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50 AGs Gun for Google in Antitrust Offensive
Shifting Cable-TV Landscape Demands New Strategies for Survival
New Insightly Marketing Platform Modernizes Legacy CRM
Rethinking the User Interface for Consumer Voice Tech

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50 AGs Gun for Google in Antitrust Offensive

The attorneys general of 48 states, plus those from United States
territory Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., have joined in an
investigation into whether Google stifled online advertising and search
competition. The only holdouts are the attorneys general of Alabama,
where Google is building a $600 million data center, and California,
where Google has its headquarters.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86236.html

Shifting Cable-TV Landscape Demands New Strategies for Survival

X1 is a Comcast-branded pay-TV service that gives users more control
over their television experience. The service recently gained new
features that cater to businesses. For example, one of the new features
allows the use of the system at bars, restaurants and health clubs that
have many TV sets. The user can control all of the sets with a single
remote control.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86234.html

New Insightly Marketing Platform Modernizes Legacy CRM

Insightly has announced the availability of Insightly Marketing, which
integrates marketing, sales and project management into a single
platform to support dynamic customer journeys. The company also released
the results of the Insightly Marketing Study it conducted last month
probing trends and challenges in customer relationship management
marketing.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86233.html

Rethinking the User Interface for Consumer Voice Tech

Voice can provide a simple, compelling user experience, but the path to
adding voice controls to any product, service or application is complex.
As dominant tech players continue to develop voice-enabled interfaces
and assistants, product designers, developers and manufacturers will be
forced to rethink the user experience. For many future homes, voice
control will be the primary user interface.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86230.html

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Editor's Pick: Apple Debuts Triple-Cam iPhone, New iPad, and Aggressively Priced Game and TV Services

Apple Debuts Triple-Cam iPhone, New iPad, and Aggressively Priced Game and TV Services

John P. Mello Jr.
Sep 11, 2019 2:52 AM PT

Apple raised the curtain on its latest iPhone models, introduced a new iPad, refreshed its watch, and announced pricing for its subscription game and premium TV services at an event in Cupertino, California. The highlight of the presentation was the new iPhone lineup: the iPhone 11, the 11 Pro and the 11 Pro Max. The iPhone 11 comes in six colors -- black, green, yellow, purple, red and white. [More...]

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Google's Super-Sized Nest Hub Draws Mixed Reviews
The new larger version of Google's Nest Hub smart display has been garnering mixed reviews. It has a 10-inch screen, compared to its predecessor's 7-inch display, and it sells for $229, compared to $129 for the Nest Hub introduced in June. "I like the big screen on the Nest Hub Max, since I was able to watch a football game in the kitchen and still see the score," wrote Todd Haselton. [More...]

Rethinking the User Interface for Consumer Voice Tech
Voice can provide a simple, compelling user experience, but the path to adding voice controls to any product, service or application is complex. As dominant tech players continue to develop voice-enabled interfaces and assistants, product designers, developers and manufacturers will be forced to rethink the user experience. For many future homes, voice control will be the primary user interface. [More...]

Big Data's Seismic Effect on the Broadcasting Industry
Digital transformation has left hardly any industry unshaken. In broadcasting, it's safe to say that it has transformed completely the way we create, deliver and consume content. Undoubtedly, the most noticeable change lies in the shift toward the OTT format. Traditional TV now plays second fiddle: 69 percent of consumers use some type of streaming service. [More...]

New OSGeoLive Release Opens Doors to Geospatial Worlds
If you ever have considered investigating or working with elements of the geospatial world, check out the latest edition of OSGeoLive, a Linux distribution that runs directly from a bootable DVD or USB thumb drive. You also can load a pre-made virtual machine disk file that runs in a VMware Workstation or VirtualBox environment. Or you can install it on a hard drive the old-fashioned way. [More...]

Multi-Cloud Strategy May Pose Higher Security Risk: Study
Users of a multi-cloud storage strategy may be twice as likely to face a security breach as those that use hybrid or single clouds, suggests a report from UK-based security specialist Nominet. Fifty-two percent of survey respondents who adopted a multi-cloud approach suffered a data breach over the past 12 months, compared to 24 percent of hybrid cloud users, and 24 percent of single-cloud users. [More...]

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Apple's big iPhone 11 event

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It's Wednesday, September 11, 2019.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Morning, there! In case you missed it, Apple had one of its busiest events in a while yesterday, revealing its first ‘pro’ iPhones, a cheaper iPhone 11, an always-on Apple Watch and pricing for both Apple TV+ ($5) and Apple Arcade (also $5 per month). Naturally, we have feels on all the above. Meanwhile, the Frankfurt Auto Show rolls on, and we’ve got concept cars to delight and confuse everyone. Two words: drone headlights.

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Better battery life and dual cameras for the masses.

iPhone 11: Still cheap and cheerful

The iPhone 11 will follow up last year’s XR model by including a new A13 Bionic chipset (that it shares with the more expensive Pro edition). Its new chipset is both more powerful and more efficient, which is enough to extend battery life by another hour over the XR. Apple also upgraded the rear camera with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens for dual-lens action and Night Mode.

You can get its aluminum frame in six shades, and an updated front TrueDepth camera can pull off tricks like slow-motion selfies. Still, the best news about this mid-range phone might be the price. It will start at $699 when pre-orders open Friday morning at 8AM ET -- $50 less than the XR’s debut price.

Now with four to five more hours of battery life.

Apple reveals the powerful new iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max

The 11 Pro models are direct successors to last year's XS phones, and the 11 is the cheaper alternative following the iPhone XR. The iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max are powered by Apple's new A13 Bionic processor, which is reportedly around 20 percent faster than the A12 when it comes to CPU and GPU speeds. That’s the same CPU as the standard iPhone 11, so the big Pro benefits are a triple camera system and some glorious new Super Retina OLED screens with a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio and up to 1,200 nits of brightness.

As for the triple cameras, they’re housed in a square camera hump for the Wide, Ultra-Wide and telephoto lenses. An upcoming feature called Deep Fusion will use all three at once and then stitch the results together for higher-quality photos. Also, these phones are Apple’s first to come with an 18W fast charger packed in. The iPhone 11 Pro will start at $999 (£1,049 in the UK), while the 11 Pro Max will go for $1,099 (£1,149) when pre-orders open at 8AM ET -- note the new time -- on Friday morning.

There aren’t a lot of changes here.

Apple Watch Series 5 adds an always-on display

While Apple’s latest Watch keeps the same size, shape and price ($399, or $499 with LTE) as its predecessor, the headline new feature is a display that doesn’t have to turn off. Thanks to its LTPO (Low Temperature Polysilicone and Oxide) Retina Display with a variable refresh rate, the screen can stay on and dimly visible without draining the battery.

Apple also reintroduced the ceramic option, but if you’re looking for something a little cheaper then it’s also keeping the Series 3 around. With GPS, you can get that one for $199.

This $1,500 Salesforce training bundle is now only $40

Netflix and Disney+, meet your competition.

Apple TV+ launches November 1st for $4.99 a month

Apple has spent the past few months teasing the original series that will be on Apple TV+, including For All Mankind, The Morning Show and Dickinson. And Cook showed off a trailer for another one on stage today: See, a drama starring Jason Momoa that's set in a world 600 years into the future, when humans have no sight.

The service will launch in 100 countries from day one, and starting today, buying new Apple hardware like an iPhone, Apple TV, iPad or Mac snags you a year of free service. It will be ad-free, too, with support for offline downloads, 4K, HDR/Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Oh, and it’s shareable with up to six family members, similar to Apple Music.

That demo didn’t quite cut it.

Apple Arcade exclusives have to be better than ‘Frogger’

When it comes to exclusive games, Apple either isn't ready to advertise its most ambitious titles, or it simply doesn't have them. As Jessica Conditt explains, its $5 per month Arcade "is getting some great-looking exclusive games -- the company just needs to tell everyone about them, if it wants this new subscription service to thrive."

Someone’s always complaining.

Where’s my USB-C iPhone?

We know Apple doesn't hate USB-C -- it's the port on the latest iPad Pro, and the company also worked to develop the USB-C standard years ago for use on its Macs. However, Apple has stuck doggedly to the Lightning port for its iPhones, and Mat Smith is fed up.

But it’s not coming to the US.

Honda reveals pricing for its lovable E electric car

Honda's E electric car is officially here, and the production model has kept nearly all the charm and gadgets of the original concept. At the same time, Honda has unveiled pricing and specs for the urban EV, and that's where things get interesting.

As the company revealed last week, the Honda E will be available in Europe with a 137-mile range, making it more of a city runabout than a highway cruiser. That's down to a smallish 35.5 kWh battery, making it more competitive with EVs like the Renault Zoe than the Tesla Model 3. The Honda E supports chargers up to about 75 kW (Honda didn't say exactly how much) that will let you charge from 10 to 80 percent in about 30 minutes.

The EV will cost £26,160 in the UK for the 134-horsepower version, including the UK's EV rebate (£29,660 without the rebate) rising to £28,660 (or £32,160 pre-rebate) for the more powerful model. The car will start to ship in summer 2020.

But wait, there's more...

1. iOS 13 will be available on September 19th

2. iPadOS will arrive on September 30th

3. Apple's iPhone XR and iPhone 8 get big price cuts

4. iOS 13 file confirms Apple is testing an augmented reality headset

5. Mercedes' Vision EQS is a peek at its EV future

6. iPhone 11's ultra-wideband chip helps you AirDrop with the right person

7. MIT's color-changing ink could let you customize your shoes

8. What's on TV this week: 'The I-Land,' 'Undone,' 'Borderlands 3' and 'John Wick 3'

9. Audi's AI:Trail concept is an off-road EV with drones for headlights

10. The Polaroid Lab delivers instant prints using your phone display

11. Mozilla's Firefox Test Pilot Program relaunches with a 'Private Network' extension

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