Google is shutting down Google+ as a social network, effective August 31, 2019. Google made the announcement on October 8, the same day as a Wall Street Journal story outlining that the data of a half million users was exposed. Google knew about the security issue back in March 2018, but elected not to disclose it to […]
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The introduction of GDPR may have temporarily isolated the EU customer base Another day, another GDPR post. This is not to be taken as tongue in cheek, it is the result of a grand change in the laws that govern data privacy in the EU. These changes are having an effect not only on EU
Klout had a great concept, so much so Lithium Technologies paid in the neighborhood of $200 million for it in 2014. Fast forward four years later, and Lithium has announced May 25, 2018 is going to be the platform’s last day. Why is Klout Shutting Down? So what went wrong with the social media scoring
It’s a sad time for those who’ve committed to upping their Klout score as a demonstration of their online influence. This week, Lithium, which purchased the Klout platform back in 2014, has announced that they’re shutting the tool down, effective May 25th. As announced by Pete Hess, the CEO of Lithium: “The Klout acquisition provided
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Updates to inform your social media marketing strategy Welcome to our weekly summary of what’s happened in social media this week. This week we look at Instagrams new features, Facebook ‘Messenger Kids’ and how you can import your Instagram contacts into Messenger Instagram lets you archive stories Instagram announced that stories will be automatically save to
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By now you’re probably well aware that Instagress, an easy-to-use and affordable website that allowed would-be Instagram influencers to use bots to rack up followers, has folded. Instagress didn’t make fake accounts, but it created bots that automatically commented on and liked other people’s Instagram photos, artificially increasing engagement and making accounts appear more popular. In a tweet, Instagress said
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When Starbucks announced recently it was shutting down all Teavana stores in the United States, a lot of people were disappointed. This is a story about a military veteran turned entrepreneur who had a different reaction. Meet Brandon Frienman, founder and CEO of startup Rakkasan Tea Company, which grew indirectly from his service as a
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Almost everyone, it seems, has received one: a call falsely claiming that your business listing on Google is about to expire. Many people also receive deceptive robocalls from marketing companies claiming to represent or be authorized by Google. One such UK-based company, Movette, was just shut down by regulators for using fraudulent tactics to sell
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Last August I wrote a blog post about how attention merchants were sucking the value out of online publishing. In it I noted how the Yahoo! Directory disappeared & how even DMOZ saw a sharp drop in traffic & rankings over the past few years. The concept of a neutral web is dead. In its
