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Who are the biggest consumers of online porn?

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 1:17 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Market Intelligence, porn

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Adult Entertainment is one of the leading industries driving website traffic online. But just how much of this traffic is coming from adult websites, and where is it coming from? We teamed up with SimilarWeb to explore the murky world of online porn consumption. The results may surprise you – and also provide fresh perspective  on how online marketers working in this category maximize their returns. Adult websites are responsible for 4.41 percent of all desktop visits in the internet worldwide (in Feb 2015). To put that in perspective, ExtremeTech surveyed usage data pulled from Google’s DoubleClick Ad Planner, and discovered…

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How Apple Pay exposes security flaws in banking

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 1:06 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apple Pay, Around the Web, fraud, Insider

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David Bozin is the VP of Business Development at Bindo, a New York based unique retail technology company with an innovative iPad POS system and soon-to-be launched online Marketplace. With Apple Pay coming out, it seems as if there is a whole new technology that has just been released. In reality, NFC payments have been around for a while, but Apple is the platform that has enough user adoption that will actually result in mass adoption. Thus far, we have seen just the start, with further tech such as the Apple Watch supplementing further growth. With mass adoption of a…

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How Apple Pay exposes security flaws in banking

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 1:06 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apple Pay, Around the Web, fraud, Insider

applepayphoto

David Bozin is the VP of Business Development at Bindo, a New York based unique retail technology company with an innovative iPad POS system and soon-to-be launched online Marketplace. With Apple Pay coming out, it seems as if there is a whole new technology that has just been released. In reality, NFC payments have been around for a while, but Apple is the platform that has enough user adoption that will actually result in mass adoption. Thus far, we have seen just the start, with further tech such as the Apple Watch supplementing further growth. With mass adoption of a…

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Microsoft announces Azure App Service; hopes it will serve as the backend for all kinds of apps

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft wants to be the provider of your app’s next backend with its new Azure service being announced today. Azure App Service is a new option for developers who want to build a backend in a single runtime without the need for additional environments. It offers the ability to build truly cross-platform apps in a single place. “Businesses are constantly looking for better ways to engage with their customers and they are using apps to engage both customers and employees in a better way,” Omar Khan, partner director of program management at Microsoft told TNW. While Microsoft thinks the cloud plays…

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Microsoft announces Azure App Service; hopes it will serve as the backend for all kinds of apps

Mar24
by on March 24, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

MG_8125-Edit-4
Microsoft wants to be the provider of your app’s next backend with its new Azure service being announced today. Azure App Service is a new option for developers who want to build a backend in a single runtime without the need for additional environments. It offers the ability to build truly cross-platform apps in a single place. “Businesses are constantly looking for better ways to engage with their customers and they are using apps to engage both customers and employees in a better way,” Omar Khan, partner director of program management at Microsoft told TNW. While Microsoft thinks the cloud plays…

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