Around 40 Percent Of Americans Were Harassed Online: Survey

8 years ago0512 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roughly four-in-ten Americans have personally experienced online harassment, most commonly on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on Tuesday. The survey shows 41 percent of 4,248 respondents have been subjected to online harassing behavior such as...

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Spotify Signs New Licensing Deal With Sony

8 years ago0401 Spotify has struck a licensing deal with Sony Music Entertainment after months of negotiations. Sony is the second major record label to sign a deal with Spotify, following Universal Music Group which signed a new multi-year licensing deal with the digital music service in April of this year. Detailed terms of Sony's deal with Spotify...

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Tech Companies Wage War On Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes

8 years ago0472 American technology companies are bringing automation and robotics to the age-old task of battling mosquitoes in a bid to halt the spread of Zika and other mosquito-borne maladies worldwide. Firms including Microsoft Corp and California life sciences company Verily are forming partnerships with public health officials in several U.S....

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Hyperledger Releases Its First Production Ready Blockchain

8 years ago0435 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Hyperledger Project, a group led by the Linux Foundation, has released its first blockchain code that can be used by large businesses to build software. The group, whose more than 120 members include International Business Machines Corp, Cisco Systems Inc, the Bank of England and JPMorgan Chase & Co, said on...

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Microsoft Vows To Bring Broadband To Millions Of Rural Americans

8 years ago0441 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Tuesday announced an initiative to bring high-speed internet to millions of rural Americans through unused television airwaves in a long-term bet for user growth. The Redmond, Washington, technology company proposed using spectrum typically reserved for TV stations to broadcast...

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No Systemic Risk From Cryptocurrency Speculation: Blackrock Strategist

8 years ago0383 NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc's (BLK.N) global chief investment strategist on Tuesday suggested that loose monetary policy may have aided speculation in digital currencies like bitcoin, but he said the risk to the broader financial system appears limited. The strategist, Richard Turnill, said it might be possible to view price...

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Medallia Inc., Smartsheet Named to Forbes 2017 Cloud 100 List

8 years ago0398 Medallia Inc. and Smartsheet are among the companies that have been named to the Forbes 2017 Cloud 100 list. This definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world was published by Forbes in collaboration with Bessemer Venture Partners. It aims to 'recognize cloud companies for the financial health and growth of...

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Twitter Lets Users Mute Notifications From Unknown Accounts

8 years ago0387 Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), in its latest step to curb abusive behavior on its platform, rolled out new features on Monday to help users disable notifications from accounts that they want to avoid. The microblogging website said its "advanced filter settings" will now have options for users to mute notifications from accounts that they do...

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The Benefits Of Integrated Client-Facing And Marketing Technology

8 years ago0497 Tying a CRM to marketing and sales platforms boosts data flows and adoption rates and tears down organizational barriers. Earlier this year, Linedata and Aite released a joint report on the drivers and disruptors of financial services. The study found that one of the top challenges for North American firms in 2017, particularly...

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German Firms Lost Millions Of Euros In 'CEO Fraud' Scam: BSI

8 years ago0389 German firms have lost millions of euros to organized crime in a scam dubbed "CEO Fraud" that uses faked memos from top executives to entice accounting personnel to transfer funds, Germany's federal cyber agency said on Monday. The BSI agency said officials investigating the new scam had secured a list of 5,000 potential targets, and...

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Is There a Future for Marketing? The Change Will Come Quicker Than We Think

8 years ago0337 There is no future for marketing. AI, VR, VRS, holography, real-time marketing, branded apps, brand-based gaming, interactives, drones (UAVs), wearables, personalisation, targeted video content, autonomous technologies, expanded and manufactured social media networks, marketing technologies and data scientists. All will be (are and...

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Toshiba Under Pressure to Consider 'Plan B' as Chip Sale Falters: Sources

8 years ago0316 As the $18 billion sale of Toshiba Corp's memory chip unit to a government-approved consortium falters, some bankers and potential investors are pressing the board to seriously consider alternatives, people with direct knowledge of the sale process said - including picking a new buyer. Those people say Toshiba's leadership is sticking...

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