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Twitter plans to double revenue by 2023, reach 2021-02-25 10:23:49Just ahead of its 2021 virtual investor day on Thursday, Twitter this morning announced its three long-term goals focused on user base and revenue gro

New Facebook ad campaign extols the benefits of 2021-02-25 09:00:36Online advertising can be a “pretty dry topic,” as Facebook’s head of brand marketing Andrew Stirk acknowledged, but with a new camp

After Facebook’s news flex, Australia passes bargaining code 2021-02-25 07:52:50A week after Facebook grabbed eyeballs globally by blocking news publishers and turning off news-sharing on its platform in Australia, the country&rsq

Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp face tougher rules in India 2021-02-25 04:41:44India announced sweeping rules to regulate social media firms, streaming services and digital news outlets on Thursday, posing new challenges for gian

YouTube to launch parental control features for families 2021-02-24 08:59:03YouTube announced this morning it will soon introduce a new experience designed for teens and tweens who are now too old for the schoolager-focused Yo

Daily Crunch: Facebook brings news sharing back to 2021-02-23 18:16:49The Facebook-Australia news battle seems to have reached an end, Android gets an update and Lucid Motors is going public via SPAC. This is your Daily

Quill, the messaging app backed by Index, quietly 2021-02-23 14:31:36Slack took the workplace communications landscape by storm after it launched its integration-friendly, GIF-tastic chat platform in 2013. Within the sp

Reddit ups Series E round by another $116 2021-02-23 14:17:40Reddit, which announced a $250 million Series E earlier this month, has added over $116 million to the financing event, upping the round’s most

Twitter relaunches test that asks users to revise 2021-02-23 10:20:51Twitter is running a new test that will ask users to pause and think before they tweet. According to the company’s announcement, when Twitter de

Maple launches with $3.5 million in funding to 2021-02-23 09:00:30Much of our daily lives have been transformed in one way or another by technology – and often through intentional efforts to innovate thanks to

Facebook to restore news sharing in Australia after 2021-02-23 00:57:37Facebook said it will begin restoring news sharing to Australian users’ feeds in “the coming days” after reaching an agreement with

Snack, where TikTok meets dating, gets $3.5 million 2021-02-22 10:00:18After online dating’s tremendous 2020 growth that culminated in last week’s epic Bumble IPO, a new entrant has tossed its hat into the dat

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'WandaVision' episode 8 made a strong new case 2021-02-26 17:46:39The penultimate episode of WandaVision finally answered one of the series’ longstanding questions by explaining how the Westview hex came into b

A Japanese factory can grow broccoli sprouts without 2021-02-26 15:05:01The largest sprout producer in Japan created a totally artificially lit factory for making broccoli super sprouts without sunlight.  Read more...

An ancient conch shell played three notes for 2021-02-26 14:31:37Researchers discovered a long-uncovered conch shell was actually a musical instrument, not a broken drinking cup, as once believed.  Read more...

Act fast: Best Buy has restocked the Xbox 2021-02-26 13:03:10UPDATE: Feb. 26, 2021, 2:12 p.m. EST All next-gen consoles are now sold out at Best Buy. We will update this page as soon as PlayStation and Xbox syst

How Lee Daniels and Andra Day set out 2021-02-26 13:00:51With his new film, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Lee Daniels wants to set the record straight on the life and legacy of Billie Holiday, played

Netflix's 'Shadow and Bone' trailer hints at the 2021-02-26 12:12:55 Fantasy fans, your next adventure awaits. Based on the first book in Leigh Bardugo's best-selling young adult Grisha trilogy, Shadow and Bone catc

Does anyone actually like Clubhouse? 2021-02-26 11:52:51A confession: I'm trying — I'm really trying — to grasp Clubhouse's appeal. I spend so much of my life thinking about, and being on, so

Need another controller for your Xbox or PC? 2021-02-26 11:42:52SAVE $25.99: As of Feb. 26, the Gray/Blue Xbox Wireless Controller is on sale at Walmart for only $39 — that's 40% off its $64.99 MSRP. We hate

'Godzilla vs. Kong' is on HBO Max this 2021-02-26 10:58:13Need guidance at a glance? These are our favorite TV deals from Walmart, Best Buy, Dell, and Amazon as of Feb. 26: Sony 55-inch A8H Series 4K OLED Sma

Keep your phone charged and germ-free with this 2021-02-26 10:47:17SAVE $20: As of Feb. 26, grab the Samsung Electronics Qi Wireless Charger and UV Sanitizer for 40% off, bringing the price down to only $29.99. Let's

Get a full-body workout with this rowing machine 2021-02-26 10:23:08Save $178.26: As of Feb. 26, get the Sunny Health & Fitness rowing machine on sale for $220.74. Exercise bikes have been all the craze lately, but

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How to Build an SEO Strategy for 2021 2021-02-12 07:00:00The E-Commerce Times discussed with Steve Wiideman, president and CEO of Wiideman Consulting Group, the essentials of how to build an SEO strategy for

Standing Out From the Crowd: Investor Selection Criteria 2021-02-10 09:14:00When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many investors began to hold their funds back and we're waiting to see how things unfold. But at the same time, crisi

E-Tailers Squandering a Fortune in 'NUMO' False Declines 2021-02-09 08:12:00Is your list of new business customers falling short due to issues with their rejected credit approvals? New User Missed Opportunity or "NUMO" is a

B2B Payments Industry Trends to Watch in 2021 2021-02-05 07:00:00At the start of 2020, it's doubtful that anyone would have guessed how much the pandemic would change almost everything. With that mindset, it almost

A New Era of Leadership on the Horizon 2021-02-03 17:16:46Amazon gets a new chief executive this summer. Jeff Bezos plans to step down from that role and transition into a new job -- executive chair of Amazon

New Administration Seeks $10B Boost for Federal IT 2021-01-29 07:00:00The incoming presidential administration has proposed an extraordinary increase in support of federal investments in high technology. As part of the a

Practicing Productivity to Empower the Workforce 2021-01-27 09:00:00Finding the right productivity system means understanding one's situation, goals, and needs -- and then using that system consistently until it start

Algolia Acquires MorphL to Advance Marketing Prowess 2021-01-26 08:15:00Search-as-a-service company Algolia on Monday announced its acquisition of Google DNI-funded machine learning startup MorphL to fuel Algolia's new ar

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7 Reasons Why Quotes and Memes Work So 2021-02-18 21:08:41There are two types of people of people on social media – the marketers and the consumers (sellers and buyers). Quotes and memes are great for s

Moniece Slaughter claims she received death threats via 2021-02-18 15:31:08Reality TV star Moniece Slaughter claims to have gotten menacing calls from supposed members of Dr. Dre’s crew after publicly discussing his dat

First-of-its-kind study to infect young persons with Covid 2021-02-17 19:02:24A study that will expose healthy and young people to Covid-19 as part of initiatives to further comprehend the germ has been approved in the UK. Backe

University in Norway Throws Shade on the US 2021-02-17 11:00:53The University of Adger in Norway throws shade on the US as a reaction to a Superbowl ad by GM. Since the release of teasers up until days after the o

Salma Hayek says she’s still “traumatized” from her 2021-02-16 16:00:18In a podcast interview recently, Salma Hayek noted she ‘suffered’ while shooting the love scene in the 1995 feature Desperado. The movie s

Man built 11 speed bumps near home after 2021-02-15 15:58:00One man became so fed up with the noise from automobiles passing by his abode that he erected 11 speed bumps in the adjacent road. Nor Muhamad Roslam

4 Entrepreneurs Using Social Media to Inspire Others 2021-02-15 15:50:09Social media has greatly changed the way humans interact and stay in touch with one another. As most people are active in at least one social media pl

Reasons Why the Senate Acquitted Trump for Inciting 2021-02-15 11:00:18We need reasons why the Senate acquitted Trump for impeachment and we need these reasons NOW. The US watched the impeachment trials worriedly in their

Pirate skeletons unearthed off coast of Cape Cod 2021-02-12 12:57:22Six pirate skeletons have been found off the coast of Cape Cod in a shipwreck, investigators announced Friday. According to the Whydah Pirate Museum i

Twitter Commemorates History’s Most Inspiring People for Black 2021-02-12 11:00:48Black History Month would not be what it is without all the incredible and amazing people behind it. People of African descent have influenced all asp

Research Suggests the Pandemic Reading Surge Will Continue 2021-02-11 03:46:13The stay-at-home orders that swept the nation in March 2020 inspired many people to take up new hobbies, and delve more deeply into old hobbies. 

Caught On Tape: Lion Enters Hotel By Leaping 2021-02-10 19:35:31Disconcerting CCTV footage displays the moment a lion decided to check into Hotel Sarovar Portico Monday morning. Surveillance camera recording from t