Editor's Pick: What's Wrong With the Social Media Model

What's Wrong With the Social Media Model

Denis Pombriant Jan 31, 2019 5:00 AM PT
	The social media model has come under increased scrutiny following revelations of data misuse and news of executives reneging on some security commitments. People expecting to change the situation will need to address how social media works. This means changing not just the business model, which describes how a social media business makes money, but the fundamental technology model too. [More...]

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Facebook beats Wall Street estimates

THE DAILY CRUNCH THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 2019 By Anthony Ha Facebook has a strong Q4, Intel announces a new CEO and New York is cracking down on companies that sell fake followers. Here's your Daily Crunch for January 31, 2019. 1. Facebook shares shoot up after strong Q4 earnings despite data breach Facebook managed to beat Wall Street's estimates in its Q4 earnings despite a seemingly constant beatdown in the press. The company said it hit 2.32 billion monthly users, up 2.2 percent from 2.27 billion last quarter, speeding up its growth rate. And it earned $16.91 billion off all those users, with $2.38 in GAAP earnings per share. 2. Robert Swan named Intel CEO Half a year after being named interim CEO, Bob Swan is taking the job full-time. He stepped into the interim role as word emerged of then-CEO Brian Krzanich's "past consensual relationship" with an employee. Sponsored By: Impact RIP Affiliate Marketing More and more retailers are saying goodbye to affiliate marketing and using a new approach based on each partner's unique strengths and weaknesses. Learn how partner marketing can deliver sustainable growth. Get free eBook. Learn More… 3. New York cracks down on companies that sell fake followers The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James has reached a settlement with Devumi, a company that made millions selling fake followers to unsuspecting customers. The state of New York found that Devumi had engaged in illegal deception and illegal impersonation in the course of fluffing up social media profiles with its automated accounts. 4. Google will stop peddling a data collector through Apple's back door It looks like Facebook wasn't the only one abusing Apple's system for distributing employee-only apps to sidestep the App Store and collect extensive data on users. 5. Google+ for consumers will shut down on April 2nd Speaking of Google: It's no secret that the company planned to pull life support from the consumer version of Google+ in April. Until now, though, we didn't know the exact date. 6. Cheap Internet of Things gadgets betray you even after you toss them in the trash It's not just while they're plugged in that these slapdash gadgets are a security risk — even from the garbage can, they can still compromise your network. 7. Hulu announces a new ad unit that appears when you pause Yes, Hulu is introducing an ad unit that will show up when you pause a video. But no, the ad won't be a video. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: DevOps Engineer at W.W. Norton (New York, NY, United States) Senior Backend Engineer at Game Closure (Tokyo, Japan) Lead UI/Front End Engineer at W.W. Norton (New York, NY, United States) Tech Lead, Web Engineering at W.W. Norton (New York, NY, United States) Director, Loyalty and Retention at Madison Reed (San Francisco, CA, USA) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Unsubscribe © 2019 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

                                                           

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What's Wrong With the Social Media Model
US Mobile Phones Flooded With Robocalls
Crypto Support in Samsung Galaxy S10 Could Fall Flat
Great Customer Experiences Start With Great Employee Experiences

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Today's Story Highlights

What's Wrong With the Social Media Model
The social media model has come under increased scrutiny following
revelations of data misuse and news of executives reneging on some
security commitments. People expecting to change the situation will need
to address how social media works. This means changing not just the
business model, which describes how a social media business makes money,
but the fundamental technology model too.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85817.html

US Mobile Phones Flooded With Robocalls
Americans received 26.3 billion robocalls on their mobile phones in
2018, according to Hiya. That was 46 percent more than in 2017.
Consumers received an average of 10 spam calls per month, Hiya found.
The top unwanted call in the U.S. was for the Wangiri, or "one-ring"
scam, which grew 250 percent year over year. Seven of the top area codes
targeted by spammers were in Texas.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85822.html

Crypto Support in Samsung Galaxy S10 Could Fall Flat
The Samsung Galaxy S10, scheduled for launch on Feb. 20, likely will
incorporate a cryptocurrency wallet. "Samsung has a long history of
throwing everything it can think of, technology-wise, into its flagship
Galaxy S series smartphones," remarked Ken Hyers, research director at
Strategy Analytics. Most users aren't fully aware of their Galaxy S
phone capabilities, he noted.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85820.html

Great Customer Experiences Start With Great Employee Experiences
"Customer experience" is the great watchword of 2018 -- and it was a
great watchword in 2017 and 2016, too. Eighty-five percent of executives
said that CX was important to their companies' strategic priorities, in
an Accenture survey. Sixty-two percent of companies viewed CX delivered
by contact centers as a competitive differentiator, Deloitte found.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85821.html

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E-Commerce Minute: Wednesday -- January 30, 2019

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Crypto Support in Samsung Galaxy S10 Could Fall Flat
Driving Smart Home Product Value Through AI Applications
Marketing Mindfulness: A New Age of Digital Consciousness
CRM's Shift Toward Oligopoly

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Crypto Support in Samsung Galaxy S10 Could Fall Flat
The Samsung Galaxy S10, scheduled for launch on Feb. 20, likely will
incorporate a cryptocurrency wallet. "Samsung has a long history of
throwing everything it can think of, technology-wise, into its flagship
Galaxy S series smartphones," remarked Ken Hyers, research director at
Strategy Analytics. Most users aren't fully aware of their Galaxy S
phone capabilities, he noted.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85820.html

Driving Smart Home Product Value Through AI Applications
Annual sales of all connected home devices are expected to exceed 520
million units by 2022, based on Parks Associates forecasts. Specific use
cases for artificial intelligence in the smart home will help drive
adoption of new devices and services as intelligent outcomes increase
product value. Security use cases are the leading drivers of adoption.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85816.html

Marketing Mindfulness: A New Age of Digital Consciousness
In this era of stress and anxiety, being able to slow down, breathe, and
focus on the moment at hand are key skills for surviving and being
successful. Mindfulness has become a vital commodity, and those who can
coach others to live more mindfully are in particularly high demand. An
industry has grown up that offers everything from streaming yoga classes
to meditation apps.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85814.html

CRM's Shift Toward Oligopoly
As markets mature, they trend toward oligopoly or even outright
monopoly. There isn't much difference, because an oligopoly has several
members instead of just one. Examples include electric power generation,
an oligopoly made up of vertically integrated monopolies in most areas,
and the airline industry -- an oligopoly made up of many airlines that
may have monopolies in regional hubs.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85811.html

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Apple bans Facebook Research app

THE DAILY CRUNCH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 2019 By Anthony Ha Facebook gets in hot water over its Research app, Foxconn scales back its U.S. factory commitment and TikTok continues to grow like crazy. Here's your Daily Crunch for January 30, 2019. 1. Apple bans Facebook's Research app that paid users for data In the wake of TechCrunch's investigation, Apple blocked Facebook's Research VPN app before the social network could voluntarily shut it down. The Research app asked users for root network access to all data passing through their phone in exchange for $20 per month. Apple says that yesterday evening, it revoked the Enterprise Certificate that allows Facebook to distribute the Research app without going through the App Store. 2. Foxconn pulls back on its $10 billion factory commitment In 2017, Foxconn announced the largest investment of a foreign company in the United States when it selected Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin for a new manufacturing facility. In an interview with Reuters, a special assistant to Foxconn's CEO says that those plans are being scaled back. Sponsored By: Andela 2018 Engineering Management Report shows remote work on the rise According to a survey of 500+ engineering leaders, 80% of managers report that remote work increases team productivity. Learn how today's top companies build and manage high-performing engineering teams. Read the full report. Learn More… 3. It's time to pay serious attention to TikTok The short-form video app hailing from Beijing's ByteDance just had its biggest month ever with the addition of 75 million new users in December — a 275 percent increase from the 20 million it added in December 2017, according a recent report from Sensor Tower. 4. Apple's global active install base of iPhones surpassed 900 million this quarter It's not surprising that Apple has a massive active install base of iPhones across the globe, but we now finally have an exact number to put behind it. 5. Amex blocks Curve as the fintech startup vows to fight 'anti-competitive' decision Just 36 hours after Curve, the London fintech that lets you consolidate all of your bank cards into a single Curve card, re-instated support for Amex, the feature has once again been unceremoniously blocked by American Express. 6. AT&T misses on revenue for Q4 2018 AT&T has added 134,000 postpaid phone subscribers over the quarter (analysts had expected more). Revenue is up 15.2 percent year over year, but that's mostly due to AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner. 7. Sinemia drops ticket subscription prices, adds rollover feature Beginning this week, one-ticket-a-month plans start at $4 per month — down two bucks from before. The price also includes a new rollover feature, letting subscribers carry over one unused ticket per month. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Director, Loyalty and Retention at Madison Reed (San Francisco, CA, USA) Director of Business Development and Sales at Launch Forth (San Francisco, CA, USA) Senior JavaScript Engineer at WillowTree, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA, USA) DevOps Engineer - Above The Treeline at Above the Treeline (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) Director of Marketing at BuySWD.com (Plano, TX, USA) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Unsubscribe © 2019 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107