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IDG Contributor Network: Apparel chains can fight back against Amazon, but it won't be easy

ComputerWorld IT Management

With recent reports that Amazon is preparing to make a major play in custom clothing — as well as apparel in general — clothing chains are panicking. The bad news is that those options are painful, and I'm not at all certain apparel chains are scared enough to actually take meaningful actions.

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Tech Moves: Madrona grows investment team; MicroVision, Axon add board members; and more

GeekWire

Prior to Amazon, Sharma co-founded LifeLemon, a consumer apparel e-commerce startup, led marketing at Flipkart, and was a developer at Oracle. Last year, Saykara unveiled a new skill for its virtual assistant , called Kara, that documents an entire doctor-patient conversation without interruption. Saykara Photo).

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Dolphin hack: What can you do with a Flipper Zero

Dataconomy

A highlight of its user interface is the charming pixel-art dolphin virtual pet. The very essence of this device is the interactivity with this virtual pet, where the use of the device’s varied functions directly influences the pet’s appearance and emotions.

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

CIO Business Intelligence

As a foreigner, building trust with the IT team is extremely important, an aspect that proved to be “the most important and challenging issue” for David Berry, CIO of apparel and accessories manufacturer Boardriders, when he shifted from Häagen-Dazs in the US to become VP of IT at Grand Metropolitan Foods Europe in France.

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The ever-changing pressures of running an Instagram business

Vox

Reichenbach, who is also a full-time college student in California, began selling keychains, pins, plushies, apparel, and other paraphernalia of her amphibian sketches in 2019, and as her Instagram audience grew, so did her sales. Rachel Reichenbach likes to joke that she is the overlord of an internet frog cult. View this post on Instagram.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Whereas postpaid customers may be characterized by their affordability, high propensity to call ‘on-net’, i.e., to their family or friends from within their network of provider, a rich residential location, etc. Postpaid subscribers will stay, but today the network coverage is very bad for all the operators.

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Content moderation issues are taking center stage in the presidential election campaign

The Verge

I spent the weekend watching three stories unfold at the intersection of social networks and politics. During the initial George Floyd protests earlier this month, a big question was whether the social networks would take action against President Trump for one of his bad posts. There was even a virtual walkout.