Japanese ad giant admits to overcharging more than 100 clients

Tokyo-based advertising giant Dentsu has acknowledged that it overcharged more than 100 clients after it conducted a month-long investigation into its own financial records.

The probe turned up at total of 633 business transactions that warranted suspicion — worth about $ 2.3 million overall. 

SEE ALSO: Why American ad agencies are being accused of having secret agendas

In some cases, its agency properties charged fees for ads that were never placed. There were also instances in which a campaign’s performance was exaggerated in order to hike up the price.

It’s not clear which of Dentsu’s clients were affected, but the holding company said in a statement that it had contacted and apologized to each of them. It also vowed to refund the sum in full. Read more…

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What If the Entire World"s Population Lived in One City?

Here’s a thought exercise that starts getting kind of gross the deeper you dive into it: what if the entire world’s population lived in one city? What would that city look like? How big would the city be? Or how small can you pack it? Is it even possible? RealLifeLore says that you can fit 7.4 billion people into a city as big as Palestine. Which is, like, basically a bit bigger than the state of Delaware.

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U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil Started Out "As Underachieving As You Can Get"

How can someone who has underachieved for years change their course and exceed their potential? This question was originally answered on Quora by DJ Patil.

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U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil Started Out "As Underachieving As You Can Get"

Google"s smart speaker will be cheaper than the Amazon Echo, report says

Amazon might be getting a little worried.

Pricing details for Google’s upcoming smart speaker, the Amazon Echo-like Google Home, may have just been leaked and they suggest that Google’s speaker will be a lot cheaper than Amazon’s.

SEE ALSO: Google sends invite for likely Pixel smartphone launch on Oct. 4

The speaker will sell for $ 129 when it goes on sale later this year, according to a report in Android Police. Google Home, which the company first introduced at its I/O developer conference in May, is a speaker that also has Google Assistant built in. (You can preview the assistant in the company’s new messaging app, Allo.) It can also control smart home devices, complete searches and help you manage tasks like managing your grocery list. Read more…

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Google"s smart speaker will be cheaper than the Amazon Echo, report says

Google"s smart speaker will be cheaper than the Amazon Echo, report says

Amazon might be getting a little worried.

Pricing details for Google’s upcoming smart speaker, the Amazon Echo-like Google Home, may have just been leaked and they suggest that Google’s speaker will be a lot cheaper than Amazon’s.

SEE ALSO: Google sends invite for likely Pixel smartphone launch on Oct. 4

The speaker will sell for $ 129 when it goes on sale later this year, according to a report in Android Police. Google Home, which the company first introduced at its I/O developer conference in May, is a speaker that also has Google Assistant built in. (You can preview the assistant in the company’s new messaging app, Allo.) It can also control smart home devices, complete searches and help you manage tasks like managing your grocery list. Read more…

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Facial Recognition Software Lets You Find a Camgirl Who Looks Just Like Your Crush

Megacams.me, a site that touts itself as a “live sex search engine” has just introduced its latest feature: a search function that lets you upload pictures of your crush to find camgirls that look just like her.

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CoreSite Reveals Microsoft Azure Cloud Connectivity in NY

As a matter of fact, with growth in cloud computing, Internet of Things and big data, and an increasing number of companies opting for third-party IT …

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Pippa Middleton"s iCloud account reportedly hacked, with thousands of private photos stolen

Pippa Middleton, the sister of Kate Middleton the Duchess of Cambridge, has had her iCloud account hacked and thousands of private photographs stolen, according to The Independent.

The information retrieved is believed to include personal photos of the royal family and of Middleton with her fiancé James Matthews.

SEE ALSO: If you use any Yahoo services, here’s what to do following the massive breach

The publication noted Middleton’s lawyers confirmed her account has been accessed and that her and Matthews have requested their privacy to be respected. 

The royal correspondent for the Daily Mail reported that 3,000 photos had been taken from Middleton’s account and a person going by the name “mas” was attempting to sell them to media organizations.  Read more…

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To Protect Privacy, Apple"s Smart Speaker Said To Have Opt-In Camera Capabilities

The Apple smart speakers are said to have cameras that recognize individual people.

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Healthcare IT Challenges, Opportunities: Podcast

What are the hot issues in IT healthcare, and how can IT organizations take advantage of new opportunities? We spoke with the new president of SAP’s newly formed Connected Health group to find out.
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Microsoft commits to 50% renewable energy use in their Data Centres by 2018

Data centres, central to cloud computing, is believed to consuming about 3 per cent of the global electricity supply and account for about 2 per cent of …

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Oracle Takes on Amazon, Microsoft

… (ORCL) OpenWorld conference and analyst day with new insights into how the company is approaching the secular shift to cloud computing.

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Hangouts adds a ton of Easter egg emoticons and an in-app browser

The last update to Hangouts on Android added arguably the greatest emoticon of them all: ¯_(ツ)_/¯, also known as the shruggie. That was literally the only real update in Hangouts v12. But as spotted by Android Police, Hangouts v13 adds a whole slew of new emoticon Easter eggs. Here’s the full list of new commands: /algebraic /dealwithit /disapprove /facepalm /flowerbeam /happy /lgtm /lit /octodisco /puppyparty /shame /shrug /success /sunglasses /tableback /tableflip /that /this /wizard /yuno Go have fun and test them all out, or just head to the source link below if you have better things to do with your time. They…

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