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• 24% off Taotronics Universal Smartphone Bike Mount - Deal Alert

  14-08-2017 15:33
  The Taotronics phone mount is easy to install and features a fully adjustable viewing angle, non-slip rubber grips and a one-button phone release mechanism. It averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon (read reviews), where its list price of $16.99 has been discounted 24% to $12.99. See this deal now on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• 45% off Vastar 4-in-1 USB Charging Cable Adapter With Micro, Mini USB and Lightning - Deal Alert

  14-08-2017 15:31
  This charging cable from Vastar features micro and mini USB, 30-pin and lightning connectors, making it compatible with a very wide range of newer and older smartphones, tablets, USB devices and more. Equipped with a connector for iPhone 6/6 plus, 5/5s, iPad4, iPad Air, iPad mini, USB type C for Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Oneplus 2, 2015 MacBook with 12" Retina Display, 2015 Google Chromebook Pixel. Micro USB connector charge for most android phones, Bluetooth headset, external batteries
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The GDPR: Do you provide goods or services in the EU?

  14-08-2017 13:41
  Many companies do business in the EU without having a physical business presence there. These companies have been able to collect, process, and protect their customers’ personal information with little regard for the various EU privacy laws. As of May 2018, this changes with the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).What is GDPR?
  Since 1995 the EU has had a directive in place requiring member states to enact laws to protect personal information. The directive provide
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why are USB sticks wrinkle-free?

  14-08-2017 13:20
  Having wrinkles in a USB stick is certainly not great. But here’s some good news: Dry cleaners are taking care of it and remove them from your clothes before processing your laundry. To strike a more serious note, a study conducted by internet security firm ESET in the United Kingdom has revealed that 22,266 USB sticks and 973 cell phones are among the various gold nuggets found by dry cleaners in dirty laundry each year. However, a staggering 45 percent of the devices never make it back t
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why AI is more important than big data for IoT development

  14-08-2017 13:04
  While the development of the internet of things has revolutionized heavy industry, online shopping, localized data collection and virtually every other aspect of modern life and business, innovators are still struggling over the future of the IoT, and how they’ll get there. While many see big data as the driving engine behind the IoT, savvy investors and entrepreneurs have shown that the real power behind the interconnectivity phenomenon is artificial intelligence.Tapping into the potentia
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 4 steps toward building a productive IT culture

  14-08-2017 12:55
  I had the pleasure of being introduced to Frank Wander through a mutual friend. As our discussion began, I learned that he was a former turnaround CIO, author of the book Transforming IT Culture and the CEO and founder ofPeopleProductive LLC. Given the nature of my column, I thought he would be a perfect person to interview and share his thoughts with you. I was right!We discussed the key role that organizational culture plays on IT productivity, success and its impact on the business it serves.
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Business intelligence data is getting even more user friendly

  14-08-2017 12:45
  In the digital era, data is pervasive. For many organizations, the amount of data they collect has become a major problem. Others struggle to identify what data will be most helpful for them to gather. Big data, while revolutionary, has created a glut of information leaving companies trying to figure out how to structure it to generate actionable insights. Business Intelligence is at the core of any kind of long-term business strategy, because it helps make sense of the data. When utilized, data
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How to manage the fear of change in IT projects

  14-08-2017 12:38
  As a CIO or a project manager you are a master of change to the point where, by now, it's probably like a sixth sense.This was certainly how I felt. Change management had become so much a part of my daily routine that I had almost habitualised the process. I had a cast iron grip on the intended business outcomes and benefits of all the projects in my portfolio but "actioning" change had become as natural as breathing.However, something that had slipped off my radar and it took some end-user feed
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Breaking down artificial intelligence to form a starting point for adoption

  14-08-2017 12:04
  Artificial intelligence will humanize recommendation engines, improve the accuracy of logistics engines, and represent a monumental change in the friendliness of chatbot engines. Learning new languages (Duolingo), finding new dinner plans (Replika) and making photography exciting again (Prisma) is how our business partners will be introduced to the potential of artificial intelligence.How we plan for AI
  If I asked you how to build a house, you’d have a series of steps in mind. When asked h
  
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• Leadership bootcamp: Lessons from military veteran CIOs

  14-08-2017 12:00
  Most CIOs develop their leadership principles and perspectives through experience—by rising through the ranks of IT organizations or through various experiences in business units or third-party partners like consulting firms or technology vendors. But how many corporate leaders have actually been trained in leadership?To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• 7 hot new IT jobs — and why they just might stick

  14-08-2017 12:00
  Unusual job titles aren’t new in the IT world. Before the Twitter ninja and social media rockstar, before the webmaster was hired to conjure up HTML sorcery, there was the software evangelist, an IT job title that merged the worlds of sales and religion. In the early ’80s an Apple executive coined the term for an Apple marketer who would praise the first Macintosh to potential developers and customers.Since then, as firms have looked to boost innovation, cut costs, or improve securit
  
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