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.
Mobile World Congress has kicked off in Barcelona, Spain and Lenovo is using the event to make a few key announcements. On Monday it revealed a new line up of Yoga laptops, equipped with Alexa voice assistant capabilities. Dilip Bhatia, Vice President of Marketing, User & Customer Experience for Lenovo joins The Long and The Short to explain the future of voice within Lenovo's products.
"The Forever Rose" was created using blockchain and sold for a million dollars. Art, physical or virtual, gets its value from the artist or significance of the piece, says Andy Tian, co-creator of the piece.
Comcast is making a $31 billion offer for European broadcaster Sky, topping Fox's bid. Apple plans to open two health clinics for its employees this spring.
Joe Blackburn, the CEO of Crypto Coin Trader and head advisor at Crypto Hunt, explains how his company is using an augmented reality and blockchain game to help initiate users into crypto.
The Dow closes up nearly 400 points. Apple is reportedly releasing three new phones. Samsung unveiled its new S9 and S9+. The Supreme Court declined to take up the Trump Administration's appeal on DACA. Fitbit misses on earnings.
Cheddar Politics goes in-depth on the gun debate with The Young Turks, Rare Media, and Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL). Between Bells catches up with Glam Masters' Kandee Johnson, and UnREAL's Bart Edwards.
Samsung's latest flagship phone is out, and the fight is on. Can the Samsung Galaxy S9 take on the iPhone X? Mark Spoonauer, Editor-In-Chief at Tom's Guide, gives Cheddar at first look at the new phone and shares his take.
TipRanks uses Natural Language Processing to give investing advice to roughly five million investors. Now, the company is out with a mobile app to bring the advice directly to users phones.
Millennials seem to be jumping on board with exchange traded funds, or ETFs. Rob Nestor is the head of iShares Beta ETF at BlackRock and he joins Cheddar to explain why millennials and others are jumping on this trend.
There is a new game that combines two very hot concepts, augmented reality and crypto! Joe Blackburn CEO and Co-founder of Crypto Coin Trader and Head Advisor of Crypto Hunt joins Cheddar to break down the game.
