More than 50 years after Commander Neil Armstrong became the first human to ever step on the surface of the Moon, the next Moon landings are being prepared with the goal of landing the first woman on the Moon by 2024. This shows that we are still eager to explore the unknown.
Open COVID Pledge Makes Critical IP Freely Accessible for Pandemic Fight
Legal experts and leading scientists have teamed up with Creative Commons to create the Open COVID Pledge to help speed up the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. The Pledge gives broad permission to anyone to use intellectual property not otherwise accessible to the public.
One topic that has a substantial impact on CX is the transformation of customer service operations using digital tools. Although it is often the engine room for driving transformation and change, it is met with limited success. As enterprises across all industries embark or reflect on learnings from their journey, consider following these 6 steps to success.
Building a Better Way to Measure Marketing Effectiveness
Now more than ever, when it comes to thinking about advanced analytics or models to tell the story, marketers want to go beyond the click to make the case for certain kinds of investments. What now, then? Where do marketers head from here?
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook: Is the Ultimate Chrome OS Platform Worth the Price?
The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is now available to buy -- but the $999 price tag for its one-of-a-kind configuration may cause an internal struggle between want and need.
How to Turn an Old Android Device Into a Cool, Useful Gadget
Discover interesting ways to continue to
get value from your aging Android devices. Some of these examples are best suited for an unused smartphone, while others would work better with the larger viewing screen a tablet provides.
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.
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.
2020 Online Shopping Habits and Retailer Strategies
Episerver surveyed over 4,000 global online shoppers to learn about their ecommerce expectations and habits. Download Reimagining Commerce to get an exclusive look at successful retail strategies in 2020.
Life as we knew it before the coronavirus is gone forever, and many changes will manifest in the pandemic's aftermath. How will it impact privacy laws around the globe? No one knows for sure, and we will not know until after COVID-19 is behind us.
E-Commerce Account Takeovers, Shipping Fraud on the Rise
E-commerce account takeovers increased 347% and shipping fraud jumped 391% from 2018 to 2019. Fraudsters are gaining access to accounts using credential stuffing, romance scams, social engineering, phishing or hacking.
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It's Easter Monday today, although COVID-19 probably squashed any egg hunt plans -- and most gatherings you had scheduled. For anyone adjusting to this new lockdown life, it's stressful, tiring and the rest. If you're looking for suggestions for how to spend the time outside those WFH hours, we updated our best games guides last week 00 and have suggestions for what you probably shouldn't play right now.
I'm still trying to buy only what I need -- or can pick up digitally. It all means I'm actually saving money. Maybe I'll get those IKEA smart blinds once things get a little better.
-Mat
Maybe don't start playing 'The Last of Us' during a pandemic
Atmospheric horror is only a diversion when it's not real life.
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We finally managed to convince Dan Cooper to pick up The Last of Us: Remastered. Unfortunately, he did so the week before the UK went into lockdown. Main character Joel's stress started to become Dan's stress. Continue reading.
IKEA's smart blinds are finally available to buy online
You don't have to visit a store -- useful at this moment in time.
You can't visit an IKEA store right now due to the pandemic, but you won't be missing out on the company's connected devices as a result. IKEA has started selling its FYRTUR smart blinds online in the US, several months after they were initially limited to in-person customers. They start at $129 for a 23x76 3/4" blind. You'll also need the $35 TRADFRI gateway if you're going to take advantage of Alexa, Google Assistant or HomeKit -- and you probably should get one if you really want them to be truly smart blinds. Continue reading.
LG's curvy premium phone will be called 'Velvet'
Which sounds like a chocolate bar.
LG
LG's vague design sketches for its next flagship phone have been joined by an equally vague name: Velvet. It doesn't look like it'll be covered in its namesake, but then again, we're still at the concept stages for all of this. It's hard to derive anything meaningful just yet. Continue reading.
Google's Pixel 4 is already seeing the kind of steep discounts you'd normally expect toward the end of a smartphone's lifecycle -- maybe because of those Pixel 4a rumors? Regardless, Best Buy is selling the flagship phone for $450 with same-day activation -- that's a sizable $350 off the usual price. The larger Pixel 4 XL, meanwhile, has dropped a similar amount, to $550. You'll have to pay an extra $50 if you'd rather not activate with a carrier, but that matches the still quite large discount you'll find at the Google Store. Continue reading.
