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<span style="font-size: large;">YouTube Music, the video service’s first full-fledged music streaming offering is here, and it’s surprisingly great. At first glance, it’s largely Google Play Music with a fresh coat of paint and music videos. But look closer, and it’s clear YouTube has been putting in the work to improve upon Google’s previous attempts at music streaming, and the foundation is here to accomplish that.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you’re new to streaming or if you exclusively listen to music through YouTube, the overhauled Music experience is designed to bring you in with the familiarity of what is already the world’s most popular music streaming service. It’s made to intrigue you with a set of easy-to-use discovery and search features no other streaming service can top and keep you listening (and watching) with the same library full of live performances, covers from unsigned artists, and random songs you already use to procrastinate at work all day (that aren’t available on Spotify or Apple Music).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the most part, YouTube Music accomplishes all of this, but there are parts that are overly complicated. For example, its pricing structure: there’s a free, ad-supported version of YouTube Music, a $10-per-month ad-free version called YouTube Music Premium, and a $12-per-month subscription for YouTube Premium (formerly known as YouTube Red), which includes YouTube Music Premium as well as YouTube Original shows and ad-free viewing on the traditional YouTube app and website. (Current YouTube Red subscribers get to keep their current pricing, and they will also get YouTube Music Premium.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That doesn’t take into account the $10-per-month Google Play Music subscription, which will also give you access to YouTube Music Premium. Also, if you sign up before YouTube Red becomes YouTube Premium (there’s no date on that conversion; YouTube just says “soon”), you’ll get YouTube Premium for a $2-a-month discount. Got all that? Good.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that streaming music services have already captured the die-hard music fans and power users, they have shifted their gaze toward the casual listener. Older services like Pandora have relaunched with an emphasis on ease of use over everything else, and YouTube Music is no exception. While that is good in many areas, there are a few power user features that are missing, and that may deter some from switching over from their current streaming service until those features arrive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Despite a few setbacks in getting to this point, YouTube finally has a legitimate challenger for Spotify and Apple Music. YouTube has leveraged Google’s vast AI and search capabilities and combined it with a simple design and a <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/22/17380914/youtube-music-service-streaming-premium-red-available-today">promise</a> to make this the One True Google Music Streaming Service. With a well-built app, YouTube Music has a real fighting chance in the streaming market.<br />
The home screen is also where you’ll find Your Mixtapes, YouTube’s answer to Spotify’s Daily Mix. Mixtape is an endless personalized mix of music you have liked, along with some new discoveries YouTube thinks you’ll also enjoy. As someone who listens to Spotify’s Daily Mix for at least three hours every day, rarely skipping songs, I was doubtful that YouTube could match Spotify’s prowess. But the speed at which YouTube Music’s algorithm got things right was the most impressive thing to me. I listened to some music for about an hour, giving thumbs-up and thumbs-down on every song, to see how good my resulting Mixtape could actually be with limited feedback. With just that hour of feedback and listening history, my Mixtape was on par with my Daily Mix from Spotify, which has seven years of my listening data to work with.<br />
Right now, you can’t change the audio quality in YouTube Music. There is no option in the settings menu, so you’re stuck at YouTube Music’s default quality of 128kbps (AAC on mobile, OPUS for web) with a good connection, and 64kbps in poor network conditions. YouTube tells me it will add an audio quality selector and a higher bitrate option (256kbps) “soon.” But for now, if you listen to music at the highest quality on your current streaming service, you’ll experience an audio downgrade until that update is rolled out.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">YouTube Music is an extremely simple app. When you open it — either on Android, iOS, or in your web browser — you’ll find a dark theme. (It’s not exactly beautiful, but it is functional.) There are three tabs: Home, Hotlist, and Library. I’m going to save the best for last, so let’s start with Library. As you’d expect, this is the place where you will find all of your downloads, saved music, recently played songs and playlists, everything that you have liked, and artists you have subscribed to. Yes, YouTube has kept the same subscribe structure for following an artist that exists on the video version of the service, which can be either good or bad, depending on how you use YouTube.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The one thing the Library is missing is a way to filter through your library. There is no way to search through songs or albums you’ve added like you can on Spotify and Apple Music. It’s a small detail, but if you spend a ton of time in streaming apps, adding large catalogs of music to your library, it’s definitely a feature that comes in handy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Hotlist is essentially YouTube’s trending page but exclusively for music. Right now, it’s all videos, but that is slated to change in the future. YouTube’s head of music T. Jay Fowler told me, “[Hotlist] is the place that a user would go to see what’s going on right now in their region. It’s cultural impact, it’s brand-new stuff, it’s stuff that’s going on and being discussed in headlines, things like that. So, for example, last weekend with Childish Gambino performing on <i>SNL</i>, he dropped the “This is America” video. This is where you come to find it because it’s in the vernacular. We wanted to give a very, very visual snapshot of what’s going on in your local territory.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here’s the thing about music videos in music streaming services: everyone has them. Apple Music, Tidal, and Spotify all have music videos available in their apps. The main knock against all of them is: a) they don’t have <i>all</i> the music videos, and b) they really don’t know where to put them in said apps. YouTube Music doesn’t have those issues. It has <i>all</i> of the music videos, and it has given them prime placement without being overly pushy about it. If you want to watch them, you can, but videos don’t take up space that would otherwise go to songs you just want to listen to. That’s thanks in small part to the Hotlist but more so because of how the home tab works.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The home tab, which is the screen you’re first presented with when you open the app, is the big revelation here. It’s also probably the main reason why many people will use YouTube Music. It’s a constantly updated list of music and videos tailored to your taste and to your location. When you first sign up for YouTube Music, it’ll ask you to pick a handful of artists that you like, and the tailoring process will begin. Like most streaming services, as you listen and like or dislike songs, the recommendations will continue to improve. What’s impressive here is how the home screen flawlessly mixes video and audio. I don’t really care to watch music videos on my phone, and yet I don’t find the placement of videos in YouTube Music’s app intrusive at all. More importantly, if it senses that you don’t care for the videos, it will push that “shelf” — as YouTube calls it — farther down on the home screen so you don’t have to see them.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The home screen can display recommendations based on your location as well, a feature that has moved over from Google Play Music. If you turn on location-based recommendations, you’ll see shelves that say “Looks like you’re at home” (or work or at the gym), and YouTube will provide recommendations that are appropriate for those locations. And those recommendations can vary based on time. You will get a different recommendation shelf if you go to the gym in the morning versus the evening, if you commute at different hours, and even if you’re at museums, Fowler told me. “This past weekend, I was at the Berkeley Art Museum, and I opened up my app as I was stepping out, and there was a selection of listening experiences that were matched to “going to a gallery.” And so there are little Easter eggs in there that even I don’t know [about],” he said.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While those recommendations can be fun, there’s a bigger question regarding how much data you want to give up to Google. Spotify and Apple Music don’t ask for your location information, so YouTube is alone here. And while most people may not care, given that Facebook users <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-doesnt-expect-revenue-impact-over-privacy-concerns-1523555498">didn’t bother to change their settings</a> after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it’s something to consider.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What you may have noticed about all of these features so far is that they are all largely “lean back” features, as the music industry refers to them. A lean back experience doesn’t require much legwork; with things like personalized playlists and curated homepages, YouTube will figure out what you like so you can just sit back and hit play. And while these features are very good and will appeal to the majority of people YouTube is targeting, where it slips up is with the “lean forward” aspects of a music streaming service — things like control over audio quality, creating playlists, social features, and third-party integrations.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There’s also no Sonos integration yet, so you can’t play YouTube Music through Sonos unless you plug your phone directly into a Sonos device with an auxiliary port, despite that there’s an integration with Google Play Music. (You could download Google Play Music and use that exclusively for Sonos since that service comes with the YouTube Music subscription.) YouTube says it’s working on integrating with Sonos, and it will add the ability to play to Sonos speakers from the YouTube Music app as well.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">YouTube Music is also missing little things like social features, which the company says won’t be coming; it found most of the sharing of music tracks is done off-platform (e.g., on social media), and it didn’t see a need for it. Creating playlists is also more difficult than it needs to be. You can’t add albums to playlists, meaning you have to add each song individually, which is a time suck and a bad user experience. YouTube says that will change this summer when users will be able to add both albums and other playlists to playlists. (There are also no descriptions on any playlists, which is a strange omission.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And while Mixtape is great, it’s the only personalized playlist on the service. Apple Music has three, and Spotify has a ton, including a different Daily Mix for every genre you listen to, Release Radar, Time Capsule, and, of course, Discover Weekly. YouTube Music’s greatest strength is arguably its algorithm, and it should lean further into that — not just for the “lean back” listener but for users who want variety as well.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The one place where YouTube does stand out for more active users is search, where you can look for songs and albums using phrases, thanks to the service’s integration with Google Assistant. If you search for “that Kanye song about Taylor Swift” it will pull up West’s music video for “Famous,” which references Swift in the opening lines, and Swift’s songs “Innocent” and “This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” which are both about West.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those searches can go deeper than just the biggest musical feud of the decade; I searched for “Drake and Lauryn Hill,” and it pulled up Drake’s hit single “Nice for What.” While Lauryn Hill isn’t featured on that track, her song “Ex-Factor” is sampled on it. That deep layer of knowledge in search is largely unprecedented in a streaming service. Apple Music’s search is particularly atrocious, and Spotify’s search engine found no matches for my Drake query.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are still plenty of bugs and little annoying ticks the service has. It will recommend artists on the home screen instead of specific albums or songs directly, which means you have to click a few extra times before you can begin listening. I’ve also been recommended the same playlist twice after I refreshed the home screen a few times. Still, YouTube Music gets more right than it does wrong. While it may be leaving plenty to be desired for those of us who have been streaming music for years — although there are some fixes in the works — it is an excellent jumping-off point for people who are finally ready to get into the music streaming world.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1050/">appeared</a> on the company's website and sports a configuration that sits right in between the GTX 1050Ti and GTX 1050. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has a 96-bit bus versus the 128-bit bus of the GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti. This results in an 84GBps bandwidth versus 112GBps the others cards have. It has the aforementioned 3GB GDDR5 memory versus the 2GB on the GTX 1050 and 4GB on the GTX 1050Ti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And while the name might seem deceiving, the specs of the GeForce GTX 1050GB reveal a graphics processor similar to what the GTX 1050Ti has with 768 CUDA cores. In comparison, the GTX 1050 has 640. Clock speeds are on the higher side as well. The 3GB GTX 1050 can go up to 1518MHz, compared to 1455MHz for the original GTX 1050 and 1392MHz for the GTX 1050 Ti.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Considering both the GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050Ti have been around for the better part of a year and a half, it's odd to see a new edition to this budget-focussed segment of Nvidia's range right now. More so with murmurs of a brand new GPU architecture from the company to be announced soon. Perhaps we'll see more at Computex.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">The GTX 1050 3GB sits in between the GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">No India release date has been confirmed yet.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">This comes at a time when Nvidia may reveal a new GPU architecture soon.</span></li>
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-58098306212341973522018-05-23T10:58:00.000+05:302018-05-23T12:14:30.287+05:30Nintendo launches the sale of cheap switch bundle without dock in Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nintendo is now <a href="https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/c/article/3063da9b-5c8b-11e8-b311-063b7ac45a6d.html" target="_blank">selling</a> a cheaper Switch package in Japan that doesn't include the TV dock. The “Switch 2nd Unit Set” is ostensibly aimed at households that already have a Switch hooked up to the family TV and therefore don't need a second dock, but it could also be an option for players who only plan to use the system as a handheld device.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The 24,980-yen ($226) bundle comes with the Switch tablet, two Joy-Con controllers, and two Joy-Con strap attachments, meaning you're saving 5,000 yen (~$45) on the regular Switch package. It's not just the dock that's excluded, though — the Joy-Con Grip and HDMI cable are obvious exclusions, but the lack of an AC adapter will be a bigger problem for anyone who doesn't already have one. The dock and adapter set costs 9,698 yen when sold separately, though you can also charge the system with a generic USB-C solution.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">This is not necessarily a price cut, and there is no word on whether this is the case package will do it elsewhere; Nintendo could decide that it makes more sense for Japanese households that have nothing more than a TV. But it lowers the entry-level price into the software library of the switch ̵</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">1; and the idea that the switch is a personal device and not used by the whole family is probably a good idea for the end result of the company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Xiaomi will take the wraps off its new flagship smartphone on May 31st, dubbing it the <b>Mi 8</b> Anniversary Edition to mark the eighth anniversary of the tech brand. The details come from a teaser for the event, spotted by <a href="https://www.gizmochina.com/2018/05/22/xiaomi-announces-shenzhen-event-mi-8-launch/" target="_blank">GizmoChina</a> and posted on Weibo.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/5/18/17370106/xiaomi-flagship-phone-mi-8-fingerprint-sensor" target="_blank">As we noted before</a>, the <b>Mi 8</b>’s highlight feature will be one you can’t see: an in-display fingerprint sensor. The other bullet point specs will include 3D facial recognition, a 4,000mAh battery with Quick Charge capabilities, a Snapdragon 845 chipset with 8GB of RAM, and a full-screen 6-inch display.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Vivo was first to market with an in-display fingerprint sensor, but Xiaomi isn’t too far behind. The Xiaomi Mi 6 — the <b>Mi 8</b>’s predecessor — <a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/4/19/15353684/xiaomi-mi-6-announced-price-specs-design" target="_blank">retailed for around $360 when it launched</a>, so hopefully the new phone will be close in terms of pricing.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">While Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has revealed that the company will launch multiple products at the upcoming event, the company has not revealed what are the products making a debut on 31st May. However, previous reports have indicated that along with <b>Mi 8</b>th Anniversary Edition smartphone, the Chinese manufacturer is planning to launch Mi 7 and Mi B<a href="https://www.gizmochina.com/2018/04/30/xiaomi-mi-band-3-rumors-reveal-touchscreen-display-with-gestures-support-nfc-ip67-rating-and-more/" target="_blank">and 3 fitness tracker</a>.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Earlier, a leaked screenshot had surfaced online, which revealed that the China-based company had already sold tickets for the upcoming Shenzhen event that is scheduled to take place on May 31, which are said to have been priced between 799 Yuan (~$125) and 1,999 Yuan (~$314). The launch event, which is believed to be one of the biggest and most important launch events for Xiaomi this year, will be accommodating a large capacity of 5,000 people.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">While not yet confirmed, the company is expected to launch its flagship smartphone of the year — Mi 7 and the Mi Band 3 fitness tracker at the Shenzhen event. However, the company has confirmed that its flagship smartphone <b>Mi 8</b>, the 8th Anniversary Edition smartphone from Xiaomi will be launched at the event.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">It was speculated that the company will be announcing the Mi Max 3 smartphone at the Shenzhen event, given that the Mi Max 2 was launched in May. However, Lei Jun recently confirmed that there’s no possibility of Mi Max 3 launch before July this year.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Two variants of a Xiaomi smartphone have received approval from China Compulsory Certification (3C) authority in China and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. just ahead of the launch. It is speculated that these two variants are the forthcoming Xiaomi <b>Mi 8</b>.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The listing of two models — M1805E1A and M1805E1A don’t provide any information on the specifications of these two variants. The only thing that has been revealed through the listing is that both models carry support for 5V/3A, 9V/, A and 12V/1.5A charging.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Based on the previous rumors, the <b>Mi 8</b>th Anniversary Edition will be a flagship smartphone powered by <a href="https://www.gizmochina.com/tag/qualcomm/" target="_blank">Qualcomm‘s</a> Snapdragon 845 chipset. It is expected to feature 6.01-inch OLED display with notch and 3D facial recognition. There is a possibility that under display fingerprint scanner will be also available on the phone. The handset could be powered by a 4,000 mAh battery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting_Hill" target="_blank">Notting Hill</a> Carnival is an annual event that has taken place in London since 1966 on the streets of Notting Hill, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" target="_blank">Royal Borough of Kensington</a> and Chelsea, each August over two days (the August bank holiday Monday and the preceding Sunday). It is led by members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_people" target="_blank">British West Indian community</a>, and attracts around one million people annually, making it one of the world's largest street festivals, and a significant event in Black British culture. In 2006, the UK public voted it onto the list of icons of England. Despite its name, it is not part of the global <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival" target="_blank">Carnival</a> season preceding Lent.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">It is estimated that 2 million people attended last year, Notting Hill Carnival totally deserves its reputation as Europe's biggest street festival. The annual event is a vivid and thrilling specticle that celebrates and showcases London's rich, varied and magnificent multicultural past and present. And for any party lover's, the Carnival weekend is a vital date in the calendar.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Still, the sheer size and excitement of Carnival can be overwhelming, especially if you're unsure of exactly what you should be doing. So, to get totally prepared and ready for the celebrations, don't go anywhere without reading our guide, which includes invaluable information, tips and travel details about Notting Hill Carnival 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">What is Notting Hill Carnival?</span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">A yearly celebration of London's Caribbean communities, their culture and traditions, which has been taking place since 1966. The Carnival takes places over two days and features a parade and fantastic live music, including reggae, dub and salsa. There are also 37 static soundsystems, soca floats, steel bands and a whole lot of delicious Caribbean food.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Where does Notting Hill Carnival take place?</span></h3>
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The Carnival spreads throughout W10 in West London, with celebrations taking over the areas of Notting Hill (obvs), Ladbroke Grove and Wesbourne Park. The main parade begins on Great Western Road, moving its way along Chepstow Road, before leading on to Westbourne Grove. It then travels down Ladbroke Grove.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Traditionally, the Carnival takes place on the bank holiday weekend at the end of August. In 2018, the dates of the festivities are 26-27 August. The timings of the parade, which takes place on both days, will be announced closer to the time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">What's the best way to get there?</span></h3>
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Travel in the area is usually very disrupted over Carnival. It's worth consulting with our travel guide before you set off so you know how best to plan for your arrival and departure. Keep updated with TFL, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Should I take the kids to Carnival?</span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of people take their kids to Carnival, especially on Sunday's 'Family Day', which is traditionally a little quieter than Monday's party. Of course, it's worth preparing you day so that you and your little ones can have the best time possible. We'd recommend arriving early to beat the crowds and definitely bring travel potties where appropriate, as the queues for the toilets can be unforgivingly long. Similarly, pack snacks and water to avoid hanging around, because as you probably know kids and queues don't often make good bedfellows. While mobile signal can get a little congested due to the sheer amount of people. it's definitely worth writing your mobile number on your child's arm so that if you do get separated they can contact you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Visit on Sunday or 'Family Day'. It's still busy (and noisy), but it's much more kid-friendly than the main parade on Monday.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. Beat the crowds and arrive early to get a good and comfortable spot. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. Bring ear defenders for you little kids as things can get pretty loud. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4. Check your travel route! See which stations are closed and how best to plan your arrival and your return journey. See our travel guide and keep updated with TFL. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">5. Bring travel potties for very young children, as portable toilets will have huge queues. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">6. Bring easily transportable food and water for your kids (and yourself, to be honest), just in case you struggle to buy anything while you're there.</span><br />
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Other Important Links :-<br />
<a href="https://topicsintrends.blogspot.com/2018/05/wwdc-2018-everything-were-expecting-to.html" target="_blank">WWDC 2018</a> - <a href="https://topicsintrends.blogspot.com/2018/05/amd-radeon-freesync-2-explain.html" target="_blank">AMD Radeon FreeSync 2</a><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amd.com/" target="_blank">Amd</a> today announced Radeon FreeSync™ 2 technology, the next major milestone in delivering smooth gameplay and advanced pixel integrity to gamers, with planned availability to consumers in 1H 2017.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Qualifying FreeSync™ 2 monitors will harness low-latency, high-brightness pixels, excellent black levels, and a wide color gamut to display High Dynamic Range (HDR) content.1 In addition, all FreeSync™ 2 monitors will have support for Low Framerate Compensation (LFC). With Radeon FreeSync™ 2 technology, gamers can enjoy a complete plug-and-play HDR gaming experience, avoiding the need to tweak settings in software or on the monitor.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">"Gamers have spoken and they've made FreeSync™ the overwhelming choice and definitive industry standard for smooth, stutter-free gaming," said Scott Herkelman, vice president and general manager of gaming, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD. "Radeon FreeSync™ 2 technology is the first of its kind that combines HDR support with dynamic refresh rate technology, and does it in a seamless, plug-and-play manner that improves gaming quality automatically when the right content is present."</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Current HDR transport formats were designed primarily for movie content displayed on televisions with tone mapping handled by the displays, often leading to higher-than-acceptable latency for PC gaming. AMD's new API for FreeSync™ 2 offers a lower-latency alternative that shifts the workload to the powerful pipeline of a Radeon™ GPU, allowing the game to tone map directly to the display's target luminance, contrast, and color space. Radeon FreeSync™ 2 technology offers over 2x the brightness and color volume over sRGB.2</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Samsung has always embraced FreeSync™ technology, which is why we partnered with AMD from the beginning,” said Andrew Sivori, vice president of consumer IT marketing at Samsung. “We know gamers deserve the absolute best in smooth gaming experiences, and we're thrilled to see AMD further improving on that technology.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">FreeSync™ and FreeSync 2 technologies will co-exist to offer a wide variety of advanced displays to gamers. All FreeSync-compatible Radeon™ GPUs will support FreeSync™ 2 technology, including the Radeon™ RX series GPUs based on the Polaris architecture which also supports DisplayPort3 HBR3 and enables UltraHD resolution beyond 60Hz. Multiple display vendors are actively evaluating several upcoming products for FreeSync™ 2 qualification.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Here’s a quick refresher on the <a href="https://www.techspot.com/review/978-amd-freesync/" target="_blank">original FreeSync</a>. The name FreeSync is a brand name that refers to AMD’s implementation of adaptive synchronization technology. It essentially allows a display to vary its refresh rate to match the render rate of a graphics processor, so that, for example, a game running at 54 FPS is displayed at 54 Hz, and when that games bumps up to 63 FPS the display also shifts to 63 Hz. This reduces stuttering and screen tearing compared to monitor operating at a fixed refresh rate, say 60 Hz, displaying a game running at an unmatched render rate like 54 FPS.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">FreeSync requires a few modifications to the display’s internal controllers, and also a compatible graphics processor, to function. Nvidia’s competing technology that achieves similar results, G-Sync, uses an expensive proprietary controller module. FreeSync is an open standard, and was adopted as the official VESA Adaptive Sync standard, so any display controller manufacturer can implement the technology.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The core technology of FreeSync is just this one feature: adaptive sync. Display manufacturers are able to integrate FreeSync into their displays through whatever means they like, provided it passes adaptive sync validation.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">A monitor certified as FreeSync compatible only means that monitor supports adaptive sync; there’s no extra validation for screen quality or other features, so just because a monitor has a FreeSync logo on the box doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a high quality product.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this is where FreeSync 2 comes in. It’s not a replacement to the original FreeSync, and it’s not really a direct successor, so the name ‘FreeSync 2’ is a bit misleading. What it does provide, though, are additional features on top of the original FreeSync feature set. Every FreeSync 2 monitor is validated to have these additional features, so the idea is that a customer shopping for a gaming monitor can buy one with a FreeSync 2 badge knowing it’s of a higher quality than standard FreeSync monitors.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Both FreeSync and FreeSync 2 will coexist in the market. While the naming scheme doesn’t suggest it, FreeSync 2 is effectively AMD’s brand for premium monitors validated to a higher standard, while FreeSync is the mainstream option.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">You’re not getting old technology by purchasing a monitor with original FreeSync tech, in fact the way adaptive sync works in FreeSync and FreeSync 2 is identical. Instead, FreeSync monitors simply miss out on the more premium features offered through FreeSync 2.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">What are these new features? Well, it breaks down into three main areas: high dynamic range, low framerate compensation, and low latency.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Let’s tackle HDR support first. When AMD originally announced FreeSync 2 they went into detail on how their implementation of FreeSync 2 was going differ from a standard HDR pipeline. FreeSync 2’s HDR tone mapping was supposed to use calibration and specification data sent from the monitor to the PC to simplify the tone mapping process.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The idea was the games themselves would tone map directly to what the display was capable of presenting, with the FreeSync 2 transport passing the data straight to the monitor without the need for further processing on the monitor itself. This was in contrast to standard HDR tone mapping pipelines that see games tone map to an intermediary format before the display then figures out how to tone map it to its capabilities. Having the games do the bulk of the HDR tone mapping work was supposed to reduce latency, which is an issue with HDR gaming.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">That’s how AMD detailed FreeSync 2’s HDR implementation back at <a href="http://www.techspot.com/news/67596-amd-launches-freesync-2-ideal-hdr-gaming-experience.html" target="_blank">CES 2017</a>. While it sounded nice in theory, one of the key issues raised at the time was that the games themselves had to tone map specifically to FreeSync 2 displays. This meant games would need to integrate a FreeSync 2 API if this HDR implementation was ever to succeed, and we all know how difficult it is to convince a game developer to integrate a niche technology.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">As FreeSync 2 stands right now, that original HDR implementation isn’t quite ready yet. AMD’s <a href="https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/free-sync" target="_blank">website on FreeSync 2</a> simply lists the technology as including “support for displaying HDR content,” and there is no mention anywhere of FreeSync 2 supported games. And when you actually use a FreeSync 2 monitor, HDR support relies entirely on Windows 10’s HDR implementation for now, which is improving slowly but isn’t at the same level AMD’s original solution is set to provide in an ideal environment.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The reason for this is FreeSync 2 support was only introduced in AMD’s <a href="https://gpuopen.com/amd-gpu-services-5-1-1/" target="_blank">GPU Services 5.1.1</a> in September 2017, so game developers have only had the tools to implement FreeSync 2’s GPU-side tone mapping for a bit over 7 months now. Getting these sorts of technologies implemented in games can take a long time, and right now there’s no word on whether any currently released games have used AGS 5.1.1 in the development process.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">One of the features AMD mentioned as part of their HDR implementation was automatic switching between HDR and SDR modes, so you could game using the full HDR capabilities of your display while returning to a comfortable SDR for desktop apps. Unfortunately this doesn’t seem to be functional at the moment either, instead FreeSync 2 once again makes use of Windows’ standard HDR implementation that doesn’t handle the HDR to SDR transition too well.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">However, while the implementation might not be anything special at the moment, FreeSync 2 does guarantee several things relating to HDR. All FreeSync 2 monitors support HDR, so you’re guaranteed to get an HDR-capable monitor if it has a FreeSync 2 badge. FreeSync 2 also ensures you can run both adaptive sync and HDR at the same time for an optimal gaming experience. And finally, <a href="https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/free-sync" target="_blank">AMD states</a> that all FreeSync 2 monitors require “twice the perceptual color space of sRGB for better brightness and contrast.”</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">It’s unclear exactly what AMD means by “twice the perceptual color space,” but the idea is a FreeSync 2 monitor would support a larger-than-sRGB gamut and higher brightness than a basic gaming monitor.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">And it does appear that AMD’s FreeSync 2 validation process is looking for more than just a basic HDR implementation. So far, every FreeSync 2 monitor that’s available or has been announced meets at least the <a href="https://displayhdr.org/" target="_blank">DisplayHDR</a> 400 specification. This is a fairly weak HDR spec but we have seen some non-FreeSync 2 supposedly HDR-capable monitors fail to meet even the DisplayHDR 400 spec, so at least with FreeSync 2 you’re getting a display that meets the new minimum industry standard for monitor HDR.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Of course, some monitors will exceed DisplayHDR 400, like the original set of Samsung FreeSync 2 monitors such as the CHG70 and CHG90; both of these displays meet the DisplayHDR 600 spec. Ideally I’d have liked to see FreeSync 2 stipulate a DisplayHDR 600 minimum, but 400 nits of peak brightness from DisplayHDR 400 should be fine for an entry-level HDR experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The second main FreeSync 2 feature is reduced input latency, which we briefly touched on earlier. HDR processing pipelines have historically introduced a lot of input lag, particularly on the display side, however FreeSync 2 stipulates low latency processing for both SDR and HDR content. AMD hasn’t published a specific metric they are targeting for input latency, however it’s safe to say 50 to 100ms of lag like you might get with a standard HDR TV would not be acceptable for a gaming monitor.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibE9rCXxyhZzEXcoVSCNU_8WEOWtoJ2h-yz38TwePkm0EgyiIj2ufu1cJX_2H8lS0EvglXn8i1CnWjZ_leT7g8zyVU9zyjPjc5mJHCn1o2QcbxvuOpdF6lLtS39IK-wQ1ksHCeGAAgcn0/s1600/2018-05-16-image-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">How FreeSync 2 is achieving low latency support in 2018 appears to be more on the display side than the original implementation announced at the start of 2017.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">As we mentioned when discussing FreeSync 2’s HDR implementation, the original idea was to push all tone mapping into the game engine to cut down on display-side tone mapping, thereby reducing input latency as the display’s slow processor wouldn’t need to get involved as much. As games haven’t started supporting FreeSync 2 yet, today it seems this latency reduction is purely coming from better processing hardware in the display, for example current Samsung FreeSync 2 monitors include a ‘low latency’ mode that is automatically enabled when FreeSync 2 is enabled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The final key feature is low framerate compensation. This is a feature that goes hand-in-hand with adaptive sync, ensuring adaptive sync functions at every framerate from 0 FPS up to the maximum refresh rate supported by the display.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">There is one simple reason why we need low framerate compensation: displays can only vary their refresh rate within a certain window, for example, 48 to 144 Hz. If you wanted to run a game below the minimum supported refresh rate, say at 40 FPS when the minimum refresh is 48 Hz, normally you’d be stuck with standard screen tearing or stuttering issues like you’d get with a fixed refresh monitor. That’s because the GPU’s render rate is out of sync with the display refresh rate.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="FreeSync 2: Low Framerate Compensation" border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1100" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqkHJaG89AvgXW0Exk7zDM4PDLLAX8W9aX_3zcthmTR12dYSJjFYNJ6nQj3JsM1skRMMvhFH5LcwmLe13aDnN6vlFS_aJhzm8GjByACUJLXCyQ2_uUIwuNVU1KTe4y_sfjCXIzodLy2k/s640/2018-05-16-image-7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="FreeSync 2: Low Framerate Compensation" width="640" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FreeSync 2: Low Framerate Compensation</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqkHJaG89AvgXW0Exk7zDM4PDLLAX8W9aX_3zcthmTR12dYSJjFYNJ6nQj3JsM1skRMMvhFH5LcwmLe13aDnN6vlFS_aJhzm8GjByACUJLXCyQ2_uUIwuNVU1KTe4y_sfjCXIzodLy2k/s1600/2018-05-16-image-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Low framerate compensation, or LFC, extends the window in which you can sync the render rate to the refresh rate using adaptive sync. When the framerate falls below the minimum refresh rate of the monitor, frames are simply displayed multiple times and the display runs at a multiple of the required refresh rate.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">In our previous example, to display 40 FPS using LFC, every frame is doubled and then this output is synced to the display running at 80 Hz. You can even run games at, say, 13 FPS and have that synced to a refresh rate; in that case the monitor would run at 52 Hz (to exceed the 48 Hz minimum) and then every frame would be displayed 4 times.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The end result is LFC effectively removes the minimum refresh rate of adaptive sync displays, but for LFC to be supported, the monitor needs to have a maximum refresh rate that is at least double the minimum refresh rate. This is why not all FreeSync monitors support LFC; some come with just 48 to 75 Hz refresh windows, which doesn’t meet the criteria for LFC. However in the case of FreeSync 2, every monitor validated for this spec will support LFC so you won’t have to worry about the minimum refresh rate of the monitor.</span><br />
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Current FreeSync 2 Monitors</span></h3><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This wouldn’t be a look at FreeSync 2 in 2018 without exploring what FreeSync 2 monitors are actually available right now, and what monitors are coming.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Currently there are only three FreeSync 2 monitors on the market, and all are from Samsung’s Quantum Dot line-up: the <a href="https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/27--chg70-gaming-monitor-with-quantum-dot-lc27hg70qqnxza/" target="_blank">C27HG70</a> and <a href="https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/32--chg70-gaming-monitor-with-quantum-dot-lc32hg70qqnxza/" target="_blank">C32HG70</a> as 27- and 32-inch 1440p 144Hz monitors respectively, along with the stupidly wide <a href="https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/49--chg90-qled-gaming-monitor-lc49hg90dmnxza/" target="_blank">C49HG90</a>, a double-1080p 144Hz monitor. All three are DisplayHDR 600 certified.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Current FreeSync 2 Monitors" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRGUF-QCR5SzWXKzNNJYNP2NdtW12YH35Ip_uDlVU4WvrykMlI3t8R8XKb_JmTeJ7kOrGGzbrC-LCRaMRwEM2e4hyphenhyphensUir1rCQzcIkUDLjSzu-csgmirQPUitbi018gHRYpMJwUNIvrqM/s640/2018-05-16-image-8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Current FreeSync 2 Monitors" width="640" /></td></tr>
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Set for release this year are several other options. We have the BenQ EX3203R, a 32-inch curved VA panel with a 1440p resolution and 144Hz refresh rate, certified for DisplayHDR 400. The AOC Agon AG322QC4 appears to use the same panel, so it has the same specifications. Then there’s the Philips 436M6VBPAB (seriously, who named that monitor) which is a 43-inch 4K 60Hz display sporting DisplayHDR 1000 certification.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The last thing I’ll mention here is GPU support: FreeSync 2 requires an AMD graphics card as you might expect of an AMD technology, and according to this list, everything from AMD’s RX 200 series or newer with the exception of a few products is supported. There are also a bunch of APUs with integrated graphics that work.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">If you have a Nvidia GPU, FreeSync 2 monitors will work, and you will get most of the benefits including support for HDR. What you won’t get is adaptive sync support; if you want that, you’ll need to find a monitor with Nvidia’s equivalent G-Sync HDR technology.</span><br />
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</script>Every year Apple gets together an audience of developers, Apple loyalists, and journalists for its Worldwide Developers Conference, a showcase for everything that's coming up on Apple's various software platforms: platforms covering phones, tablets, laptops and more.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">This year WWDC runs from Monday 4 June to Friday 8 June, though most of the big announcements are going to happen right at the start, as CEO Tim Cook and other Apple executives take to the stage. Here's everything we're expecting to be revealed at WWDC.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Apple is expected to expected to make big news at WWDC with the launch of iOS 12 and macOS 11.14. Sure new iOS and macOS version get announced here annually, but more is on the line in 2018. Google wowed everyone at its Google IO keynote with groundbreaking demos. Apple's software has a lot to answer for.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">For developers, WWDC offers a chance to get an idea of what they’ll be working within 2018 so they can start planning. For everyone else, it’s a glimpse at the interface refinements and exciting new devices ahead of theorized iPhone 9 and iPhone XI.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Last year’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) saw the announcement of the HomePod and iPad Pro 12.9 and iPad Pro 10.5. This was also when Apple revealed iOS 11 and watchOS 4. This year, we're hearing rumors about new MacBooks. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">WWDC 2018 is at the top of next month. Here's all of the buzzes ahead of the next big Apple keynote.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The official Apple WWDC 2018 date is Monday, June 4. The start time hasn't been announced yet, but we fully expect it to be at the usual 10:00 am PT, 1:00 pm ET, 6pm BST. If you're in Australia, that's going to be 3:00 am AEST on Tuesday.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">WWDC will once again take place at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Apple hasn't disclosed its live stream plans for the developer conference, but it's safe to assume you'll be able to what a live keynote video as it happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Apparently, Apple is <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/30/apple-to-focus-on-ios-performance-quality-issues-axios/" target="_blank">focusing on stability</a> and bug-fixing with iOS 12, so don't expect any fireworks when it comes to the software running on iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. The upgrades might be pretty minor as Apple looks to get everything from iOS 11 fixed before tackling any major new features.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">That said, rumors have persisted that Apple wants to let developers release apps that work on both iOS and macOS. That's an outside bet for this year, we'd say, but it could happen – especially with more and more Chromebooks supporting Android apps.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Improvements to Siri and the augmented reality capabilities of iOS are very, very likely, and considering Apple made so much of Animoji last year, we reckon these cute cartoon characters will appear in more places too. Health and fitness features should get a boost too, though exactly what that will entail we're not sure.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">All of the major iOS apps will get enhancements, from Maps to Mail, though again don't expect anything too mind-blowing. We'd like to see group calls finally make it to FaceTime, and apparently, <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/02/12/ios-12-stocks-app-redesign/" target="_blank">a redesigned Stocks app</a> is on the way – try and contain your excitement levels for that one, if you can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Apple can't force everyone to get a smartphone with a 5.5-inch screen, and with that in mind, it can't hold out on upgrading the original iPhone SE forever. Anyone hoping to get an update to the one-hand-friendly iPhone in the form of an iPhone SE 2 could be in luck this year. It could launch at WWDC 2018.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The Eurasian Economic Commission had a number of new iOS 11 devices registered with it recently. There's a strong record of products leaked by the agency launching within a couple months of registration with the agency, so WWDC on June 4 would be a grand stage for something to launch within that time frame.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">We expect a new <a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/iphone-xi" target="_blank">iPhone X2</a>, iPhone X2 Plus, and a cheaper LCD iPhone in 2018, but we don't believe they'll launch until September. It would be highly unusual for Apple to launch a successor to the iPhone X so soon, especially since the iPhone X itself launched late into 2017. That's why odds are in favor of the device registration pointing towards a new iPhone SE 2 in a variety of sizes and colors.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Though we've been waiting over two years to see an update of the iPhone SE, we may not be waiting much longer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Apple will once again unveil another version of macOS, as it does every year, with another new name. In the recent past it's chosen popular places in California, so we'll have to wait and see if that trend holds true in 2018 – we haven't heard any rumors on potential names for the new operating system yet.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">We certainly <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-20/apple-is-said-to-have-plan-to-combine-iphone-ipad-and-mac-apps" target="_blank">have heard</a> talk that iOS and macOS could merge to some extent, as we mentioned above. Other analysts have <a href="https://daringfireball.net/2018/04/scuttlebutt_regarding_ui_project" target="_blank">poured cold water</a> on those rumors, saying that such a merger won't happen until 2019 at the earliest, if it ever happens at all.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">As with iOS 12, the big apps in Apple's portfolio will all get updated again – remember last year Safari got the ability to auto-mute videos playing on the web? Expect a lot more little improvements like this, though jaw-dropping moments might be few and far between (we'd like to mention group video calls in FaceTime again, just in case Apple's engineers are reading this).</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Rumors of new features for macOS 10.14 have been thin on the ground, which is perhaps a sign that the software has matured so much that there's not much left for Apple to do with it. We'll have to wait and see what gets demoed on stage when WWDC arrives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Apple always rolls out some cool and quirky new features for the Apple Watch at WWDC – brace yourself for some funky new watch faces – and no doubt WWDC 2018 will be no different. Speaking of watch faces, it would be nice to see some <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/16/beta-hints-support-third-party-apple-watch-faces/" target="_blank">more third-party options</a>, and maybe even a watch face designer?</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">App development for the Apple Watch has stalled a little in recent years, and a lot of the biggest names in smartphone apps don't seem to think it's worth putting out separate apps for something with such a dinky screen.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">It would be nice to get sleep tracking with a watchOS 5 update, but that's based more on wishful thinking rather than anything we've heard discussed. One of the problems with that is the short battery life of the Apple Watch, which tends to leave the device flagging by the end of the day.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of wishful thinking, an always-on watch face (like Wear OS) and Face ID unlock have been mooted. Even if watchOS 5 lays the foundations for those features, we'll probably have to wait for the Apple Watch Series 4 to see them implemented.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And what lies in store for the <a href="https://www.t3.com/reviews/apple-tv-4k-review" target="_blank">Apple TV</a>? We're now up to tvOS 12, and last year Apple treated us to new features like dark and light modes, Home screen sync, support for AirPods, and the introduction of AirPlay 2.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Prepare yourself for another minor upgrade this time around – at least in terms of the stuff you can actually do with an Apple TV. What we do know for sure is that Apple wants to turn itself <a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/apple-original-shows-release-date" target="_blank">into a kind of Netflix service</a>, producing original content alongside all the hardware and software it already makes.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">WWDC 2018 might be a bit too early for anything major in this department, but Apple could well unveil new partnerships and new apps to lay the groundwork for a push into movies and shows sometime next year. After a quiet 2017, this year could be the year when tvOS becomes much more important.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Elsewhere, look for improvements to Siri on the Apple TV, and a further expansion of the Apple TV's capabilities as a HomeKit hub for your smart home. Support for other services and apps might be some of the biggest upgrades for tvOS this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A new iPhone X, or an iPhone XI, with a lower price tag might be a long shot for WWDC. Apple is likely to save any phone reveals for September when it historically launches new iPhones. That said, any new features Apple mentions for iOS 12 could give us hints about what it’s planning for future phones.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The latest rumors suggest that two models of the iPhone XI will be coming this year. With one expected to have an extra large 6.46-inch screen while the other has a 5.85-screen, both OLED displays. Neither is expected to be cheap, and it's been suggested that they may switch from running on Qualcomm modems to ones made by Intel. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">As for rumors of a cheaper iPhone X, rumors have floated around about a version lacking 3D Touch and using a cheaper LCD display could be that <a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/shocker-iphone-x2-tipped-to-only-be-minor-upgrade-over-iphone-x" target="_blank">cheaper iPhone X</a>, but we’ll probably be waiting a few months after WWDC to find out.</span><br />
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-79677335988102862572018-05-16T09:16:00.000+05:302018-05-16T09:16:07.870+05:30Lenovo Teases Z5- A True All Screen Phone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lenovo VP Chang Cheng shared a teaser for the Lenovo Z5 on Weibo.</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sketch of the Lenovo Z5 Drawing: Chang Cheng</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lenovo vice president Chang Cheng is teasing a new phone on China’s Weibo social network that’s nothing but screen framed by an ultra-thin bezel (<a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/lenovo-z5-no-notch-all-screen-phone/" target="_blank">via CNET</a>). While Apple might claim that the iPhone X is “<a href="https://www.apple.com/lae/iphone-x/" target="_blank">all screen</a>,” its infamous notch — and the rash of Android imitators that followed — says otherwise.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Z5 teaser shared last week. Image: Chang Cheng</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sketch of the upcoming Lenovo Z5 follows the earlier release of a partial image alongside a claim that the phone would feature an impressive screen-to-body ratio of 95 percent. Cheng also says the Z5 will include four technological breakthroughs, including 18 patented technologies. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait for the details, particularly around how Lenovo will handle a presumed front-facing camera.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/27/17156602/xiaomis-mi-mix-2s-smartphone-china-price-specs-availability" target="_blank">Mi Mix 2</a>, for example, has a 91.3 percent screen-to-body ratio, which is among the industry’s best, but it still requires a bezel along the bottom to host the phone’s front-facing camera. Vivo’s Apex concept uses a pop-up selfie camera to help trim the bezels, but it still requires a similar “chin” to hide the OLED’s display controller. Only Apple, thus far, has found a way to avoid the chin by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4wEI5zhHB0&feature=youtu.be&t=30s" target="_blank">folding the OLED panel</a> back underneath itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Several other technologies have been introduced over the past few years to enable so-called “bezel-less” designs on modern phones. In-display fingerprint sensors are now a reality, as are ultrasound proximity sensors and piezoelectric earpieces as seen in the Xiaomi Mi Mix back in 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lenovo, whose $2.91 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google has fallen short of expectations, is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/china-smartphone-market-slips-21-in-q1-2018-4?international=true&r=US&IR=T" target="_blank">being beaten at home</a> and abroad by local brands Huawei, Vivo, Oppo, and Xiaomi. The tech giant is desperate for a hit phone that can capture the world’s attention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You’ve got our attention Lenovo for your Lenovo Z5.</span><br />
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Source:- <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/14/17351288/lenovo-z5-bezel-less-phone">https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/14/17351288/lenovo-z5-bezel-less-phone</a></span><br />
<a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/74609-lenovo-teases-z5-true-all-screen-phone.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://www.techspot.com/news/74609-lenovo-teases-z5-true-all-screen-phone.html</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.gsmarena.com/another_teaser_bezelless_lenovo_z5-news-31056.php">https://www.gsmarena.com/another_teaser_bezelless_lenovo_z5-news-31056.php</a></span><br />
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-357224925650225432018-05-15T22:18:00.000+05:302018-05-18T21:49:51.820+05:30Quick Way to boost Seo In 4 Hrs | Local SEO Checklist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Quck Way to boost your website Seo in just 4Hrs</span></h2>
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</span> <span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">Now days Search Engine Optimization is on Fire that wont'be going out of league or season any time soon, it is something that every brand do to have continually focus on.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quck Way to boost your website Seo in just 4Hrs</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">According to Search Engine Sources,Top Search Result on google has 35% of chance being clicked by user, means that the lower your brand or website ranks chance are going to be decrease gradually and you will be missing your potential traffic.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Have you ever wondered why? your site doesn't rank on first or second page because the reason is your poor SEO practices. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">It looks simple when we see people are doing good and saying follow this and you will start getting result, the truth is much more than that unless you are not going to try it, you are never going to learn. It might happen a SEO practice is good for you but not for others it depends upon website to website, so when ever you are going to improve or implement seo be sure you content is original, you can take help from others but do not copy from others website.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Even if you've been focused on your site's SEO for months, there are still some tips and tricks to implement your SEO in less than 4Hrs.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">In 2008, Google lifted the ban on bidding on competitors’ branded keywords, allowing site owners to bid against the competition’s brands – as long as you don’t mention their trademarked name within your ad copy. Bidding on your competitor’s keywords will give your brand traffic that comprises customers specifically looking for a product or service that your brand and your competition offer.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Studies have shown that branded keyword phrases are <a href="http://www.kunocreative.com/blog/bid/70249/Conversions-with-Branded-versus-Non-Branded-Search-SEO-Data" target="_blank">5 times more likely</a> to convert visitors into leads; therefore, the chances of retention and conversion are very high.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">To ensure success, use your competitor’s weaknesses to inform your ad copy – particularly if it’s something your brand excels at. Be sure to include eye-catching copy while maintaining keywords used by customers to find both brands. Think about it: the potential customer is specifically searching for a competitor of yours, but it will take something unique and eye-catching to potentially draw them away from the brand they already know exists.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Here’s a quick checklist for selecting which keywords to borrow from your competitors:</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;">Choose the easiest keywords first, i.e. those that are easy to create content for </span><span style="font-size: large;">Choose keywords similar to your own and that you know convert well </span><span style="font-size: large;">Choose high volume, low difficulty, high organic click-through rate.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">As the digital world embraces Google’s <a href="https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/11/mobile-first-indexing.html" target="_blank">mobile-first index</a>, we also continue to move towards a mobile-first consumer marketplace. Now that there is lightning-fast internet connection and <a href="http://topicsintrends.blogspot.com/2018/01/at-and-verizons-5g-networks-are-coming.html" target="_blank">5G already on the horizon</a>, the time has never been better for the growth of mobile audiences. And with some brands still lagging, it’s an excellent opportunity to keep your brand on the front foot.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">A mobile website that loads at a snail’s pace not only not only has a negative effect on user experience, but also has a negative impact on a site’s search ranking. Mobile page speed matters: <a href="https://digitimatic.com/blog/seo-statistics/" target="_blank">more than 50% of Google’s search activity now takes place on mobile devices</a>, and it’s in everyone’s best interest to ensure that those searches happen quickly and conveniently, each and every time.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;">Large images are one of the main culprits of slow page speed for websites, and Duda was built for this very reason. Duda is a mobile-friendly web design platform for agencies to launch mobile-optimized websites in minutes. All images loaded through Duda are automatically resized and compressed, allowing web pages to render in seconds, and meaning you don’t have to worry about how images will be served to different devices. In addition to resizing these images with ImageMagick, the platform also compresses them using a process called <a href="https://techterms.com/definition/lossy" target="_blank">lossy compression</a>. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Another technique you can use to ensure that images are loaded as quickly as possible is a <a href="https://firstsiteguide.com/cdn-guide/" target="_blank">Content Delivery Network</a> (CDN). A CDN ensures content can be delivered from the best location according to the geolocation of the device that’s calling it.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">While global SEO is very important, <b>local SEO</b> should not be ignored. Statistics have shown that 50% of consumers who conduct a local search on their smartphone visit a store that same day. If your brand is not ranking for keywords in your local area, your brick and mortar business could be losing out to competitors.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">While <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2017/03/02/why-great-seo-rankings-dont-happen-overnight/#1863a9683247" target="_blank">improving SEO takes time</a>, there are some relatively simple steps you can take to begin improving your company’s <b>local SEO</b>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Making your brand visible through a variety of local listings is important to <b>local SEO</b>, so be sure to insert your local keywords into unique descriptions across multiple listings, ensure that your photos are current, and always Finclude your business category.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Another step is to actively increase the quantity and quality of links directed to your website, as they have an increasingly impactful effect on its local search engine rankings. Consider giving a presentation to business students at a local college or university, lead a discussion at regional business organization meetings or publish an article online, and use those opportunities to have the associated organizations link to your company’s website.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">One of the simplest things that can improve your brand’s <b>local SEO</b> is claiming your <a href="https://www.google.com/business/" target="_blank">Google My Business profile</a>. This is a business listing that shows up for local searches, so you need to have a physical location and street address (not a P.O. box) to set up or claim a listing.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Optimizing this profile with the category, contact information, images and business hours can give a significant boost to your <b>local SEO.</b></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">When creating content, you might encounter content duplication issues on your site, particularly if you are using a content management system such as WordPress, which is known to create duplicate pages that affect your SEO.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately, there are a variety of tools that can be used to assess duplicate content issues. Siteliner is one of the better tools available for discovering duplicate content blocks or broken links on a website, and will provide a comprehensive content analysis report for free. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Once you’ve found any content issues or linking issues, it is often quite simple to get them fixed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">First Of all, What is local SEO?</span></h3>
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</span> <b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://moz.com/blog/category/local-seo" target="_blank">Local SEO</a> </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">it is a term that you should not only become familiar with it but also learn how to effectively and efficiently implement if you’re serious about growing your business online in 2018. It’s a strategy that allows you to promote your products and services to customers right there in your local area at the exact moment they are searching for what you provide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Web browsers by the millions are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_search_(Internet)" target="_blank">using local search</a> each and every day to find their best local business for whatever it is they may need. Having strong <b>local SEO</b> puts you in front of these people when they actually want to see you. This makes it different than most other marketing strategies. Potential customers will reach you on their terms, not at random like they do with many other forms of advertising. <b>Local SEO</b> is supremely targeted.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Using a variety of tactics, <b>local SEO</b> gets your site ranked in Google as well as on business sites like your Google My Business listing, Yelp, Foursquare, Superpages, Yellowbook, and others. It may also involve using localized content on your website, as well as online reviews and more.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">When a potential customer searches for your product in your area, your goal is to show up at the top of the results page. If the user then clicks on your link, it will direct them to your landing page.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">1. Title Tag</span><br />
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</b></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Your title tag is what you declare as the title of your page within the HTML code. The title tag is what actually shows up on the search engine results page (SERP) as your clickable headline. This makes them of utmost importance because you need your title tag to be relevant to your topic to rank highly on the results pages you want them to. A good rule of thumb here is to include your target keyword and the location of your business in your title tag.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Your meta description is the text that appears next to your title tag on the SERP. Here, you’ll also want to include your location and keyword, however, it’s a good idea to break them up within the text so that Google doesn’t penalize you for trying to over-optimize exact match keywords. Your meta description should be relevant and draw your target customers to your site by giving them the answers they are searching for.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Having a clean URL has the double positive effect of helping to improve your user experience while also allowing your link to be more SEO friendly. When a user sees a complex URL, it may intimidate them and make them think the site is spam, while a clean URL gives them a clear picture of what they are going to find on the landing page.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Having effective SEO on your landing page means more than just slapping your logo and a cool picture on the page. Take things a step further and optimize your images and logos by having your keywords in the file name, using ALT text in the tag, as well as having the logo or image link back to your homepage. This all can help boost your landing page SEO ranking.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The schema is a powerful but little-utilized form of SEO that helps you give specific information to someone searching for your business. To do this, you can add schema markup code to your landing page to give users more informative results from Google. For instance, a restaurant could show hours, specials, or an event calendar right there in the search results.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Google has many requirements for local business schema, but it will be worth taking the time to learn, as you can put incredibly timely and specific information in front of customers in your area. To see how you’re doing, you can actually test your local business schema by <a href="https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/u/0/" target="_blank">using this tool</a> provided by Google.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Placing testimonials on your landing page helps win your potential customer’s trust. These can be in the form of placing logos of the companies who use your product on the page, statistics, quotes, and more. Without a recommendation, how will a user know they can trust your product?</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Google My Business helps you to set up your business across Google, including on Search, Maps, and Google+ in one place. The simple set-up process can be incredibly important to the online presence of your business, and with some fine-tuning, you can position your business well to be as visible as possible to your target customers.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The first thing you should do is claim or create your Google My Business listing. If you already set yours up in the old platform, Google Places or Google+ Local, your listing should have rolled over, but to be sure, log in and verify your business information is showing up accurately on Google. You can follow <a href="https://support.google.com/business/answer/4566671?hl=en" target="_blank">these instructions from Google</a> to claim your business listing.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Google Posts is a newer feature that allows you to control what content shows up in SERPs, both in the sidebar on a desktop and right above your listing in the SERP for mobile. Posts can be up to 300 words long, can include images, and allow you to create a call to action.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">You can add a feature to your business listing that will allow customers to directly message your business. You will set up a number that can receive SMS messages, and will then be able to chat with any customer who messages you. Just make sure to reply as quickly as you can since Google will display your average response time.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The Q&A feature allows visitors to ask questions before they even click on your site. You can answer client questions directly and also add commonly asked questions with your answers.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">You can even add a URL that allows customers to make appointments right there in the SERP or in Maps. This gives users another easy way to contact your business directly and move quickly toward a potential sale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Directories are a major <b>local SEO</b> <a href="https://moz.com/blog/local-seo-forecast-2018" target="_blank">ranking factor</a> and can be valuable for <b>local SEO</b> if you use them carefully.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">1. Top 50 citations</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">As for which directories to submit your business, there are plenty to choose from. Bright Local even created a handy <a href="https://www.brightlocal.com/2018/02/08/top-50-local-citation-sites/#USA" target="_blank">list of the top 50 citations</a> for you to consider. This should help you optimize where you want to have your business highly listed.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">NAP stands for Name, Address, Phone, and if you have NAP Consistency, it means your business’s contact information is listed the same everywhere on the web. This is important, because obviously, you don’t want your business listed incorrectly anywhere, leading your customers astray, but also because if there are any inconsistencies, search engines will think they are separate business listings, which will negatively impact your SEO.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The list of top directories will be very similar to the top 50 citations above. In fact, many of the sites will overlap. You’ll want your business to rank highly on any local directory site.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">If you find that you do have any duplicate listings due to incorrect NAP, or old listings that need to be updated, you’ll need to correct them to regain consistency and boost your <b>local SEO</b>. This is especially true for any business that either is going to move or has moved since you started building a presence online. Dig through and make sure all of your citations are set so the search engines can build confidence in you.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Reviews and ratings are incredibly important to your <b>local SEO</b> as well as your brand reputation. One site even ranked them as the <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/reviews-prominent-local-seo-ranking-factor-2017/223643/" target="_blank">most prominent ranking factor</a> of last year. But how do you get them to work in your favor? Let’s take a quick look.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">At some point, your business is most likely going to receive a negative review online, and that’s okay! It’s all part of doing business, however, it’s how you manage the negativity that matters. You don’t want to have snap reactions, ordering to have the review taken down or bark back at the poster with vitriol. Instead, be appreciative of the feedback, diffuse the situation and offer some form of resolution while pointing out the positives where you can.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">If you are a new business or just want to generate more reviews, there are several strategies you can use. Directories like Yelp are review-based, while there are other sites available for you to collect reviews to your own page. You can also request them through emails to your customers or transcribe them over the phone. </span><br />
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Binance exchange has announced today the immediate suspension of client registration. The company informed all prospective clients about an hour ago that: “Due to the overwhelming surge in popularity, Binance will have to temporarily disable new user registrations to allow for an infrastructure upgrade.”</div>
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The popular trading venue thus joins the growing list of major bitcoin exchanges no longer open for servicing new clients. As previously reported, CEX.IO, Bitfinex, and Bittrex have all announced similar difficulties with handling the massive influx of new business resulting in a halt of registrations. Other exchanges such as Kraken have also reported this situation is causing severe operational difficulties.</div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">For anyone living under a rock for the past five months, Binance is the hottest cryptocurrency exchange at the moment. It recently proclaimed to have become the largest crypto trading venue in the world by volume with $2.8 billion traded daily, according to data from Coinmarketcap. The company also recently stated it reached 2.9 million users on the platform since its launch in July of 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">The Hong Kong-based exchange has a global offering and supports multiple languages including English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, French and German. It also offers instant exchanging between 96 different cryptocurrencies and bitcoin, ethereum, tether (USDT) and its own native BNB token.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">While the team behind Binance attribute its rapid growth to its service, technology, and affiliates (members of the ‘Binance Angel Program’), the word on the street is that its relatively lax client verification procedures don’t hurt either. Whatever the case, this pace is obviously no longer sustainable for the company without an upgrade to its infrastructure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">TRON witnessed a massive surge on Friday just as on Thursday. The currency posted a massive 26% gain as it hit around $0.19</span></h3>
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<b>Following the success of Bitcoin (BTC), ripple (XRP), and litecoin (LTC), another upcoming digital currency 'TRON' witnessed a massive surge on Thursday. A day after the digital currency hit $ 0.15, nearly 100% higher than the previous session's closing, the currency posted another 26% gain on Friday as it traded around $0.19. After the jump, the market capitalization of TRON jumped to nearly $12.6 billion, while the market cap had closed at $5.17 billion on Wednesday. It is startling that the same figure a day prior was over $3.42 billion and $2.94 billion on January 1.</b></div>
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<b style="color: #0c343d;">1. The market capitalization of Tron (TRX) has risen by nearly four times in past five days from nearly $3 billion to over $12 billion.<br />2. One must remember that on December 13, which is barely three weeks ago, the market cap of Tron stood at nearly $500 million, almost one-twentieth of the current valuation.<br />3. Exactly three months ago, the Tron's price was hovering in the range of $98 million, which means the currency has risen 100 times in just one quarter. One Tron, on October 4, closed at 0.003250 against its price of $0.15 on January 4. The currency price has risen by 4,500%.<br />4. Tron is a blockchain-based, open-source protocol for the global digital entertainment industry in which TRX, Tron's token, is circulated. It enables one-on-one interaction between the suppliers of digital content and the normal users. Thanks to Tron, content providers no longer need to pay high channel fees to the platforms such as Google Play store and Apple's Appstore.<br />5. Tron was founded by Justin Sun. He is the only millennial student at Hupan University and a protege of China's tycoon Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group. Justin secured a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania after he received a bachelor's degree from Peking University.</b><br />
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<li><b style="color: #0c343d;">For this guide we'll be using the easiest & most convenient wallet option for storing your TRON coins- provided by MyEtherWallet (which can store any coin on the Ethereum blockchain, including TRON).</b></li>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>Go to <a href="http://myetherwallet.com/">myetherwallet.com</a> and enter a password that would be hard to guess (but which you won't forget!).</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>Press 'Create New Wallet'.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">3.</span>Now you will be given a powerful unencrypted private key to your wallet.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>Consider printing out your private key and storing it somewhere safe- then deleting all references to it from your computer. Why? Because sometime in the future you might get a virus, or malware, or visit a website with an advert that has malicious code.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>So why print out your private key at all, if it's so insecure? Because it's your last resort. If you lose your keystore file (e.g. your computer gets wiped or damaged), or if you forget your password, with your unencrypted private key you can still access your account as a last resort.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">4.</span>Now we're going to open your new wallet.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">5.</span>You will see a long string of letters and numbers labeled 'Your Address'.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;"><b>6.</b></span><b style="color: #0c343d;">Now we'll purchase the popular cryptocurrency Ethereum, so that we can exchange it for TRON (if you already own Ethereum you can skip ahead).</b><br />
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-52552580941484341182018-01-05T21:04:00.000+05:302018-01-05T21:04:03.104+05:30What Happens When States Have Their Own Net Neutrality Rules - California and New York hope to set a nationwide standard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai spent 2017 dismantling Obama-era rules on net neutrality. A handful of lawmakers in liberal-leaning U.S. states plan to spend 2018 building them back up. It’s a development that the FCC anticipated — the commission’s rules include language forbidding states from doing this, warning against an unwieldy patchwork of regulations. But lawmakers in New York and California aren’t aiming to be exceptions to the national rules; they’re looking to, in effect, create their own. </div>
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In New York, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy introduced a bill that would make it a requirement for internet providers to adhere to the principles of net neutrality as a requirement for landing state contracts. This would mean they couldn't block or slow down certain web traffic, and couldn’t offer faster speeds to companies who pay them directly. </div>
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Fahy said the restrictions on contractors would apply even if the behaviors in question took place outside New York. “The feds have, we think, walked away from a free and open internet. We’re using a side door — I don’t want to say a back door,” she said. “The reason we want to do this legislatively is that we know we can move faster than a court case.” She acknowledged that the approach could run afoul of limits on states attempting to regulate interstate commerce, but thought the bill could “thread the needle.” </div>
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Even supporters of state legislation on net neutrality think this may go too far. California State Senator Scott Wiener introduced a bill this week that would only apply to behavior within the state, saying any other approach would be too vulnerable to legal challenge. “We're expecting that there will be litigation,” he said. Wiener said that the internet providers who backed Pai’s plan shouldn’t flinch at his bill. “They say that, as a matter of internal policy, they adhere to net neutrality.”</div>
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But this wouldn’t be the first time a large state threw around its weight in ways that reverberate beyond its borders. The textbook industry, for instance, has long accommodated the standards of California and Texas. Just last month, more than a dozen states asked the Supreme Court to block a California law that required egg sellers to abide by certain guidelines in their treatment of hens, arguing it attempts to regulate the industry in other states.</div>
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“California has a long and questionable history of passing laws and regulations that end up applying to the whole country, because companies don’t want to or can’t change their products to sell them just in California,” said Geoffrey Manne, executive director of the International Center for Law & Economics, a research group. If California, Washington, and New York all passed similar guidelines, it could carry a significant amount of weight.</div>
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The internet doesn’t lend itself cleanly to state lines. It could be difficult for Comcast or Verizon to accept money from services seeking preferential treatment in one state, then make sure that its network didn’t reflect those relationships in places where state lawmakers forbade them, Manne said. Republican FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly raised this point at the December meeting when the rules were passed, saying the preemption provision in the rules protected internet providers against such a messy situation. </div>
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States pursuing legislation have argued the Federal Communications Commission has overstepped its authority in claiming it can preempt state laws. But O’Rielly believes the commission’s new rules tie the hands of states on a wide swath of Internet-related policy issues. In his December comments, he pointed out a provision banning states from adopting their own transparency requirements. “I would also view state broadband privacy actions as outside the scope of what is permissible,” he said. </div>
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State lawmakers are unlikely to stand down on that issue, either. More than 20 states introduced broadband privacy rules last year, a response to Congress’s decision to roll back another set of Obama-era FCC rules that required internet providers to ask permission before collecting personal information for commercial uses. Much of the attention over that debate also centered on California, where a bill to replace the FCC’s privacy rules stalled in the face of opposition from both internet providers and Silicon Valley companies. Advocates for those privacy bills promise to revive them as well. All signs point to a busy year for tech policy in statehouses.</div>
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-31617960260819845102018-01-04T22:44:00.000+05:302018-01-04T22:44:43.165+05:30AT&T and Verizon's 5G networks are coming this year and your internet speeds will be insanely fast when they arrive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">AT&T announced on Wednesday that it'll begin rolling out its 5G network later this year.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">That now makes for two major telecommunication companies in the US that will offer 5G networks in 2018, as Verizon announced in late 2017 that it'll also be rolling out its 5G network in late 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Verizon and AT&T haven't explicitly stated the speeds we can expect when their 5G networks arrive, but we do know that 5G will be much faster the current 4G LTE mobile networks we have today. And it even has the potential to be faster than wired internet connections, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When the 5G wireless standard hits the mainstream, our mobile and home internet speeds have the potential to be so fast that we'll be downloading 4K movies, games, apps, and any other large form of content at a fraction of the time we're used to.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">At Mobile World Congress 2017, Samsung showcased its 5G Home Routers, which achieved speeds of up to 4 gigabits-per-second (Gbps), according to PCMag. That's 500 megabytes-per-second, which could let you download a 50GB game in under two minutes, or a 100GB 4K movie in under four minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">To give you an idea of how fast that is, the average internet speed in the US as of 2016 is 55 megabits-per-second, which translates to a woeful 6.5 megabytes-per-second.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As PCMag's Sascha Segan points out, however, Samsung's router was right next to the transmitting 5G cell at the time of the demonstration. That means those speeds are probably only possible in a perfect scenario, where the 5G router is extremely close to the 5G radio cell without any interference, obstacles, or network congestion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Gigabit internet speeds aren't new, but they're extremely rare to come by. There are just a handful of ISPs that offer gigabit internet in just a few parts of the US, largely because it's incredibly expensive to lay down infrastructure. It involves digging up roads to install miles of fiber-optic cables and connecting them to your specific address.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The best part about wireless 5G millimeter waves is that ISPs don't have to build costly infrastructure to deliver those insanely fast speeds. Instead, your internet service will be delivered wirelessly through the air, much like your mobile network for your phone. Any company would gladly deliver better services if there's an easier, cheaper way to deliver them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Samsung's 5G Home Router will use an antenna installed outside of one of your home's windows, which is connected to a WiFi router inside your home. That antenna will pick up one of 5G's "millimeter wave" wireless signals that are transmitted from millimeter-wave cell towers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can't buy it yet, but the technology is here, and now it's a matter of when this 5G technology will become mainstream.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We're essentially waiting for ISPs to begin rolling out 5G. At the moment, Verizon and AT&T have both announced that they'll roll out 5G wireless internet later this year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>One of the most annoying things about browsing the web is videos that autoplay with sound. For anyone that has tried to browse discretely in the back of a boring meeting or presentation, you know how loathsome these can be. The latest update for Google Chrome aims to make web browsing just less annoying overall.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Chrome 64 beta allows users to easily mute autoplaying videos across an entire website. To enable this feature, click on the green lock or info section to the left of the URL. From here you will have the option to always allow audio, always block audio, or use the default setting.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>In addition to this new setting, the latest Chrome also comes with an improved pop-up blocker. This is aimed at preventing websites from using transparent overlays or decoy play/download buttons to open new tabs or pop-ups. Along a similar line, the update will also help prevent malicious redirects. It does this by blocking third-party content hidden in a webpage unless the user has interacted with that element.</b></span><br />
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-10247637932862022772017-12-17T11:07:00.002+05:302017-12-17T11:07:35.075+05:30It's official: the FCC has killed net neutrality<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The FCC on Thursday voted along party lines (3-2) to repeal net neutrality rules it put in place just a couple of years back under former Chairman Tom Wheeler.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The vote was postponed briefly due to what appeared to be a bomb threat. The official feed was halted although some streams continued and showed the room being evacuated and law enforcement conducting a search. A short time later, the commissioners and audience returned and the process continued.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Today’s vote faced massive opposition from Internet pioneers, technology companies, government officials and concerned citizens. Nevertheless, Chairman Ajit Pai and his fellow Republican commissioners remained determined to act on the matter and they’ve done just that.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>The FCC’s vote may be in but you can be sure that the debate is far from over.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Those in favor of repealing net neutrality argue that it was never needed in the first place and that the Internet wasn’t “broken” in 2015 when the regulations were passed. Supporters of net neutrality contend that Internet providers will now be able to slow down access to certain sites and create Internet fast lanes or “prioritized access” in which select providers pay for faster access to their sites and services, thus giving them an unfair advantage compared to smaller competitors that may not be able to pay for such access.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Supporters of net neutrality also argued that the FCC’s public comment period on the matter was rife with fraud.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The FCC’s vote may be in but you can be sure that the debate is far from over. It’ll still be a few months before the changes are filed with the Federal Register but as The Verge points out, don’t expect any sweeping changes overnight.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Internet providers will likely continue to work on subtle changes and you can almost be certain that additional legal action to bar today’s vote is coming.</b></span><br />
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-3406214119218108922017-12-15T21:22:00.001+05:302017-12-15T21:22:10.963+05:30Facebook Will Start Showing You More Videos (And Ads)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Facebook will start running pesky "pre-roll ads" over videos, but only for those shown over its new Watch platform.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The 6-second pre-roll ads will begin to appear next year. "We think they will work well in Watch because it's a place where people visit and come back to with the intention to watch videos," Facebook said in in a blog post on Thursday.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>In other words, you probably won't find the ads to be too annoying; pre-roll ads, which appear before a video begins, are already everywhere on other platforms including YouTube.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>For now, Facebook said it only intends to test the pre-roll ads in places where users are searching for content. However, the company does intend to bring more videos into your News Feed, mainly as a way to promote its Watch platform.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The videos will pop up in your News Feed for any video publishers or creators you've searched for or have ever liked. If a video you've watched is part of a series, expect to see the remaining episodes appear in your feed.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Like YouTube, the Watch platform wants to host a wide range of shows. But to do so, it has to attract users and online personalities to create and upload the content to the site. (Serving ads over those videos and offering content producers a slice of the revenue will certainly entice some.)</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>While more videos may pop up in your News Feed, Facebook said it's hoping you'll start visiting its Watch platform to discover more content, and share your reactions.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Watch can be found on the monitor icon tab near the top left of the Facebook interface.</b></span></div>
Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-68510562431733518302017-12-15T21:18:00.003+05:302017-12-15T21:18:59.217+05:30How the new Apple iMac Pro will change productivity for creatives and alike<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Apple had two big products slated for launch this month. Now the HomePod smart speaker has been officially moved to an early 2018 launch timeframe. Which means that we will only get to see the new iMac Pro this year and according to the Apple website, it should be available starting 14 December, well at least in the US and some other regions minus India.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Announced at this year’s WWDC conference in June, the new iMac Pro is not just a well-needed upgrade, but also the most expensive Apple product on the market and clearly the most powerful. John Ternus, Apple's Vice President of hardware engineering called it the ‘fastest and most powerful’ Mac ever. It features workstation-class performance crammed into the iMac form factor. Of course, this doesn’t come cheap, with prices starting at $5000 (Rs 3,50,000 approx), the new iMac Pro can be maxed out with an 18-core Xeon processor, a 4TB SSD, 128GB of memory and high-end 16GB Radeon graphics. Now that’s the kind of hardware macOS deserves.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Targeted at developers, designers, video editors, and other professional creatives, the new iMac Pro comes after a long hiatus of four years when Apple had brought the cylindrical Mac Pro into the market. Even the recent MacBook Pro refresh that arrived last year, was pretty average as it topped at only 16GB of configurable RAM, disappointing Apple’s power-hungry customer base.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>"I think the new iMac Pro can finally catch up with designers and developers interested in 3D and VR who have been moving back to Windows/PCs. It seems that Apple is trying to gain the respect back from the power users," said creative developer Silvio Paganini.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>We have to agree here as the past few years has seen Apple falling behind in terms of raw performance when compared to Windows PCs. Microsoft stepped up its game with its new Surface lineup by not only offering high-end hardware, but also an elegant design as well as intuitive touch input on its portable Surface Pro 2-in-1 devices as well its Surface Studio desktop, which gauged the attention of designers and developers alike.</b></span><br />
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-92209664995605375982017-12-15T21:09:00.001+05:302017-12-15T21:09:25.511+05:30Virtual Desktop Popularity Rising as Costs Come Down<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>One of the easiest ways for companies to scale up while keeping costs like office space in check is to allow remote working for employees. Using cloud-based virtual desktops, employees can work from any location and access joint data and applications in the cloud.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>In the US and Canada, the popularity of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has been growing particularly quickly, partially because the price per desktop is becoming cheaper, and those two countries contributed over 40% of the total global revenue in this market last year. Allied Market Research says flexibility and mobility are the key drivers of the trend and will keep the VDI market expanding at a pace of 16.5% per year over the next five years. The company forecasts that by 2023 the global VDI market will reach $10.15bn. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>While North America has been at the forefront of this expansion over the last few years the uptake of VDI technology is speeding up in Asian countries, reflecting the growth of local economies and the wider reach of digitalization. In fact, over the next five years the VDI market in Asia is pegged to grow by just under 19% per year. Catering to the growing demand in Asia, Fujitsu and Citrix Systems Japan have launched a new virtual cloud-based desktop service, which makes it easier to create digital workspaces in a secure and scalable manner. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Citrix is among the top three providers of virtual desktops, alongside VMware and Amazon. Microsoft also offers its Azure RemoteApp platform but is not in the running with the other three because it serves application from the cloud alone and not from desktops. The Fujitsu Managed Infrastructure Service Virtual Desktop Service VCC (Virtual Client on Cloud) employs the Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure products, including Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, and Citrix ShareFile.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Fujitsu’s desktop service supports Windows 10 version updates, so the platform automatically updates new functionality without any disruption to existing business systems. Data transmission is efficient enough for video or audio conversations via Skype, something VDI environments have struggled with in the past. The service also supports the use of Linux-based applications, which are popular in market analysis and scientific research. The Citrix ShareFile component provides cloud storage that can be securely linked to internal company storage. With VDI, users can access the same applications and store data remotely from any device without the data having to reside on that device. It can be a good way to secure shadow IT and cope with the demands of mobility.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>While in the past the cost of virtual desks was a significant issue for companies, now they run below the cost of comparable non-virtual hardware. Because they come with a single, fixed subscription price, there with no ongoing variable running expense. The technology can handle data-rich, graphics-heavy applications and can provide the same high performance as solid hardware.</b></span><br />
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-51550390168740086982017-12-15T21:02:00.000+05:302017-12-15T21:13:01.033+05:30MIT Creates Glowing Plants to Replace Electric Lights<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>The glowing plants are an application of “nanobionics,” an area of research created by MIT chemical engineering professor Michael Strano and senior author of the study. The aim of nanobionics is to imbue plants with new capabilities by way of specialized nanoparticles. In this case, the nanoparticles of varying sizes contained three compounds: luciferase, luciferin, and coenzyme A.</b></div>
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-7165029573345964462017-12-14T11:44:00.000+05:302017-12-14T11:45:49.647+05:30The end of quality, the rise of the experience economy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Let me tell you about the Museum of Ice Cream. No, it’s not about the history of ice cream. Or for you to learn how it’s made. It’s to let people play. Specifically to let adults throw sprinkles on one another. And there are lines around the block.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Customers crave experiences. That’s why the Museum of Ice Cream exists. Not to tell you the history of ice cream, but to experience what it’s like to playfully live like ice cream? Or something like that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Today it’s all about the experience economy. Customers are far more willing to spend money on concerts, dinner dates, and trips. That’s the problem with the experience economy. Organizations are still trying to build their business the old way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Here’s the amazing thing about Nike’s 2 minute ad. It resonated with customers deeply. How do I know? Customers are searching for it, on YouTube, on their own. Nike’s ad hits all of the right spots with their target audience.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">People want companies to provide a consistently wonderful experience from beginning to end. The good news is, if the experience and values are there, customers are willing to spend more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Not at all. It means it’s the end of quality as a customer retention mechanism. It’s the beginning of authenticity. Customers are looking for companies that fit with who they are. They want to work with companies that support the values, causes and ideals they support.</span><br />
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-19935388700948188342017-12-14T11:35:00.000+05:302017-12-14T11:35:05.188+05:30Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Marketing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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To be sure, artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing rapidly. The introduction of mathematical algorithms that customize, contextualize, and act on data in smarter and better ways is changing the business and marketing landscape. What’s more, the ability for machines to learn over time and adjust the underlying algorithms and actions is advancing. Together, these technologies–along with new types of computing systems that deliver enormous processing power through the cloud, including so-called “deep learning”–are introducing new and more sophisticated capabilities, including predictive analytics, chatbots, virtual assistants, and augmented reality.</div>
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“Data has become the currency of marketing, and marketers will now have access to more data than ever,” said Frank Palermo, head of the Global Technical Solutions Group for tech services and IT consulting firm VirtusaPolaris. “AI can power a deep understanding of customer behavior and can provide decisions on what time, which channel, and which message variant to use for interaction. Leveraging AI tools to process data more efficiently and uncover new insights faster provides a significant competitive advantage.</div>
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Yet the task isn’t without steep challenges. The effective use of AI requires new thinking, new skills, and new business and IT frameworks. As digital technology takes root, business models and IT models are undergoing profound changes. Today, Palermo told CMO.com, “Marketers can no longer buy customer loyalty. It must be earned through engagement and value.”</div>
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Already, digital technologies are pushing the boundaries on AI. Within business and marketing, systems are already used to spot behavioral patterns and buying trends, serve up more customized content through emails and web pages, and handle tasks such as speech and image processing. For example, Amazon now provides speech, image, and barcode searches through its mobile app. It recently announced three more tools–Lex, Polly, and Rekognition–that work with its popular Echo device. The framework taps Amazon’s Alexa speech processing engine, which also listens and captures audio snippets along with specific requests for items a consumer wants to purchase. AI processes and filters the results and plugs them into future screens and pages.</div>
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In fact, analytics is perhaps the most advanced and mature use for AI within marketing. Most retailers have turned to big data sets to contextualize and personalize messaging–though results vary. “The right mix of demographic, POS, geolocation, social, and other data can help generate the right offer at the right time and situation,” said Mark Asher, director of the corporate strategy for Adobe (CMO.com’s parent company).</div>
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It can also spot trends and patterns before they become apparent. In the now well-known case involving Target, the retailer sent out advertising materials to a young woman based on analytics that showed she was pregnant given her purchase of seemingly unrelated items. The problem? She hadn’t yet told her father, who saw the mail. The algorithm figured it out based on patterns.</div>
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Although Amazon is the acknowledged leader in this space, other retailers and companies in different industries are catching up. Jake Rheude, director of marketing and business development at Red Stag Fulfillment, an e-commerce firm, said that CMOs and others should be thinking beyond the four walls of their enterprise–out to partners and across the supply chain.</div>
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“The goal is to know exactly what customers want, sometimes before they even know what they want,” he told CMO.com. “This requires a much deeper understanding of behavior, motivations, and real-world patterns.” Yet it also requires a supply-chain and fulfillment system that can work in sync with AI to adjust inventory in a fast and agile way–as businesses scale marketing and sales campaigns up and down on a dynamic basis.</div>
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The end goal? Smarter websites and e-commerce engines, along with more targeted marketing messages. Another industry particularly ripe for the technology: travel, whose websites essentially serve up the same results to everyone based on search terms or categories. However, using AI it’s possible to plug in past clicks, preferences, and purchases, along with information from reviews and other sources, to deliver far more relevant results.</div>
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Even more advanced technologies are emerging. For instance, Google, Facebook, and others are incorporating image and facial recognition. DuLight from Baidu, for example, recognizes what is in front of the wearer and then describes it back to the person.</div>
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AI is more than an analytics tool. Over the past few years, for example, chatbots have begun to emerge. These systems rely on AI to process text or speech and deliver an appropriate response to the user. Among those industries already relying on the technology: airlines, travel agencies, online retailers, health-care providers, and banks. In some cases, the goal is to direct customers to marketing materials or product information. In other instances, the aim is to deliver products or technical support. These systems rely on AI and machine learning to assemble contextual information and deliver personalized results. The systems also apply data from searches and interactions to improve the process over time.</div>
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“Chatbots are the next frontier. Chatbots bring an appeal of always being available and providing consistent customer assistance,” VirtusaPolaris’s Palermo told CMO.com. Although many systems aren’t yet sophisticated enough to handle real-world interactions–they tend to follow somewhat rigid and inflexible scripts–the technology will likely move into the mainstream over the next few years and even extend across organizations and services through APIs.</div>
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Added Asher: “There is still a lot of science that needs to be developed, and natural language processing is evolving. But it’s a space that CMOs should keep an eye on.”</div>
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Another area that’s attracting attention is virtual assistants. Already, some consumers use tools to notify them when prices change. For air travel, mobile apps such as Hopper track destinations and predict pricing trends. In the retail arena, services such as Honey track pricing and apply discount coupons and codes automatically. Asher said that in an era of more informed and sophisticated consumers, marketing leaders must think in more innovative ways–including putting virtual assistants to work to handle tasks beyond basic pricing.</div>
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Finally, there’s the emergence of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Right now, it’s “a platform to watch and a place to experiment,” Foxy Machine’s Christie said. It could significantly expand today’s marketing and sales capabilities. These technologies could deliver much deeper and more life-like experiences, whether you’re buying clothes using a virtual dressing room–something that Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and others have experimented with–or shopping for a vacation or automobile. In January 2017, for example, BMW introduced an app that allows a user to explore its i3 and i8 vehicles in 3-D on their Google smartphones.</div>
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At this point, it’s wise for CMOs and other marketing leaders to examine AI products, solutions, and vendors, and, more importantly, to identify value points–situations, events, and customer connection points where AI and machine learning can introduce new or improved features, efficiency gains, and cost savings, Christie said.</div>
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“Marketing and advertising must become more focused and directed. Those that learn how to use it effectively will enjoy a competitive advantage,” he said. “The widespread adoption of ad-blocking software demonstrates that the current system isn’t working. Marketers must get smarter to boost click-through rates and conversions.”</div>
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Yet it’s also important to think of marketing in a broader context, Adobe’s Asher said. In today’s digital business environment, all functions within an enterprise intersect. This translates into a need to work across departments and tap the expertise of data scientists. In the emerging digital business world, chatbots, virtual assistants, AR/VR, and predictive analytics take on a more holistic context. These tools–and the underlying AI–support a 360-degree customer journey in which marketing is a single, yet critical, component. They also help organizations project a tech-savvy approach and boost brand image.</div>
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Palermo said that CMOs must work with CIOs to transform challenges into opportunities and technologies into revenue–all while focusing on security and privacy. “The reality is that they are both on the hook for turning all the data they collect about the customer into growth opportunities,” he stated. </div>
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Palermo also believes it’s important to focus on how to balance automation with the human element and think beyond traditional marketing and advertising models–especially as consumers fight back with ad blockers and pricing bots. The best solutions, he said, tap “paradigms and platforms that customers are already familiar with, such as text messaging and voice recognition.” Organizations and brands that get it right, Palermo added, are “likely to completely change the interaction and conversations they have with their end customers.”</div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">He has a point. On 27 June 2016, the science and technology policy office of the White House requested information on how to utilize AI for the public good. While AI technologies offer “great promise for creating new and innovative products, growing the economy, and advancing national priorities in areas such as education, mental and physical health, addressing climate change, and more...”, the White House said, they simultaneously carry “risks and present complex policy challenges”.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), in its response, argued that it was guided by the term “augmented intelligence” rather than “artificial intelligence”.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">IBM calls this approach “cognitive computing”, defining it as a comprehensive set of capabilities based on technologies such as machine learning, reasoning, and decision technologies; language, speech and vision technologies; human-interface technologies; distributed and high-performance computing; and new computing architectures and devices. When purposefully integrated, IBM believes that these capabilities are designed to solve a wide range of practical problems, boost productivity and foster new discoveries across many industries.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president, and chief executive officer, insists that cognitive computing is “much more” than AI. This is not a distinction that most of us would notice or even care about. IBM understands AI very well, having developed Watson, the supercomputing system that beat champions of the TV quiz show Jeopardy! in 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Rometty insists that while machine learning is good for deciphering patterns, cognitive computing is more comprehensive because it can “reason” overall structured and unstructured data and deal with “grey areas” to help make judgments and decisions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Consider the example of a data-driven, machine-learning algorithm that can sift through a patient’s medical data and predict an illness. Deep learning that uses Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to simulate the human brain can be used to map inputs to predictions. Cognitive computing would imply that doctors would inspect all the medical records, the previous tests that a patient has undergone, images and data from wearables, and “reason” over that data to reach conclusions. In other words, cognitive computing is all about the involvement of a human in the loop, which makes it “augmented intelligence” rather than “artificial intelligence”.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The question, of course, is whether we are splitting hairs. AI is a branch of computer science that takes inputs from linguists and roboticists and relies on subjects like math, psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. Besides, all the algorith</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ms are trained by humans to interpret data sets. Evidently, the human element is “in the loop”, so to speak.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">By involving humans, researchers hope to be able to establish trust in AI technologies. In its response to the White House note, IBM points out that we need to trust AI first if we want to reap its benefits. That trust will be earned “through experience”—just the same way we have learned to trust that an ATM will register a deposit, or that a car will stop moving when the brake is pressed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">One is the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), which connects the brain to an external computing device to augment or repair human cognition. According to the Scientific American magazine, Facebook is reported to be working on a device that would allow users to type words using a BCI that would be strapped to a user’s head and decode words thought by the user.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The second is the concept of a neural lace—a term coined by the late Scottish writer Iain Banks. Essentially a science-fiction concept that describes a machine interface woven into the brain, it now needs to be taken seriously. That’s because it is being backed by none other than Elon Musk, founder, chief executive officer and chief technology officer of SpaceX and co-founder, CEO and product architect of Tesla Inc. It was only this March that Musk—who believes AI may overpower us someday—confirmed that he is developing technology that may merge human brains and computers. His company is named, aptly, Neuralink.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In the debate over what is more important—IA or AI—it is important to realize that humans are not really being left behind. As computers become more and more intelligent, humans will evolve in parallel with the help of embedded intelligent chips and BCIs.</span></div>
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Lenoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290224361543721233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238349945776668926.post-32826483073688683982017-12-14T10:50:00.003+05:302017-12-14T10:54:41.366+05:305 Ways To Improve Your Next Blog Post Or DIY SEO: 5 Powerful Techniques To Rank in Google<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>DIY SEO: 5 Powerful Techniques To Rank in Google</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Blogging for business isn’t about simply putting words on a page and hitting publish week after week. To attract prospects, gain trust, and ultimately convert new customers, you have to be willing and able to do more--more to listen, more to help, and more to position yourself as a genuinely useful source and authority on a particular subject.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>It’s about quality over quantity. If you want to see any sort of ROI from your efforts, you need better content, better ideas, better data, and better strategy than your competitors.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Recently, my good friend Brian Dean and I were talking about how to develop “viral” content. As you might know, Brian is a leading SEO expert who constantly pumps out insanely valuable content on all things SEO. He recently created a great resource for viral content. I also recently published a blog post where I shared some of my own tips and tricks on the subject.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>We decided to put our heads and ideas together and develop an infographic that outlines our top 5 recommendations for improving your blog posts and taking your content to “viral status.”</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Take a look:</b></span><br />
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