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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- June 1, 2017

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Headline Scan
PCs Shine Again, but for How Long?
Facebook's Original Programming Plans Take Shape
The Subscription Economy's Maturation
Amazon Shares Hit Milestone as E-Commerce Battle Heats Up
Building a Sales Team by the Numbers
SC Ruling Signals New Era for Software Patent Enforcement
Google Brings Machine Learning to Online Marketing Assessment

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PCs Shine Again, but for How Long?
Just when PCs looked to be dying a slow, painful death, they became
interesting again. As expected, this week's news coming from Computex is
flush with new PCs and PC technologies, but is it enough to reinvigorate
a market that has faced declining sales since 2011? The market peaked at
just over 365 million units annually, and fell to 269 million units last
year. So, why all the excitement?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84576.html

Facebook's Original Programming Plans Take Shape
Facebook last week signed agreements with several content firms -- among
them Vox, Buzzfeed, ATTN and Group Nine Media, according to reports. The
deals are widely viewed as part of the company's strategy to attract
millennials to its live-streaming Web content. Facebook will offer
multi-tiered programming, according to a report that cited sources
familiar with the plans.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84571.html

The Subscription Economy's Maturation
A lot happens in a decade. Bill Gates once said that we overestimate
what we can do in two years and underestimate what we can do in 10. 2017
is a particularly good time to stop paddling and look back at what's
been going on in the last decade. While we will all have our favorite
memories, there's one in CRM that stands out more than others for me.
After all, 2007 was the year of the iPhone.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84574.html

Amazon Shares Hit Milestone as E-Commerce Battle Heats Up
Amazon stock surged to more than $1,000 for the first time in early
trading on Tuesday, marking a milestone for the dominant e-commerce
retailer and leaving its closest competitors still trying to figure out
a path to closing the gap. Amazon's shares hovered near $997 in late
mid-afternoon trading after reaching $1001.20 earlier in the day, an
all-time-high for the stock.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84568.html

Building a Sales Team by the Numbers
I don't know why more subscription vendors don't do this. Subscription
companies collect mountains of data from their customers, and analyzing
the aggregations can deliver profound insights virtually for free. Yet
too often subscribers are reluctant to let their data be stripped of
identifying characteristics and used for research. Too bad, because
there's gold in that big data.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84569.html

SC Ruling Signals New Era for Software Patent Enforcement
The U.S. Supreme Court once again has changed the landscape for software
infringement litigation. In a decision released last week, the court
severely undercut the ability of plaintiffs to seek out courts that have
a track record of being "friendly" to the plaintiff's position -- a
practice called "forum shopping." Legal analysts disagree on the impact
of the decision, however.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84566.html

Google Brings Machine Learning to Online Marketing Assessment
Google earlier this week unveiled Google Attribution, a tool that uses
machine learning to measure the effectiveness of online marketing
campaigns across a variety of devices and channels. Part of a series of
new measurement tools introduced at Google Marketing Next, Google
Attribution aims to help marketers determine what is driving consumers
to make their online purchasing decisions.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84563.html

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Editor's Pick: Microsoft Partners Heed Mixed-Reality Call

Microsoft Partners Heed Mixed-Reality Call

David Jones Jun 1, 2017 10:06 AM PT
	Microsoft on Wednesday showcased a new series of mixed reality headsets from partner firms Acer, HP, Asus, Dell and Lenovo at Computex 2017. The preview marked the company's commitment to establish Windows 10 as a leading driver of mixed reality capabilities, as well as to open up the market to a wider variety of price points and consumer demographics. [More...]

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Hacking and Linux Go Together Like 2 Keys in a Key Pair Ever since taking an interest Linux, with the specific aim of better understanding and enhancing my personal digital security, I have been fascinated by hacker conferences. As soon as I learned of their existence, I made a point of keeping tabs on the major conferences so I could browse through the latest videos in their archive once each one wraps up. I thought that was the closest I would get. [More...]

Facebook's Original Programming Plans Take Shape Facebook last week signed agreements with several content firms -- among them Vox, Buzzfeed, ATTN and Group Nine Media, according to reports. The deals are widely viewed as part of the company's strategy to attract millennials to its live-streaming Web content. Facebook will offer multi-tiered programming, according to a report that cited sources familiar with the plans. [More...]

The Subscription Economy's Maturation A lot happens in a decade. Bill Gates once said that we overestimate what we can do in two years and underestimate what we can do in 10. 2017 is a particularly good time to stop paddling and look back at what's been going on in the last decade. While we will all have our favorite memories, there's one in CRM that stands out more than others for me. After all, 2007 was the year of the iPhone. [More...]

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The Morning After: We bio-engineered glowing beer

It's Thursday, June 01, 2017. Hey, good morning!  The biggest aircraft ever is ready for testing. (No it’s not a blimp.) We hacked our very own proper D-pad for the Nintendo Switch and also took a closer look at how AI is changing our world -- and doing things better than humans.   Remember Stratolaunch?   The world’s largest aircraft prepares for testing   As we’ve seen with SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and the rest, billionaires love nothing more than funding wild transportation projects. The Paul Allen-backed Stratolaunch is yet another program in that vein, intended as an airborne launch vehicle for future rockets. Now, after a few years of teasing, it appears the “world’s largest aircraft” could be close to taking flight.    Making the Nintendo Switch better with nothing more than plastic and sticky tape.   A 3D printer gave my Nintendo Switch a real D-pad   Nintendo’s most enduring controller innovation is arguably the humble D-Pad: a simple plastic cross that lets players input eight different directions with precision and ease. Strangely, however, this iconic control pad was left out of the Nintendo Switch's default controller design, and Sean Buckley missed it so much, he did what any reasonable tech blogger would do: 3D-printed his own.   Name a sequel that's better than the original?   The new Nokia 3310: What’s changed?   Who knew stringing four numbers together and slapping it on a feature phone could evoke such a strong consumer reaction in 2017? The hype is somewhat understandable.For many people, the original Nokia 3310 would've been a totem representing their first taste of freedom: an unsupervised connection to friends, a plaything for idle hands. However, many things have changed in 17 years.   That’s one use for gene editing   I bio-engineered glowing beer   The results of Terrence O’Brien’s grand experiment were successful... ish.   Somethings we can do, AI can do better. AI is already beating us at our own game   Although modern AI systems lack the adaptability of humans, they're already outpacing the intellectual capabilities of their creators in a wide variety of fields. From beating grandmaster Go players to outguessing cardiac surgeons, lipreading to audio transcription, neural networks and machine learning have already surpassed humans -- and that list is only going to grow longer. We take a look at how AI is pervading our world. It’s more than just an innocent game of Go.   Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer will help shed light on other mysterious pulsars.   Watch SpaceX carry NASA's pulsar-observing instrument to the ISS   On June 1st, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry supplies and new instruments to the ISS, including one designed to observe some of the strangest objects in the universe: neutron stars or pulsars. The Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) will be installed outside the ISS, where it will look for and study the extremely dense objects. Neutron stars begin their lives as stars around seven to 20 times the mass of our sun. When they collapse and cause a supernova explosion, they turn into a sphere that's only 12 miles across, with twice the mass of our sun squeezed inside.  Scientists still have no idea what happens to atoms in that density, and that's what they're hoping to find out with the help of the new instrument. Its observations will help scientists figure out a pulsar's interior structure and to find out the mass threshold needed for a star to become a black hole instead of a pulsar.   Don’t forget the super slow-mo camera.   Sony's Xperia XZ Premium puts 4K HDR in your hands on June 19th   In just a few weeks, you can finally handle Sony's latest high-end, high-performance flagship phone. Pre-order the Xperia XZ Premium through Amazon and Best Buy starting on June 12th, or just purchase it outright when retailers begin selling it on June 19th. We all like to live life dangerously. It'll become the second commercially available phone to support gigabit LTE after Samsung's Galaxy S8, which should offer a degree of future-proofing, at least carrier-wise.   But wait, there's more... 1. Silk Road founder loses appeal and will serve life in prison 2. Toyota's 2018 Camry has an infotainment system built on 'automotive grade' Linux 3. Twitch 'Stock Stream' lets viewers manage a $50k fund 4. Fight on the moon in new 'Overwatch' Lunar Base map 5. North Korea's Myohyang IT has created its own 'iPad' The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.