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

Apple's Risky Gambit to Redefine the Smart Speaker
(Posted 07-Jun-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84593.html

Amazon Courts Low-Income Customers With Deep Prime Discount
(Posted 07-Jun-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84589.html

Seeding the Next Generation of Consultancies
(Posted 06-Jun-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84586.html

Alphabet Jumps on the $1K-a-Share Train
(Posted 05-Jun-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84584.html

Rumored Apple Plans Hint at Smart Speaker Battle Ahead
(Posted 02-Jun-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84581.html

PCs Shine Again, but for How Long?
(Posted 01-Jun-17)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84576.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Metis CDS Debbie Berebichez to Women in STEM: Chase Your Dreams
(Posted 07-Jun-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84590.html

Apple's iOS 11 Makes Siri a More Natural Woman... and Man
(Posted 06-Jun-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84588.html

With Audio Focus, Apple Side-Steps Smart Speaker Competition
(Posted 06-Jun-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84585.html

The Max-Q: The Coolest Thing Out of Computex
(Posted 05-Jun-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84580.html

Tech Titans Pledge Continued Paris Accord Support
(Posted 03-Jun-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84582.html

Plex Advances Cord-Cutting Case With Live OTA TV
(Posted 02-Jun-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84579.html

Microsoft Partners Heed Mixed-Reality Call
(Posted 01-Jun-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84572.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From CRM Buyer

The [xxx] Economy
(Posted 06-Jun-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84587.html

Managing Commissions to Boost Sales Productivity
(Posted 05-Jun-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84583.html

Zuora VP Matt Darrow: The Intelligence of the Subscription Model
(Posted 02-Jun-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84578.html

Salesforce Offers Alternative to Old-School Partner Portals
(Posted 01-Jun-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84577.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

BitKey Unlocks Mysteries of the Bitcoin Universe
(Posted 01-Jun-17)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84575.html

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The Morning After: A deeper look into Apple's WWDC news and Nintendo's newest game

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It's Wednesday, June 07, 2017.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Say hello to Arms, Nintendo’s next flagship game -- and it’s somehow very familiar. We also take a closer look at the story behind many of those Apple announcements earlier this week and hear Hyperloop One’s ideas for fast travel across Europe.

Apple is consciously avoiding direct competition with its obvious rivals.

Don't compare Apple's HomePod to Amazon's Echo

When Apple unveiled the HomePod at WWDC, it was tempting to draw immediate comparisons to the Amazon Echo and Google Home -- a lot of us did. Yes, they're all smart speakers, but it's clear that a one-for-one comparison doesn't hold up. If anything, Apple is consciously avoiding direct competition with Echo-like speakers -- it's playing up audio quality while downplaying the whole Siri part. Will it help the HomePod stand out?

It’s all about the hardware.

Apple doesn’t need your personal information to succeed

In 2014, Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote, "A few years ago, users of internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you're not the customer. You're the product." In case you missed it, that's a dig at Google, which makes most of its money selling ads complete with incredibly rich data about its users. At WWDC, Apple continued to remind its customers (and Google) that it doesn't need your data to make money. If it wasn’t killing Autoplay videos on its newest version of Safari, it was the HomePod which anonymizes and encrypts your voice inquiries -- unlike the competition.

The first episode is free.

Apple Music's 'Planet of the Apps' reality show debuts tonight

Apple debuted its new original TV show last night. Planet of the Apps will follow developers as they first present ideas to a celebrity panel of advisors, then develop the idea and prepare a pitch for investors from Lightspeed Venture Partners. The Shark Tank/The Voice-style celebrity panel will consist of Gary Vaynerchuck, Will.i.am, Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow. The series full 10 episode run will be exclusive to Apple Music, but reports suggest that the first episode will also be available for free via iTunes and the show's website.

9 candidates will be examined by the company's panel of experts.

Hyperloop One reveals its plans for connecting Europe

Hyperloop One's Global Challenge, let cities pitch for the honor of hosting a Hyperloop. From the suggestions, the company then produced a shortlist of routes that were within the realms of possibility. We've already seen the candidate cities in the US, and now the company has revealed its thinking for Hyperloop corridors across Europe.

There are nine potential routes being considered on that side of the Atlantic, running from a 90km hop to connect Estonia and Finland, through to a 1,991km pan-German route. The UK, which has a love/hate relationship with rail travel, gets three proposed routes: one to connect its Northern Cities, one to connect the North and South, and one to connect Scotland with Wales.

They could become a source of clean energy in the future.

Researchers create hydrogen fuel with artificial photosynthesis

Scientists all over the world have been attempting to recreate photosynthesis in the lab in hopes of being able to mimic the process to create fuel. Now a team of researchers from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Virginia Tech has figured out the secret behind a human-made molecular system or a "supramolecule" that can do the job well. The researchers have opened up the chance of designing even more efficient molecular systems for artificial photosynthesis. It will take time (a lot of it), but the group can use their findings to conjure up systems that can produce large amounts of hydrogen that we could use as fuel.

Deceptively simple.

'Arms' is the successor to 'Punch Out' the Nintendo Switch needs

Nintendo’s new boxing game will officially launch on June 16th, and according to Sean Buckley, you should get your arms ready for its motion controls. That’s because Arms relies on a puzzle-like format key to any great fighting game. The basic Wii Sports-like gameplay is fun, but interest players will find a deep tactical experience, choosing different arms to counter enemy attacks.

Meet Ori

MIT’s $10,000 robotic cabinet is coming to small home

If you have more money than space, then this transforming cabinet may help. Designed at MIT and built by Ori Systems, Ori looks like a wooden cabinet, but with the press of a button can eject a bed or shift to create space on its desk side. Is pressing a button too difficult? It will also respond to commands from an app or Amazon Alexa.

But wait, there's more...

1. The OnePlus 5 launch event is scheduled for June 20th

2. Here's our first look at Windows' adaptive 'Fluent' interface

3. Apple's 2TB iCloud plan will cost you $10 a month

4. Does the First Amendment mean Donald Trump can't block people on Twitter?

5. HP's VR backpack PC doubles as a desktop

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Tuesday 6 June 2017

Editor's Pick: With Audio Focus, Apple Side-Steps Smart Speaker Competition

With Audio Focus, Apple Side-Steps Smart Speaker Competition

John P. Mello Jr. Jun 6, 2017 9:54 AM PT
	Apple raised the curtain on HomePod, its upcoming smart speaker, during Monday's WWDC keynote presentation. The company also announced some desktop OS features for the iPad, and revealed its plans to become an augmented reality powerhouse. "Just like iPod reinvented music in our pockets, HomePod is going to reinvent music in our homes," said Apple SVP Phil Schiller. [More...]

More Picks:

Seeding the Next Generation of Consultancies
There's been a lot written recently about how artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation are going to displace millions of workers. However, these powerful new technologies already have spawned a surge in demand for a new wave of highly skilled consultants to help organizations capitalize on the added business opportunities resulting from the latest innovations. [More...]

Alphabet Jumps on the $1K-a-Share Train
Alphabet shares reached a new record high on Monday, surpassing the $1,000 benchmark just a week after Amazon accomplished the feat. Investors placed bets that Google's core search and emerging AI technology will help maintain the company's dominance over rivals. The stock price surged after securities analyst Andy Hargreaves advised investors to get out of Apple and invest in Alphabet. [More...]

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E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- June 6, 2017

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Seeding the Next Generation of Consultancies
Alphabet Jumps on the $1K-a-Share Train
Managing Commissions to Boost Sales Productivity
Zuora VP Matt Darrow: The Intelligence of the Subscription Model

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Today's Story Highlights

Seeding the Next Generation of Consultancies

There's been a lot written recently about how artificial intelligence,
machine learning and automation are going to displace millions of
workers. However, these powerful new technologies already have spawned a
surge in demand for a new wave of highly skilled consultants to help
organizations capitalize on the added business opportunities resulting
from the latest innovations.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84586.html

Alphabet Jumps on the $1K-a-Share Train

Alphabet shares reached a new record high on Monday, surpassing the
$1,000 benchmark just a week after Amazon accomplished the feat.
Investors placed bets that Google's core search and emerging AI
technology will help maintain the company's dominance over rivals. The
stock price surged after securities analyst Andy Hargreaves advised
investors to get out of Apple and invest in Alphabet.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84584.html

Managing Commissions to Boost Sales Productivity

Ask salespeople and they'll tell you: They don't have enough time in the
day to sell. That's not because the laws of physics cause salespeople to
move through time faster than the rest of us -- it's because salespeople
are pulled in many directions over the course of a day, cutting into
their selling time. Actual selling takes up just 36 percent of the
average salesperson's time.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84583.html

Zuora VP Matt Darrow: The Intelligence of the Subscription Model

"We think of 'subscription' broadly," said Matt Darrow, VP and general
manager of product at Zuora. "It's when companies do business with
customers with whom they have a known relationship, and those
relationships are sticky. The subscription model is great for engagement
because companies know that in order to be successful they need to
deliver ongoing services that keep providing value."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84578.html

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