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2017 security predictions

Network World

There's no reason to believe 2017 will be any better. If anything, it could be even worse as cybercriminals continue to push social engineering, find new ways to deliver malware, crack vulnerable databases and leverage mobile technology to find ways to get inside corporate defenses and target individuals.

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What Marketers Need To Know: Social Media Q1 2018 Roundup

Forrester IT

There were no surprises: Twitter is building off its Q4 2017 momentum, Facebook continues to grow its user base, and Snap is still going through an identity crisis. Q1 2018 earnings for Twitter, Facebook, and Snap largely showed minimal impact from the recent data privacy crisis. For the most part, the financial markets seem to […].

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My 300th Post!!! -- Sharing Four Tech Predictions for 2017

Social, Agile and Transformation

I started Social, Agile, and Transformation over ten years ago as a Startup CTO posting technical insights that I developed while overseeing application development, innovating with new technologies, and driving customer experiences. This is my 300th post!

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Social media manager Hootsuite acquires conversational AI-platform Heyday for $48M

GeekWire

based social media management platform, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Heyday , a conversational AI platform, for about $48 million USD. The new generation of shoppers want to engage with brands by making purchases and receiving real-time customer service on social,” Hootsuite CEO Tom Keiser said in a news release.

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Social media scammers stole $770 million from victims last year

TechSpot

The FTC writes that 25% of all reported losses to fraud in 2021 were those that originated from social media platforms. The most recent figures mark an eighteenfold increase over 2017 reported losses, but they are likely to be much higher as many people are too embarrassed or ashamed to report being scammed.

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The cloud infrastructure that’s redefining management at Guzmán Minerals

CIO Business Intelligence

for Business Central, the project is in its early stages and represents a major transition from its current Dynamics NAV 2017 ERP solution. The adoption of new technologies not only seeks to improve its internal operations, but ensure that environmental impact is minimal, and operations are more socially and economically responsible.We

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Facebook vows to upskill 10,000 women in 2017

Computer Weekly

Social media giant Facebook has partnered with Enterprise Nation to provide digital skills training to more than 10,000 women by the end of 2017

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