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Meredith Bailey spent nearly 15 years leading creative teams within marketing departments at some of the world’s leading companies like Google, YouTube, Apple and Warner Bros. Throughout her experience, Bailey, who is based in San Francisco, recognized flaws and bottlenecks with the traditional review cycle between stakeholders for different creative assets.  The workflow management tools available — which allow stakeholders, including team members and clients to collaborate on and execute projects — didn’t address the needs of creative teams, who develop different marketing assets such as videos, images and logos.  “Most teams today are still collecting feedback and approvals via…

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Starting on iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma, Apple encrypts the titles of Voice Memos stored in iCloud, in addition to the recordings themselves. As a result of this change, Apple says the titles of existing Voice Memos might only show the date and time of the recording on devices running older software versions. Apple explains in a new support document: Because of this additional encryption, when you update one of your Apple devices to iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma, your devices that you haven’t yet updated—with older versions of Voice Memos—may display the date and time…

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Apple is releasing the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus this Friday. Unlike the previous year, these phones add a lot of value for those thinking about upgrading from an older phone to Apple’s new options. With a new design, fun colors, USB-C, and improved cameras, there’s a consensus among reviewers that these iPhones actually have a lot of value this time. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice. They say the new iPhone 15…

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday, September 8 has claimed almost 3,000 lives. A further 5,530 people are injured, and the death toll is expected to rise. The epicenter was high in the Atlas Mountains. Entire villages have been flattened. Neighborhoods in Marrakech, the Old City in particular, suffered significant damage. Much of the media coverage has focused on the region’s traditional architecture. Antonio Nogales, head of Spain’s United Firefighters Without Borders NGO told Reuters that the chances of survival are greatly reduced due to the traditional building materials turning to rubble and…

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Pryon, a startup developing an AI-powered platform to look for insights in — and surface answers from — enterprise knowledge bases, today announced that it raised $100 million in a funding round led by Thomas Tull’s U.S. Innovative Technology Fund. Pryon’s founder, Igor Jablokov, said that the new cash will be put put toward supporting Pryon’s general growth, expanding its 100-person team, growing its presence in international markets and scaling its strategic partnerships. A source familiar with the matter tells TechCrunch that the funding, which brings Pryon’s total raised to $137 million, values the company at between $500 million and…

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209 Editor’s note: This article was first published in Global Atlanta, an online news publication devoted to revealing the city’s ties with the world and helping local companies navigate the global economy. — Jeff Sloan may be recently retired, but he’s still fighting to keep Georgia globally competitive in an industry that employs tens of thousands of people across the state. The former Global Payments Inc. CEO has been urging Congress to take action to ensure the U.S. remains a “net exporter” of financial technology and payments innovation. Since immediate tax write-offs for research and development expenditures expired in January 2022, the U.S. has been disadvantaged by subsidies in Europe and elsewhere around…

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We’re entering the season of long scenic drives and holiday parties, which means lots of time using your devices away from home and needing a quick recharge wherever you are. Currently, this is doable for a much lower cost, with Amazon running a sale on Anker’s power banks and fast-charging plug-ins. The deals include Anker’s 511 Power Bank, available for 50 percent off, dropping from $40 to $20. It’s one of our favorite portable chargers, thanks to its slim size and ability to juice up an Android smartphone to 75 percent in just over an hour. Plus, it has a…

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Chief Product Officer and long-time Surface evangelist Panos Panay is out at Microsoft, the executive has confirmed. The news arrives days before a New York City event set to debut new Surface hardware. Panay had been at Microsoft for nearly 20 years, beginning with a stint as Group Program Manager, PC hardware, back in 2004. After an eight-year stint as Corporate VP of Microsoft Devices, the executive was appointed to his most recent role in 2018. During his time at Microsoft, Panay was well known for his impassioned Surface presentations. Panay announced the news via Twitter this morning, noting, “After…

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Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked)What do you get when you take the first entry in one of Nintendo’s most overlooked franchises and cram it with battle royale mechanics after nearly 20 years of dormancy? You might expect a shambling Frankenstein’s monster of a game held together by nostalgia-baiting stagnancy. Instead, F-Zero 99 is a clever re-imagining that injects new life into a stone-cold classic while dodging many of the pitfalls found in Nintendo’s other battle royale remixes like Mario 35 or PAC-MAN 99. F-Zero is such an important–and impressive–game thanks in no small part to its presentation. As a launch…

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