Kamis, 31 Oktober 2019

Daily Crunch - Twitter is banning political ads

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Thursday, October 31, 2019 By Anthony Ha

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Twitter takes a strong stand on political advertising, Apple and Facebook beat Wall Street expectations with their earnings and Microsoft powers instructor-less driver tests. Here’s your Daily Crunch for October 31, 2019.

Jack Dorsey says Twitter will ban all political ads

Arguing that “internet political ads present entirely new challenges to civic discourse,” CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will be banning all political advertising — albeit with "a few exceptions" like voter registration.

Not only is this a decisive move by Twitter, but it also could increase pressure on Facebook to follow suit, or at least take steps in this direction.

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Apple beats on Q4 earnings after strong quarter for wearables, services

Apple's iPhone sales still make up over half of its quarterly revenues, but they are slowly shrinking in importance as other divisions in the company pick up speed.

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Facebook shares rise on strong Q3, users up 2% to 2.45B

More earnings news: Despite ongoing public relations crises, Facebook kept growing in Q3 2019, demonstrating that media backlash does not necessarily equate to poor business performance.

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Driving license tests just got smarter in India with Microsoft's AI project

Hundreds of people who have taken the driver's license test in Dehradun (the capital of the Indian state of Uttarakhand) in recent weeks haven't had to sit next to an instructor. Instead, their cars were affixed with a smartphone that was running HAMS, an AI project developed by a Microsoft Research team.

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Crunchbase raises $30M more to double down on its ambition to be a 'LinkedIn for company data'

Good news for our friends at Crunchbase, which got its start as a part of TechCrunch before being spun off into a separate business several years ago. CEO Jager McConnell also says the site currently has tens of thousands of paying subscribers.

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Deadspin writers quit after being ordered to stick to sports

The relationship between new management at G/O Media (formerly Gizmodo Media Group/Gawker Media) and editorial staff seems to have been deteriorating for months. This week, it turned into a full-on revolt over auto-play ads and especially a directive that Deadspin writers must stick to sports.

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What Berlin's top VCs want to invest in right now

As we gear up for our Disrupt Berlin conference in December, we check in with top VCs on the types of startups that they’re looking to back right now. (Extra Crunch membership required.)

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Editor's Pick: Are You Suffering From Technophobia?


Sam Bocetta
Oct 31, 2019 4:00 AM PT
The fear of technology has been around for as long as technology itself, and like technology itself, it is always changing. There is evidence of "technophobia" -- the technical name for this affliction -- in every age and in every part of the world. However, it is perhaps reaching a peak in modern society. Americans are more afraid of technology than death, suggests research conducted in 2019. [More...]

More Picks:
Facebook Employees Blast Company's Political Ads Policy
At least 250 Facebook employees signed a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg criticizing the company's hands-off policy against fact-checking political ads. "We strongly object to this policy as it stands," says the letter. "It doesn't protect voices, but instead allows politicians to weaponize our platform by targeting people who believe that content posted by political figures is trustworthy." [More...]
5 Things Retailers Can Do Now to Avoid a Cyber Monday Disaster
We may just be turning the calendar to November, but if you're like most retailers, you're already deep into planning for the gift-giving season. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are circled and starred as you anticipate, with a mixture of excitement and trepidation, the spike in sales and massive increase in traffic to your website and mobile app -- with good reason. [More...]
Do Your Customer Journeys Have Dead Ends or Dead Spots?
It's easy to take things you see every day for granted. We take the sun rising and setting for granted, for instance, and that's a good thing, because it helps us organize our lives. However, in business taking things for granted is a hazard. Change is everything these days, and that means the concepts you take as constants may not be as constant as they seem. [More...]
Bob Stutz, CRM Nomad
Bob Stutz is a great guy. I have interacted with him occasionally over the years in his various senior postings throughout the CRM industry and always found him to be kind, generous and thoughtful. Last week he announced he was leaving his position as head of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud, which he's been at for four years, and taking a job as President of SAP's CX effort. [More...]
Linux Inside Azure Sphere on the Horizon
Azure Sphere will be generally available in Feb 2020, Microsoft has announced. Its scheduled arrival highlights Microsoft's readiness to fulfill its promise for better IoT device security at scale. Microsoft first introduced Azure Sphere in 2018, opting to use its own version of a Linux operating system instead of Windows 10 to drive its new Azure Sphere OS to securely connect IoT devices. [More...]
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Rabu, 30 Oktober 2019

ECT News Network Weekly Newsletter


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This Week's Top News Headlines From the E-Commerce Times

Facebook Employees Blast Company's Political Ads Policy
(Posted 30-Oct-19)
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5 Things Retailers Can Do Now to Avoid a Cyber Monday Disaster
(Posted 29-Oct-19)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86325.html

The Ultimate E-Commerce Guide to Black Friday
(Posted 28-Oct-19)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86323.html

Harnessing Visual AI to Boost E-Commerce Sales
(Posted 26-Oct-19)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86322.html

E-Gurus: Online Guides to Personal Growth
(Posted 25-Oct-19)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86321.html

Microsoft Takes Another Stab at Wireless
(Posted 24-Oct-19)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86317.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Active Noise Cancellation a Big Draw in New Apple AirPods
(Posted 30-Oct-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86327.html

Nvidia's New Shield TV Models Add Dolby Vision, Atmos
(Posted 29-Oct-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86324.html

Getting Sustainability Right
(Posted 28-Oct-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86320.html

EA Rewards Battlefield V Fans With Expansive Pacific Chapter
(Posted 25-Oct-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86319.html

Threat From Above: How to Stop Hostile Drones
(Posted 24-Oct-19)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86316.html

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Do Your Customer Journeys Have Dead Ends or Dead Spots?
(Posted 29-Oct-19)
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Bob Stutz, CRM Nomad
(Posted 24-Oct-19)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/86314.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

Dragora Linux Is Anything But Simple
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Daily Crunch - HBO Max will launch in May

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019 By Anthony Ha

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WarnerMedia shares more details about its HBO Max streaming service, WhatsApp sues an Israeli spyware company and Tencent makes a big investment in streaming video. Here’s your Daily Crunch for October 30, 2019.

HBO Max will cost $14.99 per month and launch in May 2020

AT&T and WarnerMedia announced the pricing, launch timetable and content lineup of their HBO Max streaming service. They also revealed that HBO has placed a straight-to-series order for “House of the Dragon,” a spin-off of “Game of Thrones.”

Even though distinguishing between HBO and HBO Max will probably be a bit of a headache over the next few years, this is a service that I’m genuinely excited about, with a rich library of HBO shows and Warner Bros. films at its core. And while the price is high compared to competing services, there’s no additional cost compared to the existing HBO Now.

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WhatsApp blames — and sues — mobile spyware maker NSO Group over its zero-day calling exploit

WhatsApp has filed a suit in federal court accusing Israeli mobile surveillance software maker NSO Group of creating an exploit that was used hundreds of times to hack into targets’ phones.

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Tencent leads $111M investment in India's video streaming service MX Player

Times Internet, which acquired a majority stake in MX Player in late 2017, also participated in the Series A financing round. The post-money valuation was $500 million, according to a source.

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Spotify launches a dedicated Kids app for Premium Family subscribers

The app allows children three and up to listen to their own music, both online and offline, as well as explore playlists and recommendations picked by experts. The music selection is filtered so songs won't have explicit content.

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Slack investor Index Ventures backs Slack competitor Quill

Quill, a startup led by Stripe’s former creative director Ludwig Pettersson, claims to offer "meaningful conversations, without disturbing your team."

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Where top VCs are investing in cybersecurity

Many of the rising cybersecurity startups focus on the same or overlapping problems, which could lead to a "cybersecurity consolidation.” (Extra Crunch membership required.)

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Let's have a word about what3words with Clare Jones at Disrupt Berlin

What3words wants to map the entire world and overhaul addresses, three words at a time. The startup has divided the world into three-meter squares, each one assigned three words as an identifier.

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Selasa, 29 Oktober 2019

E-Commerce Minute


E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- October 29, 2019

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5 Things Retailers Can Do Now to Avoid a Cyber Monday Disaster
Do Your Customer Journeys Have Dead Ends or Dead Spots?
The Ultimate E-Commerce Guide to Black Friday
Harnessing Visual AI to Boost E-Commerce Sales
E-Gurus: Online Guides to Personal Growth

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Today's Story Highlights

5 Things Retailers Can Do Now to Avoid a Cyber Monday Disaster
We may just be turning the calendar to November, but if you're like most
retailers, you're already deep into planning for the gift-giving season.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are circled and starred as you anticipate,
with a mixture of excitement and trepidation, the spike in sales and
massive increase in traffic to your website and mobile app -- with good
reason.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86325.html

Do Your Customer Journeys Have Dead Ends or Dead Spots?
It's easy to take things you see every day for granted. We take the sun
rising and setting for granted, for instance, and that's a good thing,
because it helps us organize our lives. However, in business taking
things for granted is a hazard. Change is everything these days, and
that means the concepts you take as constants may not be as constant as
they seem.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86326.html

The Ultimate E-Commerce Guide to Black Friday
The shopping season is fast approaching. Black Friday -- the kickoff of
Christmas consumerism -- falls on November 29 this year, six days later
than last year. However, e-commerce stores easily will compensate for
this shorter shopping season: Last year consumers broke records with
$6.22 billion spent online, but this year Black Friday is set to surpass
$12 billion in online sales.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86323.html

Harnessing Visual AI to Boost E-Commerce Sales
Each person interprets an image in countless subjective ways, based on
individual biases. However, when searching for a product on the
Internet, most people prefer accuracy over multiple interpretations of a
single object. Putting the appropriate tags on images ensures better
searchability for users. Doing this manually, though, can be inefficient
and prone to errors.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86322.html

E-Gurus: Online Guides to Personal Growth
The personal and professional growth coaching industry is exploding,
thanks in part to the accessibility afforded by the Internet and digital
technologies. People who want to improve themselves are flocking to
Skype sessions, online classes, Facebook groups, and other venues to
work with life and performance coaches, get career advice, and network
with other seekers.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86321.html

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