OnePlus X smartphone looks amazing for $250

Computerworld Blogs October 29, 2015 Richi Jennings: OnePlus X smartphone looks amazing for $250... Wow The OnePlus X is the king of inexpensive smartphones—or so say people who've seen the new $250 device. However, OnePlus continues to insist on this ridiculous invitation system... READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. JR Raphael: Nexus 5X vs. Nexus 6P: Which one's right for you? 2. Darlene Storm: Iris-scanning ATM, any 'smart' thing as MasterCard payment device, Visa tokenization 3. Barbara Krasnoff: Motorola's Droid Turbo 2: A nice phone, but is one carrier enough these days? 4. Sharon Machlis: R conference live blog: EARL Boston 5. Ben Kepes: Where technology value lies for those who sometimes can't see the wood for the trees 6. Marian Cook: Lessons from a serial entrepreneur: Reputation is everything 7. Ben Kepes: Act-On finds a new CEO. Will this give them the boost they need? 8. Sharky: Coincidence, redefined White Paper: OpenText Embedded Analytics for Financial Services With OpenText, firms deliver a personalized experience where customers enjoy self-service access to their own account data and history, and are proactively provided recommendations and information about additional products and services. Learn More JR Raphael: Nexus 5X vs. Nexus 6P: Which one's right for you? Nexus 5X or Nexus 6P? That is the question. A simple hands-on guide to help you figure out which of Google's new phones makes sense for you. READ MORE Darlene Storm: Iris-scanning ATM, any 'smart' thing as MasterCard payment device, Visa tokenization In the name of more secure yet convenient payments, MasterCard will allow any 'smart' thing to be used as a payment device and Visa integrated online tokenization to replace credit card info with unique digital identifiers. At Money20/20, Diebold unveiled an ATM which would require transactions to be scheduled on your smartphone accompanied by your iris scan before spitting out... READ MORE Barbara Krasnoff: Motorola's Droid Turbo 2: A nice phone, but is one carrier enough these days? Motorola's new Droid Turbo 2 has fine specs, a good feel and is advertised as being shatterproof. But it's only available through Verizon; is that enough for today's educated consumer? READ MORE Sharon Machlis: R conference live blog: EARL Boston Interesting tips and tidbits on how to make better use of R, live from the Effective Application of the R Language conference. READ MORE Webcast: Code 42 How to Protect Your Most Important Resource According to Netskope, the average organization has 730 cloud apps in use, and 90.8% aren't enterprise-ready.* This puts the corporate data you're charged with securing at risk. And as workers continue to use consumer-grade cloud apps to share, access and create corporate data, it's clear that these threats aren't going away. Learn More Ben Kepes: Where technology value lies for those who sometimes can't see the wood for the trees Some people don't understand that the promise of technology is about helping organizations innovate. That's a sad fact. (IDG Contributor Network) READ MORE Marian Cook: Lessons from a serial entrepreneur: Reputation is everything How can a small to midsize company compete against the marketing budgets of their biggest rivals? A serial entrepreneur finds a way by digitizing and amplifying the power of reputation. (IDG Contributor Network) READ MORE Ben Kepes: Act-On finds a new CEO. Will this give them the boost they need? Sometimes a new leader is just the thing a company needs to reach greater heights. Is that the case for marketing automation vendor Act-On? 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