Twitter Removed 770 Accounts That Were Engaging in Coordinated Behavior,...
Twitter provided an update on steps that it is taking to help protect the integrity of the upcoming midterm elections in the U.S. Vice president of trust and safety Del Harvey and head of site...
View ArticleFoursquare Closes $33 Million Funding Round, Aiming to ‘Refine’ Its Products
Foursquare closed a $33 million Series F equity funding round led by Simon Ventures, Naver and longtime backer Union Square Ventures. The company said the first close of $25 million took place last...
View ArticleFacebook Introduced New Comment Moderation Features to Help Combat Bullying,...
Facebook introduced new tools and programs to help combat cyberbullying and harassment on the social network, including an easier way to deal with multiple comments simultaneously. Global head of...
View ArticleTime’s Up Names Lisa Borders as Its First President and CEO
Time's Up has named Lisa Borders as its first president and CEO. Borders will step down from her current role as president of the WNBA to take on the role at the beginning of November. "Time's Up is...
View ArticleKroger Tests Grocery Pickup at 13 Walgreens in Kentucky
Grocery chain Kroger and pharmacy chain Walgreens are teaming up on a pilot in which shoppers near 13 Walgreen locations in Northern Kentucky will be able to pick up their online Kroger orders at...
View ArticleTwitter Will Livestream 5 Pregame Shows During the Major League Baseball...
Twitter is settling in for the 2018 Major League Baseball postseason with five special livestreamed pregame shows, as well as hashtag-triggered emojis for every playoff club. The schedule for Twitter's...
View ArticleT-Mobile Steps Up to the Plate Once Again for Hurricane Victims With #HR4HR
The Major League Baseball playoffs are back, and so is T-Mobile's #HR4HR initiative to raise money for hurricane recovery. Starting Tuesday, the league's official wireless sponsor will donate $5,000...
View ArticlePinterest’s More Ideas Tab Is Now Available to Everyone via Desktop and Its...
Pinterest officially introduced the More Ideas tab that some users began seeing last month. The new tab enables people to explore new recommendations based on ideas they have already saved, and it also...
View ArticleIf You’re Lonely and Pining for Kentucky, This Retro Party Line Ad Has Your...
Would you like to join a sexy telephone party and talk with hot people all night long? If so, don't bother calling 1-855-883-8663. You'll just hear an ancient recording of former Kentucky Governor A.B....
View ArticleWalmart Buys The Limited’s Former Plus-Size Line
Walmart will acquire women's plus-size clothing retailer Eloquii in a deal reportedly worth $100 million as retailers of women's fashion are taking steps to be more inclusive. Walmart did not disclose...
View ArticleWill Location Data From Instagram Soon Make Its Way Over to Facebook?
Instagram appears to be testing a new privacy setting that would enable it to share its users' location histories with parent company Facebook. Developer and blogger Jane Manchun Wong shared the tweet...
View ArticleAppNexus Co-Founder Steps Down as CEO Following AT&T Acquisition
AppNexus co-founder Brian O'Kelley is stepping down from his role as CEO following its purchase by AT&T as the telco moves to integrate the ad-tech company into its recently rebranded media and...
View ArticleThis Natural Deodorant Brand Says Its Popular Competitors ‘Slowly Poison’ Women
Challenger brand Kopari has a message for women using mainstream deodorants: They're clogging your pores with aluminum and hindering the normal function of your underarm glands--oh and they "slowly...
View ArticleWhat Advertisers Want to Know About Programmatic
Programmatic advertising is arguably the most important trend in advertising that is a necessitating a root and branch reformation of every tier of the media industry. Research firm eMarketer asserts...
View ArticleFacebook’s Camera Effects Platform Is Now Spark AR
Facebook introduced its Camera Effects Platform at its F8 conference in April 2017 as a way to bring augmented reality to the cameras in people's phones, rather than to separate devices, such as...
View ArticleGSK Sends $1.5 Billion Media Account to Publicis
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) concluded the mandated global media review it launched in May with the selection of custom Publicis Media team as its global media agency of record, according to sources with...
View ArticleZombies Are Running Amok in New York Ahead of The Walking Dead’s Sunday Return
On The Walking Dead's series premiere in 2010, zombies--or walkers, as they're known on the show--had overtaken the city of Atlanta. Now they are running amok in New York. Walkers will be roaming the...
View ArticleThe Facebook Pixel Will Add a First-Party Cookie Option
Facebook is following in the footsteps of Microsoft and Google by introducing a first-party cookie option for the Facebook Pixel that will enable advertisers globally to continue to access data from...
View ArticleSnap’s VP of Marketing Is Leaving the Company
Steve LaBella, Snap Inc.'s vp of marketing, will be leaving next month, the company has confirmed. During his brief tenure at Snap, LaBella, who joined in 2016, helped create and execute a number of...
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