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Who will be the Next Tech Titan? Cast your vote in the GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

The finalists in this year’s cohort represent a range of industries: supply chain and logistics; electric vehicle battery manufacturing; TV advertising statistics; gaming; and recruiting. He was nominated as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018 in the Media & Advertising category in the Pacific Northwest.

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Say goodbye to your favorite podcast promo codes

The Verge

McNeil is one of many direct response advertisers who’ve found a home in podcasting. McNeil, for example, says the cost to advertise doubled on one of his brand’s go-to shows after it was acquired — although so far, they’ve honored his prior price point. Advertisers say the experience of buying and distributing an ad is getting worse.

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U.S. senators question Amazon about its use of palm-reading biometric data

GeekWire

and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) — sent a letter to Jassy asking a series of questions about its new Amazon One program which encourages people to make contactless payments via hand scans in its brick-and-mortar stores, such as Whole Foods. A group of three U.S. senators — Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.),

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Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

Vox

The saying implies that you, the user, aren’t paying for apps like Instagram and Twitter because you’re giving away something else: your attention (and sometimes your content), which is sold to advertisers. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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What Kenya can teach its neighbors — and the US — about improving the lives of the “unbanked”

Vox

With cellphones in widespread use, getting everyone access to banking is within reach. She needs cash before she heads to the market, but the nearest bank would be several days’ walk. Welcome to the world of mobile money banking. In much of the world, people don’t live near banks or have bank accounts.

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Tech Moves: Highspot adds executives; Blue Origin vets depart; Disney hires former Microsoft exec

GeekWire

The Interactive Advertising Bureau hired Lartease Tiffith as EVP of public policy. Charania spent five years at Blue Origin, working most recently on its Blue Moon lunar lander program. Following Karman Systems’s acquisition of Systima, Taylor Banks is now CFO of Karman Missile and Space Systems.

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ABC Interview: Google as an advertising aggregator

Trends in the Living Networks

I have said for many years that the best way to understand Google is as an advertising aggregator (I would argue that even with its diversification over the last few years). It has for some years also sold advertising for delivery on radio, television, and newspapers. at the time. What's it all about?