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It’s time to humanize the mobile customer journey

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by on May 31, 2018 at 2:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


You see it everywhere, people staring at their smartphones without seemingly ever looking up. They’re glued to their screens, multitasking, while walking, driving, waiting in line, watching TV, studying, sitting on a train/plane, etc. While some of us may not agree with the amount of screen-time people endure, it is their time and it is creating a new genre of connected consumerism. This always-on, mobile customer isn’t just connected, they’re empowered. And, these empowered consumers are completely shattering the construct of the traditional funnel as we know it. Conversations about broken funnels, I call it the cluster funnel, and organizational…

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Our favorite talks from TNW Conference 2018, listed

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by on May 31, 2018 at 2:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Insights, Mobile, Social Media, Space


TNW Conference 2018 has come and gone and only the glorious memories of brilliant speakers and inspiring talks remain – unless you weren’t there. In that case, we’ve got you too. Those glorious memories and inspiring talks have been immortalized in video and text for perusal at your (b)leisure. There were over 150 speakers, which might be somewhat overwhelming, so we went ahead and picked some of our favorites: Danielle Woods: Space tech enabling sustainable development Professor Danielle Woods stepped on the main stage of this year’s conference to talk about how space tech contributes to sustainable future development. This talk…

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Get the award-winning Sid Meier’s Civilization VI and its expansion pack starting at $23

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by on May 31, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


For a series that’s sold a gazillion copies (actually, just over 35 million, to be exact) and is currently chugging toward its 30th anniversary, it’s the complexity and intricacy of how you actually achieve that world mastery that truly matters. You can find out by plunging head-first into the latest installment, Civilization VI with this cool game multi-pack deal for only $48.45, a savings of almost 40 percent, from TNW Deals with the use of coupon code: SAVE15NOW.

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Drones are out here saving whales

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by on May 31, 2018 at 12:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, gear


The way drones are used rapidly veers between the uplifting (humanitarian aid!) and the downright depressing (air strikes!). Luckily though, this story is in the former camp. The folks over at – deep breath here – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (wow) and Oceans Unmanned (that’s better), are using drones to help save whales. Great news. Unless you’re Icelandic, maybe. Deeply involved in this project is Ed Lyman, the man with the world’s best job title: Large Whale Entanglement Response Coordinator. He fulfils this role for NOAA and has been working in this field for…

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