Microsoft 365 for small and medium businesses is now generally available

Microsoft 365 lets businesses subscribe to a bundle with Office 365, Windows 10 and the company’s mobile device management tools. The early focus for this program was enterprises, but a few months ago, the company also launched a preview version of Microsoft 365 for small and medium businesses. Today, Microsoft 365 Business is coming out of beta and is now generally available to… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/31/microsoft-365-for-small-and-medium-businesses-is-now-generally-available/?ncid=rss

Amazon Prime Video launches globally on Xbox consoles

 Today, Amazon Prime Video is launching globally for Xbox One, and will also be available on the new Xbox One X when it lands in stores on November 7. The streaming app, which is the only place to watch Amazon Originals like Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle, is going live in Canada, Mexico, France, Italy, Spain and India. In January of 2016, Netflix globally expanded its service to cover… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/31/amazon-prime-video-launches-globally-on-xbox-consoles/?ncid=rss

Microsoft launches a revamped version of Mixer into beta

 Microsoft today announced the launch of a new beta version of its mobile gameplay streaming app, Mixer, for both iOS and Android. The company says the new app features an entirely different codebase that will allow it to roll out updates more quickly, and includes a number of changes focused on improving the core user experience, content discoverability, app performance and personalization.… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/31/microsoft-launches-a-revamped-version-of-mixer-into-beta/?ncid=rss

Microsoft rolls out LinkedIn integrations in Outlook.com

 Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of business networking site LinkedIn is starting to pay off – at least in terms of product integrations that make sense. The company today announced that LinkedIn integration within Outlook.com is now going live, allowing email users to view insights, profile pictures, work history and more from within their inbox. The addition of LinkedIn… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/31/microsoft-rolls-out-linkedin-integrations-in-outlook-com/?ncid=rss

Amazon Echo, Echo Plus and Echo Dot are now shipping in India

 Earlier this month, Amazon promised it would bring its Echo line of smart speakers to the competitive e-commerce battleground of India. The devices, including the Echo, Echo Plus, and Echo Dot, were initially available through an invite-only program. Today, Amazon says those orders are now shipping to customers, and will arrive in November. To encourage sales, earlier Echo adopters were offered… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/31/amazon-echo-echo-plus-and-echo-dot-are-now-shipping-in-india/?ncid=rss

Microsoft will launch a Surface Pro with built-in LTE Advanced in December

 Microsoft today announced that in December it will launch a Surface Pro with built-in LTE Advanced support to its business customers. Panos Panay, Microsoft’s corporate VP for Windows devices, made the announcement at the company’s Future Decoded event in London. In the announcement, Panay argues that as the global workforce evolves, being a mobile worker will become the new… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/31/microsoft-will-launch-a-surface-pro-with-built-in-lte-advanced-in-december/?ncid=rss

Machine unreadable

More and more, we create our work to be read by a machine.

SEO specialists tell you how to write a blog post that Google will like. Your resumé needs to have the right keywords to get tagged. Everything has an ISBN, an ASIN or a catalog number.  Ideas become data become databases...

We did the same thing when assembly lines started up. Every part had to be the same size, the cogs in the system were less important than the system itself.

Being machine readable might feel like a shortcut to getting where you're going. After all, fitting in as a machine-readable cog into the database of ideas gets you a faster start. But it's also the best way to be ignored, because you've chosen to be one of the many, an idea that's easy to pigeonhole and then ignored.

What happens if your work becomes machine unreadable?

So new we don't have a slot for it.

So unpredictable that we can't ignore it.

So important that we have to stop feeding the database and start paying attention instead...

       

from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/482633148/0/sethsblog~Machine-unreadable.html

Fix SSL Insecure Issue With One Click mrwhackahost

So a few weeks ago I did a post on how to fix insecure warnings after you installed SSL and made your site https!

Well today as I looking over an old site of mine I want to start getting moving again I noticed I was running SSL, but it was not secure!

So…. time for a learning lesson.

O.K. not the biggest learning lesson, but a lesson nonetheless and in the end a simple fix that I guess I missed at one point or another!

So watch the video and you can see what happens. I put some more details below!

So as you can see this was from a simple miss on my part! I have noticed in the past that the SG Optimizer did not fix all lingering SSL issues and I choose to use Really Simple SSL plugin for that https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/

You can read more about my SiteGround review here https://whackahost.com/siteground-review/

Well I was hoping to walk through a few more things, but again simple fix… and back to doing more important things like working on the case study I want to do with that site!

Stay tuned….

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from Whack A Host https://whackahost.com/fix-ssl-insecure-issue-one-click/
October 31, 2017 at 03:25AM

Equity podcast: Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Twitter earnings madness

 Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley and myself — Alex Wilhelm — took it back to our roots with a show with just us hosts. Which worked out great as we had a lot to unpack. Tech! It never stops. This time ’round we had an earnings… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/27/equity-podcast-alphabet-amazon-microsoft-and-twitter-earnings-madness/?ncid=rss

Equity podcast: Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Twitter earnings madness

 Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley and myself — Alex Wilhelm — took it back to our roots with a show with just us hosts. Which worked out great as we had a lot to unpack. Tech! It never stops. This time ’round we had an earnings… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/27/equity-podcast-alphabet-amazon-microsoft-and-twitter-earnings-madness/?ncid=rss

AWS continues to rule the cloud infrastructure market

 AWS’s domination of the Infrastructure as a Service market continues unabated this quarter. Yes, Microsoft, Google, Alibaba and others continue to grow much faster than AWS, but that has not had a significant impact on AWS’s command over the IaaS market. For starters, AWS had a monster quarter posting $4.57 billion in earnings. That was higher than the $4.51 billion that was… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/30/aws-continues-to-rule-the-cloud-infrastructure-market/?ncid=rss

Skype’s big redesign publicly launches to all desktop users

 Earlier this year, Skype introduced a revamped version of its application offering a heavier focus on media sharing and social expression tools, in an effort to better compete with more modern social communication services, like Slack and even Snapchat. Today, the company is publicly launching the new version of Skype to the desktop, including on Mac, Windows 10 (November 2016 update and… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/30/skypes-big-redesign-publicly-launches-to-all-desktop-users/?ncid=rss

The thing about maps

Sometimes, when we're lost, we refuse a map, even when offered. 

Because the map reminds us that we made a mistake. That we were wrong.

But without a map, we're not just wrong, but we're also still lost.

A map doesn't automatically get you home, but it will probably make you less lost. 

(When dealing with the unknown, it's difficult to admit that there might not be a map. In those cases, a compass is essential, a way to remind yourself of your true north...)

       

from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/481914736/0/sethsblog~The-thing-about-maps.html

How big tech just keeps getting bigger

 After the bell on Thursday, a trio of major tech companies released their earnings reports en masse. And the results were strong, with each firm beating both revenue and profit expectations set by Wall Street. Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/29/how-big-tech-just-keeps-getting-bigger/?ncid=rss

How big tech just keeps getting bigger

 After the bell on Thursday, a trio of major tech companies released their earnings reports en masse. And the results were strong, with each firm beating both revenue and profit expectations set by Wall Street. Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/29/how-big-tech-just-keeps-getting-bigger/?ncid=rss

Imposter syndrome

It's rampant.

The big reason is that we're all impostors. You're not imaging that you're an impostor, it's likely that you are one.

Everyone who is doing important work is working on something that might not work. And it's extremely likely that they're also not the very best qualified person on the planet to be doing that work.

How could it be any other way? The odds that a pure meritocracy chose you and you alone to inhabit your spot on the ladder is worthy of Dunning-Kruger status. You've been getting lucky breaks for a long time. We all have.

Yes, you're an imposter. So am I and so is everyone else. Superman still lives on Krypton and the rest of us are just doing our best.

Isn't doing your best all you can do? Dropping the narrative of the impostor isn't arrogant, it's merely a useful way to get your work done without giving into Resistance.

Time spent fretting about our status as impostors is time away from dancing with our fear, from leading and from doing work that matters.

       

from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/481225422/0/sethsblog~Imposter-syndrome.html

On being a good driver

The best drivers are unremarkable. Their actions are predictable. The drive is unexciting. They get from here to there with a minimum amount of fuss. 

A good driver fits in, all the way.

It's entirely possible to drive your career this way, your day at work, the interactions you have.

The alternative is to understand that the opposite of good driving at work isn't crashing. The opposite is leaping. Connecting, changing things.

Don't do it in your car, but consider trying it at your keyboard.

       

from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/480525214/0/sethsblog~On-being-a-good-driver.html

SiteGround Web Hosting Black Friday 2017 Deals mrwhackahost

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October 28, 2017 at 03:22AM

Money for nothing

A friend asked me for some ways to make money. (All direct quotes).

"Can I do okay taking those surveys where they pay me?" 

"What about buying or trading shirts from Supreme and then selling them?"

"Do you think I can get paid $50 an hour to be a dog walker?"

The thing is, almost all the easy shortcuts are taken. And the problem is that the ones that aren't taken are hiding really well among a forest of scams and ripoffs.

Or how about,

"How can I get an agent for my screenplay," or

"Where do I find a publisher who will pay me a big advance for my first novel?"

Your best work isn't nothing, it's the heart of what you have to offer. Finding the long, difficult way is worth the journey, because it's the best way to get what you deserve.

       

from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/479795456/0/sethsblog~Money-for-nothing.html

Amazon shares pass $1000 after posting strong financials

 Amazon shared third-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. The company posted significantly better-than-expected earnings, at 52 cents per share, when analysts were forecasting just three cents. Shares quickly ticked up 7% in initial after-hours trading, to above the $1000 per share milestone. Revenue came in at $43.74 billion, versus the consensus estimate of $42.14 billion. This is… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/26/amazons-financials-impress-with-a-better-than-expected-quarter/?ncid=rss

Microsoft easily beats the street as its cloud run rate passes $20B a year early

 Microsoft today announced its quarterly earnings for its first financial quarter of 2018 (yes, I know it’s early, but that’s how Microsoft’s financial quarters work). Wall Street’s crack team of financial analysts expected the company to report revenue of about $23.56 billion and earnings per share of $0.72. The actual numbers the company reported today were $24.5… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/26/microsoft-easily-beats-the-street-as-its-cloud-run-rate-passes-20b-a-year-early/?ncid=rss

It’s time for the internet to block fake emails

 One of the biggest upsides of the internet is that people from all over the world now have access to virtually anyone anywhere. Everyone is just an email away. That’s also the problem. That same accessibility has left people, businesses and organizations open to attack. In headline after headline, crippling cyberattacks are highlighting in bright neon the new insecurity of our digital… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/26/its-time-for-the-internet-to-block-fake-emails/?ncid=rss

Important, popular or viral

Important work is easily dismissed by the audience. It involves change and risk and thought.

Popular work resonates with the people who already like what you do.

Viral work is what happens when the audience can't stop talking about what you did.

Every once in awhile, all three things will co-exist, but odds are, you're going to need to choose.

       

from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/479024108/0/sethsblog~Important-popular-or-viral.html