Friday 28 October 2016

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E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- October 28, 2016

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Stock Price Rises as Twitter Slashes Jobs, Uproots Vine
IBM's Watson Smartens Up iOS Enterprise Apps
The End of Marketing
Google's Jamboard Aids Enterprise Brainstorming Sessions

Today's Story Highlights

Stock Price Rises as Twitter Slashes Jobs, Uproots Vine

Twitter shares were up Friday following a third-quarter earnings report
that beat Wall Street estimates despite declining revenue growth.
Twitter also announced a widely expected round of job cuts and the
unexpected shutdown of Vine. Twitter has been on financial oxygen in
recent weeks, after failing to find a buyer. Investors applauded the
news that it will slash 9 percent of its workforce.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84042.html

IBM's Watson Smartens Up iOS Enterprise Apps

IBM has announced that it will incorporate its IBM Watson cognitive
capabilities into the MobileFirst for iOS ecosystem to help boost the
productivity of the global workforce. It was a little more than two
years ago that the company entered a groundbreaking partnership with
Apple to enhance the mobile enterprise space. The move is part of an
overall rollout of enhancements to IBM's Watson tech.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84036.html

The End of Marketing

This is going to be political but you won't be able to tell which side
I'm on. You might ask, why on Earth would I get involved even
tangentially in politics right now? The simple answer is that it impacts
CRM and I have a viewpoint -- but as I say, I'm not picking or revealing
a side. I've been doing research in business agility lately -- a
fascinating area that soon will impact CRM.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84038.html

Google's Jamboard Aids Enterprise Brainstorming Sessions

Google on Tuesday announced Jamboard, a digital whiteboard for
collaboration in the cloud. It's compatible with G Suite and Google
Search, as well as Google Drive. Users can collaborate and broadcast
their work globally through Google Hangouts. Jamboard has a 55-inch 4K
display with touchscreen functionality, a built-in HD camera, speakers,
and WiFi connectivity.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84033.html

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The Morning After: Apple's new MacBook Pro, no more Vines and more!

It's Friday, October 28, 2016.

It's The Morning After Apple tried to kill standard USB ports

Apple's big MacBook event introduced a new family of Pro machines, with nary a mention of the MacBook Air. The company also expelled standard USB 3.0 ports in its new range, replacing them all with (USB-C-shaped) Thunderbolt 3.0 ports -- but hey, at least there's a fancy OLED "Touch Bar." Meanwhile, Turkey's government shut down internet across 11 cities in the Kurdish area of the country, Oh, and Twitter killed Vine. (Image credit: @Darth)

There's still a headphone jack.

Apple's thinner MacBook Pro comes with an OLED touch strip, different ports again.

An even richer Retina display, more processing power, and a smaller Pro model along with it: Apple's newest MacBook (like its newest iPhones) is a possibly divisive upgrade for the company's faithful. The new OLED Touch Bar on the 15-inch model had some compelling use cases from Apple, but we're still waiting to see how it all handles during a review.

Dongles for days.

Your new iPhone and new MacBook will need a new cable to connect to each other.

Apple went all in on Thunderbolt 3.0 for its new MacBook Pro. But while it's evolving its ports , it also just made every iPhone owner who wants one of these computers buy a new dongle. Sold separately.

Just ask first.

The FCC has some new privacy rules to help protect your data from internet providers.

If internet service providers want to collect data about what you do and where you go on the internet, they'll have to ask first, thanks to some new rules approved by the FCC today. That's a change from before, when ISPs only had to offer a way to opt out of tracking behaviour like browsing habits, app usage and location or financial data. Expect to see an updated TOS from your internet provider any minute now.

Add 128 GB to your iPhone with the iKlips

Is this what a modern TV guide looks like?

The Apple TV gets a guide, but it's missing something.

Finding something to watch on streaming services isn't quite easy enough, even with that new Siri Remote, so Apple's TV solution is … TV. Really, that's the name of its TV guide app, which detects the services you're signed into and lets you browse through their content all in one place. TV works on the iPhone and iPad too, but at least so far, it doesn't work with Netflix or Amazon. We'll see if that changes before it launches on Apple TV in December.

Gone in six seconds

Twitter killed Vine because it doesn't fit

Twitter announced that it's killing its six-second video app in the next few months. There are many reasons why, but perhaps the strongest is that it didn't really fit with CEO Jack Dorsey's vision of "the people's news network."

But wait, there's more...

1. Watch Apple's MacBook event in less than nine minutes

2. The original emoji character set is going to MoMA

3. Turkish government cuts off internet access in 11 cities

4. Alphabet's experimental companies are getting better and losing less money

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Thursday 27 October 2016

Editor's Pick: Tech on TV: A Little Realism Goes a Long Way

Tech on TV: A Little Realism Goes a Long Way

Peter Suciu Oct 27, 2016 5:00 AM PT
	Watching TV shows often requires the suspension of disbelief -- that is, a willingness to press pause on one's critical faculties in order to believe the unbelievable. Realism often must be secondary to story, in other words. This very often is necessary when computers are used to advance plot lines, when programmers and hackers alike can produce tremendous results in seconds. [More...]

More Picks:

Microsoft's New Tech Targets Human Creativity
Microsoft made a slew of announcements at its New York City event Tuesday, focusing on the idea of user as creator. Among its new offerings: the Surface Studio, an all-in-one desktop computer with a touchscreen that's 12.5mm thick; the Surface Dial, a new input device that provides haptic feedback; the Surface Book i7; VR headsets for Windows 10; and a revamped Paint app with 3D capability. [More...]

Gadget Ogling: Magnificent Mics, Intriguing E-Ink, and Compact Computers
I've tried dipping my toes into the world of podcasting with a friend this year. We haven't found it easy to get together to record, but for the two trial runs we've had, I bought a Blue Snowball mic. I'm very pleased with the sound quality, so I'm fairly certain I'd be happy to have Blue's latest microphone, Raspberry. It's a gorgeous, portable little thing. [More...]

Google's Jamboard Aids Enterprise Brainstorming Sessions
Google on Tuesday announced Jamboard, a digital whiteboard for collaboration in the cloud. It's compatible with G Suite and Google Search, as well as Google Drive. Users can collaborate and broadcast their work globally through Google Hangouts. Jamboard has a 55-inch 4K display with touchscreen functionality, a built-in HD camera, speakers, and WiFi connectivity. [More...]

Antique Kernel Flaw Opens Door to New Dirty Cow Exploit
A Linux security vulnerability first discovered more than a decade ago once again poses a threat, Red Hat warned last week, as an exploit that could allow attackers to gain enhanced privileges on affected computers has turned up in the wild. Users need to take steps to patch their systems to prevent the exploit, known as "Dirty Cow," from granting access to unprivileged attackers. [More...]

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