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Is This The Beginning of The End for Facebook?
Facebook may have 2 billion users every day, but they don't pay a penny to use the world's largest network. The money comes from digital advertising. And when that faces headwinds, the Facebook business model looks vulnerable and fragile.…
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Elon Blames Twitter Bots For A Mess Of His Own Making
Elon got himself into this mess, now he's looking for a way out. Blaming it on the bots isn't going to cut it though. He's going to have to buy his way out. The question is: at what cost?…
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Facebook v TikTok: The Battle for Attention and Addiction
Facebook defined how content would be served up to users. Then along came TikTok and rewrote the rules. Making it the most addictive social network on the planet, stealing Facebook's lunch along the way. Now, The Verge has got its hands on a memo that shows exactly how worried they are.…
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Apple Pay Later: the Frictionless BNPL Customer Experience
Apple's strategy is to layer frictionless services on top of exceptional products. The latest offering is Apple Pay Later, a Buy Now Pay Later product that enables users to buy more than can afford right now. But what does it really mean and why are they doing it?…
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Budweiser Joins Zed Run In The Metaverse
Budweiser is building brand assets in the Metaverse & the Crypto Economy: launching an NFT collection, joining a DAO, partnering with Zed Run, a blockchain gaming platform on Ethereum. Will it be worthwhile? Only time will tell, meanwhile, they're learning a lot about tomorrow's digital world.…
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Tech Industry Groups Are Watering Down Attempts at Privacy Regulation, One State at a Time
Divide and conquer. That's the strategy when it comes to fending off BigTech in the USA. With individual states going their own way, disconnected from any Federal efforts, BigTech's considerable spending on lobbying is overwhelming lawmakers one state at a time.…
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Social media has not done enough to stop hate. Now Texas wants to make it even harder!
There's a worrying connection between Social Media, the rise in hate crime, and the battle for free speech. The mass killing of Black people in Buffalo by a young white male is yet another example of the toxic mix of freely available guns and the wide spread dissemination of conspiracy theories.…
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Elon Puts Twitter Deal On Hold: A Negotiation Or 2nd Thoughts?
Elon Musk has apparently discovered that there may be more bots and fake accounts on Twitter than Twitter had led us all to believe. No sh$t Sherlock! This is turning into a proper soap opera that Succession is going to find to beat!…
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A Rough Week for Bitcoin As Prices Crash Below $30k
Wiser! Essay: Is now the time to buy, sell or hodl your Bitcoin? The price has been on a downward trajectory since late November, then it hit its all time high. Now it has less than half the value. What to do? That is the question.…
