Tuesday, 11 September 2018

The Morning After: The drone that can fly for two hours straight

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It's Tuesday, September 11, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Good Tuesday morning! Heard about the drone that just keeps flying? How about a bumper crop of gaming news from the Tokyo Game Show? Sony showed off a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 3 and a bunch more games.

The battery forms the the main structure of the flyer.

This flying battery drone can apparently hover non-stop for two hours

Impossible Aerospace’s US-1 can get in the air and stay there. The startup’s drone is aimed at emergency services and uses a battery structure made of several smaller power cells. The US-1 can fly at up to 42 MPH and has a maximum range of about 46 miles. Impossible Aerospace says the battery can also be charged in under an hour, so you could be back in the air quickly.

The cutest Switch console

Nintendo's Pikachu & Eevee Switch is a Pokémon fan's dream

A shame not all Switches are made as cute...

Of course that’s what they’re calling it.

HP’s Metal Jet could be a huge leap for commercial 3D printing

According to HP, Metal Jet is a "voxel-level binder jetting technology" that's up to 50 times more productive than existing 3D printing solutions. It also features four times the nozzle redundancy and double the printbars of the competition. Basically, it can be potentially even cheaper and more efficient than what's currently available.

Is this a new golden age for wearables?

Qualcomm’s new chipset gives smartwatches new personalities

Thanks to the new Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset, the next version of Wear OS will support three new modes: rich ambient mode, a dedicated sports mode plus a traditional watch mode. According to a Qualcomm spokesperson, your smartwatch could last for a whole month in the watch mode, while the others allow it to keep the screen powered up or act as a fitness tracker.

The feature was initially planned for the OnePlus 5T.

OnePlus 6T will include an in-display fingerprint reader

OnePlus' next phone will have an in-display fingerprint reader, according to reports. OnePlus confirmed the feature, dubbed Screen Lock, saying it had initially planned for the fingerprint reader to be included in last year’s OnePlus 5T, but the technology wasn't quite ready for public release at the time. It will add a secure unlock feature (unlike most phones’ face unlock security) that doesn’t clog up the smartphone face. It could well be the first mainstream phone to offer the feature.

But wait, there's more...

1. Get ready for Apple's 2018 iPhone event at 1 PM ET this Wednesday

2. AT&T 5G comes to Houston, Jacksonville, Louisville, New Orleans and San Antonio this year

3. What's on TV this week: 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider' and 'Bojack Horseman'

4. What we're listening to: Ghibliotheque

5. Apple Pay and Google Pay can buy you a Slurpee at 7-Eleven

6. Nerf adds 'Fortnite' blasters to its foam arsenal

7. Boring Company steers its latest machine with an Xbox controller

8. TGS 2018: 'Kingdom Hearts 3' trailer shows off 'Big Hero 6' world

9. TGS 2018: 'Project Judge' is the new series from the creators of 'Yakuza'

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Monday, 10 September 2018

Editor's Pick: How Online Retailers Can Make the Most of Preorders to Maximize Sales

How Online Retailers Can Make the Most of Preorders to Maximize Sales

Olivier Schott Sep 10, 2018 11:52 AM PT
	Among the myriad of tactics that e-commerce businesses can use to pump up sales, preorders might be the most overlooked strategy. Yet preorder sales are a highly effective way to generate early buzz to gin up demand for new products. A "preorder" by definition is the sale of a product that is not immediately available to the consumer but will be sometime soon. [More...]

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5 Tips for Creating a Gen-Z Friendly Website
Generation Z is getting a lot of attention these days, as the cohort is expected to outpace millennials, and comprise 32 percent of the world's population. This powerful group of 7.7 billion consumers was born into a digital world. A much-reported claim is that Generation Z has an attention span of 8 seconds. It may seem that your website should mirror this lightning-quick attention span. [More...]

ShipBob Gets $40M Injection to Fuel Growth
ShipBob, which offers Amazon-type fulfillment services to small and mid-sized businesses, on Thursday announced it had raised $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Menlo Ventures. ShipBob's end-to-end fulfillment solution involves a drop-ship model that lets clients deliver packages in one to two business days. Partners include Amazon, BigCommerce, Shopify and other e-commerce platforms. [More...]

Cinnamon Mint for Debian Just as Tasty
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Nimble CEO Jon Ferrara: The Beauty of the CRM Beast
"The reality of relationships is that people buy from people they like, know and trust," said Nimble CEO Jon Ferrara. "In the old days, before we ever engaged in selling, we made a connection by looking at books, things on the shelves, that kind of thing. Today, we're doing that more and more electronically. Social is the perfect way to know more about somebody, and that's actually your job." [More...]

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How Online Retailers Can Make the Most of Preorders to Maximize Sales
5 Tips for Creating a Gen-Z Friendly Website
ShipBob Gets $40M Injection to Fuel Growth
The Thrill Is Gone for Many Facebook Users
Nimble CEO Jon Ferrara: The Beauty of the CRM Beast

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Today's Story Highlights

How Online Retailers Can Make the Most of Preorders to Maximize Sales

Among the myriad of tactics that e-commerce businesses can use to pump
up sales, preorders might be the most overlooked strategy. Yet preorder
sales are a highly effective way to generate early buzz to gin up demand
for new products. A "preorder" by definition is the sale of a product
that is not immediately available to the consumer but will be sometime
soon.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85558.html

5 Tips for Creating a Gen-Z Friendly Website

Generation Z is getting a lot of attention these days, as the cohort is
expected to outpace millennials, and comprise 32 percent of the world's
population. This powerful group of 7.7 billion consumers was born into a
digital world. A much-reported claim is that Generation Z has an
attention span of 8 seconds. It may seem that your website should mirror
this lightning-quick attention span.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85557.html

ShipBob Gets $40M Injection to Fuel Growth

ShipBob, which offers Amazon-type fulfillment services to small and mid-
sized businesses, on Thursday announced it had raised $40 million in a
Series C funding round led by Menlo Ventures. ShipBob's end-to-end
fulfillment solution involves a drop-ship model that lets clients
deliver packages in one to two business days. Partners include Amazon,
BigCommerce, Shopify and other e-commerce platforms.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85556.html

The Thrill Is Gone for Many Facebook Users

American consumers' attitudes toward Facebook appear to be cooling,
based on the results of a Pew Research Center survey. Forty-two percent
of the roughly 4,600 people who responded to the May poll said they had
taken a break of several weeks from checking the platform. "Facebook's
probably losing subscribers for a number of reasons," said Frost &
Sullivan's Michael Jude.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85550.html

Nimble CEO Jon Ferrara: The Beauty of the CRM Beast

"The reality of relationships is that people buy from people they like,
know and trust," said Nimble CEO Jon Ferrara. "In the old days, before
we ever engaged in selling, we made a connection by looking at books,
things on the shelves, that kind of thing. Today, we're doing that more
and more electronically. Social is the perfect way to know more about
somebody, and that's actually your job."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85553.html

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The Morning After: Is this the new cheap iPhone?

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It's Monday, September 10, 2018.

Hey, good morning!

Welcome back! The major news this week is set to be Apple’s big iPhone showcase on Wednesday. We’re expecting new phones, a new Apple Watch and possibly more from the company’s fancy new HQ -- and we’ll be there to report on everything.

Nothing will make you cringe as much as your chat history.

A date with my Tinder data

Our final story from our Data Retrieval series centers on Bureau Chief Mat Smith’s Tinder chat history. He reclaims the data held by the dating app and tries to piece together how he behaves on the app. Come for the cringe.

Can you wait a few days?

Cheaper 'iPhone XC' leak suggests several color options and space for dual SIMs

How about that rumored 6.1-inch, cheaper LCD iPhone? Don't worry, you're covered as well. A leak claimed to show off prototypes of the device, possibly called the iPhone XC, reveals a similar design to last year’s iPhone 8, but with a selection of colors we haven’t seen since the heyday of the iPhone 5c.

Yay to the handling and lenses.

Three days with Canon’s EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera

Last week, Canon unveiled the full-frame mirrorless EOS R. On paper, it had a lot going for it, like an all-new mount that will allow for superior lens designs, excellent handling and a much-improved Dual Pixel autofocus system. But specs are specs, and Steve Dent spent a good three days feeling out the new -- and crucial -- full-frame camera. He believes there's a lot to like, but it’s not quite the perfect camera he was hoping for.

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