Facebook is no longer using red flags next to fake news articles according to a new report by Axios. Sara Fischer, Media Reporter at Axios, explains why the social media giant is shifting its strategy, and her outlook for the digital ad space in 2018.
"They've been radically transparent about things that aren't necessarily working," says Fischer. New research indicates when you flag something as being bad, it actually can make more people click more on that questionable content.
Looking ahead to 2018, Amazon is expanding its advertising efforts. Fischer says introducing customer service videos as part of this push for the digital ad market is a way to take advantage of this growing trend of content.
Marketing dollars are often among the first on the chopping block — and even giants like Alphabet and Facebook are expected to feel its effects.
Credit Sesame, an app that helps users access their credit score and manage their credit, is launching a bank account that rewards users for improving their credit .
During a Q&A for satellite industry professionals, the SpaceX and Tesla founder avoided all mention of what was happening around the world. Instead, he spent the nearly one-hour time slot repeating the importance of iteration and moving fast.
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, whose grandniece was killed in that disaster, said that even once the plane makes it back to the skies, he won't fly in it.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 7.8%, its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008, as a free-fall in oil prices and worsening fears of fallout from the spreading coronavirus outbreak seize markets. The sharp drops triggered the first automatic halts in trading in two decades.
Reddit is opening some of the most visited real estate on the internet to advertising. The platform now offers a new ad type called “Trending Takeover,” which allows companies to place branded content on the Popular feed and search bar for 24 hours.
Robinhood reported major outages of equities, crypto, options, and fractional equities trading at 9:51 a.m. EST.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 1,500 points, or 6%, following similar drops in Europe after a fight among major crude-producing countries jolted investors already on edge about the widening fallout from the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
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