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882FacebookFacebook Recruits Blockchain Program Manager
Facebook is reportedly seeking “to hire a finance program manager in blockchain,” according to a new job posting. The move comes amid the...
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900RegulationFacebook’s Sandberg Says Regulate, Don’t Break Up Big Tech
In an appearance at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said the social media platform...
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787Partnerships / AcquisitionsTwitch Buys Bebo In eSports Push
To strengthen its eSports efforts, Amazon-owned streaming video site Twitch has acquired Bebo. The two platforms are said to work on growing...
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659RetailWhy Pets Are Pulling Retail Innovation’s Leash
Pet retail is having a moment, with innovation and other efforts helping merchants better reach owners of dogs, cats and other household...
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539AmazonAmazon’s Social Network Spark Goes Dark
After rolling out only about two years ago, shopping social network Amazon Spark has reportedly recently left Amazon’s apps and the internet....
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796Social CommerceSocial App TikTok Continues Growth, Looks To Monetize Users
Popular social video app TikTok has been growing rapidly and is now starting to focus on monetization and advertising, according to a...
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1.9KInnovationLost Pet Posters Get A Digital Upgrade
The traditional method of finding a lost pet worked well enough. A distraught owner might tape or staple some homemade signs around...
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1.0KSecurity & FraudFacebook Kicked Out Of S&P Ethics Index
Facebook has been removed from a list of companies that are indexed by S&P Dow Jones Indices as socially responsible, according to...
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1.2KSecurity & FraudZuckerberg Emails Could Link CEO To Privacy Issues
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that there are emails sent by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that possibly link him to troublesome...
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3.0KSecurity & FraudBNY Mellon’s AI Fix For Reducing False-Positives
With 83 percent of consumers in the U.S. owning laptops and 91 percent owning mobile devices, there’s never been greater opportunity for...
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1.2KSocial CommerceSnapchat To Release Facebook-Similar Events Feature
Snapchat is reportedly preparing to release a new feature that supports events just like Facebook does, according to a report by The...
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1.2KRetailLuxury Fashion Brands Outspend Smaller Rivals On Social Media
Luxury fashion brands like Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and Gucci are upping their social media game, especially on Instagram, and pouring real...
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1.1KFacebookFacebook Preps GlobalCoin Launch
Facebook is set to announce its cryptocurrency later this month, and will reportedly even allow the project’s employees to get paid in...
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Facebook’s API Shows How It Shares Ad Data
Facebook is providing more insight into how it shares advertising data, with the launch of its Ads Archive application programming interface (API)....
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2.7KeCommerceGoDaddy On Going Big And Connecting SMBs With Marketplaces
Sell on a marketplace or sell in one’s own digital shop? It is a discussion — and, more recently, a robust debate...
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1.7KFacebookFTC Split Over Facebook Settlement Delays Decision
With a reported split between the Democrats and Republicans on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an anticipated settlement between Facebook and federal...
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2.8KFacebookFacebook Plans ‘GlobalCoin’ Digital Payment Push
Here comes GlobalCoin. That’s the name of digital payments system that Facebook plans to deploy in “about a dozen counties by the...
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2.9KFacebookFacebook Removes 2.2B Bogus Accounts
Social media giant Facebook said it removed 2.2 billion fake accounts in the first quarter of 2019, according to a report by...
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2.2KSecurity & FraudDatabase Exposed Instagram Influencers’ Data
Millions of Instagram users — including celebrities and brands — have had their accounts exposed online. The database, hosted by Amazon Web...
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4.8KInvestmentsWhy Anyone Can Be A Unicorn Now
It started with a postcard that was slipped under my front door in Boston last fall. It was an invitation to join...
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1.5KSafety and SecurityFacebook’s Sandberg Says No To Breakup
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has pushed back against the idea that Facebook is too big and should be broken up,...
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1.9KMobile ApplicationsInstagram Discontinues Direct Messaging App
Instagram is shutting down Direct, a standalone direct messaging app that was meant to compete with Snapchat, according to a report. The...
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3.3KRegulationHow Marketplaces Are Prepping For SCA
Across the European Union (EU), technology providers and social media platforms are increasingly playing a bigger role in the Open Banking ecosystem....
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1.6KMobileInstagram Creates @shop Account To Promote SMB Products
Instagram announced the launch of @shop, a new account described as a “celebration of small businesses and the creators behind them.” “The content...
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3.5KRegulationFacebook Responds To Co-founder’s Call For Breakup
Facebook has responded to Co-founder Chris Hughes’ New York Times op-ed piece written on Thursday (May 9) calling for the Federal Trade...
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Instagram’s High-Fashion Fakes Problem
Instagram has a counterfeit goods problem. That is what the latest data from analytics firm Ghost Data strongly indicated, anyway, as its survey...
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2.1KFacebookFacebook Plans Social Shopping Platform
After a series of scandals involving privacy violations, allegations of fake news and the discovery that its employees had access to millions...
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2.3KFacebookNew York AG To Launch Investigation Into Facebook
The New York State Attorney General (AG) is reportedly launching an investigation into social media giant Facebook, focusing on the its past...
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2.9KLoyalty & RewardsSocial Media Lures Credit Card Giants – And Their Advertising Spend
Now, when you like your credit card rewards … you can really “like” them. On social media – specifically, on Facebook. The...
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CIA Takes To Instagram
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is getting ready to launch its own Instagram account. Director Gina Haspel revealed the news last week...
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4.7KInnovationSpring Break Goes High-Tech
From smart bags to social media, spring break is becoming a surprisingly digital and high-tech travel period in the U.S. The words...
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4.2KSecurity & FraudFacebook Admits Millions Of Instagram Passwords Were Exposed
Facebook admitted on Thursday (April 18) that millions of Instagram passwords were available to be seen by employees in a company-wide database,...
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2.7KSecurity & FraudFacebook Admits To Uploading 1.5M User Contacts
Social media giant Facebook has admitted that it might have “unintentionally uploaded” the email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May...
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2.6KFacebookFacebook Said To Use User Data To Fight Rivals
Leaked documents show how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the company’s user data to bolster his site’s power, as well as fight off...
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2.9KRegulationUK Regulator: Stop Pushing Kids Into Apps
The U.K.’s tech regulator, the ICO, wants companies like Facebook and Snap to stop enticing kids to their websites and apps. According...
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4.7KInternet of ThingsOutage Brings Down All Facebook Social Networks
Facebook and its social media properties Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all experienced outages over the weekend, with users around the world reporting...
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3.8KFacebookFacebook Nominates Alford To Board As Two Other Execs Step Down
Facebook has nominated PayPal executive Peggy Alford to its board, just as longtime directors Reed Hastings and Erskine Bowles prepare to step...
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2.9KIPOPinterest To IPO In $15-$17 Range
Pinterest announced that it will list on the New York Stock Exchange at between $15 and $17 a share, bringing the company’s...
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3.7KRegulationSocial Media Bill Would Ban Covert Data Collection
Two American senators want to crack down on social media companies that they say trick underage users into giving up personal data,...
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5.2KFacebookFacebook Advertisers Remain Loyal Despite Scandals
CNBC is reporting that despite a year of scandals for social media giant Facebook, advertisers are still flocking to the company, and...
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2.8KFacebookWith A Nod To European Commission Pressure, Facebook Updates Data Use Disclosures
In the continuing saga focused on user data, how that data is used, and transparency, score one for the Europeans. In news...
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3.1KRegulationAustralia Laws Target Social Media Firms with Fines, Prison Over Streaming Content
The government in Australia passed legislation that seeks to stop live streaming of violent acts across social media platforms. As reported last...
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6.1KSecurity & FraudDozens Of Cybercrime Groups Found On Facebook
Dozens of cybercriminal groups have found a home on Facebook, using the platform’s online marketplace to sell illegal services such as stolen...
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4.5KFacebookWill Our Love-Hate Relationship With Social Media Ever Break?
It’s the love-hate relationship that defines the digital age in the early 21st century: U.S. consumers and social media. Data breaches, marketing...
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4.2KRegulationFacebook Looks To Government For More Regulation
If you can’t beat em…join ‘em? Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg pushes for more government regulation of the internet – and cites GDPR as...
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2.9KFacebookZuckerberg’s Tech Reg Stance Gains Senator’s Approval
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s call for regulation in the tech space on Saturday (March 30) is drawing praise: U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)...
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3.0KRetailLetsBab Taps Into Peer Recommendations For Shopping
Amid a rise of influencer-sponsored items on social media, LetsBab enables consumers to shop, recommend and earn money through its new peer...
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3.8KSecurity & FraudUS Census Recruits Facebook, Google, Twitter To Fight Fake News
The U.S. Census Bureau has asked some of the country’s biggest tech companies to help stop the spread of “fake news” campaigns that...
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3.1KIPOPinterest Files For IPO, Sets Stage For Mid-April Debut
Pinterest, the image-search company gearing up to go public via an initial public offering, filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange...
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3.2KFacebookFacebook Employees Said To Have Known About Data Scraping
In a District of Columbia court filing involving Cambridge Analytica, new details have come to light surrounding how much Facebook might have known...
