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Target turns to AR, chat services to boost beauty sales

About six days ago, Walmart undertook a historic acquisition ^[1] and its most expensive one in recent memory when it swallowed India's ecommerce leader Flipkart by shelling out $16 billion for a 77 percent stake.

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Cisco published its third quarter financial results ^[1] on Wednesday, coming in just ahead of market expectations.

Non-GAAP net income came to $3.2 billion or earnings of 66 cents per share. The networking giant...

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In a highly anticipated hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, lawmakers questioned Christopher Wylie, a former research director for the shadowy political data firm Cambridge Analytica ^[1], about the company's history of privacy violations,...

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Salesforce as takeover target: Here's a look at the potential buyers

Salesforce wants to encourage Brazilian customers to invest in systems supporting digital transformation by creating a sense of urgency around resuming their innovation strategies.

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The cloud CRM vendor is optimistic about Brazil and has doubled the size

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Video: What security vendors can do to earn some credibility

Much like physicians, security vendors ^[1] prescribe remedies for their customers' ailments.

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Unlike physicians, no Hippocratic oath ^[2] exists for

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Petros Koutoupis, LJ Contributing Editor, is currently a senior platform architect at IBM for its Cloud Object Storage division (formerly Cleversafe). He is also the creator and maintainer of the RapidDisk Project. Petros has worked...

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Video: Apple facing lawsuit in South Korea over battery scandal.

Apple is after $1bn from Samsung following the finding years ago that the South Korean company's phones did infringe three iPhone patents.

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The eight-year-old suit

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I’ve advocated the use of Google’s owner response review feature since it first rolled out in 2010. This vital vehicle defends brand reputation and revenue, offering companies a means of transforming dissatisfied consumers into satisfied ones, supporting retention...

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Windows 10 April 2018 Update: Here's what you can expect

Before you can use Hyper-V, you have to enable the feature using this Control Panel dialog box. Click to enlarge ...

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Why Walmart could get severe indigestion from its Flipkart acquisition

Cisco posts solid Q3 as it grows software business

Senators Grill Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Christopher Wylie

Salesforce: we want more user success stories in Brazil

Security vendors need to stop doing more harm than good

Thunderbird and the Recent #EFAIL Vulnerability, Fedora Urges Users to Update DHCP Packages, Kernel Updates and More

Apple to Samsung: Cough up $1bn for using our iPhone designs

Time to Act: Review Responses Just Evolved from "Extra" to "Expected"

Windows 10 tip: How to enable Hyper-V and create virtual machines