Editor's Pick: Dodging Facebook's 'Like' Trap for Small Businesses

Dodging Facebook's 'Like' Trap for Small Businesses

Peter Suciu Jun 7, 2019 5:00 AM PT

Despite complaints about user privacy and the sharing of personal data, Facebook remains the de facto social media powerhouse. It may have started out as a place to connect with friends, but with 2.23 billion users worldwide it isn't hard to see why it matters to marketers. For the past decade Facebook has been a proven way for small businesses to connect with customers -- at least in theory. [More...]

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MX Linux Reinvents Computer Use MX Linux is a blend of mostly old and some new things, resulting in an appealing midweight Linux OS. The midweight category is a bit unusual. Desktop environments that run well on minimal hardware typically fall into the lightweight category. Lightweight environments like Xfce, LXDE/LXQt, Enlightenment and iceWM often are paired with software applications that do not tax system resources. [More...]

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

When Retail Customers Take It on the Chin, Investors Win
(Posted 06-Jun-19)
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7 Critical Skills for Running an E-Commerce Business
(Posted 05-Jun-19)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86059.html

New Antitrust Probe Tightens Screws on Big Tech
(Posted 05-Jun-19)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86057.html

Stripe Offers SMBs Chargeback Fraud Relief
(Posted 04-Jun-19)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86051.html

The Importance of Strong Domain Security to Brand Value
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This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Dodging Facebook's 'Like' Trap for Small Businesses
(Posted 07-Jun-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86065.html

Big Data: The Key Focus of a Data Scientist
(Posted 06-Jun-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86064.html

Reliving D-Day Through Augmented Reality
(Posted 06-Jun-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86052.html

YouTube Punishes Homophobic, Racist Pundit Following Internet Furor
(Posted 06-Jun-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86063.html

Apple Highlights User Experience in New OS Lineup
(Posted 05-Jun-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86056.html

Apple Spotlights Privacy, Big Iron at WWDC
(Posted 04-Jun-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86054.html

AMD Slam-Dunks Intel at Computex and It's a Good Thing
(Posted 03-Jun-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86048.html

Leveraging Live Video Streaming, the Great Democratizer
(Posted 01-Jun-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86050.html

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Trailhead, Salesforce's Not-So-Secret Weapon
(Posted 04-Jun-19)
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MX Linux Reinvents Computer Use
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Amazon drones, live-action Excel and life after iTunes

It's Friday, June 07, 2019. Hey, good morning! Google’s game-streaming service has a price. And a (loose) release date. Ahead of established gaming companies’ own big reveals -- our team is headed to LA for E3 2019 today -- Stadia already has a potent lineup of established games. The big question is: Are you ready for another subscription?  A Stadia Pro subscription will otherwise cost $9.99 per month.   Google Stadia launches this November with $130 Founder's Edition   Google has revealed pricing and availability for Stadia, its highly anticipated game-streaming service. It’ll all launch in November, with a special Founder's Edition for $129.99 sometime that month. The pack, available to pre-order now, will come with a Chromecast Ultra puck, a Night Blue controller, "first dibs" on a Stadia username and two three-month Stadia Pro subscriptions -- one for you and a friend, presumably so you can have someone to play. Stadia Pro will otherwise cost $9.99 per month and grants you access to Google's library at up to 4K resolution and 60 fps, with HDR and 5.1 surround sound. Your internet speeds may offer something a little less, however.  What about games? Google has announced these titles are coming: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Doom Eternal, Doom (2016), Rage 2, The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Destiny 2, Get Packed, Grid, Metro Exodus, Thumper, Farming Simulator 19, Baldur's Gate 3, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Football Manager, Samurai Shodown, Final Fantasy XV, Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, NBA 2K, Borderlands 3, Gylt, Mortal Kombat 11, Darksiders Genesis, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Just Dance, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Trials Rising and The Crew 2. Plenty to keep you busy, then.   The final season hits Netflix on June 14th.   Jessica Jones faces a new enemy in season 3 trailer   Jessica Jones is one of the more beloved of the Marvel streaming series that have hit Netflix over the last few years. But as Disney preps for the launch of its own streaming service, all good things are coming to an end. That includes Jessica Jones -- the final season hits Netflix on June 14th, and today we're getting a look at an appropriately dark trailer that shows Jones hitting peak antihero. And a few baddies and walls along the way.   We’re focusing on the successes and shortcomings of this sleek desktop computer.   Is the latest Mac Mini a worthy challenger? When we reviewed the new Mac Mini back in November, it had been four years since the last model was released. The 2018 upgrade includes an eighth-generation Intel processor and a plethora of ports in a space gray recycled-aluminum body, all of which make for a polished and flexible machine. However, we thought the lack of a dedicated GPU was a big miss here, particularly for the sort of pro users Apple was trying to court. If you took the dive, what do you use it for? How would you score it? Tell potential buyers all the ups and downs of working with Apple's "workhorse" computer in a user review on our product page for the Mac Mini, and you may see your writeup featured in an upcoming roundup!   Sponsored Content by GilletteLabs Turn up the heat on Father's Day with the Heated Razor from GilletteLabs. Limited quantities available. Bungie has a plan to save its franchise.   'Destiny 2’ is now free to play, including its first wave expansion   Big changes are coming to Destiny 2. With today's announcement of Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, developer Bungie has a new way to deliver content to its players. When the major expansion lands on September 17th, the core game will go free to play, shifting to "expansion-level, standalone content" for Destiny veterans.   You can play NVIDIA's full path-traced version of the game for $5. The free 'Quake II RTX' demo is now available on Steam   NVIDIA has released the first three single-player levels of Quake II RTX for free. It’s an updated version of id Software's classic 1997 FPS, and if you own the full game, you'll be able to play the whole thing in path-tracing mode, including multiplayer. NVIDIA says this is the first fully path-traced game. The ray-tracing technique pulls "all lighting effects such as shadows, reflections, refractions and more into a single ray-tracing algorithm."  But wait, there's more... 1. Google Maps will navigate you away from crises 2. Google Maps shows your speed while you're driving 3. Walmart has more than 120 ultra-fast EV charging stations in 34 states 4. Fortnite's new weapon is a storm in a bottle

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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- June 6, 2019

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When Retail Customers Take It on the Chin, Investors Win
7 Critical Skills for Running an E-Commerce Business
New Antitrust Probe Tightens Screws on Big Tech
Stripe Offers SMBs Chargeback Fraud Relief
Trailhead, Salesforce's Not-So-Secret Weapon

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Today's Story Highlights

When Retail Customers Take It on the Chin, Investors Win
I am a reluctant Costco shopper. My wife is one of the many who really
love the chain. Me... not so much. Seriously -- someone should knock
Costco's top officials on the head and wake them up to the need to focus
on their customers. After all, it's the customers who make Costco
successful. When my family owned lots of retail stores, I learned many
important lessons that Costco needs to learn.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86062.html

7 Critical Skills for Running an E-Commerce Business
There are many benefits to running an e-commerce business, whether you
operate purely online or not. Online transactions allow you to expand
your reach and service more customers. However, there are challenges to
conducting business online. Here are some specific skills that e-
commerce business owners need to develop in order to be successful.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86059.html

New Antitrust Probe Tightens Screws on Big Tech
The U.S. House of Representatives Antitrust Subcommittee has opened an
investigation into competition in digital markets, increasing the
pressure on big tech companies over antitrust issues. The subcommittee
is part of the House Judiciary Committee. The bipartisan investigation
will include a series of hearings on antitrust, commercial and
administrative law about the rise of market power online.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86057.html

Stripe Offers SMBs Chargeback Fraud Relief
Payment processing company Stripe has launched Chargeback Protection, a
machine learning-based system to limit the impact of fraudulent credit
card transactions on merchants. A chargeback is a demand by a credit
card provider for a retailer to make good on a fraudulent or disputed
transaction by repaying the full purchase amount plus a chargeback fee.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86051.html

Trailhead, Salesforce's Not-So-Secret Weapon
Salesforce has used its Trailhead learning system to teach developers
how to program on its Lightning platform for more than five years. The
company last week completed its fourth highly successful TrailheaDX
conference, which attracted 14,000 people to the Moscone Center in San
Francisco. There are plenty of good reasons for Salesforce to be in the
software-coding-education game.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86055.html

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