When disaster strikes, technology can often be put to good use. Following the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal this week, Google and Facebook are among the companies helping those in the area, as well as people looking for friends and relatives. Google's People Finder does very much what it says on the tin. It's a very simple website that enables people to publish requests for information about loved ones, as well as giving those with information somewhere to share it. Facebook's Nepal Earthquake Safety Check provides a similar feature. Google People Finder can be accessed through mobile devices or computers,… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'
[ Betanews | 2015-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is the top social media platform used by book buyers in Canada, according to a new report on social media use by book buyers from BookNet Canada. YouTube is second. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House is gearing up for the upcoming holiday season with the announcement of its now annual seasonal rapid-shipping program for independent booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The founders of Instagram announced in a surprise move Monday that they were leaving Facebook Inc. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger said they were “ready for their next chapter” and said they were grateful for the six years they spent at Facebook, which acquired the photo sharing app for $1... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A woman who worked as a content moderator for Facebook has filed a lawsuit against the social media giant, claiming she developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of “disturbing” images the job required her to watch. The suit, filed in San Mateo County last week, alleges negligence and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announced Monday that its Ad Breaks <span aria-describedby="tt" class="glossaryLink " data-cmtooltip=" Monetization Monetization is utilizing existing website traffic or app users to produce revenue, often via ads or affiliate links. Influencers monetize their social media profiles... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SPD and CLMP have formed the Indie Booksellers Council, a group of 14 indie booksellers organized around boosting the sales and support of small press literary works. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press (OUP) is offering primary and secondary schools in the UK free access to the online Oxford English Dictionary to mark the company’s 90th anniversary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announced that it has begun the process of indexing news pages in order to determine which publishers should be included in the Ad Archive that it introduced in June. The Ad Archive, which is available globally, gives people the ability to search for ads related to politics or issues of... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s authors Judith Kerr and Michael Morpurgo will next week launch a campaign to fund a new gallery at Seven Stories, the Newcastle-based National Centre for Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is moving forward with its controversial Ad Archive with a new system that will decide whether to include individual publishers in the archive. The post Facebook rolls out system to include news publishers in its controversial Ad Archive appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH's Ebury Press is publishing a book of recipes by women displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire, with a foreword by the Duchess of Sussex. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This past year, The Costco Connection—the monthly print magazine that retail giant Costco produces for its $120-per-year Executive Members—increased its circulation to 13.2 million, making it the third-largest circulation magazine in the U.S. This had a clear impact on expenses, especially... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book Trade Charity has announced it is sponsoring three places to The Bookseller’s Children’s Conference later this month to people who want to break into the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, published a roughly 3,300-word blog post cataloging the steps the company has taken to prevent a repeat of the 2016 manipulation. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: Gawker, the gossip site, is staging... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new, free magazine titled Booklaunch will be launched later this month, aiming to recreate the experience of browsing a bookshop in print. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook confirmed that it is running a test with five publishing partners, including BuzzFeed, enabling them to test up to four different versions of organic posts and determine which is performing best. Lucia Moses of Digiday reported that publishers in the test group can create up to four... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_134577" align="alignright" width="150"] Alex Hardiman[/caption] The Atlantic continued its ongoing expansion this week with the hire of Facebook’s head of news products, Alex Hardiman, as its new chief business and product officer. Starting this fall, Hardiman will be... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to three publishers that have been trialing the mid-roll program, monthly revenue is healthy and in the six figures. The post Facebook extends Watch and mid-roll beyond the U.S. appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The policy requires advertisers to get certified to run ads that refer to an election or candidate, or advocate for big issues including abortion, civil rights and guns. The post Twitter tweaks Facebook with new issue ads policy that exempts publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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