Blame political operatives, not social media for privacy breaches
Many people are outraged at the unfolding story of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica sharing user data and working with political operatives to manipulate the public and elections. Just as many are calling for government oversight of social media companies and what types of political ads they allow. Read More
Michigan university paid firm to monitor Nassar victims’ social media: report
(Reuters) – A public relations firm billed Michigan State University for more than $500,000 for January as it tracked social–media activity surrounding the case of convicted physician Larry Nassar that often included the accounts of his sexual assault victims and their families, USA Today reported on … Read More
Adobe reveals a sneak preview of Master Plan, an AI-assisted planner
AI has undoubtedly been a big theme at this year's Adobe Summit event, and while there will always be an essence of futurism around the use of AI in marketing technology and customer experience management, the majority of the solutions on show have been real, tangible, and available to use …
CMO’s top 8 martech stories for the week – 29 March 2018
Creating a common data language to build a single customer experience record, customisable AI modelling and integration between creative assets and media targeting, are among the major product enhancements announced by Adobe at this year's digital marketing summit. The vendor has launched … Read More
AI providers will increasingly compete with management consultancies
A broad range of tools is available to help mainstream companies build anything from search and recommendation engines to speech-recognition and translation systems, customer–service bots and more. Jeff Dean, director of Google Brain, the search giant's AI-research arm, reckons there are 10m … Read More
Construction leads to temporary relocation of DMV road testing in Lynchburg
Starting March 30, DMV road tests will be temporarily relocated from the DMV Customer Service Center on Odd Fellows Road to Campbell Avenue because of ongoing construction, according to a news release from the Virginia DMV. Read More
Maisarah Islamic Banking Services unveils new app
Commenting on the launch of Maisarah's mobile banking app, Sohail Niazi, CEO – Maisarah Islamic Banking Services said, “In a fast-paced and evolving digital world, customers enjoy the convenience of literally having a bank branch on their phone. This new mobile banking application with many … Read More
SnapChat: Che Fu
SnapChat: Che Fu. 29 Mar, 2018 7:00am. 3 minutes to read. Che Fu will perform a free concert at the Royal Easter Show on Friday March 30 at Auckland Showgrounds. NZ Herald. Share via email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Show more Bookmark this article. Share on Facebook facebook. …
Carnival Makes a Deal with Teen for Snapchat Handle
16-year old Darian Lipscomb from Prospect, VA received a big surprise this week, courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line. A cruise aficionado, Lipscomb is already a veteran of four Carnival sailings. He also uses the Snapchat handle @CarnivalCruise. This week, Carnival made an elaborate play to convince … Read More
High-profile people are distancing themselves from Snap
Last month, Kylie Jenner bemoaned Snapchat's (SNAP) redesign to her 25 million followers on Twitter. Her single tweet sent Snap stock down as much as 8% in mid-afternoon trading, or about $1.3 billion. The tweet also spurred an uptick in short-selling, according to S3 Partners. Prior to Jenner's tweet, … Read …