This Is the Data Snapchat Does...

Jan 9, 2018 by

This Is the Data Snapchat Doesn’t Want You to See

Snapchat takes its secrecy seriously. Very, very seriously. Take the case of one former Snapchat employee. On his first day, he was...

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Inside a Chinese Click-Farm

May 12, 2017 by

Inside a Chinese Click-Farm

Inside China’s phony ‘click farm’: Tiny office uses 10,000 handsets to send fake ratings and ‘likes’...

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I’m an ex-Facebook exec:...

May 2, 2017 by

I’m an ex-Facebook exec: don’t believe what they tell you about ads

         ‘The question is not whether this can be done. It is whether Facebook should apply a moral filter to these decisions.’ By...

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Internet Ad Revenues Surge, Tw...

Apr 27, 2017 by

Internet Ad Revenues Surge, Two Companies Get the Spoils

by Wolf Richter • Apr 26, 2017 The big shift to mobile advertising. It’s not all careening downhill, at least not for everyone – or...

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6 basic bills you should alway...

Sep 10, 2015 by

6 basic bills you should always negotiate

Does the thought of haggling over your monthly bills make you break out in a cold sweat? You’re not alone, because most people don’t...

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Furious trolls are everywhere:...

Aug 25, 2014 by

Furious trolls are everywhere: Even Internet moms are angry — and they hate you

Violent, enraged Internet trolls lurk everywhere, and have remade what seemed like an open space. Can we stop them? By Sara Scribner...

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