Tag: Facebook

Will 2020 Finally Be the Year AR and VR Matter for Facebook?

It’s been said before, but next year might actually be a breakout year for marketable applications of augmented and virtual reality technologies. Virtual reality (VR) and its close cousin augmented reality (AR) have been “next year’s big thing” for several years in a row, failing time and again to create the public frenzy — or […]

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Facebook ads are spreading lies about anti-HIV drug PrEP. The company won’t act

An ad, paid for by the Virginia law firm KBA Attorneys, appears to be a nascent product-liability lawsuit against manufacturer Gilead Sciences. Photograph: Facebook Advocates fear such ads could roll back decades of hard-won progress against HIV/Aids and are calling on Facebook to change its policies Since late summer, many LGBTQ+ Facebook users’ newsfeeds have begun to […]

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Apple’s Siri Disagrees With A Weatherman – On Live TV…And Other Small Business Tech News

A woman displays ‘Siri‘, voice-activated assistant technology, on an Apple iPhone 4S in Taipei on July 30, 2012. Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University has filed a suit against US tech giant Apple, claiming the company’s Siri intelligent assistant has infringed on two of its patents. AFP PHOTO / Mandy CHENG (Photo credit should read Mandy Cheng/AFP/GettyImages)2012 […]

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7 Tech CEOs Share Marketing Trends And Predictions For 2020

As we approach 2020, I asked seven tech CEOs to identify the top marketing trends. Below are their insights. D2C companies will abandon email as their primary customer communication channel. Leore Avidar, cofounder and CEO, Lob “In 2020, direct-to-consumer (D2C) companies will see email unsubscribe rates grow toward 40% and reach all-time highs. With platforms like Instagram, […]

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