SEMPO Has Been Invited to Ring NASDAQ’s Bell

Matt McGee writes at Search Engine Land that SEMPO has been invited to ring NASDAQ’s bell in New York City on December 1st. This is a huge honor for SEMPO and it indicates that the organization has been doing quite well this past year. SEMPO has been asked as a result of a...
Posted On 22 Jun 2018
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Microsoft is Making Office 365 Better, Here’s What to Expect

Microsoft revealed last week that major updates are headed to Microsoft Office. These changes are for Office 365 and Office.com users and are expected to start rolling out beginning this month and will continue throughout the year. People can expect to see changes like a...
Posted On 22 Jun 2018
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PayPal Files Patent That Could Expedite Cryptocurrency Transactions

PayPal filed a patent last week that revealed that it is considering speeding up its cryptocurrency transactions. Based on the recently released application, the payments processing company came up with a new system for faster trades involving digital currencies like Bitcoin and...
Posted On 22 Jun 2018
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Bing To Crawl Web For PWAs For Inclusion In Windows App Store?

Ryan Hayes posted on Twitter that Microsoft Bing will be crawling the web for PWAs and will then decide to “auto-ingests quality” PWAs into the Windows store. He posted this based on what Microsoft said at the Microsoft Edge Web Summit.   This may be a big thing...
Posted On 22 Jun 2018
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Google: Don’t Change URLs When Replacing Old Content With New Content

So let’s say you decided to update the content on a page on your web site, the content is super out dated and needs a major revamp. When you update the content, it doesn’t mean you need to put that new content on a new URL, you can just update the content on the...
Posted On 22 Jun 2018
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Brex Raises $57 Million to Launch New Credit Card for Startups

American fintech company Brex has just launched a new corporate credit card designed specifically to assist startups. The news of this unique credit card also comes on the heels of Brex’s recently concluded Series B funding round. The company was able to raise $57 million...
Posted On 21 Jun 2018
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Bing Ads To Disallow Recreational Guns & Gun Accessories

Bing announced they are not going to be allowing advertisements on the Bing Ads search network for recreational guns or any sort of gun accessory after July 1, 2018. This excludes items such as bb guns, paintball guns, or air rifles and accessories or devices that can be attached...
Posted On 21 Jun 2018
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Microsoft is Reportedly on the Verge of Acquiring Github

Microsoft is reportedly in acquisition talks with GitHub, according to sources privy to the matter. Based on the Bloomberg report, the deal to purchase one of the biggest code repository companies will be announced as early as Monday. Founded in 2008, GitHub was a popular hosting...
Posted On 21 Jun 2018
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Twitter opens in-stream video ads to advertisers in 12 global markets via its self-serve ad tool

Twitter’s in-stream video ads, launched in April 2017, are now available to all advertisers in the US and 11 other global markets. Twitter is opening in-stream video ads to all advertisers via its self-serve ad tool, making the video ad product available in 12 global...
Posted On 21 Jun 2018
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Direct-to-consumer advertisers are shifting ad dollars away from Facebook

Direct-to-consumer advertisers on Facebook report a rise in CPMs and a drop in overall ad impressions, forcing them to reconsider ad spend. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are pulling back on their Facebook ad spend, according to a report from Digiday, some shifting as much as 30...
Posted On 21 Jun 2018
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