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Here’s how you can truly understand your company’s metrics

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by on July 8, 2019 at 10:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


I have had the opportunity to work with numerous businesses on their analytics strategy. One of the most common questions I receive is “what are the right success metrics to measure?” If you build or market products, you’ve likely asked yourself this question as well.  The vagueness of “big data” has reached a point that many companies are simply collecting without acting. Measurement is a hot topic but could turn into a hot mess, if not done correctly.   Without understanding what the metrics that actually matter to your business and your customers, you may as well not be collecting anything…

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India addresses cryptocurrency scam wave with new police training course

Jul08
by on July 8, 2019 at 10:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


High-ranking police officers in India will receive cryptocurrency training to help with investigations involving digital currency. The country’s national police academy – the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVP NPA) – has launched an educational course to help officers gain an understanding of how cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology work. Additionally, officers will learn about the “legal aspects of cryptocurrencies, crimes committed using cryptocurrencies, [and], investigation of cases involving cryptocurrencies.” The course, which will start in September, comes weeks after several other police forces announced similar educational initiatives and amid a flurry of cryptocurrency-related criminal activity in India. In January, it was…

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Moonday Mornings: Bitcoin hash rate pumps while Iran says trading is illegal

Jul08
by on July 8, 2019 at 9:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Hello and welcome to another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – where we take a look at the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Here’s Hard Fork’s selection of last weekend’s top stories: 1. In a progressive move, Singapore’s tax agency wants to remove goods and services tax (GST) from cryptocurrency transactions that function as a medium of exchange, CoinDesk reports. 2. In an interview with Tasnim News Agency, Nasser Hakimi, the Central Bank of Iran’s deputy governor for new technologies, said Bitcoin trading was illegal. Hakimi also issued a warning about pyramid style network companies which promote the cryptocurrency.…

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Here’s how to delete or deactivate your Twitter account

Jul08
by on July 8, 2019 at 9:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Tired of Facebook too? We’ve got a guide for that. Oh, and Instagram? Yep, here’s how to delete that too.  Social platforms like Twitter walk a fine line between being handy and consuming your whole life. Whether your screen time notification says you’ve spent a horrendous amount of time on your phone today, or you just don’t feel the need to share every inch of your life on an app anymore — it might…

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British Airways fined $229m over last year’s data breach

Jul08
by on July 8, 2019 at 9:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, UK


British Airways (BA) is about to be slapped with a massive fine of £183 million ($229 million) by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The penalty is for failing to secure its site and preventing the theft of some 500,000 users’ personal information in a data breach it suffered last September. In what the airline called a “sophisticated, malicious criminal attack,” hackers stole roughly half a million customers’ data, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and payment information. The data was collected via BA’s website and app, and the attack was said to have been initiated back in June 2018. According to cybersecurity…

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