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  • How to Scale the Ops in DevOps
    Sep 9, 2017

    How to Scale the Ops in DevOps

    DevOps has been a popular IT buzzword for years, and its use is only continuing to grow as more and more companies try…

  • The Death of Stock Photos
    Jul 2, 2015

    The Death of Stock Photos

    When Twentieth Century Fox partnered with Getty Images earlier this year to promote the Vince Vaughn comedy Unfinished…

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  • Facebook Now Powers More Than Half Of All Social Logins

    Tech Crunch

    Social logins are a convenient way to sign in to services without having to go through lengthy sign-up procedures and setting up yet another password. According to the latest data from social login service Gigya, Facebook remains the absolute market leader here and now powers more than 51 percent of all social logins in North America. Google+ is the second most popular service, but at 31 percent in North America, it remains far behind Facebook.

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  • Facebook’s lead grows in social logins on retail sites

    Internet Retailer

    76% of consumers using an established login on retailer sites served by Gigya entered their Facebook credentials in the fourth quarter of 2013. That’s up from 74% in the third quarter.

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  • Les nouveaux usages des consommateurs sur les réseaux sociaux deviennent étonnement diversifiés

    ITR News

    Les échanges sur les réseaux sociaux ont beaucoup évolué cette année. Les consommateurs n’envisagent plus cette pratique en une seule dimension. De nouveaux usages des médias sociaux apparaissent, mais outre le recul apparent de Facebook, c’est la diversité d’utilisation des services qui frappe surtout.

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  • How the Grinch Stole Your Christmas ROI

    ClickZ

    It's the most wonderful time of the year for brands and consumers alike, but now that the holidays are over, it's time to shake off the visions of sugarplums and face the cold hard truth about your end-of-year KPIs. Every year, the Grinch attempts to ruin the ROI of marketing girls and boys by stealing customers right out from under their noses, leaving a trail of abandoned carts in their place.

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  • 2nd Most Read Article on ClickZ

    ClickZ

    This story was originally published on October 14, 2013, and comes in at No. 2 on our countdown of the 10 most popular ClickZ stories of 2013. As ClickZ looks back over the past year, we're celebrating the best of 2013, as determined by you, our readers. Enjoy!

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  • Facebook slowly losing dominance in social logins

    InsideFacebook

    Gigya’s Vice President of Marketing, John Elkaim, talked with Inside Facebook about the shift in social logins, noting that the U.S. is usually the leading indicator of mobile activity for the rest of the world. He said that Google’s prominence as a mobile developer with Android is leading to more influence within the social login realm.

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  • What Login and Pay with Amazon Means for the Payment Industry

    Multichannel Merchant

    It’s no secret that the line between payment and authentication providers has been progressively blurring with the rise of mobile, social and digital technologies.

    Take Google, with its commerce venture, Google Wallet, a payments system that allows users to store various methods of payment and make secure payments via their mobile phones.

    Authentication king Facebook also recently attempted to cross over into the payments realm with the ability to store and auto-fill users’…

    It’s no secret that the line between payment and authentication providers has been progressively blurring with the rise of mobile, social and digital technologies.

    Take Google, with its commerce venture, Google Wallet, a payments system that allows users to store various methods of payment and make secure payments via their mobile phones.

    Authentication king Facebook also recently attempted to cross over into the payments realm with the ability to store and auto-fill users’ billing information.

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  • How Social Data Changes Everything

    ClickZ

    Say Goodbye to the Age of Generalizations: How Social Data Changes Everything

    The emergence of social media and the steady decline of mass media are the two biggest marketing stories of the decade. Both print circulation and TV viewership have been falling consistently since the turn of the century; TV viewership, for instance, is down almost 50% since 2002

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  • Quick and secure authentication to websites using no password via cell phone

    Issued 61675708

    Quick and secure authentication to websites using no password via a cell phone.

    Authentication to a website requires a username and password which is sensitive data. The technology proposed reduce and/or eliminates the need for username and password information to login.

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