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Have you recently broken your iPhone screen and wondered if one model screen is the same as another? Have you ever wanted to put a different model screen on your phone because you only have that model available? If the previous question set applies to you, the following article will likely clear up some of your questions.
iPhone 2G (first generation): this model iPhone was one of the best ever designed. That being said, this screen is likely the least user friendly of all to replace. The screen is a one piece unit with the glass /digitizer and LCD that are inseparable. The connection cables are unique to this model.
iPhone 3G: this model iPhone paved the way for a much more user friendly repair. The glass is now removable from the front of the phone separate from the LCD. This allows for a much cheaper and easier glass repair. Once again, like all models of the iPhone, while the screens look similar, they all have different connections.
iPhone 3GS: this model introduces the oleophobic screen. This really does not do that much, simply is "oil fearing" meaning that the screen will not fingerprint as easily. That being said, no you cannot use the 3GS screen on the 3G. The 3GS setup is virtually identical to the 3G, with different connectors of course.
iPhone 4: this screen is novel in the fact that the LCD is much more vibrant than the previous models. Apple also boasts that the screen is made of helicopter glass. That being said, they made the screen with the glass being the primary impact point when it hits the ground. The result is: helicopter glass broken. The screen is also oleophobic. This screen regresses to it's old profile of being one unit with the LCD. This means a much more expensive repair.
This should help when approaching an iPhone screen repair.
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At a time where securing and analyzing big data has become crucial, AI is rapidly becoming the tool of choice to make sense of all the white noise. If you have any doubt on the future adoption of this technology, you only have to look at how tech giants are positioning themselves. 
News that Google has rebranded its Google Research arm as Google AI speaks volumes. The tech behemoth has been working and investing heavily into AI and machine learning capabilities for some time, but in a digital age where brand image is everything, the rebranding seems a natural step.
To better reflect this commitment, we’re unifying our efforts under “Google AI,” which encompasses all the state-of-the-art research happening across Google. 
In the announcement, Google also advised that they have emphasized implementing machine learning techniques in nearly everything they do from computer vision to healthcare research and machine learning. By putting AI at the heart of their plans, the future becomes relatively easy to predict.
The stage was perfectly set for Google’s annual I/O developers’ conference, Google I/O 2018, and the new Google AI branding acted as the perfect teaser trailer. Although where we are heading is incredibly exciting, how far Google has come in a short space of time is equally fascinating.
If we go back in time to last year’s event, Google Home was relatively new, and Google Assistant was beginning to appear on onto non-Pixel devices. The transformation of Google into an AI company appears to be ramping up the pace, but what does this mean to our immediate future?
At I/O 2018 the tech giant unveiled Google Duplex, a new “AI system for accomplishing real world tasks over the phone.” Duplex allows users to delegate a virtual agent to proactively call a local business to handle tasks such as making dinner reservations, scheduling hair appointments, or confirming holiday hours – all using natural conversational language that often is indistinguishable from that of a human. The result of the interaction (e.g. a confirmed reservation for two at 7 PM) is then returned to the human user and assumedly placed into their personal Google Calendar or otherwise into Google’s ecosystem. The system will be available in limited release beginning this summer.
In a post-Cambridge Analytica world having an AI Assistant talk on your behalf without any input will be a little unsettling. The idea of future encounters with fellow humans finishing with the line "I will have your AI call my AI," will equally be uncomfortable to many. But, if Google can get the balance right, we have already witnessed what a game changer it can be.
Watching AI interacting with people naturally and adjusting tone accordingly is something that we have been promoting at IPsoft for some time now with Amelia. Google's latest demo allowed mainstream consumes understand how it will impact their world and also highlights how quickly technology is progressing. 
It's not just about how the world of tech is evolving but also about how Google is openly stating their intention to influence its future. For these reasons alone, many would agree that the rebranding exercise is much more about PR than anything else. But, how it will alter the digital landscape is something that businesses will have to monitor carefully.
A few months ago, there were numerous reports about companies adding the word ‘Blockchain’ to its name, and their share price rocketed 500%. Does this mean that we will begin to see the emergence of more “AI-driven” or “based on AI” claims from providers that don't actually use the technology?
Purposely incorrectly labeling a solution to mislead businesses who want to jump on the AI bandwagon could oversaturate the marketing and confuse decision makers. If you do not perform due diligence when looking for the next business solution, you could quickly end up with just nothing more than a series of buzzwords.
However, no business can afford to ignore AI. Virtual assistants, immersive experiences, and robots are no longer science fiction; the future is now. Technology is already transforming how employees and customers interact across a global digital community. For business leaders, the allure of increased productivity and efficiency will be impossible to resist too. Google’s fascinating demonstration piques the imagination as to what functionality this technology might soon bring about.
In the meanwhile, another AI giant IPsoft, that sells exclusively to the Enterprise, has been exploring the frontiers of human-AI interactions for nearly two decades. IPsoft’s state-of-the art digital colleague, Amelia, intelligently connects users to enterprise systems using natural conversational language to accomplish complex tasks.
For example, in a recent program, IPsoft collaborated with a home security company to teach Amelia to proactively call customers when a disturbance is registered in the house. She first confirms the customer’s identification through a series of questions (e.g. mother’s maiden name) before notifying them of the issue (e.g. movement on the second floor), and then – if necessary – works with them on next steps (e.g. contacting the local authorities).
While Google Duplex presents some very intriguing promise in the consumer space, Amelia is being implemented by global enterprise customers across a wide spectrum of verticals. Like Amelia, Duplex’ fluid natural-language conversation is the result of established technologies like Artificial Intelligence Markup Language (AIML) and episodic functionality. Amelia’s brain, however, also boasts a powerful process memory, which allows her to follow an individualized process flow like walking a customer through the complexities of the mortgage application process (this functionality is ideal for rapid compliance in regulated industries like banking and healthcare). She also features an industry-leading emotional intelligence, which allows her to identify the emotional state of human users and alter her interactions accordingly.
IPsoft works with companies to teach Amelia to dynamically navigate users through sustained, complex business procedures like researching, applying, and purchasing insurance. While Duplex is specifically designed to handle brief, constrained examples (like making basic appointments), Amelia interacts with humans for 10-, 20-, 30-minute conversations, or beyond. Since she is tasked with collecting and utilizing so much vital personal data (everything from bank account information to health records), Amelia has been designed to be deployable on-premises, which allows her clients to maintain complete control of their customers’ data instead of relying on a third-party cloud service.
The AI space is a fascinating and rapidly evolving one which will reimagine how the world works.
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If you're wondering what the T-Mobile-Sprint merger means for you, then you could just ask the two companies. They'll promise the world, including lower prices, better coverage, faster connection speeds, and creation of a superfast 5G network.
Or you could talk to consumers and experts who have witnessed previous mergers in other industries. They'll predict the opposite will happen -- including higher prices, spotty service, and perhaps worst of all, the creation of an enormous cell phone company that generates obscene profits.
Who's right? And what can you do about this corporate marriage, other than watching your cell phone bills go up, and your service go down?
Sprint and T-Mobile earlier this week announced plans for a $26 billion merger, which will create the third-biggest cellular carrier in the U.S. So now's the time to ask.

Consumers don't care

This will probably not come as a shock, but consumers don't care. And consumer advocates haven't been able to muster anything more than a rhetorical, "Can you see the benefits to consumers?" question.
Talk about a fait accompli.
The cell phone industry scores a miserable 73 out of 100 on the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Both T-Mobile and Sprint received average scores, and by "average" I mean they got 73s.
The apathy runs deep. After years of surcharges, fees, dead zones and snotty service, it seems customers have made their peace with the fickle, sluggish connections and you-get-what-you-pay-for attitude.
Sure enough, when I asked consumers for their thoughts on the merger, few believed they'd benefit from this corporate combination.
"Like most mergers, the customer will probably be worse off," says Jeff Broman, a writer from Tempe, Ariz. "Even though they will spin it that everything will be better."
"I've never seen a merger improve things," says Darryl Musick, a publisher from Los Angeles. "No reason to change my belief now."

Like an airline?

Does this remind you of anything else? I noticed another industry with an ACSI score of 73 -- airlines. And I remembered the last big airline merger, between American Airlines and US Airways. The promises were strikingly similar. They offered better service and greater efficiencies. In the end, they delivered worse service, higher prices and yes, fatter profits to the newly merged company. I kid you not.
You don't have to be an industry analyst to know what will happen next. If Sprint and T-Mobile get the government's blessing to marry (and they will, of course), then it's just a matter of time before they will follow a trail blazed by so many companies before them.
This rule -- that mergers are always better for the company than for the consumer -- is so universal that I've written it into my nonprofit advocacy organization's mission statement. It reads: "We’re unaware of any merger that created jobs, improved customer service, lowered prices or increased competition."

Another cell phone merger and what it meant to consumers

To get an idea of what might happen, consider another cell phone merger in the U.K., between Orange and T-Mobile, says Tonia Baldwin, a corporate director at A1 Comms, a provider of unified business communications services.
"There were good and bad consequences," she says.
The good? The new combined Orange-T-Mobile rolled out 4G in the UK and with it, network-specific perks, such as two-for-one cinema tickets. Coverage also improved for customers of the combined company.
The bad? The two companies, looking to save £3.5 billion, cut thousands of jobs. The employees who remained complained about unrealistic demands and targets and shrinking commissions. And customers paid, too.
"New customers had bigger bills and higher tariffs to pay," says Baldwin.
Doug Suttles, who co-founded a site called Speedtest that measures cellular connection speeds, says Sprint customers will benefit more when it comes to service quality.
That's because T-Mobile has been aggressively deploying 5G-ready infrastructure equipment in the last six months. "These assets will be fully 5G operational once the vendors push over-the-air software upgrades, likely to happen sometime before the end of this year," he says.
Even if the merger becomes -- forgive me -- the un-merger, the house always wins.
"My guess is that a merger will ruin T-Mobile and turn it into the pile of no-customer-service trash that I call AT&T and Verizon," says Delray, Fla.-based business consultant Joe Palko.
Well, we can't say we weren't warned.
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This just in. Lyft has been playing around with a monthly subscription plan for its frequent riders over the past few months, The Verge reports. The passes, which appear to be offered to passengers who spend up to $450 per month, range anywhere from $199 for 30 rides to $399 for 60 rides. Rides are covered up to $15. “We are going to move the entire industry from one based on ownership to one based on subscription,” said Lyft CEO Logan Green, at a press event on Wednesday.
What a brilliant move, with a ton of opportunity. Here's how I would advise Lyft (and any employers reading this), regarding their next stop. Go corporate or go home. Companies are looking for all sorts of cool perks to attract talent these days. So think for a moment what it might feel like for an employee to have a driver take them to and from work. If you work in a city, like many people do, you know what a hassle and how expensive it can be to drive to work daily. There's the cost of car ownership (car payment, gas, insurance, repairs, etc.) and the cost of parking, which in some cities can be as high as $1,000 a month. That's a lot of dough for anyone. And of course there is the stress associated with driving around in search of a coveted parking space.
If I were advising the CEO of Lyft, I'd tell him to band together a team of sales people and canvas the corporate market, as a benefit like this would be highly treasured, especially by new grads who've yet to purchase their first vehicle. I mean, this could be a real game changer for a company that may not be able to entice employees with perks like Foosball tables, because they simply don't have the real estate to do so.
So if you're reading this and you're a leader in an organization, I would suggest reaching out to Lyft to see if they'll give you a break for buying multiple subscriptions. I'd also ask your employees how valuable a perk this would be, especially on a cold winter's day, when mass transportation runs slowly, if it even runs at all! My guess is that they'd be quite thrilled by this idea. And if you made it happen, they'd tell their friends about how great it is to work for a place that has the well-being of their people in mind. Which in turn, would attract more people to your organization. Voila! Chalk one up for another great perk that will help you attract talent!
So you may be thinking, but what if some people actually need to bring their cars to work because their job requires them to visit clients. That's okay. They can use their subscriptions on days when they're in town to lunch in another part of the city or to run a personal errands.
You need to think out of the box when looking to attract and retain talent. And this idea, may be your most brilliant yet!
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here and rapidly gaining ground. Many jobs are being automated via technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things and cloud computing.
Research from management consulting firm McKinsey suggests less than 5% of occupations will become fully automated in the future. However, about 60% of occupations could see at least a third of their job tasks automated.
Technology is also increasing how fast our knowledge and skills are becoming outdated. A report published by Deloitte claims the half-life of learned skills is now about five years, which means what you learned to gain a degree or industry qualification could well already be out-of-date. 
The report, Careers and learning, Real time, all the time, also suggests our careers could last for 60 to 70 years – that’s a lot of constant learning to do.
Added to all this are global trends impacting the skills needed to do a huge number of jobs, ranging from digital transformation to our ageing populations and even climate change.
How can you stay relevant and employable in the face of all this rapid change? The key, based on our survey about skills completed by more than 2,000 people, including 951 employers, is to continuously upskill.
The majority of the employers we surveyed (77%) told us they were more likely to shortlist a qualified candidate who regularly upskills.
Employers told us that continuous upskilling shows a candidate is proactive, takes their development seriously, is genuinely interested in their field and is willing to put in the effort to stay up-to-date.
However, while 96% of the 1,253 professionals we surveyed regard upskilling as ‘very important’ or ‘important’ only a minority are putting in the work to ensure they are keeping up with the changing demands in their sector.
Don’t let that be you. As our CEO, Alistair Cox, has previously said, some of the best leaders he knows are role models for lifelong learning. It’s time to get on board with continuous upskilling.
Employers reveal the skills they value most
As well as keeping up with the technical know-how relevant to your specific job, employers are looking to see evidence candidates are developing the skills needed to solve new problems and collaborate with peers to exchange knowledge and ideas. Employers also want their people to be able to pivot to a new role or area of responsibility as things change.
Interestingly, our survey revealed most of the skills in highest demand with employers are soft skills - technical skills ranked 7th on the list.
The most in demand skill was “communication”, nominated by 77% of employers. This makes sense. As technology drives more of our work tasks, employers are looking to their people to make gains through the way they engage and build relationships both internally and externally as well as how they collaborate and communicate to solve constantly evolving challenges and problems.
“Adaptability” was next on the list of skills nominated by employers but a full 10 percentage points behind communication skills.
Not surprisingly, “digital proficiency in a new technology relevant to an individual’s job” was third (64% of employers).
“Innovation” was next, nominated by 63% of employers, followed by “critical thinking” (61%), “emotional intelligence” (53%), “technical skills” (43%), “self-learning” (40%) and “data-based decision making” (35%).
Coding was nominated by just 6% of employers.
Demographer Bernard Salt said in this article we should view change as an opportunity for growth and development instead of a threat to the status quo.
“The great challenge… is to engage, upskill, reskill - to actually bring everyone along in the journey,” he said.
It’s human nature to find change uncomfortable but to survive and thrive in the workforce of today and tomorrow we must not only learn to adapt to constant change but exploit it to build our careers.
In our next blog we’ll look at how you can regularly upskill without breaking the bank. 

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The communal table is one of my favorite spots in every Philz store. After I grab my drink (a Tesora with honey and cream), I like to sit down and check out the scene - observing work being done and energetic conversations happening. The furniture is different, the customers are different, but at every store, the feeling is the same.
As we’ve grown, we’ve focused on creating an experience, a gathering place that brings people together. We see ourselves as being in the people business, not just the coffee business, which is why we take a human-centered approach to everything we do. We want to create the best experience for every customer, and make it easy for Philz to be a part of everyone's day.  
Today, we are taking a big leap towards this goal. I’m very excited to announce that the Philz App is officially launched and available in the Apple app store now (with Android coming soon).
I’m so proud of our team and collaboration with Work & Co for creating a different kind of mobile experience. We didn’t view this project as a piece of technology for a phone, we viewed it as an opportunity to extend the Philz experience of connection and personalization. When you order with the Philz App, you get to meet the Barista making your coffee. Other cool features include:  
  • Discovery + Easy Ordering: When you open the app for the first time, you’ll see our Favorites page which includes 6 recommendations of popular Philz blends . As you begin using the app and ordering, we learn what you love and begin saving your favorites so you can easily reorder in just one tap.
  • Full Drink Menu: The app offers all the coffee and tea drinks found in your local store. Click the Menu tab in the app to find your preferred blend and discover new flavor profiles to shake up your go to order.  
  • Convenient Pick-Up: In addition to customizing your order, choose your pick-up location and time that works best for you.
Download and try out our app today then tell us what you think by emailing support@philzcoffee.com. We pay attention to every piece of feedback that comes through. Our team will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that the Philz app is the best it can be.

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