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Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

Vox

Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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Kaiser Permanente Discloses Data Breach Impacting 13.4 Million People

SecureWorld News

It is believed that PII (personally identifiable information) was transmitted to third-party vendors via mobile applications and other website tools used by the healthcare giant. Information collected by online trackers is often shared with an extensive network of marketers, advertisers, and data brokers.

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Salesforce updates its Commerce Cloud with digital commerce capabilities

CIO Business Intelligence

The Commerce Cloud is a product suite aimed at helping organizations create unified buying experiences for their customers across channels, including mobile, social, and web. As part of the new updates, Salesforce has created a new feature, dubbed Snapchat for Commerce, to help organizations create advertisements on the social media platform.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Social Media

ForAllSecure

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. In this episode, LiveOverflow talks about his six years of producing engaging YouTube content and what the rise of social media influencers might mean for traditional conferences like Black Hat.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Social Media

ForAllSecure

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. In this episode, LiveOverflow talks about his six years of producing engaging YouTube content and what the rise of social media influencers might mean for traditional conferences like Black Hat.

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AI-powered Willy Wonka Experience makes children cry

Dataconomy

The incident, which led to an outcry among children, was a direct result of the disparity between the AI-generated advertisements’ promises of an “immersive experience” and the actual venue—a minimally adorned warehouse. Are AI-generated commercials the future of advertising?

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MicroSoft: Still dominating in enterprise office automation

CTOvision

The Company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to the customers. Microsoft's $26Bn LinkedIn Deal Begs 'Immaterial' Social Media Valuation Questions (forbes.com). It provides consulting and product and solution support services. Related articles. What Is Microsoft HoloLens?

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