Credit card security firm Jumio has looked into how we're all using our smartphones and tablets to shop.Jumio, a young firm backed by Facebook billionaire Eduardo Saverin, has just published research on how consumers are using their mobile devices to pay for things. Among the data are two key facts: We're using our smartphones to pay for all sorts of goods and services, and at the same time, we're aware of the security risks those transactions carry.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus has acquired feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez’s second book, Atypical, to be published in 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble has reached an agreement with its former CEO Ron Boire, who was abruptly fired in August, in which it will pay him nearly $5 million in exchange for his dropping all claims against the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European Union privacy watchdogs have warned WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum to stop sharing users' data with parent company Facebook until they investigated whether the transfers comply with EU data protection law. They also want Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to come clean about recent leaks and spying... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How the 40-year-old business magazine adapted to meet 21st-century market demands. The post Inside Chief Executive’s Data-Driven Evolution appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to an ACLU blog post published on Tuesday, law enforcement officials implemented a far-reaching surveillance program to track protesters in both Ferguson, MO and Baltimore, MD during their recent uprisings and relied on special feeds of use... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advertising is the heart of most Internet companies, digital publishers, and apps. In the absence of quality advertising, great journalism, music, film, games and culture will either disappear behind a paywall–thus making the Internet closed and, quite literally, unfree–or disappear completely.... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some of the digital media brands most associated with men are starting to either broaden their focus beyond traditional bro content or clean up their act a bit, all the better to attract readers of all genders and play nice with much-coveted advertisers.It seems that few brands these days really... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chief marketing officers are sick of publishers making far-out claims about how great their ads perform, according to Nielsen Chief Operating Officer Steve Hasker.In what could be the line of Advertising Week, Mr. Hasker told a room full of digital marketers: "Let me give you one truth. If you... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Including: she wrote "The Lottery" in a single morning, didn't believe in ghosts, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book purchases are increasingly done on mobile platforms, and most people who read ebooks prefer to do so on tablets or smart phones. There's a big opportunity for publishers here. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Technologies involving big data analysis are becoming so cheap to work with that academic publishers should be innovating in the area even if they are unsure what they are looking to create, Sage's Ian Mulvany told the Association of Learned and Professional Publishers conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Papego is an app currently drawing attention in Germany from readers, publishers, and booksellers because it allows a reader an easy way to keep reading digitally or in print. The post Papego: Bridging the Gap between Mobile and Print appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For most news publishers, their audiences increasingly prefer visiting them on mobile devices. Forbes faced this problem acutely, with half its audience coming to it on mobile devices. So it created card-like formats to replace text-based stories. The financial news publisher said its new... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A proposed reform of European Union copyright law grants online news publishers additional rights that could lead to the closure of services such as Google News if strictly enforced.Copyright law already provides reporters with protection for the news stories they publish, but in a draft... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, it emerged that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith was being sued by his publisher to return his advance. From Julian Assange to Amy Schumer, he isn’t alone...Though he’s fallen out spectacularly with his publisher, Seth Grahame-Smith at least has the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google is popping off against one of the most annoying practices among digital publishers: interstitial messages that obscure the content consumers seek via mobile search.Deeming most interstitials "intrusive," the world's largest search engine said Tuesday that publishers displaying... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zhejiang University Press has events at BIBF this week, as Japan's Toto Serkan looks at Japan's mobile gaming market, and Scotland's Society of Young Publishers weighs the industry's interest in new skills. The post International Industry Notes: Beijing Book Fair, Japan’s Mobile Games,... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author of a book about the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden is to pay almost $7m (£5m) to the US government for violating non-disclosure agreements, according to the BBC. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agency Speaking Volumes has secured an international grant to showcase British black, Asian and minority ethnic writers to European audiences. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With mobile messaging app use exploding, publishers are all trying to figure out how to share their content with those apps' users. CNN, after launching an automated chatbot app on Kik and Facebook Messenger, is giving users an interactive, on-the-ground look at big events like the Republican... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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