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View Online Editor's Pick April 1, 2020 Fast Coronavirus Test Gets Emergency FDA Approval Starting today, Abbott will deliver 50,000 COVID-19 tests per day to healthcare workers, using its modified ID NOW testing process. Bringing rapid coronavirus testing capacity to the medical front lines is crucial in the battle to flatten the rising death and infection curve worldwide. Read More Risk Assessment: Buttress Account Security and Foil Fraudsters The average U.S. email address is associated with 130 different accounts. There are many benefits to consumers for having these accounts. Unfortunately, fraudsters are all too aware of those strong account relationships, and they use them to exploit businesses and consumers. Read More Living in the COVID-19 World: TV Hosts Struggle at Home While stuck at home, many of us are burning through online content very rapidly. One of the things that's become painfully apparent is that TV shows that typically have live audiences suddenly have become almost unwatchable. Read More 3D Printers Join Arsenal of COVID-19 Weapons The worldwide 3D printing community is stepping up to alleviate the shortage of medical equipment needed to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are offering free 3D printer files for download and use. Others are designing equipment.  Read More The Tech Industry's Tectonic Shift A great many tech industry conferences and trade shows originally scheduled to take place in the coming weeks have been canceled. These cancellations are costly -- beyond the lost revenue for the direct organizers and local businesses. Read More Trying Times for Employee Engagement With so many people working remotely, many businesses need extra ways to communicate with the rank and file, and this might present a prime opportunity to try new things. Read More MOST POPULAR ON ECT NEWS NETWORK Remotely: Zoho's Noble Endeavor Zoho has launched Remotely, a virtual productivity platform solution comprising 11 applications for all size businesses -- for free. It's doing that to help ease the transition to remote work for companies in any location around the world. Read more www.crmbuyer.com How AI Can Improve Customer Retention Customer attrition and churn are not new problems. Anyone who has spent time in the sales world has heard statistics around the cost of acquiring a new customer. It can be five to 25 times more expensive to acquire a new customer... Read more www.crmbuyer.com FEATURED RESOURCES Webinar: Unlocking the Potential of Password Vault Alternatives Understanding the differing Privileged Access Management solutions can be a challenge, especially for Linux or UNIX environments. Learn how to create a more comprehensive security approach by examining the different approaches of password vaults and privilege management during this webinar. Register Now Do you need to get products to market faster? Calculate how much time you could save if you had a PIM (product information management) tool to do the work for you. Start building your business case today - it’s quick and easy.  Calculate Now READER SERVICES News Alerts Get the day's top e-business and technology news from ECT News Network delivered to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today. Feedback We welcome your feedback. To share your thoughts or ideas, please use our online form. Manage Subscriptions This newsletter was sent in response to your request on an ECT News Network website. To update your settings, or to receive other newsletters from ECT News Network: Manage My Subscriptions. BUSINESS SERVICES How to Advertise To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network, please call our sales department (818) 461-9700 or follow these links: Contact Sales | Media Kit | Rate Card | Lead Generation ‌ ‌ ‌ © 2020 ECT News Network, Inc.

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Now available on your smart speaker and wherever you get your podcasts Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  Google Play  |  iHeart Radio It's Wednesday, April 01, 2020. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Remember when Steve Jobs pulled the MacBook Air out of a manila envelope? These days a thin-and-light laptop isn’t that shocking, but Apple’s original version is still one of the best. Dana Wollman’s review is in: With the improved keyboard and upgraded base storage, this 13-inch laptop is an even better option than last year when its price started $100 higher. The only drawbacks? Just two USB-C ports and battery life that is good, but not best-in-class. If you want macOS and don’t need Pro power or a discrete GPU, it’s worth thinking about -- but I’m sticking with my XPS 13 2-in-1. -- Richard (View in browser.) A different kind of New Game Plus. 'Persona 5 Royal' taps into the joy of replaying your favorite game Mat Smith has been spending his lockdown hours playing through the repolished Persona 5, which adds more content and new characters but keeps a lot of things the same. It makes for a comforting experience in these unusual days. The agency says the move will help combat robocalls. FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by June 2021 The FCC announced today that all carriers and phone companies must adopt the STIR/SHAKEN protocol by June 30th, 2021. It’s designed to combat robocalls, specifically those that try to hide their phone numbers, by allowing carriers to authenticate caller IDs. The protocol should reduce the effectiveness of illegal spoofing, help law enforcement agencies identify bad actors and, most importantly, allow carriers to identify spammers before they ever call your phone. The FCC estimates fraudulent call schemes cost Americans approximately $10 billion every year.   For your part, you’ll need a device that can display the Caller Verified notification when someone calls you. While most modern smartphones support the feature out of the box, other handsets will need to be updated. From gravity gun to gravity gloves. How Valve brought Half-Life to VR Whether you prefer to read or listen, Devindra Hardawar’s chat with a few Valve developers will reveal a lot more about the making of Half-Life: Alyx. Sponsored Content by Stack Commerce 7 wellness deals to help you de-stress and stay healthy That notch, wow. Google has discontinued the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL The Pixel 3 and 3 XL were key phones for Google, introducing its new camera technology, like Night Sight, Top Shot and Photobooth. Despite a few flaws, it produced the best smartphone photos around when it launched in 2017. Epic Games says there's no proof the app has been compromised. Houseparty says it wasn't hacked, offers $1 million for 'smear campaign' proof Houseparty is the family video call equivalent of Zoom, and it’s booming during the coronavirus outbreak. That’s meant some people have the service in their sights, with rumors circulating that the app has been hacked. Houseparty, owned by Epic Games, believes these rumors are part of a "paid commercial smear campaign," and says there is no evidence to back up claims that the app has been compromised in any way. To tackle it, the company has offered a million-dollar bounty for any proof of an organized smear campaign. That’s a lot of money to protect one’s reputation. The Android and Wear OS apps will shut down on July 1st. Apple buys Dark Sky weather app Apple has bought the highly regarded weather app Dark Sky, in an apparent bid to bolster its own offering. The original app will still be available on the iOS App Store, but Android iterations will shut down on July 1st. If you subscribed, you will get a refund. Apple previously used data from Yahoo (owned by Engadget’s parent company Verizon) and The Weather Channel. Dark Sky’s by-the-minute weather predictions and radar maps could offer some useful improvements. But wait, there's more... 1. NBA 2K tournament starts Friday with Kevin Durant, Trae Young and more 2. Accidental cross-play makes Star Wars 'Jedi Academy' a console bloodbath 3. Samsung's display business will stop producing LCD screens this year 4. Amazon draws criticism for firing employee who led coronavirus protest 5. Two more astronauts join SpaceX's first crewed mission to the ISS 6. Fitbit's Charge 4 tracker finally adds built-in GPS 7. EPA weakens annual fuel economy standard increase to 1.5 percent 8. What's on TV this week: 'The Matrix,' 'Sonic' and 'Star Wars' 9. Snapchat's new lenses use AR to encourage social distancing

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