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PHP 7 Ready For Release
An anonymous reader writes: After a long wait web developers can finally start migrating their code to PHP 7. The new version comes with minimal syntax modifications, and is more focused on improving...
View ArticleDevelopers get new tools from Google to analyze images
Developers can now easily build powerful applications that understand the content of images thanks to new machine vision tools released by Google. The company unveiled the beta of its Cloud Vision API...
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The Story of the CEO Paying Everyone $70k Gets Complicated
ranton writes: Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, made news last April when he raised all employee salaries to at least $70,000. He claimed his motive was based on research that shows increased wages...
View ArticleYahoo! Inc. (YHOO) In Play: ‘Hip’ Blogging Site Tumblr Could Be Hidden Gem...
But while the ads and the blogs exist, and they’re evidently expanding, not every agency and company is jumping in to buy. “Pioneer brands have, and so have some of our clients. It hasn’t gotten...
View ArticleAll eyes on Austin: what’s on the horizon for marketers at SXSW?
SXSW continues transitioning from its roots as a tech conference into an expression of modern, digital culture. With large brands like McDonalds making a splash last year and President Obama this year,...
View ArticleHuffington Post: How Many Marketers Does It Take to Screw In a Programmatic...
The mercilessly rapid pace of consumer technology constantly forces marketers into new and uncharted waters for brand communication. The sophistication of messaging, driven by modern technology and...
View ArticleWTF is acoustic fingerprinting?
Azher Ahmed, director of digital at DDB Chicago, said acoustic technology can be more effective than beacons because they have a wider range and don’t require Internet connections for the app to pick...
View ArticleWhy Brands From Barbie to Uber Are So Hot on Chatbots
“Every time robots try to act like people it’s usually a recipe for disaster,” said Azher Ahmed, evp and director of digital operations at DDB Chicago. Still, Ahmed and other agency executives say an...
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Networks of Marvel Heroes
This infographic visualizes the social relationships between characters in the Marvel Universe, including the crossovers and connections among the superhero franchises. Maven7 displays opponents,...
View ArticleHow Snapchat plans to include commerce ads
“Commerce is a close cousin of content and there are a ton of content players out there,” said Azher Ahmed, director of digital at DDB Chicago. “It would make sense that they’re trying to close the...
View ArticleModern CRM Drives Engagement, Relationship And Revenue
CRM technologies are more than two decades old. In the early days of CRM, companies leveraged these solutions to provide "inside-out" efficiencies – operational efficiencies for sales, marketing, and...
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How to Design an “Eid Al-Fitr” Greeting Card in Adobe Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating “Eid al-Fitr”, which is often shortened to “Eid”, is the “festival of breaking fast”. It is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims across the world, to mark the end of the...
View ArticleAs Pokémania rages, the Nintendo brand soars
“Pokémon Go uses nostalgia to activate a passion that’s been lying dormant for a section of the audience while at the same time broadening its appeal to new audiences,” said Azher Ahmed, evp and...
View ArticleWebinar: Giving Technology & Data Some Heart & Soul
Consumer media is more vast, variant and uncontrolled as it’s ever been. Let’s review and discuss the ways organizations – large and small – are harnessing this chaos to drive growth and maintain...
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Barcelona’s “Superblocks” Plan: Less Cars, More Bikes, Better Social Spaces
Thirty years ago everyone in China rode bicycles; today it’s all cars. Thirty years ago Western cities were clogged with cars, but today city planners would prefer it if everyone were on bicycles. This...
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THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE AUTOMOBILE 2016: Forecasts, trends, and analyses on...
Over the past year, there has been a significant uptick in the number of connected cars on the road. And as internet integration becomes more commonplace, the automobile as we know it will transform....
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THE CONNECTED DEVICE PAYMENTS REPORT: Market opportunities, top stakeholders,...
The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) offers payments companies an opportunity to expand beyond mobile phones, cards, and point-of-sale devices, to a broad and diverse ecosystem of...
View ArticleApple’s New App Store for iMessage Could Help Brands Break Free on Mobile
However, the more brands that build right into the iPhone’s mobile messaging app, the less reliant they are on third parties such as Facebook. “Brands can roll out their own content and they’re not...
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Adblock Plus Is Now Going To Sell Ads
Adblock Plus, one of the web’s most popular ad-blocking services, will soon begin selling its own ads—and taking a little bit of the cut as well. Seems counterintuitive, huh? Read more…
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Yea or Nay? Palette’s Modular Physical Dials, Buttons and Sliders for...
Palettes are a series of clean-looking dials, sliders and buttons that bring tactility to operations you’d normally perform on-screen. Here’s a quick example: I’m mightily impressed at the thought that...
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