Remove Advertising Remove Comparison Remove Programming Remove Virtualization
article thumbnail

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.

Media 100
article thumbnail

Seattlepi.com will try newsletter strategy in Hearst’s ‘next phase’ for former newspaper website

GeekWire

By comparison, five years earlier, in December 2016, the site published more than 170 local news articles alone, with a noticeably heavier focus on crime and government news, including an in-depth piece on the mental health crisis in Washington state’s county jails. .

Strategy 126
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Xgimi Horizon Pro 4K all-in-one projector review: more for less

The Verge

And Xgimi’s “no advertising” pitch is refreshing at a time when ads are increasingly polluting the television viewing experience. It officially debuted in Western markets in 2016 as part of an Indiegogo program to promote established Chinese brands. As such, contrast and HDR content suffer by comparison. inches / 6.6

Sports 58
article thumbnail

Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Their results demonstrate that using CC and social features derived from interaction records and network structure yields substantially improved prediction in comparison to using conventional classification and user profile features only. How mature are competitors in the loyalty program? Does the competitor have an affiliate program?

B2B 130
article thumbnail

The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. ” Of course, the security company freaked out, called the editor and chief, threatened to pull their advertising.

article thumbnail

The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. ” Of course, the security company freaked out, called the editor and chief, threatened to pull their advertising.

article thumbnail

How Slack changed Apple’s employee culture, with Zoë Schiffer

The Verge

Because there is a big culture clash between those two companies, specifically around advertising. It’s a pilot program. As has virtually every other company, ours included, because of the Delta variant and rising cases of COVID everywhere. Also, you’re hiring a Facebook executive to come do Facebook ad stuff at Apple.”

Apple 97