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Facebook accuses the ‘Apple tax’ of stifling its plan to help struggling small businesses

The Verge

Facebook is launching a new events feature that will let page owners and event organizers create paid online events to try to fill the gap created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the social media giant announced on Friday. Apple denied Facebook’s request to waive fees for small businesses. “We Apple never gave a formal explanation.

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Facebook uses a Seattle storefront loaded with QR codes to drive offline shoppers to online businesses

GeekWire

Facebook’s “Good Ideas Shop” in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood features displays and QR codes for a variety of small businesses. advertising campaign designed to provide a boost to small businesses during the busiest shopping time of the year. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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Microsoft Stores remain closed as Apple and Best Buy continue reopening

The Verge

Best Buy has also continued bringing more stores back online as cities relax the guidelines put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19. The company’s retail chain isn’t quite as vital to its business as Apple’s, but Microsoft Store locations still serve as an important showcase for all things Surface, Xbox, and Windows.

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Is TikTok Shop safe, there are some interesting stories

Dataconomy

TikTok’s approach to managing its TikTok Shop involves a thorough vetting process for merchants before they go live, ensuring compliance with guidelines designed to prohibit deceptive content. In the coming years, we can anticipate a further blurring of lines between social networking and e-commerce.

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The Ultimate Guide to SEO Basics

Galido

Some of the common Off Page SEO activities include blog commenting, post sharing, likes on social media platforms and star post sharing. The beauty of this type of SEO is that it strictly adheres and abides by the set search engine guidelines. At least not as long as people are relying on the internet for information and business.

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Five Key Agile Practices to Support Architects

Social, Agile and Transformation

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Business Exchange Profile.

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A list of good things that happened this year in the world of tech, science, education, and more

GeekWire

As outrage and protests spread across the nation and social media after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in May, major tech companies issued statements of solidarity , startup founders spoke out about racism and investors announced funds dedicated to entrepreneurs of color.

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