Wednesday 21 March 2018

Editor's Pick: 5 Steps to a Painless Checkout Process

Vivian Wagner Mar 21, 2018 10:53 AM PT
	Checking out is the heart and soul of the e-commerce experience. When it goes well, you've got happy customers who are likely to return. "Checkout is not only key to driving revenue -- it's key to user satisfaction, order size and retention," said Zephrin Lasker, head of ecommerce at Viber. "A good process can allow for optimal conversion, data collection and speed." [More...]

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#DeleteFacebook Movement Gathers Steam
Many Facebook members reportedly have shuttered their accounts following reports that Cambridge Analytica, a voter profiling company working for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, harvested data from 50 million users, unbeknownst to them. Indignation over Facebook's role in the data leak has mushroomed, and some users have taken to Twitter to announce their liberation from the social network. [More...]

LG Offers Open Source webOS to Spur Development in South Korea
LG has announced a plan to release a new open source version of its webOS platform as part of a deal with South Korea's government to encourage startup initiatives. Working with NIPA, the agency responsible for tech sector development, LG plans to solicit proposals from hundreds of startups, and provide logistical and technical support to the most promising candidates. [More...]

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5 Steps to a Painless Checkout Process
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Facebook Faces Multiple Government Probes in Massive Data Scandal
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California Weighs Tough Net Neutrality State Law
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Walmart-Amazon Rivalry Turns Into Food Fight
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Google to Weed Out Cryptocurrency Ads
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#DeleteFacebook Movement Gathers Steam
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Nest Builds More Security, Flexibility Into Smart Home Products
(Posted 20-Mar-18)
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Fake News Has Become an Existential Threat
(Posted 19-Mar-18)
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YouTube Aims to Put the Brakes on Online Conspiracies
(Posted 16-Mar-18)
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Larry Page's Self-Flying Taxi Set for New Zealand Test Runs
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Managing in Mature Markets
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Salesforce Offers SMBs a Bunch of Essentials
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LG Offers Open Source webOS to Spur Development in South Korea
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Google Opens Maps APIs and World Becomes Dev Playground
(Posted 17-Mar-18)
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New Raspberry Pi Packs More Power
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The Morning After: Two days with an always on, always online laptop

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It's Wednesday, March 21, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to the hump! The problems for Cambridge Analytica and Facebook won’t stop. We have some intriguing indie games across the consoles as well as more reportage from GDC. We also strapped an updated 360-degree camera to a dog. What a day!

And then it got even worse, again.

Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO Alexander Nix during investigation

The scandal over what Cambridge Analytica did with data obtained from 50 million or so Facebook users continues to grow. A second video by UK’s Channel 4 News showed its CEO Alexander Nix claiming that for the Trump campaign, “We did all the research, all the data, all the analytics, all the targeting, we ran all the digital campaign, the television campaign, and our data informed all the strategy.” He’s been suspended by the board. UK and US government officials want answers, while WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton (who sold his company to Facebook for billions of dollars) tweeted #DeleteFacebook.

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‘Onrush’ is a racing game with no finish lines

In a game like Forza Motorsport or Need for Speed, you're tasked with hurtling between two points or completing a certain number of laps before your opponents. Not so with Onrush, the next title by racing specialist Codemasters. Instead, you're fighting for points in a range of bombastic modes centered around a chaotic swarm of drivers. Outrageous crashes occur every second alongside ridiculous speed boosts and a death-defying medley of jumps, flips and barrel rolls. The developers behind it is trying to bring the team dynamics of Overwatch to an arcade racer.

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48 hours with an always on, always online laptop

eviews editor Cherlynn Low has the constitution to hammer away at her laptop in the back of the car. In the past few weeks, she’s had to work nonstop, and the only hope she’s apparently had at securing a good night's rest is chipping away at stuff while out and about. (At least, that’s what she claims... )

That's been possible with the ASUS NovaGo: a portable, constantly connected and long-lasting laptop. Microsoft delivers on its promise of 'always-connected PCs' -- notebooks that are constantly connected to the internet and wake up as quickly as a smartphone.

'Banner Saga 3,' 'Lumines Remastered' and 'Reigns' are all coming to the console.

Nintendo Switch's 2018 indie roster is looking strong

A year ago, Nintendo followed the launch of the Switch with a bold proclamation: The console would get a new indie game every week. This signaled a new era and approach to welcome third-party games, which previous Nintendo systems had failed to court well. Today, it seems indie titles are lining up to jump on the Switch -- and the company announced over a dozen new and remastered games will be headed to the console this year. That includes Banner Saga 3, and several GameMaker Studio games like Hyper Light Drifter.

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Tuesday 20 March 2018

Editor's Pick: Facebook Faces Multiple Government Probes in Massive Data Scandal

Facebook Faces Multiple Government Probes in Massive Data Scandal

David Jones Mar 20, 2018 9:42 AM PT
	EU, UK and U.S. officials have ratcheted up the pressure on Facebook over a user data scandal that threatens to engulf the company. The president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, summed up the stakes in a tweet on Tuesday: "Facebook needs to clarify before the representatives of 500 million Europeans that personal data is not being used to manipulate democracy." [More...]

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Fake News Has Become an Existential Threat
The scene in A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson going off on handling the truth has been coming to mind way too often of late. Sadly, this is the world we are living in right now, and social media is at the heart of it. I recently noticed a headline that implied a lot of people had taken exception to something Gal Gadot tweeted about Stephen Hawking. [More...]

YouTube Aims to Put the Brakes on Online Conspiracies
YouTube intends to ramp up its efforts to combat conspiracy mongers, perhaps in response to the rash of conspiracy videos that trended following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last month. Among other things, YouTube will supply links to relevant Wikipedia pages and other credible websites to provide viewers with a counter narrative, according to CEO Susan Wojcicki. [More...]

Managing in Mature Markets
Markets and companies change as industries grow and as a disruptive innovation commoditizes. Generally, prices come down because the innovation becomes commonplace and competitors fight for every scrap causing margin erosion. Eventually markets equilibrate, and a monopoly or small oligopoly sets in. We can see this playing out right now -- mature industries like databases have an oligopoly set up. [More...]

Google Opens Maps APIs and World Becomes Dev Playground
Google plans to open its Maps APIs to video game developers, which could result in far more realistic settings in augmented reality games. With access to real-time map updates and rich location data, developers will have many choices of settings for their games. The APIs will provide devs with what Google has described as a "living model of the world" to use as a foundation for game worlds. [More...]

Walmart-Amazon Rivalry Turns Into Food Fight
Walmart said it would expand its Online Grocery Delivery service, currently available in six markets, to more than 100 metro areas across the U.S. Its plans call for covering more than 40 percent of U.S. households by the end of the year. Walmart will use more than 800 of its stores to fulfill orders, and it will add thousands of personal shoppers to the more than 18,000 already employed. [More...]

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