniversary edition, it suddenly hit me the Windows we knew died with Windows 8 -- what we got with Windows 10 really isn't what we've come to know as Windows. Hell, looking at Microsoft's latest financials, Microsoft really isn't Microsoft any more, either. Both are very different from what they were just last decade. [More...]

FBI Launches Probe Into DNC Email Hack
The FBI on Monday confirmed it has opened an investigation into allegations that the Wikileaks email dump of nearly 20,000 DNC emails over the weekend might be linked to the Russian government. Hackers connected to Russian intelligence agencies allegedly have been working to help tilt the U.S. presidential election. "The FBI is investigating a cyber intrusion involving the DNC," the agency said. [More...]

Amazon Sidles Into Student Loans
Amazon has teamed up with Wells Fargo Educational Financial Services to offer Amazon Prime Students a 0.5 percent discount on private student loan interest rates, Wells Fargo announced last week. Wells Fargo is the largest private student lender in the United States among commercial banks. The Amazon discount can be added to the 0.25 percent discount rate Wells Fargo already offers for enrolling in an automatic monthly loan repayment plan. [More...]

Yahoo Deal Could Put Verizon in Google and Facebook's League
Verizon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yahoo's operating business for approximately $4.83 billion in cash. The deal, which comes on the heels of Verizon's $4.4 billion AOL purchase last year, will allow it to expand its digital advertising business. The purchase will provide Verizon with Yahoo's ad tech tools, search, email and messenger assets. [More...]

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