The indictment of 13 Russians for interfering with the Presidential election has intensified the pressure put on Facebook, which uncovered about three-thousand Russian-linked ads on its platforms before and after November 2016. Cheddar Senior Reporter, Alex Heath, breaks down the the latest developments.
Facebook's Vice President for ads, Rob Goldman, tweeted about Russia's disinformation effort. President Trump then cited him. Facebook did not intend for Goldman’s tweets to be quoted by Trump. They thought the tweets would only be seen by a contextually-aware audience of techies and media types who follow Goldman.
Heath believes that the tweeting from Goldman and other execs is part of a carefully orchestrated PR campaign by Facebook to make itself appear more transparent and relate-able through engaged spokespeople on Twitter.
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Digital audio advertising is one area where Google and Facebook don't dominate, thus providing streaming players like Pandora an opportunity to carve out a market with the listener data they own, CEO Roger Lynch said.
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Cheddar anchor Nora Ali analyzes Jet.com's relaunch featuring a new localized strategy for New York, three-hour grocery delivery, Nike partnership, and Siri integration.
If you had any lingering doubts that eSports had gone mainstream, they would have been erased when the North American League of Legends Summer Split took over the Oracle Arena ー home to the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors. Cheddar was there for the last stop before the World Championships in South Korea next month.
Apple casts a long shadow, and that's never more apparent than after a new product launch. John Vinh, equity research analyst at KeyBanc, ticked off the companies that, as part of Apple's supply chain, stand to benefit from the latest iPhone launch.
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At its annual event in Cupertino, Calif., Apple announced three new iPhones and a new Apple Watch Series 4. With new features such as bigger screens and an EKG monitor on the watch, Apple hopes to reach audiences that may have not bought into the last edition of its products.
At Apple's annual keynote event Wednesday, the tech giant unveiled three new iPhone models as well as a redesigned Apple Watch.
Your phone's autofill function can come up with some strange suggestions, but Botnik Studios wants to put an intentionally comedic spin on predictive text. CEO Jamie Brew joined Cheddar to discuss how he's creating art out of machine learning.
