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Arizona Sues Google For Collecting Location Data After Users Opt Out

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming the search giant collects location data even after users opt out. Google has been under increasing scrutiny, both in the US and Europe, over its privacy practices. Arizona is the latest to take...
Posted On 29 May 2020
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Notability Maker Releases Twobird Email Client

Ginger Labs, the makers of Notability, have released Twobird, a brand-new email client for iOS, macOS, Windows and Android. Notability is a well-known note-taking application for both iOS and macOS. The app receives generally good reviews and won Apple’s Editors’ Choice award....
Posted On 13 May 2020
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Luxury Online Retailer Farfetch Focusing on Technology to Improve the Consumer Experience

Luxury online retailer Farfetch, where product prices start at around a thousand dollars, had a breakout IPO on Thursday, raising $885 million while setting a valuation of $6.2 billion for the company. Then on Friday the stock surged 53 percent above their initial offering price...
Posted On 05 May 2020
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Dan Lok: Most People Suck at the Conversion Mechanism

Online marketing sensation Dan Lok says that when it comes to marketing online, there are only two things, conversion and traffic. That’s it. “To convert the right attention, to convert followers and likes into money, in between you a need conversion mechanism,” says Lok. Lok...
Posted On 02 May 2020
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The Disruption In Our Industry, It’s Manic, Says Ogilvy CEO

“The pace of change, the disruption in our industry, it’s manic,” says Ogilvy Global CEO John Seifert. “We’re all trying to get our arms around it. The hope I have for convening moments like Cannes is the clients and their partners in tech and creative communications and data...
Posted On 29 Apr 2020
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Coronavirus: Shopify Giving Employees $1,000 to Help Work From Home

It’s a good time to work for Shopify, as the company is giving employees $1,000 to help them make the transition to working from home. As the coronavirus pandemic spreads around the country and globe, Shopify has joined the ranks of tech companies instructing their employees to...
Posted On 25 Apr 2020
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Mitchell Baker Becomes Mozilla’s CEO

Long-time chairwoman Mitchell Baker has officially taken the reigns as Mozilla’s next CEO. The organization’s previous CEO, Chris Beard, resigned at the end of 2019, leaving a vacancy in Mozilla’s leadership. Now, more than three months after Beard left, Baker is taking over the...
Posted On 22 Apr 2020
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You’ve Got To Bail Everyone Out, Says Barry Diller

“You’ve got to bail everyone out,” says Expedia and IAC Chairman Barry Diller. “This is like when you’re picking losers and winners. Everybody is in the same position which is the world stopped for commerce. You see this when you drive down streets and you see big cities and...
Posted On 18 Apr 2020
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Tesla Shares Rise On Record Deliveries

Tesla’s stock rose some 15% in extended trading on news the automaker had its highest number of vehicles deliveries in a single quarter. In a filing with the SEC, Tesla disclosed that it produced 102,672 vehicles, and delivered 88,400. in the first quarter. As Reuters points out,...
Posted On 08 Apr 2020
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Xerox Calls Off Hostile Attempt to Acquire HP

Amid the current health and economic crisis, Xerox has announced it is calling off its attempt to merge with HP. Xerox had been attempting to acquire HP since last year, putting in two separate offers. The first offer was unanimously rejected by HP’s board, leading Xerox to...
Posted On 04 Apr 2020
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