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9 things you’ve got to stop doing in sales negotiations

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by on July 24, 2019 at 3:09 pm
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Think of all the times you need to negotiate: whether it’s a bidding war on eBay, a pay rise at work, selling your product or service to investors, or hammering out the terms of a contract. Everyone should know how to negotiate, but sometimes we make mistakes that can lose you the game. Of course, there are the obvious common mistakes people make during negotiations, from not building relationships, to not actually listening to feedback. But here are some lesser-known mistakes you probably make that hurt your position during negotiations.  #1. Go for a win-win situation When going into a…

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Nobody knows when Bitcoin Satoshi Vision’s hard fork for 2GB blocks starts

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by on July 24, 2019 at 2:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Fledging blockchain Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) is ready for a “hard fork” upgrade to increase the size limit of its blocks from 128MB to 2GB — but there’s confusion over when it’s actually supposed to occur. According to BitMEX Research (the analytic arm of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX), BSV miners and nodes are likely confused over when the upgrade will initiate, as two different start times have been mistakenly provided. This is a problem. BSV nodes enforce the rules of the protocol, and must reject any BSV blocks that don’t match. If the miners don’t know the rules, they could start submitting…

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Google’s Gallery Go is a lightweight Photos alternative that works offline

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by on July 24, 2019 at 2:49 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google


Google has boosted its app lineup for Android Go – a lightweight alternative of its operating system for low-end phones – with a new addition: Gallery Go, a stripped-down substitute for Photos that uses machine learning to automatically organize your pics. The best part about the new app is that it also works offline. The Big G says Gallery Go will sort images based on the people or things you snap pics of. This ought to make it easy to quickly find selfies (or any other type of photos) and keep track of important documents. Gallery Go automatically labels images…

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Facebook gets away with $5B FTC fine for leaking your data

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by on July 24, 2019 at 2:08 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped a $5 billion fine on Facebook in wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its other data leaks. In an agreement filed today, the FTC has also ordered the social network to make privacy-related changes to avoid such mishaps in the future. The new order requires the company to ban developers who don’t comply with its privacy policy. Facebook also has to make a new committee focused on privacy-related risks. In a statement posted on Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, said the company will review its systems and bring new privacy controls: We have a…

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Android vulnerability lets hackers hijack your phone with malicious videos

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by on July 24, 2019 at 2:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


If you use a phone running any version of Android between 7.0 and 9.0 (Nougat, Oreo, or Pie), you ought to immediately install the latest security update – or risk getting your handset hijacked by devious video malware. The culprit is a vulnerability in the aforementioned Android versions (CVE-2019-2107), which enables hackers to remotely execute arbitrary code by sneaking in “specially crafted files,” like videos laced with a malicious payload. Once a victim has opened the file, attackers can gain access to their device. Developer Marcin Kozlowski has already uploaded a proof of concept for the attack vector on GitHub. “You can own the mobile…

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