Artificial intelligence is starting to make a major impact on business tools. This week, Google announced the availability of new AI tools for Google Sheets to help business users with automation and decision making. Another popular business tool, Slack, also announced a new feature this week, albeit a more seasonal one. The platform’s new package […]
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Waze, Google Maps and some other popular navigation apps sent some drivers in California into the path of the wildfires spreading through the area this week. Nav Apps Send Drivers into Wildfires Since these apps are automatically set to help drivers avoid areas with heavy traffic or construction, the evacuated areas were a natural draw.
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It seems that Facebook’s still looking for ways to address its ‘context collapse’, the decline in personal sharing on the platform which has been in effect over the last few years. Back in 2016, The Information published a report which suggested that overall sharing on Facebook had fallen 5.5% between mid-2014 and mid-2015, with sharing
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Despite its name, Swrve hasn’t swerved in its evolution from its origins as a marketing and engagement platform for apps. Instead, it’s taken a series of steps toward its positioning as a customer interaction platform. In 2014, for instance, it added support for iBeacons, which are usually paired with apps. Later that year, Swrve declared
Snapchat has a new Story to sell advertisers. On Friday, Snapchat unveiled its latest ad format called Promoted Stories, which inserts a branded Story in the mobile app’s Stories tab among the organic Stories from the accounts a person follows, the original Shows that Snapchat licenses, the Our Stories it curates and the Publisher Stories
Marketers say that in order to anticipate what the customer wants, you have to know what they’re thinking. With voice apps becoming more and more commonplace — now the customer can actually tell you. Perhaps the biggest evidence that shows a marked shift in how customers search is found within the biggest movers and shakers
Today Google announced a number of updates and improvements to help make third party apps for Google Assistant more functional and easier for users to discover. It’s also adding new capabilities for developers. Developers can now build Assistant apps in Spanish, Portuguese and Indian English. For the UK, Google announced the availability of transactional capabilities
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Xero (NZE:XRO) just announced the general availability of Xero HQ apps in the Americas. The release of the new apps corresponds with a growth of 43 percent in Xero’s business domestically. Ten apps have been launched in collaboration with the company’s partners to improve the Xero online accounting software for small businesses. The 10 apps
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Whether you’re a solopreneur or head a staff of 50, keeping track of time is an ongoing headache for most small business owners. Without accurate time tracking, you can’t bill clients properly—or pay your employees correctly. Fortunately, time tracking has come a long way since old-fashioned punch time clocks. Here are 5 cool time tracking
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Three years after Facebook rolled out a version of its “Like” button for developers to feature in their mobile apps, the company is shutting it down. Starting on February 6, 2018, the native “Like” button embedded in third-party iOS and Android apps will no longer work, the company announced to developers earlier this week. As
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