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Easy password management: Get 50% off a Sticky Password premium lifetime plan

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Offers

Remembering passwords becomes increasingly difficult as we sign up for more and more apps and services. And using a single password for all of them is a risk you can’t afford to take. That’s where Sticky Password comes in. Designed for ease of use, flexibility and total control, Sticky Password works on Mac and PC, as well as on iOS and Android, and fills out forms and login dialogs for you in a flash. You can even choose whether you want to sync your sensitive data or store it locally on your device or desktop. Get half off a Sticky…

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Meet Google’s ambitious new CAPTCHA that makes it easier to prove you’re human

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google is today announcing an improved version of CAPTCHA that it’s calling the ‘NoCAPTCHA reCAPTCHA.’ While it sounds like a mouthful, the new service has some great benefits for users. We’ve known CAPTCHAs for years for their awful distorted text that’s hard to read and get right a lot of the time. Google set out to fix that a year and a half ago, when it discovered that it could teach computers how to beat the traditional CAPTCHA with 99.8 percent accuracy and realized that if it could do that, so could others. The new noCAPTCHA reCAPTCHA is the result,…

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Dropbox officially opens its API to businesses to allow for deeper integrations

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Following yesterday’s rumors, Dropbox has today announced the launch of its Dropbox for Business API to allow companies to more deeply integrate the cloud storage service into their operations and workflows. The new API is available from today and allows for integrations with services like CloudLock, Dell Data Protection, and Splunk (among others). The company said that while some of its 300,000 or so Dropbox API implementations are already aimed at businesses, the Dropbox for Business API allows for additional functionality for enterprise users. The idea behind today’s launch is to provide business with better tools to satisfy business compliance standards and…

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Zendesk Embeddables put customer service at the heart of websites and apps

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Customer service, embeddables, Insider, Product Updates, zendesk

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Zendesk, the online customer service platform, has announced a new feature called Embeddables which allows companies to build customer support and engagement features directly into apps, websites and games. Zendesk Embeddables uses a new mobile software development kit (SDK) and Web widget to allow organizations to offer support and real-time chat to customers directly through their apps and websites. Customers don’t need to visit a separate section or leave an app to get help. According to a recent Gartner study, by 2017, 35 percent of all customer support will take place via mobile devices. Adrian McDermott, Zendesk’s senior vice president of product…

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November in Latin America: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss from the past month

Dec03
by on December 3, 2014 at 1:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Latin America, Roundups

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While November is now behind us, it is still too early to compile detailed figures on the 2014 editions of Black Friday and Cyber Monday across Latin America, where these two very American events are surprisingly becoming something of an online tradition. In Brazil alone, consulting firm e-bit reported that Black Friday sales were up 867 percent compared to a regular Friday, and we will definitely keep an eye out for more numbers. In the meantime, here’s the other news you don’t want to miss: Google news Google launched Google Play’s unlimited music streaming service in Brazil. Earlier last month, the company…

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