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The job of a modern marketer gets more complex by the day. The wealth of data we have at our fingertips enables us to tell more personalized and relevant stories, but B2B buyers and consumers alike are increasingly wary of branded communications ... more

Writer gets a completely refreshed set of color palettes, page borders, table designs and document themes. What will you create with it?Over the last couple of years, we’ve been hard at work reimagining what Writer can do to improve your document creation experience. And today... more

Talk for a few minutes with the executive or business owner responsible for the Customer Relationship Management System and inevitable, the conversation will turn to user adoption. While it seems like an “old hat” topic, user adoption remains one of the biggest causes of CRM implementation setbacks... more

Productive communication is key for any growing business, and when your workspace is shared and collaborative, work gets done faster and more efficiently. As the way we interact with our teams evolves, we’re improving Cliq to make sure your time at work... more

Circa 2008, the number one social networking site decided to level up from being just a regular networking site into a business interaction platform. Facebook came up with the best way for businesses to promote their products online aside from the traditional website and ad pages ... more

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Technology

An AI-powered search tool is being used to monitor fake news and polling station problems in Mexico's elections. Krzana is being used by the Verificado 2018 initiative which was set up by Mexican media to challenge fake news. The run-up to Mexico's election has been deadly with more than ... more

Facebook has admitted providing dozens of tech companies with special access to user data after publicly saying it restricted such access in 2015. Facebook continued sharing information with 61 hardware and software makers after it said it discontinued the practice in May 2015 ... more

When Adam Haar Horowitz took to the stage at a conference dressed as a lotus flower, he raised eyebrows. Then, when he started hitting computers and making gong noises, jaws dropped. He was acting out a dream he had recently had to illustrate how our night-time fantasies can influence our waking ... more

The robotics program at Disney has taken a giant, back-flipping leap forward with the unveiling of a humanoid robot capable of performing stunts just like a human. A video of the Stuntronics robot shows the autonomous machine launching into the air from a swing... more

If you’ve ever used Apple Maps to get around, you’ll know it often falls short of rival apps. So the company has now announced it will rebuild its Maps data using a fleet of specially-designed vans. It will also use data gathered from iPhones to power traffic information... more

Click Archive

LG Names Fourth-Gen Heir Koo Kwang-Mo as New CEO

Marking leadership transition at South Korea's LG Group, Koo Kwang-mo, the son of the family-controlled conglomerate's late Chairman Koo Bon-moo, became a board member of the holding firm and its CEO on Friday. Koo Kwang-mo, who was adopted by the late business tycoon so as to fulfill... more

T-Mobile Is Rolling Out Support For The Next-Gen Texting Standard Backed By Google

T-Mobile has started rolling out support for the RCS Universal profile — a new messaging standard that’s supposed to make traditional texting look a bit more like chatting in a modern messaging app, complete with read receipts, typing indicators, and more. The rollout, spotted ... more

Dell Nears Deal Buy Out Vmware Tracking Stock With Cash And Equity: Source

(Reuters) - Dell Inc. is nearing a deal to buy out the holders of shares that track the performance of VMWare Inc (VMW.N) using a mix of cash and equity in Dell, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The move will mark the culmination of a strategic review that Dell has been... more

Growth In UK Financial Services Weakens Thanks To Brexit Deadlock, Survey Finds

Growth in UK financial services has weakened with little sign of improvement on the horizon thanks to ongoing uncertainty around Brexit negotiations and slow wage rises holding back the economy, a new survey suggests. Of 100 firms polled, four more firms said they were doing less... more

High Street Woes Hit 22,000 Jobs In 2018

Nearly 22,000 jobs have been hit on the UK's struggling High Streets this year. BBC 5 Live's Wake Up To Money has been tracking shop closures and retail administrations and found that more than 7,000 people have lost their jobs. A further 9,500 roles are due to go through planned shop... more

Australian Plastic Bag Ban Sparks Abuse And Violence From Angry Shoppers

Supermarket staff in Australia have faced abuse and violence from shoppers angry at the removal of plastic bags as a ban comes into force. Customers rebelling against the end of free single-use bags have taken out their frustration on staff, prompting warnings to... more

Middletown Girl Scouts Build Blessing Box To Help Less Fortunate

Girl Scout cookies now are helping the hungry and less fortunate, thanks to Troop 40798. Three Girl Scouts — Kelsea Reece, 11, and 10-year-old twins, Gracie and Lacie Lukas — used proceeds from their cookie sale this winter to purchase the building materials to construct a Blessing Box at Smith... more

Youtube Apologizes To LGBTQ Creators Over Issues With Its Ad And Monetization Policies

Following complaints from users, YouTube has apologized for some of the problems that its LGBTQ creators have faced regarding its monetization and ad policies in recent months. The apology comes at the end of Pride month, and the video platform says that it will do better by its... more

British Climbers Saved After Deadly Pakistan Avalanche Hits Tent On Ultar Sar Mountain

Two British mountaineers have been rescued from a remote peak in Pakistan after they were hit by an avalanche at 19,000ft. Pakistan army helicopter pilots took part in what their general called a "daring mission" to reach Bruce Normand and Timothy Miller on the 24,239ft Ultar... more

Oxford Joins The Country In Protesting Trump’s Immigration Policy

Close to 200 people stood around the pavilion at Memorial Park in Uptown Oxford to send the message that “Families Belong Together.” That message was echoed across the country has hundreds of thousands of people rallied at similar events on Saturday in a nationwide day of action... more