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Sendish is a cut-throat new photo-sharing app that doesn’t want to see your brunch pics

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 2:29 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Sendish is a new photo-sharing app that is described by its founders as being ‘honestly anonymous.’ Released this week on iOS only, the idea behind it is to promote sharing without apprehension. You take a photo of where you are in the world without any filters or edits and it gets sent around the globe from person to person without any more detail than the location of where it was taken and the time. Sounds good, right? Well, this is where things get a little muddled. The aim of the app is to promote sharing worldwide without having to be…

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Building a hardware-free voice-based customer experience

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 2:06 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Future of Communications, Insider

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This post is part of a series titled, ‘Future of Communications,’ and is brought to you by Nexmo.

Interactive voice technology (IVR) has evolved over the past few decades. Companies no longer require dedicated hardware to implement a voice-based customer experience. A new breed of cloud communication platforms typically combine a pay-per-use cost model characteristic of cloud services together with simple telephony Application Program Interface (API) tools, simplifying how developers can integrate IVR into their applications. The result is a low operational cost and easier, faster implementation. With IVR, here are some potential voice-based customer experiences: Cheaper international conference calls The cost of an international call, when you get them from a traditional telecommunications company, can be astoundingly…

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The Apple Watch is the simplest way to buy from Amazon yet

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 12:35 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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While many early third-party Apple Watch apps aren’t that impressive, a few stand out – Amazon’s, for one. It’s perhaps the most streamlined and straightforward way to buy something from the retailer yet. Here’s how it works… The only thing you can do from the app’s homescreen is tap the search button. This brings up the Watch’s standard voice interface screen, allowing you to say what you want to buy. This isn’t something you’ll always be happy to do in public, of course, but voice is often your only option when it comes to interfacing with the Apple Watch. (Incidentally, while the…

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How and when to post on social media

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 12:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, posting, Social Media

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This post first appeared on Buffer.  So much of digital marketing these days is about producing high-quality content that gets published and shared. You can control the publishing part. Can you control the sharing part? Sharing begins with promotion—the timing, targeting, and strategy behind solid distribution. To achieve your social media benchmarks, you need to understand what type of content will resonate in specific verticals, and when. Fractl recently partnered with BuzzStream to analyze 220,000 articles from 11 verticals over six months – June to November 2014 – to determine how and when to publish content in order to score big on social media.…

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Here’s one reason you might not want an Apple Watch Sport

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 11:13 am
Posted In: Apple watch, Around the Web, drop, Gadgets, glass

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Not all glass is created equal. While the more expensive Apple Watch models come with Sapphire glass, the cheaper Apple Watch Sport uses less resilient Ion-X Glass. The video below from US-based Ukrainian YouTuber TechRax shows what happens if you drop your brand new Apple Watch Sport face down onto concrete. Spoiler: It’s not good. Apple says Ion-X glass is “hardened down to its molecules…[creating] an extremely hard surface layer that is resistant to scratches and impact.” Based on TechRax’s example, it seems best not to push that claim too far. It’s worth noting though that the video blogger has…

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