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Amazon confirms first original movie is directed by Spike Lee

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by on July 15, 2015 at 1:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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After announcing it was getting into the movie-making business back in January, Amazon has finally revealed its first feature-length title. The working title is ‘Chi-Raq’ and it’s being directed by Spike Lee. The movie is written by both Lee and Kevin Wilmott, and the storyline will concentrate on violence in inner city Chicago. The lead character will be played by Teyonah Parris of Mad Men fame. Some of the celebrities involved include Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, John Cusack and Samuel. L. Jackson. Reports that the movie was being financed by Amazon have been flying around for a while,…

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Google is testing a Purchase on Google feature to let you buy directly from search results

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by on July 15, 2015 at 1:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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It may be the middle of summer in the US, but retailers are already gearing up for Back to School season. Today, Google launched a series of new search features to help consumers easily shop both via mobile and in-stores. In the next few weeks, Google will be testing a new feature called “Purchases on Google” that will allow you to buy products directly from the Google search result using payment credentials saved in your account. Google says in the past year, it’s seen a 115 percent increase in shopping searches on mobile globally.To help you shop on the go, it will let you use…

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The secret to building a successful company culture

Jul15
by on July 15, 2015 at 1:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, company culture, Future of Work

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The idea of “company culture” is many things—call it the recipe to success, the key to retention, the promise of profit or even the secret sauce. The elements of what company culture is made up of can be incredibly obscure, while also being contrastingly unique. Company culture wears many different hats depending on the company in question. Google—a constant among the top-ranked companies to work for—with its sprawling Googleplex campus, shared bicycles, on-site medical and legal professionals among an endless list of perks, is difficult to compete with when wooing the best of the best. Google even employs a Chief…

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Transform every support engagement into an opportunity

Jul15
by on July 15, 2015 at 1:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, The secret to customer happiness

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The term ‘customer service’ often evokes images of outsourced call centers, long telephone hold times, and exhausted reps who spend the bulk of their days diffusing angry complaints. Perceived as a cost sink rather than a revenue-generator, support has been a chronically understaffed and unfunded area of business. Today’s most innovative organizations are realizing, however, that this dynamic needs to change. As one collection of stats points out, the cost of poor customer support is through the roof.  In response to a negative customer experience, 58 percent of Americans would never use that company again. On a macro level, poor…

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Amazon Prime Day is on and customers are bummed out by the virtual ‘garage sale’

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by on July 15, 2015 at 1:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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It’s Amazon Prime Day, the big old discount extravaganza which the company was talking up as a new Black Friday and…so far, it kinda sucks. That’s according to scores of people on Twitter and beyond who are moaning about the meagre offerings. @amazon great job on this #primeday sale. Did you guys decide to clean out your junk drawer? I'll just go to the dollar store instead. — nick. (@nicktation) July 15, 2015 So far #primeday seems like 'get rid of junk nobody wants' day. — Katie Olrich (@KatieOlrich) July 15, 2015 #PrimeDay: The yard sale on the internet. Just…

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