Wednesday 11 January 2017

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ECT News Network Weekly Newsletter: Wednesday -- January 11, 2017

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

Yahoo Makes Plans Amid Doubts Over Verizon Deal
(Posted 10-Jan-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84218.html

Atlassian Scoops Up Trello for $425 Million
(Posted 09-Jan-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84216.html

Medium Slashes Staff, Aims to Fix 'Broken' Model
(Posted 06-Jan-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84210.html

Apple's Great App Store Sales May Not Signify Much
(Posted 06-Jan-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84208.html

Which Wireless Carrier Is Best for You?
(Posted 05-Jan-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84204.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Pentagon Battle-Tests Micro Drone Swarm
(Posted 11-Jan-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84217.html

iPhone at 10: The Best Is Yet to Come?
(Posted 10-Jan-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84213.html

CES 2017's Magic
(Posted 09-Jan-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84215.html

Las Vegas Captures Ransomware Crown
(Posted 07-Jan-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84211.html

Nvidia Lays Out Bold Strategy at CES
(Posted 06-Jan-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84205.html

Gadget Ogling: Floating Speakers, Neckbrace Audio, and Charming Caffeine
Fixes
(Posted 06-Jan-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84203.html

Crowd Forms on Alexa Bandwagon
(Posted 05-Jan-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84206.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From CRM Buyer

Eagle Creek CRM Director Sandeep Kadam: What Today's Customers Want
(Posted 10-Jan-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84214.html

New CEO to Guide FinancialForce's Ambitious Growth Plans
(Posted 09-Jan-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84209.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

Min Browser Muffles the Web's Noise
(Posted 09-Jan-17)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84212.html

Google, FCA Test-Drive New Open Source Infotainment System
(Posted 05-Jan-17)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84207.html

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The Morning After: eSports aren't going anywhere and AI will ride shotgun in the future

It's Wednesday, January 11, 2017.

Hey, good morning!

Welcome to hump day, and we have a mixture of good and bad news. Read about how a smart breast pump proved that CES can give us useful gadgets that solve real problems and the cancellation of a highly-anticipated Xbox title that let you fight alongside a dragon buddy. We also reported from the first million-dollar e-race, where Formula E’s pro drivers were bested by the world’s best simulator racers.

No dragon companion for you.

Xbox One’s 'Scalebound' gets canceled

Scalebound is no more. Platinum's Xbox exclusive has been canceled by Microsoft, killing the dream of a Devil May Cry–meets–Last Guardian mashup. This won’t reflect well on developer Platinum. Since 2014, when the excellent Bayonetta 2 was released on Wii U, the company has put out a string of mediocre games, including Transformers: Devastation and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, which were all decent, but far from extraordinary. The studio's reputation will now rest its next big-budget title: 'Nier: Automata'. Here’s hoping gamers like female androids that swing giant swords. (Spoiler: they probably do.)

Choose Today’s Trump news

While the Senate considered the President-elect’s choice for Attorney General, a pair of other stories made the headlines. In one, vaccine denier Robert F. Kennedy said Donald Trump asked him to chair a commission on vaccine safety, which the transition team later denied. In the other, both Trump and Obama have apparently been briefed by US intelligence on an unconfirmed report, allegedly compiled by a former British spy, claiming there was information shared between Russia and the Trump campaign. The document, released in full by Buzzfeed, also claims that Russia has compromising information about Trump which it may try to use against him.

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Obama’s exit

In the final days of Barack Obama’s presidency, Science has published his essay titled “The irreversible momentum of clean energy.” That same optimism was reflected during his farewell address in Chicago, where the President implored us to stop arguing with strangers on the internet, and instead talk to them in real life.

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Even e-races have upsets

Who would win if you pitted the entire Formula E roster against some pro simulator racers?

At the final day of CES, the organizers of Formula E offered a million-dollar prize pot for 30 simulator competitors, made up of 20 professional racers and the best sim drivers in the world. The race was not without some bumps along the way, however...

eSports aren't going anywhere.

Lionsgate will make another move about eSports

Film and television production company Lionsgate has invested an undisclosed amount into Immortals, a relatively new eSports organization with teams competing in the likes of League of Legends, Overwatch and Super Smash Bros. This isn't Lionsgate's first foray into the rich new world of professional gaming. In May, Lionsgate announced it was partnering with the Electronic Sports League and Pilgrim Media on an eSports television show -- turns out, that will be a reality program all about the competitive side of Halo 5.

Building something that solves a real problem is a good place to start.

How Willow the smart breast pump won CES

Willow, solves a real problem in the world. The device slides into a nursing mother's bra and allows for hands-free pumping. At CES, it won two of our Best of CES awards and generated press coverage across the internet. While the promise of the Internet of Things has largely gone unrealized thus far, our readers seem to have a fascination with the weirder connected devices that we cover. It's perhaps not surprising, then, that a smart breast pump garnered so much attention -- but the fact that it turned out to be actually useful made it more than just a punch line.

But wait, there's more...

1. LG's G6 phone will feature an 18:9 screen aspect ratio

2. Fitbit swallows up another smartwatch startup, this time it's Vector

3. AI friends will keep passengers engaged when future cars drive themselves

4. The Steadicam Volt handheld gimbal is up for grabs on Kickstarter for $139

5. Facebook's diversity push hampered by its own hiring practices

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Tuesday 10 January 2017

E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- January 10, 2017

The E-Commerce Times -- E-Business Means Business
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
Part of the ECT News Network

Headline Scan
Yahoo Makes Plans Amid Doubts Over Verizon Deal
Atlassian Scoops Up Trello for $425 Million
New CEO to Guide FinancialForce's Ambitious Growth Plans

Today's Story Highlights

Yahoo Makes Plans Amid Doubts Over Verizon Deal

Yahoo has disclosed in an SEC filing that following the sale of its
operating business to Verizon, the company will restructure its board
and change its name. It also warned that a massive hack disclosed last
year could imperil its $4.8 billion sale to Verizon. Yahoo will operate
as an investment company after the Verizon deal closes, it reported in
the filing.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84218.html

Atlassian Scoops Up Trello for $425 Million

Atlassian, the parent company behind the Jira enterprise tracking and
HipChat communication apps, on Monday announced a deal to acquire
Trello, the developer of a cloud-based collaboration app for enterprise
teams and personal use. Atlassian will fork over $425 million-- $360
million in cash and the rest in stock. Trello provides software that
includes digital whiteboards and virtual sticky notes.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84216.html

New CEO to Guide FinancialForce's Ambitious Growth Plans

Cloud-based ERP firm FinancialForce has named a new CEO, Tod Nielsen,
who previously served as EVP of platform at Salesforce. Nielsen takes
the helm from FinancialForce founder Jeremy Roche, who remains a major
shareholder in the company. He will stay on as special advisor to the
management team and work with FinancialForce investor Unit4 in an
executive position. Roche's home base is in the UK.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84209.html

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Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- January 10, 2017

TechNewsWorld -- All Tech - All The Time
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Part of the ECT News Network

Headline Scan
iPhone at 10: The Best Is Yet to Come?
CES 2017's Magic
Min Browser Muffles the Web's Noise
Las Vegas Captures Ransomware Crown

Today's Story Highlights

iPhone at 10: The Best Is Yet to Come?

It seems like yesterday -- not 10 years ago -- that Steve Jobs took the
stage at MacWorld to debut Apple's latest new gadget: the iPhone. The
iPhone was three devices in one, he declared. It was a widescreen iPod
with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough
Internet communications device. The iPhone went on to become a critical
contributor to the company's success.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84213.html

CES 2017's Magic

CES was a fascinating show this year. One of the things that made it so
fascinating was that everyone and their brother had cars demonstrating
one form of technology or another. It kind of makes me wonder what we'll
see at the next car show -- PCs, drones, tablets and smartphones? That
wasn't the only surprise at the show, though. Nvidia, long thought of as
living in Intel's shadow, broke out.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84215.html

Min Browser Muffles the Web's Noise

Min is a Web browser with a minimal design that provides speedy
operation with simple features. When it comes to software design,
"minimal" does not mean low functionality or undeveloped potential. If
you like minimal distraction tools for your text editor and note-taking
applications, that same comfort appeal is evident in the Min browser. I
mostly use Google Chrome, Chromium and Firefox on my desktops and laptop
computers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84212.html

Las Vegas Captures Ransomware Crown

Las Vegas is arguably the gambling capital of the world, but it's also
the king city for ransomware, based on recent research. Among the
world's nations, the United States ranked highest in ransomware
incidents, according to a Malwarebytes report on the prevalence and
distribution of extortion apps. The area of the country that logged the
most incidents was the Las Vegas-Henderson, Nevada, region.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84211.html

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