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Mobile Has a Major Presence This Holiday Shopping Season Of the many trends this holiday season, when it comes to doing the actual gift shopping, consumers are really embracing one: mobile devices. Mobile is more popular than ever, for people filling up virtual shopping carts from their homes as well as for the die-hards hunting down presents in stores. |
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E-Commerce Gives the USPS a Facelift The USPS was recently contemplating service shutdown on Saturdays to help reduce some of its bleeding costs and losses. Amid all of this turmoil, Amazon.com announced a partnership with the USPS to ship to some of its Prime members on Sundays, which will hopefully be a leap forward for the USPS. |
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Privacy Testing: A Growing Field for Software Security Specialists Security is not just about preventing hacks. There is a larger aspect to consider: user privacy and how organizations handle collected user data. Privacy testing is still a niche field, but it is growing as users become more aware of protecting themselves and social networks gain popularity. |
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A Consolidated Payment Card Sounds Convenient—But Is It Secure? Coin is supposed to be a replacement for all the plastic in your wallet. It can store programmed information for eight credit, debit, or store loyalty cards. Sounds pretty convenient, right? However, experts warn the card might not keep your information secure, and it still has issues to work out. |
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The Importance of Mobile in the Job Market Mobile phones have evolved from being the result of great business to becoming the starting point for joining a great business. According to reports, more than half of job seekers are using mobile devices in their job searches. Read more to discover how mobile can enhance the recruiting process. |
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Staying Connected in the Air Gets Easier—But Is That a Good Thing? Even a few years back, air travelers could only work with offline or downloaded material while in-flight. That situation has changed now, at least largely in the US, where most domestic flights have in-flight Wi-Fi. Is the increase in Wi-Fi availability a welcome change or are we too connected? |
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Snapchat Rejects $3B Offer—What This Says about Tech Startups Today What company would turn down a three-billion-dollar cash acquisition offer from Facebook? Snapchat would, and the reasons why are interesting. Unlike in the past, mobile technology offerings now don’t need a big parent company to become successful. Today's startups want to do it on their own. |