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Open Source Gluu Server and Couchbase Shatter Billion-Login-Per-Day Threshold

Cloud native OpenID platform enables true horizontal scalability for the world's most challenging web and mobile authentication use cases.




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DFC Intelligence Forecasts Consumer Video Game Spending to Reach $250 Billion in 2023

Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Project Scarlett Are Major Growth Drivers




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Michigan Wedding Photographer & DJ Launches Mobile-Friendly Website

Brides-to-be can find their photographer, dj, invitations, and more all on one mobile-friendly website.




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Fort Worth Mobile Spray Tanning Service Cowtown Tanning Adds Downtown Ft Worth Studio Location

Cowtown Tanning Now Open at 2613 Wiesenberger Street, Suite 164, Fort Worth 76109




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Highland Management Group Announces Newly Redesigned Website that Improves Usability for Customers

New Simple and Mobile Friendly Website Helps Customers with Management Services




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Wheat Growers Turn Out in Strong Opposition to Proposed Pesticide Bills

Proposed regulations are redundant and pose risks to Washington farmers




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BeachBilly Lifestyle Family Live Off the Grid on the Coast

Television Show Highlights The BeachBilly Lifestyle




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topseos.com Declares Boostability as the Third Best Search Engine Optimization Service for March 2020

The independent authority on internet marketing solutions, topseos.com, has named Boostability the 3rd best search engine optimization company for the month of March 2020.




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Bill McCollum Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who

Mr. McCollum has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in the fields of law and government




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Upstream Rehabilitation Offers Telehealth To Physical and Occupational Therapy Patients Nationwide During Covid-19

Upstream operates nearly 800 clinics in 25 states




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Inverewe Capital Takes on Linedata's Integrated Technology and Support Services to Streamline Middle Office, Research and Risk Capabilities

Addresses entire operational process - "We've determined that an independent middle office is key to run our business effectively and efficiently," says COO.




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As World Struggles with New Pandemic, College HUNKS ® Honors Ryan White's AIDS Legacy on the 30-Year Anniversary of His Death with 'Hope' Sculpture by Bill Mack

Moving Franchise Displays Newly Discovered Rare Sculpture at World Headquarters to Offer Inspiration to the Community and Recognize the Ongoing Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Discrimination and COVID-19 Pandemic




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2019 Pop Culture Hall Of Fame Awards: Inductees Represent Billions of Box Office Views, Streaming Viewers, Players and Readers

Our Inductee Class of 2019 debuted as a stand-alone award for single individuals in the pop culture world for the first time, with 10 individuals in the areas of film, art, comics, games and collectibles.




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Clifford Beaumont - UK to Spend Billions to Stave Off Brexit Effects

Clifford Beaumont: Theresa May pledges billions of pounds to help regenerate the UK economy after its exit from the European Union.




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WAWG Calls For Full Funding of USDA and Key Farm Bill Programs

Rural America Could Be Devastated by Weakening the Farm Bill




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Wheat Grower Associations Return to Nation's Capital to Urge Action On Farm Bill

Washington Wheat Calls For Bipartisan Action




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Washington Wheat Growers Disappointed in Farm Bill Expiration

WAWG and WGC Calls for an Immediate Short Term Extension, Farmers Need Stability and Certainty




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Securing Efficiency Amid COVID-19 Outbreak: Eurisko Mobility Adopts DevOps-powered Work From Home Strategy

With teams in Lebanon, United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, Eurisko Mobility successfully implements Work From Home strategy in order to keep delivering enterprise mobile, web, IoT products to local and international clients




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Assemblymember Dr Shirley Weber Discusses Reform-a-nation Campaign/Docuseries on Injustice & Wrongful Convictions as "Racial Justice Bill" is Introduced By Assemblymember Ash Kalra

Reform-a-nation Campaign/Docuseries Focuses on Injustice & Wrongful Convictions Like Anand Jon Alexander and Others in California and Beyond




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On Tour: The BHS Material Handling Equipment Mobile Showroom

BHS, Inc. has created a solution for dealers and end-users who would like to experience the manufacturer's products in person, but can't travel to the company's St. Louis headquarters.




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Bill's Equipment & Supply, Inc. New Equipment Additions to Rental Fleet

Bill's Equipment & Supply has added several brand-new items to their wide array of rental equipment in the Colorado Springs area for the Spring season!




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ACB Commends West Virginia for Making Absentee Voting Accessible for People with Disabilities

West Va. to Implement Alternative Absentee Voting Method




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Only 55% of Voters with Disabilities VOTED in 2016 - The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) Launches - "Our Time, Our Vote" Initiative for Voters with Learning Disabilities

1 in 5 Americans Have Invisible Learning Disabilities and they ALL Deserve to VOTE in 2020




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Ramez Al-Khayyat on Sustainability

Sustainability, the Catchword of Today and Tomorrow




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Worried your bank will make you pay your delayed mortgage bills all at once? Here's what to do

Many homeowners struggling financially in the coronavirus pandemic worry mortgage servicers will require them to repay mortgage bills all at once.





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New GitHub Features Help Find Vulnerabilities and Secrets in Code

GitHub on Wednesday announced two new security features designed to help developers identify vulnerabilities and potential secrets in their code.

The company announced several new products at its Satellite virtual conference, including ones aimed at helping customers write and consume more secure code.

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Nearly 1 Million WordPress Sites Targeted via Old Vulnerabilities

A large-scale attack campaign has targeted over 900,000 WordPress websites through vulnerabilities in plugins and themes, WordPress security company Defiant revealed this week.

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Another Stuxnet-Style Vulnerability Found in Schneider Electric Software

Researchers have found another vulnerability in software made by Schneider Electric that is similar to the one exploited by the notorious Stuxnet malware.

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Search Company Algolia Hacked via Recent Salt Vulnerabilities

A couple of Salt vulnerabilities addressed last week were abused over the weekend to hack Algolia’s infrastructure, the search-as-a-service startup revealed.

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Cisco Patches High Severity Vulnerabilities in Security Products

Cisco Patches High Severity Vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)

Cisco this week released security updates to address more than 30 vulnerabilities in various products, including 12 high severity flaws impacting Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD).

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Samsung Patches Critical 0-Click Vulnerability in Smartphones

Samsung this week released its May 2020 set of security updates for Android smartphones, which includes a patch for a critical vulnerability impacting all of its devices since 2014. 

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Elementor Plugin Vulnerabilities Exploited to Hack WordPress Sites

Threat actors are actively targeting a vulnerability in the Elementor Pro plugin for WordPress to compromise websites, WordPress security company Defiant warned this week.

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Riding Wild: New Mobile App Takes The Road Less Traveled

BurnsOffroad, a free app available in the AppStore and Google Play, is a must-have for those who love riding ATVs, SSVs, 4x4s, and other off-road vehicles.




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Peninsula General Insurance New Website Offers Instant Quote and Buy Online Capabilities

The Online Shopping Experience at www.peninsulageneral.com is Fast and Provides Customers with More Choices




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Research Roundup: Spawl Crawl And Rethinking Peak Hour Commutes, The New Sharing Economy & Smart Mobility For The 21st Century

The organization CEOs For Cities released a widely-cited report last month titled Measuring Urban Transportation Performance: A Critique Of Mobility Measures And Synthesis (71p. PDF). Their research finds that the secret to reducing the amount of time Americans spend in peak hour traffic has more to do with how we build our cities than how we build our roads.

The report explains how the cities studied have managed to achieve shorter travel times and actually reduce the peak hour travel times. Some metropolitan areas have land use patterns and transportation systems that enable their residents to take shorter trips and minimize the burden of peak hour travel.

This runs counter to the conclusions of the Texas Transportation Institute's Urban Mobility Report year after year. The CEO For Cities document explains that the UMR approach has completely overlooked the role that variations in travel distances play in driving urban transportation problems.

In the best performing cities -- those that have achieved the shortest peak hour travel distances -- such as Chicago, Portland and Sacramento, the typical traveler spends 40 fewer hours per year in peak hour travel than the average American. Because of smart land use planning and investment in alternative transportation, Portland has seen its average trip lengths decline by 20%.

In contrast, in the most sprawling metropolitan areas, such as Nashville, Indianapolis and Raleigh, the average resident spends as much as 240 hours per year in peak period travel because travel distances are so much greater. The report's 20-page Executive Summary is titled Driven Apart: How Sprawl Is Lengthening Our Commutes And Why Misleading Mobility Measures Are Making Things Worse.

In The New Sharing Economy, a study by Latitude in collaboration with Shareable Magazine, the authors look at new opportunities for sharing.

An interesting graph (click to enlarge) plots various endeavors on a market saturation and latent demand scale. The resulting plot points fall into four quandrants, labeled:

Low Interest and Low Prior Success (e.g. bike, outdoor sporting goods)

Done Well Already (e.g. work space, storage space, food co-op)

Opportunities Still Remain (e.g. physical media, digital media)

Best New Opportunities (automobile, time/responsibilities, money lending/borrowing)

This last category, Best New Opportunities, provides the launch point for discussion of car sharing. The report notes that there's still a large amount of unfulfilled demand for car-sharing. More than half of all participants surveyed either shared vehicles casually or weren't sharing currently but expressed interest in doing so. For people who share in an organized fashion, cars and bikes were popular for sharing amongst family and close friends but weren't commonly shared outside this immediate network, relative to other categories of goods.

This intriguing and visually appealing report goes on to point out the new sharing takeaways for non-sharing businesses, including "we-based brands," the value in social and alternative currencies, and the "contagiousness" of sharing.

Finally, Transportation For America recently released a White Paper titled Smart Mobility For A 21st Century America: Strategies For Maximizing Technology To Minimize Congestion, Reduce Emissions And Increase Efficiency (39p. PDF).

It proposes that improving transportation efficiency through operational innovation is critical as our population grows and ages, budgets tighten and consumer preferences shift.

As Congress prepares to review and reauthorize the nation’s transportation program, an array of innovations that were either overlooked or did not exist at the time of previous authorizations can be incentivized.

Just as the Internet, smart phones and social media changed they way we acquire news, listen to music or connect with friends and family, these same innovations have implications for how we move around. While high-tech gadgets can be a problem when they distract motorists from driving, they open up a whole new world for people using other modes.

But what if we could manage traffic to help drivers avoid congestion before they get stuck in it? What if you always knew when the next bus was going to arrive, the closest parking space or which train car had a seat available for you? The innovative technologies and strategies outlined in the White Paper include:

Making transportation systems more efficient (e.g. ramp meters, highway advisory radio)
Providing more travel options (e.g. online databases to match up vanpool riders, car-sharing services)
Providing travelers with better, more accurate, and more connected information (e.g. computerized vehicle tracking)
Making pricing and payments more convenient and efficient (e.g. EZ passes, electronic benefits)
Reducing trips and traffic (flex-time, consolidating services online)
The report goes on to discuss changes in demographics and make recommendations for federal transportation policy, as well as highlight several intriguing "smart mobility case studies."




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Our National Archives At Risk: What The Government Accountability Office Has Found


We wanted to share important (and frankly, frightening) news with you regarding the findings released last week of an audit of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

The audit (42p. PDF) was prompted in part by the loss of the Wright Brothers' original patent and maps for atomic bomb missions in Japan.

These losses led investigators to discover that some of the nation's prized historical documents are in danger of being lost for good. It follows a previous audit (66p. PDF) earlier in October highlighting oversight and management improvements, but pointing out that more action was needed.

The Government Accountability Office has also released a Summary Of Audit Findings as well as a Highlights page. The NARA website has posted a Statement in response to the audit findings from Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero.

Nearly 80 percent of U.S. government agencies are at risk of illegally destroying public records and the National Archives is backlogged with hefty volumes of records needing preservation care, the audit by the Government Accountability Office found.

The report by the watchdog arm of Congress, completed this month after a year's work, also found many U.S. agencies do not follow proper procedures for disposing of public records.

The report comes more than a year after news reports of key items missing at the nation's record-keeping agency. Some of the items have been missing for decades but their absence only became widely known in recent years.

The patent file for the Wright Brothers flying machine was last seen in 1980 after passing around multiple Archives offices, the Patents and Trademarks Office and the National Air and Space Museum.

As for maps for the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, military representatives checked them out in 1962, and they've been missing ever since.

The GAO report did not specifically mention those or other examples of missing items including Civil War telegrams from Abraham Lincoln, Eli Whitney's cotton gin patent and some NASA photographs on the moon.

Meanwhile, some documents face the threat of deterioration even though they're already at the Archives. Figures from 2009 show 65 percent of its holdings need preservation steps. In some cases, a document's condition already is so poor, it can't be read – a backlog amounting to more than 2 million cubic feet of records.

The National Archives and Records Administration has 44 facilities in 20 states, including 13 presidential libraries, funded by about $470 million this year from Congress.

NARA also maintains a "Help The National Archives Recover Lost And Stolen Documents" website.





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Google removed 2.7 billion bad ads, nearly 1 million ad accounts in 2019

This year,the company says it has removed “tens of millions” of COVID-19 related ads.

Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.




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Corporate Social Responsibility

Mark Kramer, managing director of FSG Social Impact Advisors.




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Sustainability—The Only Strategy

Adam Werbach, global CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi S and author of "Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto."




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eBay’s CEO on Growth, Acquisitions, and Going Mobile

John Donahoe, CEO of eBay.




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How a Culture of Accountability Can Deteriorate

Tom Ricks, journalist and author of the HBR article "What Ever Happened to Accountability?"




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McKinsey’s Head on Why Corporate Sustainability Efforts Are Falling Short

Dominic Barton, the global managing partner of McKinsey&Company, discusses the firm’s sustainability efforts. He talks about the wake-up call he got about sustainability and how he tries to convince CEOs hesitant to make it part of their business model that doing so will improve company performance. He says he sees companies thinking about the environment. “But the speed and scale of what we need to do — I don’t think it’s sufficient.”




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Bill Clinton and James Patterson on Collaboration and Cybersecurity

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson discuss their new novel, The President is Missing, in which a fictional president fights a cybersecurity attack amid intense political dysfunction. The coauthors share their lessons for collaborating across disparate skillsets — “clarity on the objective” and “don’t be afraid to admit what you don’t know.” They also talk about their research into cybersecurity threats and how realistic their thriller scenario could be.




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An Avenue Apart Unveils New Mobile Website for Fashion Boutique Products

An Avenue Apart is an eCommerce platform for boutiques all over the world that offers a wide selection of handmade fashion products selected from international boutiques, including Italy, India, and Argentina.




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IDH unveils mobile app to help textile workers in COVID-19




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Cotton On records rise in customer value with mobile apps




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Cotton On records rise in customer value with mobile apps





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Tax Reform May Bring Bigger Tax Liability for Athletes

With a large salary comes a large tax liability for athletes, and that could be going up following tax reform. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act brought benefits to many individuals, but athletes may notice some negative effects from it.… Read More

The post Tax Reform May Bring Bigger Tax Liability for Athletes appeared first on Anders CPAs.




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EA reaped $5.5 billion in revenue last year, most of which came from digital dealings

EA credits its live game portfolio for an overall strong year, with COO and CFO Blake Jorgensen saying this latest report "[proves] the value of the live services path we†™ve been on." ...