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Evernote’s Desire To Be The Workplace’s Virtual War Room For Projects

It was 10 years ago at a tech event in San Francisco where I was first introduced to a company called Evernote. Initially I was unsure about its potential — why would I want an app to keep track of things when I could just write it down? Fast forward some time later and I […]

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The Big Problem Brands Have Communicating With Customers

Technology is often highlighted as the savior for businesses, enabling them to be better connected with their customers and adapting to the new age of capitalism. But the truth is that it’s not an “if you add it, they will come” scenario. Companies touting that they’re using live chat, bots, new age support services, and […]

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Microsoft’s Push To Capitalize On LinkedIn’s Economic Graph

It’s commonplace to look at a company’s acquisition news and be puzzled by how the move fits in with the buyer’s vision. One need only look at LinkedIn’s acquisition by Microsoft in 2016 as an example. In its largest deal to date, the Redmond, Wash.-based technology company spent more than $26 billion to acquire a […]

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Chute Cofounder Greg Narain Launches Before Alpha To Disrupt Corporate Innovation

There’s been a lot of talk about innovation in the past few years and how companies can remain relevant in this era where new and modern technologies have emerged and changed people’s buying and usage habits. Companies are struggling to figure out how to counter companies that just a year or so ago wasn’t in […]

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Twilio’s New SMS Verification SDK Uses Google To Verify Phone Numbers

Twilio has launched an SDK giving developers a new way to help their app users verify their identity. The cloud-based telecommunications company on Tuesday announced its Verification SDK which uses Google’s API to simplify SMS permissions when checking phone numbers. It’s only available for Android apps — Twilio shifted the blame to Apple, saying that […]

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Box Seeks To Transform Industries With New Platform, SDKs, and Tools All Enterprise Apps Are Built From

In its first public event since its IPO, cloud collaboration company Box sought to shake up the enterprise application landscape with several announcements aimed at changing the way technology is being used in the workplace. From the launch of a developer platform, releasing modular SDKs, unveiling of new resources, and more, Box seeks to facilitate […]

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Charlene Li’s ‘The Engaged Leader’ Tells Executives How To Lead Without Fearing Social Technology

Technology can be a scary thing. No matter whether you’re trying to figure out ephemeral messaging apps like Snapchat, why you’d want to use a live-streaming service like Meerkat, or simply what’s your return on using Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. But imagine how difficult it could be for corporate executives who want to try and control […]

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With Work, Facebook Aims to Consolidate All of Our Social Engagement (and Data) Under One Platform

The battle for being social in the enterprise has heated up once again. Earlier this month, Facebook announced that it was launching a new offering specifically for businesses. Called Work, it’s intended to close the gap between the personal and the professional identities people have on the social network. With the introduction of both a mobile […]

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Echo’s New DIY Studio Service Aims To Enable Users To Create Branded Social Media ‘Experiences’

Social media engagement is certainly a program many brands and publishers have included in their marketing and public relations arsenal. However, for some, finding the right balance to create a proper environment that is seamless and native can be rather difficult. Does a business seek out developers to find ways to bring in feeds from […]

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Transforming the Box: Aaron Levie’s Mission to Show It’s More Than Storing Files in the Cloud

The world of cloud storage has certainly heated up over the past couple of years, let alone months. Nary, a day goes by when we’re probably reading news about the latest service to increase storage capacity. Just this summer, Microsoft did that with its OneDrive service, giving free account holders 15GB of storage and 1TB […]