Monday 18 March 2019

E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Monday -- March 18, 2019

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Headline Scan
Boosting E-Commerce Sales Through Storytelling
How to Bring Relationships Back to CRM
From Virtual to Value: Building Meaningful Experiences With Gamification
Can Facebook Solve Its Worsening Privacy Problem?
Amazon Drops Lowest-Pricing Rule for Third-Party Sellers
Millennial CRM

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Today's Story Highlights

Boosting E-Commerce Sales Through Storytelling

Storytelling is a central part of e-commerce marketing, and it's vital
that brands both know their own stories and understand how to tell them.
Everything from brand loyalty to purchasing decisions relies on a
company having an engaging and well-told story. "Facts tell, but stories
sell," remarked Samantha Reynolds, president of Echo Storytelling
Agency. "We decide what to buy based on emotion."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85906.html

How to Bring Relationships Back to CRM

Customer relationship management is a term you've likely heard if you
have worked in the tech space. CRM software solutions have not always
been as far-reaching as they are today. Over the last 40 years, CRM has
evolved from a range of disparate business solutions developed for
various customer needs. The earliest CRM tools were devices like
Rolodexes, which you can hardly even find these days.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85903.html

From Virtual to Value: Building Meaningful Experiences With Gamification

Amid shifting consumer habits and the digitization of everything, the
retail landscape has undergone significant transformations over the past
decade, and it continues to evolve as quickly as ever. These
transformations bring about a slew of challenges and opportunities for
retailers to improve the overall shopping experience. One technique for
increasing engagement is gamification.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85902.html

Can Facebook Solve Its Worsening Privacy Problem?

The good news is that of the many troubles Facebook has, privacy seems
to be front and center for both CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl
Sandberg. The question is, will the actions they take to address the
company's privacy issues be enough? If not, this is the kind of problem
that can and will cause long-term damage to the Facebook brand. Its
leaders need to come up with an immediate fix.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85899.html

Amazon Drops Lowest-Pricing Rule for Third-Party Sellers

Amazon reportedly has removed the price parity contract clause that
barred third-party vendors on its platform from selling their products
at a lower price elsewhere. The company long has been accused of
anticompetitive behavior and has come under considerable political
pressure because of its use of the price parity, also known as "most
favored nation," restriction.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85898.html

Millennial CRM

Trying to do business without also having a modern CRM system is like
walking around naked. You can do it, at least for a little while, but
people will begin to think you're weird -- and the trouble is, those
people are all potential customers. CRM is essential today because,
despite our reverence for the free market, it's really more like free
markets -- plural.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85897.html

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Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Monday -- March 18, 2019

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How to Rein In Powerful Companies Without Ruining the US Tech Industry
AR in Harry Potter Game Is Next Best Thing to Real Magic
New Chrome Extension Aims to Make the Web Less Toxic
8 Great Linux Time-Tracker Apps to Keep You on Task
Mozilla Offers Free Secure File-Sharing Service

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How to Rein In Powerful Companies Without Ruining the US Tech Industry

Elizabeth Warren's desire to curtail Facebook, Amazon and other
companies that have misused their massive power -- or may do so in the
future -- is well founded. The U.S. appears to be trending toward civil
war, and I'd place social media in general on the wrong side of this
trend. However, we need a plan that will cure the problem without
killing the patient.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85900.html

AR in Harry Potter Game Is Next Best Thing to Real Magic

Niantic last week offered a few members of the gaming press a chance to
take in the magic of its upcoming Harry Potter: Wizards Unite augmented
reality game. The game, which is being developed as part of a joint
effort with WB Games San Francisco under the Portkey Games label,
promises to build on Niantic's hugely popular Pokémon Go mobile phone
game.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85901.html

New Chrome Extension Aims to Make the Web Less Toxic

Jigsaw has released Tune, an experimental Chrome extension that lets
users hide comments its algorithms identify as toxic. It is available
for Mac, Windows, Linux and the Chrome OS. Tune builds on the same
machine learning models that power Jigsaw's Perspective API to rate the
toxicity of comments. Tune users can adjust the volume of comments from
zero to anything goes.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85895.html

8 Great Linux Time-Tracker Apps to Keep You on Task

Time-tracking software records the time you spend on tasks. The time-
tracking helps you create billing reports, prepare invoices, and analyze
your workflow for better efficiency. This week's Linux Picks and Pans
product review highlights some of the best free time-tracking
applications for Linux. The apps included in this roundup are not rated
or presented in any quality order.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85896.html

Mozilla Offers Free Secure File-Sharing Service

Mozilla has announced Firefox Send, a free encrypted file-sharing
service that works in any browser. To share a file, you simply visit the
Send site and drag your file to a box on the Web page. Unregistered
users may upload up to 1 gigabyte in files, while registered users have
a 2.5 GB allowance. After uploading your files, you choose an expiration
time for the link used to share them.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85894.html

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The Morning After: Most Android antivirus apps don't work properly

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It's Monday, March 18, 2019.

Hey, good morning!

Reassess that Android antivirus app you installed. There’s a high chance it’s useless. Also, more changes to the Tesla lineup, and Ikea tackles furniture accessibility with some 3D-printed hacks.

What can you expect this week, then? To start with, live reporting and news from the Games Developers Conference in San Francisco. We’ve also got a selection of briefings that we can’t yet talk about, as well as a few tech anniversaries worth remembering. Don’t worry -- celebratory cards aren’t required.

The add-on will still use Edge to open untrusted URLs, though.

Microsoft releases Windows Defender extensions for Chrome and Firefox

Microsoft has developed and started testing Windows Defender Application Guard extensions for both Chrome and Firefox, to better protect enterprise PCs. The feature, which used to be an Edge exclusive, keeps PCs safe by opening in a virtual container web pages not included in administrators' trusted sites. That way, it can prevent attackers from gaining entry into a company's system if the website turns out to be malicious.

Some even labeled themselves as viruses.

Two thirds of Android antivirus apps don't work properly

It can be wise to secure your Android phone with antivirus software, but which ones can you count on? You can rule out most of them, apparently. AV-Comparatives has tested 250 antivirus apps for Google's platform, and only 80 of them (just under one third) passed the site's basic standards -- that is, they detected more than 30 percent of malicious apps from 2018 and had zero false positives.

It might not be that necessary now that the entry model is available.

Tesla drops Mid Range Model 3 battery option

Now the $35,000 Model 3 is here, Tesla appears ready to streamline its options. The automaker has removed the Mid Range battery option from its Model 3 configuration tool, leaving a gap between the Standard Range and Standard Range Plus models (220 and 240 miles of range, respectively) and the 310 miles or more of Long Range versions. The change applies in countries where the full Model 3 lineup is available, including the US, Canada and Mexico.

This included edited versions.

Facebook pulled over 1.5 million videos of New Zealand shooting

Internet giants have been racing to pull copies of the New Zealand mass-shooter's video from their sites, and Facebook is illustrating just how difficult that task has been. Facebook New Zealand's Mia Garlick has revealed that the social network removed 1.5 million attack videos worldwide in the first 24 hours, 1.2 million of which were stopped at the upload stage.

But wait, there's more...

1. IKEA makes furniture more accessible with 3D printing

2. Wirecutter: The best Android and iPhone gimbal

3. Women in tech: Success still hangs on relationships and privilege

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