Will AI replace the sommelier...Amazon goes all in with pharma...CVS to now accept QR codes for payme
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Will AI replace the sommelier…Amazon goes all in with pharma…CVS to now accept QR codes for payments…GitHub backs developers and restores YouTube-DL…ZOOM lets hosts know if they’re at risk….Teams adds low code tools…SquareSpace gets down to business…Artists want Spotify to pay a penny….Apple makes their podcasts web friendly…TikTok adds more parental controls….Working abroad is the new Work From Home…Imagine a week without meetings…What the office will look like soon…How to delegate better…In Malta, the telecom takeover begins…OpenPhone wants to change telecom…those stories and more are all here today, in THE COMUNICANO!!!
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Merlot-M-G! The WineCab Wine Wall is a Robot+AI Sommelier
What do you get for the person who has everything? How about an artificially intelligent robot sommelier that can securely store, manage and suggest wines from your collection?
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Amazon jumps into the pharmacy business with online prescription fulfillment, free delivery for Prime members
Amazon has been quietly building out its pharmacy offering for several years after ramping up internal discussions in 2017 and acquiring PillPack in 2018.
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Amazon Pharmacy: Online drugstore and Prime Rx discounts extend tech giant’s reach into healthcare
Amazon will offer prescription medications for home delivery through a new online drugstore, promising Prime members free two-day delivery and discounts of as…
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CVS becomes first national retailer to offer support for PayPal and Venmo QR codes at checkout
PayPal announced this morning that its customers can now use either PayPal or Venmo QR codes when checking out at more than 8,200 CVS retail stores across the U.S.
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Standing up for developers: youtube-dl is back
Today we reinstated youtube-dl, a popular project on GitHub, after we received additional information about the project that enabled us to reverse a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown.
At GitHub, our priority is supporting open source and the developer community.
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New Zoom feature can alert room owners of possible Zoombombing disruptions
The new “At-Risk Meeting Notifier” Zoom feature scans the internet and alerts conference organizers when a link to their Zoom meeting has been posted online.
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Microsoft expands Teams with meetings apps and low-code tools
Microsoft Teams apps for meetings, Power Apps for Teams, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Dataverse are generally available.
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Squarespace’s new feature could help more businesses survive the pandemic
Squarespace is adding paywalls to its website builder, enabling businesses to monetize premium digital content.
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Member Areas – Create a Membership Site
Sell memberships and paid subscriptions with Member Areas on Squarespace.
Add gated content to your existing site or start a new membership website
with our award-winning templates.
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More Than 18,000 Musicians Are Demanding a Penny Per Stream from Spotify
Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers explains the ‘Justice at Spotify’ campaign.
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When Your Brand Becomes the Monster It
Music is intensely personal for each listener; it’s the soundtrack to first love, heartbreak, celebration, and loss.
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You can now embed Apple Podcasts on the web
Apple is making it easier to discover and listen to podcasts via the web. The company announced today an Apple Podcasts embed web player is now available, allowing anyone — including creators, listeners or marketers — to generate embed codes for the more than 1.5 million shows available across the Apple Podcasts service.
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TikTok adds tougher parental controls
The app lets adults limit what children can search for and prevent strangers from seeing activity.
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Twitter rolls out Stories, aka ‘Fleets,’ to all users; will also test a Clubhouse rival
Twitter this morning is launching its own version of Stories — aka “Fleets” — to its global user base. The product, which allows users to post ephemeral content that disappears in 24 hours, had already rolled out to select markets including Brazil, India, Italy, South Korea, and most recently, Japan.
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For Many in the West, Working From Abroad Is the New Working From Home
With offices mostly shut and face-to-face meetings rare, some are escaping Europe’s chilly north for the Mediterranean coast.
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Google's 3-Word Plan to Help Employees Avoid Burnout Is So Simple You Should Steal It
Sometimes the easiest way to help your team to get more done is to stop interrupting them with meetings.
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This is what the office will look like in 2022
Columbia University Dean Emeritus predicts four major trends that will become common in the coming years.
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How to figure out if you have a problem delegating—and what to do about it
Many managers need to work on this important skill, which not only reduces your workload but also makes your team stronger.
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OpenPhone raises $14 million to replace antiquated business phone systems with an app
OpenPhone, a company setting out to replace “antiquated” business phone systems with an app, has raised $14 million in a round of funding.
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Vodafone Malta Undergoes Major Rebrand To Become Epic
Vodafone Malta is no more after the telecommunications company announced that it would rebrand from its red and white to a sleek black and yellow and under a new name, epic. The widespread rebrand was announced at a press conference earlier today along with an inspiring video welcoming the new chapter for the telecommunications company.
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