If you have a plant-related class, garden tour or other event you’d like us to mention, email me at [email protected] — with at least three weeks’ notice, please! — and we may include it later. Include a high-resolution horizontal photo, if possible, and tell us who to credit and what... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the latest sign that social media giants are feeling the heat for allowing their platforms to amplify voices of extremists, Facebook on Thursday banned conspiracy theorist and InfoWars founder Alex Jones and the accounts of other controversial figures. The company, citing violations of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-03 00:10:00 UTC ]
In the latest sign that social media giants are feeling the heat for allowing their platforms to amplify voices of extremists, Facebook on Thursday banned conspiracy theorist and InfoWars founder Alex Jones and the accounts of other controversial figures. The company, citing violations of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-03 00:10:00 UTC ]
A new study finds that by 2050, the dead will outnumber the living on Facebook. Here’s how the company is designing user experiences to face the billions of dead users to come. By 2050, the dead will outnumber the living on Facebook. That’s a conservative estimate, according to a study... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alex Jones, Infowars, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer, Paul Nehlen, and Louis Farrakhan have all been removed from the platforms. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2019-05-02 18:01:07 UTC ]
Paintings that dwell on parenthood and others inspired by trap. Plus, an experimental musical performance and portraits of artists. Here are six exhibitions and events to check out in the coming week: Daniel Gerwin, “All Joy and No Fun,” at River. A series of abstract paintings are inspired by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. unveiled a redesign Tuesday that focuses on the Groups feature of its namesake social network, doubling down on a successful but controversial part of the big blue app. It’s another sign that Facebook is moving toward more private, intimate communication. The changes, announced... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-30 22:05:00 UTC ]
Facebook said it expects a fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the social network violated its users' privacy. The company set aside $3 billion in its quarterly earnings reportWednesday as a contingency against the possible penalty but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-25 02:15:00 UTC ]
An L.A. painter’s hypnotic patterns and a photography show that documents the rise of hip-hop. Here are six exhibitions and events to check out in the coming week. Roy Dowell, “New and Recent Paintings (and a Sculpture),” at as-is.la. The Los Angeles-based painter whose pattern-filled works buzz... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Welcome to the latest edition of Ad Age Publisher's Brief, our roundup of news from the world of content producers across digital and print. Got a tip? Send it our way. Joining us late? Here's the previous edition. Facebook II: Wired is out with a sequel of sorts to its widely-read March 2018... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. estimated that it will cost as much as $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into its privacy practices, as the social-media giant moves to put the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal behind it. Facebook said Wednesday that it took a $3-billion charge related to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-24 22:10:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. estimated that it will cost as much as $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into its privacy practices, as the social-media giant moves to put the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal behind it. Facebook said Wednesday that it took a $3-billion charge related to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-24 22:10:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster (S&S) is gearing up to release an ebook version of the Mueller Report, with print copies hitting the shelves by the end of the month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Company says it has stopped using password verification feature that collected data Facebook has admitted to “unintentionally” uploading the address books of 1.5 million users without consent, and says it will delete the collected data and notify those affected.The discovery follows criticism of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chemtrails on canvas and a gallery transformed into a tongue-in-cheek home design shop. Plus, a very unusual talent show. Here are five exhibitions and events to check out in the coming week: Mi Kafchin, “Chemtrails,” at Nicodim. An exhibition inspired by chemtrails, the conspiracy theory that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. housed dozens of cybercriminal groups that set up shop on the platform as online marketplaces to sell a variety of illegal services, such as stolen credit card information, account theft and spamming tools, a team of researchers found. Cisco Systems Inc.’s Talos security unit... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cara Hunter's No Way Out (Viking) has defeated Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt (Picador) at the top of the Weekly E-Book Ranking, after the junior doctor memoir's 12-week reign. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
New works in an old mall and a show of avant-garde Japanese art from the ’80s and ’90s. Plus, Guatemalan masks, a pop-up show and an exhibition devoted to an unlucky anniversary. Here are nine exhibitions and events to check out in the coming week: New exhibitions at OCMA Expand. While their new... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft has removed the ebooks category from its online store in a move that will see purchased titles deleted from customer libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A partnership with PRH lets Kinokuniya consumers compare English and Japanese editions. And a building in which Hemingway once was printed has been bought. The post Industry Notes: Kinokuniya Partners With PRH on Ebooks; ‘Scribner Building’ Acquired appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]