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Instagram’s next cash cow: instant Promote ads for Stories
Instagram hopes dollars from the long-tail of small businesses and social media stars can help it pull its weight in…
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Mark Zuckerberg summoned for joint hearing by U.K. and Canadian parliaments
If at first you don’t succeed in getting Mark Zuckerberg to meet with your lawmakers — team up with another…
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Zuckerberg gets joint summons from UK and Canadian parliaments
Two separate parliamentary committees, in the UK and Canada, have issued an unprecedented international joint summons for Facebook’s CEO Mark…
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Handshake, a LinkedIn for university students and diversity, raises $40M on a $275M valuation
LinkedIn has created and — with 562 million users — leads the market in social platforms for people who want…
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Facebook revenue jumps 33% to $13.73 billion in Q3 2018, but growth continues to slow
After reporting lower-than-expected growth last quarter, Facebook once again slightly missed Wall Street expectations on monthly active users, daily active…
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Get and keep customers with AI-driven UX design (VB Live)
Customers may be smarter than the brands they shop at. They’ve got the whole world wide web at their fingertips,…
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Big tech must not reframe digital ethics in its image
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s visage loomed large over the European parliament this week, both literally and figuratively, as global privacy regulators…
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Should cash-strapped Snapchat sell out? To Netflix?
Snapchat needs a sugar daddy. Its cash reserves dwindling from giant quarterly losses. Poor morale from a battered share price…
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Twitter suspends accounts linked to mail bomb suspect
At least two Twitter accounts linked to the man suspected of sending explosive devices to more than a dozen prominent…
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Red Dead Fever: Social-analytics firm claims y’all are playing hooky
Red Dead Redemption 2 is out now, but how do we know if it’s successful? Well, you can use any…
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