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Shopify
2 weeks ago
Marketing

How To Start an Online Boutique With No Money (2024) - Shopify

Dropshipping is a suitable business model for starting an online boutique with no money.
Selecting a niche market and finding quality suppliers are crucial steps in starting an online boutique on a budget.
Forbes
1 month ago
Marketing

5 Top Tips For Starting Your Dream Business And Making It Profitable

Conduct thorough market research before starting a business
Clearly define your business model and identify your unique value proposition
Develop a strong marketing strategy to reach new customers and increase revenue.
Product Hunt
10 months ago
Marketing

Best affiliate marketing tools for beginners and pros 2023 | Product Hunt

Affiliate marketing is for everyone from mommy bloggers to mega brands.This win-win business model has grown to a $19B industry with more than 80% of online brands offering an affiliate marketing program.Naturally, affiliate marketing tools are increasingly being used to convert customers across the web.
www.fastcompany.com
10 months ago
Marketing

If brands don't stand for something, they're talking to no one

Marcus Collins, a University of Michigan marketing professor and head of strategy at Wieden+Kennedy, has spent his career both studying and executing how brands can better utilize culture to connect with their audiences.In his new book For The Culture: The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who We Want to Be, Collins reveals all that he's learned about how culture influences so many of our decisions, and how marketers can be more effective in tapping into it.
Digiday
11 months ago
Marketing

The Rundown: Amazon's DSP trumpets its cookies-less targeting capabilities

In case you haven't heard, third-party cookies will soon be no longer for the world wide web, a prospect that rattles the foundation of its core, ad-funded, business model.It's so fundamental that even the largest names of the sector are threatened - just look at Meta's difficulties in dealing with Apple's privacy clawbacks - as Google Chrome prepares to sunset third-party cookies next year.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

Don't call it a comeback: How agencies are navigating economic recovery with their clients

Recovering from economic downturns variessignificantly depending on the type of media agency and its clients' business.But agencies and their clients have learned some important practices in the last few years.The global pandemic and recent slumps in advertising and media sectors have forced agencies to focus on efficiencies and step up as partners for their clients.
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France news
www.independent.co.uk
1 month ago
France news

Striking workers again close down the Eiffel Tower ahead of its starring role in the Paris Olympics

Striking workers closed Eiffel Tower for three days demanding salary hikes and better maintenance.
The Eiffel Tower operator's business model criticized for prioritizing visitor numbers over employee pay and maintenance costs.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
France news

Asylum system riddled with abuse' and needs fundamental change Jenrick

The Immigration Minister has claimed the UK's asylum system is riddled with abuse and revealed that migrants will be asked to share hotel rooms as the Government comes under pressure to reduce net migrations.Robert Jenrick said a lot of progress has been made on illegal migration in a short period of time, with really unique landmark deals with France seeing a big increase in the number of interceptions on the beaches.
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Media industry
Poynter
1 month ago
Media industry

Jimmy Finkelstein defends The Messenger's business model, claims the company was on track to break even - Poynter

Messenger CEO claims the outlet would have been profitable by August if it had remained open
The company closed in January after failing to raise enough money to keep it open
www.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Media industry

The spectacular collapse of the Messenger is a lesson on how not to do journalism | Margaret Sullivan

The Messenger, a new journalism outlet, abruptly shut down its website and fired its staff without severance or benefits.
Despite promising to be unbiased and indispensable, the outlet was criticized for its questionable business model and quality of journalism.
Nieman Lab
10 months ago
Media industry

"A stately pleasure barge of a site": For people who miss websites, there's a new blog in town

It's been quite a week for people who like fun on the internet.First there was the sudden rise of Twitter competitor Bluesky, spurring headlines like " I regret to inform you that Bluesky is fun."And now there's The Stopgap, a new blog from writers Daniel M. Lavery (who cofounded, with Nicole Cliffe, the beloved and now-defunct The Toast and was Slate's Dear Prudence) and Jo Livingstone (who previously wrote for The New Republic and Bookforum).
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Media industry

Vice Media reportedly headed for bankruptcy

Vice Media Group, the company behind popular media websites such as Vice and Motherboard, is preparing to file for bankruptcy, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of its operations.The report comes days after Vice shuttered its Vice News Tonight program, and amid waves of media layoffs and closures, including the end of BuzzFeed News.
Daily Kos
11 months ago
Media industry

An Open Letter to The "New Media"

A creative effort in the endless media beg-a-thon.Congratulations, my friends, you slew the ogre!I'm referring, of course, to the "old media" - the conglomerates of reporting and distribution that served as a gate-keeper to the public awareness - the monopolistic controllers of public punditry that brought us Cronkite, and Rather, and endless CIA-promoted talking points in the New York Times.
Digiday
11 months ago
Media industry

The state of commerce content

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Commerce content has become an increasingly effective strategy and business model for publishers - a lucrative form of content that consumers trust, a strategic partnership between media and brands resulting in editorial content that creates a unique shopping experience for consumers.
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Tech industry
www.npr.org
1 month ago
Tech industry

The Dating App Paradox: Why dating apps may be 'worse than ever'

Dating app companies like The Match Group and Bumble are facing challenges in the crowded dating app market.
The dating app business model creates a paradox where successful matches mean users leave the app and the company loses customers and revenue.
www.theguardian.com
4 months ago
Tech industry

Pichai to rebut Epic Games' charge that Google monopolized' consumer choice

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai is testifying in the antitrust trial against Epic Games, accusing the company of abusive practices in its app store.
The outcome of the trial could lead to changes in Google's business and distribution model for its Google Play store.
Google is facing multiple high-profile legal battles, including a separate antitrust trial brought by the justice department.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Tech industry

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes

The standoff in California is the latest scuffle between the tech giants and the news industry.Facebook and Google also resisted efforts in Australia and Canada that aimed to force the companies to cut deals with news publishers.LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images Facebook and Instagram will block all news articles in California if state lawmakers pass a bill meant to funnel money from the tech platforms to media organizations, a Meta spokesman threatened on Wednesday.
Yeah, @netflix ,that was me in the Aughts, loudly and constantly pressing for more streaming.

Never once ordered a DVD. Didn't realize it was still a thing.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
Tech industry

Netflix Will End Its DVD Service After 25 Years

Call up your Luddite loved ones and your nostalgic friends who still cherish physical media.After 25 years, Netflix is ending its DVD-by-mail business.Before it was upending the entertainment industry and ushering in the streaming era, Netflix was a company whose business model revolved around sending DVDs through the mail in easily recognizable red-and-white envelopes.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Tech industry

WeWork Reaches a Debt Restructuring Deal With SoftBank

WeWork, the struggling office space company, said on Friday that it had reached a deal with SoftBank and other investors to significantly reduce its debt and secure new financing.The agreement would cancel or convert into equity about $1.5 billion of the company's debt, reducing WeWork's total debt to less than $2.4 billion, the company said.
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Artificial intelligence
Forbes
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Why Nvidia Is Entering The $30B Market For Custom Chips

Nvidia's largest customers are developing AI chips that compete with Nvidia, but the company is willing to help them do so.
Nvidia is forming a group to help clients build their own solutions using Nvidia IP, potentially becoming an AI licensing giant.
The Seattle Times
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Big Tech muscles in: The 12 months that changed Silicon Valley forever

Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, decided to prioritize the development of products based on artificial intelligence.
Google was facing a potential crisis as an AI program released by OpenAI called ChatGPT gained popularity.
Digiday
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

At the Senate's first AI hearing, lawmakers and OpenAI, IBM execs weigh risk and regulation

To illustrate the dangers of generative AI, Sen. Richard Blumenthal began yesterday's Congressional hearing about AI oversight with something unexpected from a top government official: A deepfake audio recording of himself talking about the risks of AI and the need to regulate it.The AI-generated clip was based on recordings of Blumenthal's floor speeches and then scripted based on asking ChatGPT how he might open a hearing about AI regulation.
ComputerWeekly.com
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence: Business leaders start to realise the risks | Computer Weekly

A Gartner survey of 2,500 executive leaders has found that almost half (45%) say publicity of ChatGPT has prompted them to increase artificial intelligence (AI) investments.The survey reported that 70% of executives said their organisations are investigating the use of AI while 19% are in pilot or have deployed AI in production.
The Verge
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk reportedly tried and failed to take over OpenAI

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Musk tried to take charge of the company in 2018, Semafor reports.The Tesla CEO was rejected and reneged on promised funding.OpenAI then changed its business model to embrace corporate backers - a momentous shift.Now here's a path not taken: according to a new report from Semafor, Elon Musk tried - and failed - to take over ChatGPT creator OpenAI in 2018.
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Intellectual Property Strategies for Development of AI in China

China is at the forefront of the AI development race.While many see China's AI policies as a cover to curb freedoms and control society, the reality is that China is an active AI developer in a thriving market for AI applications in both the trade and industrial sectors.There are, however, several challenges related to obtaining IP protection for algorithms in China.
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www.cnn.com
1 month ago
Social media marketing

Why social media CEOs deny responsibility for teen mental health crisis

Excessive use of social media by teens can lead to depression.
Social media CEOs deny the link between social media use and depression because it affects their business.
Digiday
1 month ago
Career

'Left high and dry': Confessions of a laid-off gaming industry worker

Gaming industry is experiencing significant layoffs as the business model shifts towards free-to-play and live service gaming.
An anonymous gaming industry worker discusses their experience of losing their job during the wave of layoffs.
Entrepreneur
4 months ago
Career

Are You Ready to Ditch Your 9-5 for Your Side Hustle? | Entrepreneur

28% of people in the U.S. are motivated to go full-time into their side hustle because they want to become their own boss.
Nearly 50% of businesses fail within their first five years of operation, so it's important to minimize risks and learn from other businesses.
Having a proven business model, sufficient profits, and a cash cushion is essential before quitting your 9-5 job.
Entrepreneur
3 months ago
Business intelligence

4 ChatGPT Prompts For Starting A Business in 2024 | Entrepreneur

ChatGPT can help with various business tasks, from market research to accounting and social media marketing.
Prompt 1: Use ChatGPT to conduct a business model audit and identify strengths and areas for improvement.
Prompt 2: Request a detailed analysis of your top competitors in a specific industry.
Defector
4 months ago
Beer

Here's $75, Give Me One Frosty Tesla Cyberbeer Please GZZT MZZZZT ZZZZZTT ERROR ERROR FATAL ERROR | Defector

Tesla's real business is not just making and selling electric cars but creating opportunities for loyal customers to support Elon Musk.
Despite the flaws in Tesla's cars and controversies surrounding Musk's other ventures, there is still a specific customer base that finds appeal in supporting his ventures.
Alleywatch
9 months ago
NYC startup

Pomelo Care Raises Another $25M to Make Maternal and Newborn Health Care More Accessible While Improving Outcomes

Approximately 140M births take place each year globally; every day 810 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy.Ensuring consistent access to maternal and newborn health through the continuum of pregnancy from pre-conception to post-partum is critical to improving outcomes.Pomelo Care is a holistic, virtual health platform that provides expectant mothers with 24/7 access to value-based care for anything from nutrition to mental health concerns.
Alleywatch
9 months ago
NYC startup

Lalo Raises $10.1M for its Baby and Toddler Brand That Offers Thoughtfully-Designed and Safe Products

With the closing of Babies "R" Us and uncertainty looming for Buy Buy Baby with the bankruptcy of parent company Bed Bath and Beyond, there is a tremendous void for parents looking for trusted products for their little ones.Lalo is a modern, direct-to-consumer brand for baby and toddler products, offering a comprehensive line that's safe, aesthetically pleasing, and enduring products.
AdExchanger
9 months ago
Marketing tech

L'Oreal's VC Fund Is Backing Generative AI Startup Rembrand

Product placement is one of the oldest marketing techniques in the book.Brands negotiate for years to get their products a mention in a movie script, and even sponsored social media posts can take more than a month of phone calls and emails to arrange.But startups are starting to use generative AI to flip the script on in-video product placement, including Rembrand, a new venture launched by ad tech vet Omar Tawakol in February.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Groupon issues 'going concern' warning as Chicago-based online marketplace terminates River North HQ lease

Groupon, the struggling Chicago-based online marketplace that built its business model on short-term daily deals, may be running out of time itself.Now under the leadership of a Czech investor, Groupon issued a "going concern" warning during a tepid first quarter earnings report this week, signaling the company could be insolvent within a year.
Futurism
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google Unveils Plan to Demolish the Journalism Industry Using AI

Remember back in 2018, when Google removed "don't be evil" from its code of conduct?It's been living up to that removal lately.At its annual I/O in San Francisco this week, the search giant finally lifted the lid on its vision for AI-integrated search - and that vision, apparently, involves cutting digital publishers off at the knees.
Modern Retail
1 year ago
Marketing

At Shoptalk, Pinterest pitches itself as a friendly social ad platform

At Shoptalk this week held in Las Vegas, Pinterest CEO Bill Ready talked about some of the new shopping capabilities it added to its new Shuffles app and how it fine-tuned its AI to recommend content that would make users feel good.It was all part of a push to convince brands and retailers to advertise - and sell products - on its platforms, as other apps like TikTok come under fire.
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

Low housing inventory a win for homebuilders

If there's one sector of the economy that benefits from the very low levels of total housing inventory, it's the homebuilders, but for a reason you might not think.If national housing inventory were back to normal, we would have 2 to 2.5 million active listings, and these active listings would be direct competition for the builders.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Canada news

Nordstrom stores in Canada to close for good this week | CBC News

Tuesday will be the final day for all 13 Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack stores across Canada, the retailer has announced.The U.S. department store chain, which announced in March that its Canadian operation would be shutting down, said on its website that June 13 will be its last day in business.Liquidation sales started in March and have been proceeding for weeks as the retailer winds down its operations in Canada after less than a decade in business.
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Canada news

'Post-pandemic hangover' forcing many restaurants to file for bankruptcy, association says | CBC News

Restaurants across Canada are "in crisis" and still fighting for survival, says the not-for-profit association that represents 30,000 of the businesses countrywide.Restaurants Canada says its members are facing a "triple whammy" of challenges: inflationary costs, labour shortages and COVID-19 loan repayments.
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Canada news

Vice Media Group files for bankruptcy protection | CBC News

Vice Media Group, popular for websites such as Vice and Motherboard, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday to engineer its sale to a group of lenders, capping years of financial difficulties and top-executive departures.Vice said that the lender consortium, which includes Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, will provide about $225 million US in the form of a credit bid for substantially all of the company's assets and also assume significant liabilities at closing.
Eater LA
9 months ago
LA food

Santa Monica's Coolest New Restaurant Doesn't Need Marketing or Even Investors

It makes all the sense in the world, right?Two 30-something guys with no investors, no location, no kitchen equipment, and no social media presence decide to open a restaurant - a tough business even in the best of times, which this is not.But here they are, serving a grill-centered menu that usually includes wild mushrooms with garlic and parsley, salmon with mustard and dill, and a whole branzino with za'atar and chimichurri.
Eater LA
10 months ago
LA food

Gluten-Free Bakery Breadblok Says Shocking Goodbye to All Locations Overnight

Breadblok, Southern California's emerging gluten-free bakery and cafe, abruptly closed all locations on Wednesday, May 2. Notes were plastered on the entries at Breadblok Studio City, Silver Lake, Santa Monica, and the freshly opened location in Beverly Hills, stating, "We are no longer able to sustain our business model."
Eater LA
1 year ago
LA food

After Years Away, the Huntington Library's Nearly Century-Old Tea House Reopens

The Huntington's iconic tea room is ready for its big return soon.The sprawling, private former mansion in San Marino, south of Pasadena, has for many decades been a place for tourists and locals to wander well-manicured gardens and peek at historic works of art - and, of course, to drink tea.The Huntington's tea house, which was originally built as a bowling alley in 1911 before transitioning in 1928 to a sunny spot for high tea, has been dark since the earliest days of 2020.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Lawmakers say UK's planned law to deport Channel migrants breaches rights obligations

A committee of British lawmakers said Sunday that the U.K. will break its international human rights commitments if it goes through with government plans to detain and deport people who cross the English Channel in small boats.Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights said the Illegal Migration Bill breaches a number of the U.K.'s international human rights obligations and risks breaching others.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Asylum system riddled with abuse' and needs fundamental change Jenrick

The Immigration Minister has claimed the UK's asylum system is riddled with abuse and revealed migrants will be asked to share hotel rooms as the Government comes under pressure to reduce net migrations.Robert Jenrick said a lot of progress has been made on illegal migration in a short period of time, with really unique landmark deals with France seeing a big increase in the number of interceptions on the beaches.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Large-scale trials needed to test anti-ageing supplements, expert says

Anti-ageing supplements need to be clinically tested, but the answer to a longer healthy life may already be available, an expert has said.Professor Cynthia Kenyon, an expert in ageing and longevity, said that while many supplements are easily accessible and inexpensive, there is little evidence to show they are effective.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
London food

The Suffolk, Aldeburgh: A sweet celebration, perfectly executed'

The Suffolk Sur-Mer, 152 High St, Aldeburgh IP15 5AQ (the-suffolk.co.uk).Bar snacks: 3-8; starters 10-14; mains 18- 60 (for the whole lobster); desserts 9. Wines from 26 a bottle In 2001, my mother was diagnosed with what she would come to describe as a touch of breast cancer.Claire would later say that in just two weeks, she went from not having breast cancer the blissful day before diagnosis to not having breast cancer, courtesy of a double mastectomy.
Alleywatch
9 months ago
Startup companies

Mend Raises $15M to Ensure Improved Healing for Surgical Patients Through Nutrapharma and Continuing Care

For those having surgery, it takes about a month for the acute wound to heal but up to a year for complete recovery depending on the extent and type of wound.Hydration, giving your body the proper healing energy through diet, activity, rest, and proper wound care all contribute to the healing journey.
Alleywatch
10 months ago
Startup companies

Kinnos Raises Another $15M to Ensure Hospital Surfaces Are Properly Disinfected

Careful cleaning and disinfection of surfaces are critical for infection prevention to reduce pathogenic microorganisms.Studies have shown that manual cleaning and disinfection of surfaces in healthcare settings have significant room for improvement due to a variety of factors.Kinnos has developed Highlight, a colorizing technology that's mixed with cleaning products that allow healthcare personnel to intuitively confirm they have adequately disinfected surfaces visually without any specialized equipment.
Alleywatch
1 year ago
Startup companies

Tuned Raises Another $3.5M to Make Hearing Care Accessible for All

15% of American adults aged 18 and over indicate that they have some sort of hearing loss.28.8M of these adults could benefit from using a hearing aid but only 16% of this segment has ever used one.Tuned is a holistic hearing wellness platform that makes audiology consultations and treatments accessible.
Alleywatch
9 months ago
Startup companies

Yuvo Health Raises $20.2M to Provide the Technology to Power Community Health Centers

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) are crucial to providing primary care.They reduce the barriers to healthcare for millions of Americans in underserved communities by providing access irrespective of cost, insurance coverage, language, and proximity.These community health centers are governed by the federal government, qualify for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, and they've been propelled by the Affordable Care and Recovery Acts.
Alleywatch
1 year ago
Startup companies

Smalls Raises Another $19M for its High-Quality Fresh Cat Food Brand

There are approximately 60M pet cats in the United States, comprising 26% of all US households owning a cat as a companion animal.Despite this massive popularity, much of the focus of the pet industry has been on dogs and most cat products for cats are just repurposed canine offerings.Smalls is a direct-to-consumer human-grade cat food brand designed specifically for cats and their loyal owners.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

Short-form video needs better monetization, creator funds aren't the way to do it

Creator funds seemed like a pat on the back from social media platforms to creators; a way for them to say "well done for your great content, here's your reward, we've got you".But that idea has been turned on its head, and then some.What was conceived as a way to unify platforms and their creators has also been a source of friction.
SecurityWeek
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

'Nexus' Android Trojan Targets 450 Financial Applications

The Nexus Android banking trojan is being promoted on underground forums as a new botnet, under the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) business model, according to fraud prevention firm Cleafy.The trojan was initially announced in June 2022, but was active months before that.Starting January 2023, however, its authors started promoting it as a botnet, at $3,000 per month for a MaaS subscription.
TechCrunch
1 year ago
Startup companies

Pitch Deck Teardown: Spinach.io's $6M seed deck

Back in August, our own Ron Miller covered the $6 million seed round of Spinach, a company that's building out its meeting tool designed specifically for engineers using agile methodology to run stand-up meetings online.It caught my eye at the time: There is no shortage of meeting tools, and I was curious about what made the company stand out.
LogRocket Blog
1 year ago
UX design

What is product discovery? Process, techniques, and templates - LogRocket Blog

Have you ever built a product that received negative feedback?Or built a feature no one ended up using?Maybe you built something that people used for a while but quickly tired of.These scenarios are commonly associated with a lack of proper product discovery.In this guide, we'll discuss everything you need to know to minimize the risk of spending valuable development resources on products that your customers will never use.
AdExchanger
9 months ago
Marketing tech

Maximizing Performance With Personalized Subscription Data

Subscription businesses are unique in that the business model, by its very nature, gathers this valuable data to build an initial profile and, ultimately, nurture lasting relationships over time.Of course, regulatory requirements must be followed, but with the appropriate consent, businesses can consider customer behaviors to deliver an intuitive, personalized advertising and shopping experience.
Harvard Business Review
11 months ago
Business

Introducing How Generative AI Changes Everything

Generative AI seems to be everywhere right now, but what do you actually need to know?HBR IdeaCast is cutting through the noise in the special series How Generative AI Changes Everything.How will this new technology upend workforce productivity?What impact will it have on creativity and innovation?How can you build an internal culture that uses generative artificial intelligence and adopt it effectively in your organization?
The Verge
11 months ago
Tech industry

Microsoft's Activision deal is on life support because cloud gaming still sucks

I am not a merger apologist.I generally don't think the world's better off with an ever-smaller number of companies at the helm!But of all the reasons to block Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, I never dreamed that "We need to stop Microsoft from dominating cloud gaming" would be the one.
KQED
1 year ago
Science

Could Carbon Removal Be California's Next Big Boom Industry? | KQED

A recent international climate report went as far as to call carbon removal an "unavoidable" strategy if countries are to meet their emissions-reduction goals."Carbon removal refers to things you can do, whether it involves nature-based systems or technologies and engineered systems to literally pull CO2 out of the atmosphere," said Danny Cullenward, a research fellow with the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy at American University.
TalkNats.com
1 year ago
Washington Nationals

A Different Opening Day | TalkNats.com

For the briefest of moments in March the earth is oriented such that the Sun is directly above the celestial equator as it heads north.The Vernal Equinox brings with it a full entourage of promises and hopes.Thoughts arise of what lay ahead.It is oh so familiar, but always different.Ten days later baseball joins the party.
Design Milk
9 months ago
Design

Upon Further Reflection Exhibition Celebrates AAPI Designers

One of the highlights of NYCxDesign 2023 was a groundbreaking exhibition featuring the works of 20 emerging and established, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) female-identifying artists and designers.In partnership with the Asian American Pacific Islander Design Alliance (AAPIDA), Upon Further Reflection was co-curated by Lora Appleton, founder of the Female Design Council and kinder MODERN, and Andrea Hill, founder of Tortuga Forma, to celebrate the diversity and talent within the AAPI design community.
Dezeen
9 months ago
Design

"Plastic is a design failure" says Cyrill Gutsch in Global Design Forum talk

Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch said that designers must reevaluate their relationship with plastic and collaborate with nature at a talk filmed by Dezeen for Global Design Forum in partnership with SAP.Gutsch, founder and CEO of the environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans, addressed the importance of the design community taking action in order to combat plastic waste.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Pentagram works with child refugees to design Ambessa Play flashlight kit

Design studio Pentagram has partnered with social enterprise Ambessa Play to create a DIY flashlight that will be sent to children in refugee camps.The Ambessa Play flashlight can be assembled from a kit of parts that is designed to be easy for kids to handle while teaching them about science and electricity.
Eater SF
9 months ago
SF food

100-Year-Old Mission District Diner St. Francis Fountain Is About to Be Sold

One of San Francisco's oldest restaurants, St. Francis Fountain, is on the cusp of getting a new owner, the San Francisco Business Times reports.The restaurant, known for its retro decor and menu of ice cream, sodas, and breakfast staples, is under escrow with the sale expected to close by next week, per a posting in the San Francisco Daily Journal.
www.housingwire.com
9 months ago
Real estate

Tips for growing your title business in a down market

Whether you believe the worst market conditions are now behind us or that the coming months will remain turbulent, there's no doubt that title related businesses will need a combination of thrift, ingenuity, innovation and persistence to be successful for the foreseeable future.And yet, it's during times just like these that tomorrow's leaders and success stories often emerge.
www.ocregister.com
10 months ago
East Bay (California)

Is the housing shortage overblown? This California analyst thinks so

(Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Q.John Burns' real estate research shop has become one of the housing industry's top analytical firms by taking a more holistic view of what drives homebuying.For two-plus decades, his eponymous Orange County-based company has become a critical cog in homebuilding thinking because its research looks far beyond real estate basics to encompass broader economic and demographic changes not to mention the fleeting desire of house hunters.
AdExchanger
10 months ago
Marketing tech

This Company Will Give You A Free TV In Exchange For Your Data | AdExchanger

Nowadays, free TV streaming services are nothing new.But what about free TVs?On Monday, startup Telly announced it's giving away 500,000 smart TVs completely for free to the first 500,000 folks who sign up on its website.But there's also something in this for advertisers: data.Signups for the TVs include an agreement that customer data can be used for targeted advertising.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Google Removed More Than 5 Billion Ads From Its Platform Last Year | AdExchanger

On Wednesday, Google shared details on its evolving criteria for blocking advertisers and publishers for ad fraud or misinformation.Google also rolled out a new consumer-facing tool that offers transparency into the ads that brands serve through its platform.Fraud and misinformation Google's ads business has been accused of inadvertently funding misinformation in the past.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Tech industry

Meta slams telco fee proposal, says ISPs should pay their own network costs

Proposals to pay for broadband networks by imposing new fees on Big Tech companies "are built on a false premise," Meta executives wrote in a blog post today."Network fee proposals do not recognize that our investments in content drive the business model of telecom operators," Meta executives Kevin Salvadori and Bruno Cendon Martin wrote.
emptywheel
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Three Things: Crustpunk Nazi Bar Update, $42K Extortion Edition - emptywheel

[ NB: Check the byline, thanks./~Rayne]
It's been a while since we had a chat about the crustpunk Nazi bar known as Twitter.The dead-ending bird decided press the issue for us.~ 3 ~ Community members have been asking in comments about the now-empty widget in the right-hand vertical navigation zone.It's dead, Jim.
BBC News
10 months ago
UK politics

Rachel Reeves unveils Labour's Joe Biden-inspired economic strategy

Labour is seeking inspiration from Joe Biden's plan to tackle inflation and create jobs, shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said.The US president's vast package of subsidies and tax breaks for industry has been dubbed "Bidenomics".Unveiling her version in a speech during a US trip, Ms Reeves pledged to rebuild Britain's "industrial foundations" if Labour wins power.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Rishi Sunak's stop the boats' bill is an election gamble fraught with risk

Rishi Sunak's proposed bill which hopes to fulfil his promise to stop the boats is part of a significant gamble which aims to pull off an unexpected Conservative win at the next general election.The prime minister is claiming he can break the business model of human traffickers by sending asylum seekers to central Africa in their thousands.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Parking tickets: how to challenge paying a fine and win

The number of parking tickets issued by private companies has hit a record high, according to figures published this month.An analysis of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency data by the PA news agency shows the number of parking tickets issued by private firms in Britain soared by 24% in the second half of 2022 to reach 5.7m an average of about 31,000 every day.
Mission Local
10 months ago
Mission District

Handy, house cleaning app, to pay $6 million settlement over worker misclassification

The housecleaning app Handy has agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it misclassified workers and violated California labor laws, including Assembly Bill 5, the San Francisco and Los Angeles district attorneys announced today.As part of the judgment, over 25,000 workers who perform cleaning and handyman services through the app will receive a total of $4.8 million in restitution from Handy in the coming months.
english.elpais.com
11 months ago
Tech industry

Apple puts pressure on US banking sector by offering higher rate of return

Logo of an Apple store in Washington.JOSHUA ROBERTS (REUTERS) Apple has launched a savings account offering a 4.15% interest rate four times the average annual return of an American account.The technology giant launched this offer when the markets still haven't recovered from the turmoil caused by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Europe news

EU summit: European banking sector not in turmoil DW 03/24/2023

Responding to concerns of whether the banking turmoil which began in the US would spread to Europe, leaders of the European Union (EU) have said that the European banking sector is stable.On Thursday, the 27 leaders of the bloc gathered in Brussels as part of a two-day summit to talk about the current status of the European economy, as well as other issues pressing the Union, such as the war in Ukraine.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Google suspends Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo over malware

Google has suspended Pinduoduo, a popular Chinese budget shopping app, from its Play Store after finding malware in versions of the app.In a Tuesday statement, Google said versions of the app that are not in the Play Store have been found to contain malware.We have suspended the Play version of the app for security concerns while we continue our investigation, a Google spokesperson said.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

ANALYSIS | Why Air Miles needs more than just a new owner to appeal to customers | CBC News

For the millions of Canadians with an Air Miles account, the news that Bank of Montreal wants to buy the rewards program from its financially troubled parent company may have eased worries that the dream of a free flight was dead.But the baggage that has led the program to skid off the runway after more than 30 years in Canada could still pose problems for the program and its collectors.
Eater
10 months ago
Food & drink

In the first full-length trailer for 'The Bear' Season 2, Carmy leans into the chaos

On Monday, FX dropped the first full-length trailer for the second season of The Bear.Unlike previous Bear news, this one actually gives us some insight into Carmy's plans to make a place that's really his after closing the Beef.Despite the financial windfall that came his way at the end of Season 1, the trailer shows Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and the gang going to Uncle Jimmy (Oliver Platt) to ask for more money.
www.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
East Bay (California)

In a gentrified Bay Area, the former Rottenest City' fights to preserve its history

Emeryville's Oaks Card Club has been in Cole Tibbets' family for over a century.He has memories of coming into the card room as a kid with his dad, hearing stories about the guys who lived in the boarding house-style apartments on the top floor.He's now the manager, greeting regulars as they approach the front door, but he's worked every job in the building.
Theregister
10 months ago
Software development

EU attempts to secure software could hurt open source

Opinion We can all agree that securing our software is a good thing.Thanks to one security fiasco after another - the SolarWinds software supply chain attack, the perpetual Log4j vulnerability, and the npm maintainer protest code gone wrong - we know we must secure our code.But the European Union's proposed Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) goes way, way too far in trying to regulate software security.
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Toronto

Big beverage companies plan to charge recycling fees in Ontario. Will stores pass the cost on to you? | CBC News

Companies are poised to start charging recycling fees for non-alcoholic beverages in Ontario following an earlier threat from the province's environment minister to block the charges.What's not clear is whether consumers will see those fees tacked on at the checkout or buried within the price of the soft drinks, bottled water and juice boxes they buy.
www.indiewire.com
10 months ago
Independent films

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Disses 'Moronic' Curse Around 'Seinfeld' Alums: 'Invented by the Media'

Julia Louis-Dreyfus doesn't have time for ridiculous rumors surrounding a Seinfeld curse.The Veep Emmy winner and You Hurt My Feelings actress criticized the concept of the curse perpetuated by media outlets following the Seinfeld stars' respective career trajectories after the hit NBC series.Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards allegedly did not recreate the same level of fame as they did in the peak of the beloved show.
HousingWire
10 months ago
Real estate

Rithm Capital might spin off its mortgage biz

Investors haven't exactly treated publicly traded mortgage companies very kindly over the past 12 months.To that end, Rithm Capital, the real estate investment trust that operates , and several other businesses, is considering spinning off the mortgage division to aid its flagging stock, which company executives described as "extremely undervalued."
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

Tim Bowler named president of ICE Mortgage Technology

Timothy Bowler, president of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Benchmark Administration (IBA), will take on a new role as president of ICE Mortgage Technology starting on March 1.Bowler will be in charge of ICE's business segment, which is focused on automating elements of the mortgage industry and delivered a revenue of $1.1 billion in 2022, the firm said Tuesday.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Christine Ledbetter: Why the loss of newspaper cultural critics hurts us as citizens

I miss the critics.The theater, music, movie, fashion, book, dance and architectural critics who once populated the nation's media have been systematically eliminated at our beleaguered newspapers.As print circulation and advertising have declined, journalism's new business model has prized clicks over culture.
Eater Chicago
11 months ago
Chicago

Chicago's First Worker-Owned Cooperative Distillery Brews Cuban Rum and Worker-Led Activism

In 2019, Daniel Regueira became absolutely engrossed in the world of rum - its history and how it related to his family's Cuban roots.It was only a matter of time before he was trying to make his own.Then he met Sean Ellis Hussey, a kindred spirit who shared an infatuation with rum, its infusions, and the fraught history of sugar cane.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
London

Brexit has been an utter disaster': the royal heritage firm that can't sell its wares abroad

With products on sale at Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and museums across the country as well in European capitals Jeremy Shaw, managing director of Derbyshire-based Heritage Playing Cards, has particular reason to hope the coronation will be good for the business he set up 30 years ago.The past few years have been anything but.
Poynter
4 years ago
Media industry

The dark side of journalism's fairy godmother business model - Poynter

Be careful what you wish for, journalists.Fairy godmothers can have a dark side.Just ask the fine folks at the Pacific Standard, a magazine respected for its decent salaries and long-form stories.The small staff of 16 journalists known for their impressive work have packed their desks, polished their résumés and published their last stories.
BBC Sport
11 months ago
Soccer (FIFA)

Dusseldorf ticket plan 'could revolutionise football'

German club Fortuna Dusseldorf will be "happy" if other sides follow their "completely new concept in sports" - free tickets to all home matches.The Second Division side will be offering free tickets to all fans for three matches next season.But they are aiming to make attendance free for every game in five years.
@ACTBrigitte Putting aside the issue that there were several bank failures, he was handed a strong regulatory apparatus to avoid them...of course, he fucked that up too...
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

The facts on Trump's 2018 loosening of regulations on banks like SVB | CNN Politics

After Silicon Valley Bank collapsed late last week following a run on the bank, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont argued that the culprit was clear: an absurd 2018 law, signed by then-President Donald Trump, that rolled back regulations on banks of SVB's size.President Joe Biden wasn't as direct as Sanders in blaming the 2018 rollback for SVB's implosion, but he, too, criticized the Trump law in his Monday comments on the banking system.
Bloomberglaw
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

US Online Privacy Law Remains Elusive as TikTok Outrage Mounts

An aimless scroll through a maternity clothing catalog; a Facebook post of an ultrasound; an Amazon order for a breastfeeding pump.These cookies leave crumbs, and this Internet user has now been deemed an "expectant parent" by a third-party data broker like LexisNexis.Next, it'll sell her data profile to digital advertisers, monetizing her and her Internet history, seizing on activity she thought was conducted in the privacy of her home.
SecurityWeek
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Ring Denies Falling Victim to Ransomware Attack

In response to a cybercrime group's claims, home security firm Ring says it has no evidence that it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack.Founded in 2013 and acquired by Amazon in 2018, Ring started with a smart doorbell and later expanded its portfolio with an alarm system and other smart home security products.
TechCrunch
1 year ago
Online marketing

That was fast! Microsoft slips ads into AI-powered Bing Chat

Microsoft is "exploring" putting ads in the responses given by Bing Chat, its new search agent powered by OpenAI's GPT-4.While these sponsored responses are clearly labeled as such, it does make one question how far we've really come from the old model of ads on search engines.Microsoft confirmed this is happening, albeit in an experimental form, in a blog post published today.
www.euractiv.com
1 year ago
EU data protection

German parties accused of breaching data protection rules

The civil rights group NOYB filed several complaints on Tuesday (21 March) accusing Germany's major political parties of having violated EU data protection rules during the 2021 federal election campaign.Read the original German story here.To attract more voters, the ruling SPD and the Greens, as well as the conservative CDU, AfD, Die Linke and environmental-democratic ÖDP parties allegedly engaged in unlawful microtargeting on Facebook during the 2021 federal election campaign.
Streetsblog San Francisco
1 year ago
San Francisco

Why AVs Probably Won't Revolutionize Parking in Dense Cities

Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, a new study finds.This throws doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.For decades, AV proponents have envisioned a world where self-driving cars would liberate humanity from the need for personally-owned automobiles by shifting trips onto perennially-circulating robotaxis, eliminating the need for virtually all garages and surface lots and freeing up precious land for housing, human-centered businesses, and other, better uses in the process.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

The facts on Trump's 2018 loosening of regulations on banks like SVB | CNN Politics

After Silicon Valley Bank collapsed late last week following a run on the bank, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont argued that the culprit was clear: an absurd 2018 law, signed by then-President Donald Trump, that rolled back regulations on banks of SVB's size.President Joe Biden wasn't as direct as Sanders in blaming the 2018 rollback for SVB's implosion, but he, too, criticized the Trump law in his Monday comments on the banking system.
The Mercury News
1 year ago
Silicon Valley food

Tin Pot Creamery pivots to grocery store sales, closes Campbell, Palo Alto, San Mateo shops

Your next indulgent serving of Tin Pot Creamery's ice cream will be a new experience.Ten years into the venture, founder Becky Sunseri is taking the business into a new direction, switching from selling at her own scoop shops to selling at grocery stores and through other channels."We've made the hard decision to close scoop-shop locations," she said.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

As display ad revenue falls flat in the media industry, Blavity Inc diversifies revenue with new commerce-first vertical 'Home & Texture'

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A reckoning that most media companies contend with, Blavity Inc has started the revenue diversification efforts of moving from a display advertising-first business model to include more reader revenue options, like commerce.To help with the transition, Melody Brown was hired as Blavity Inc's new associate vp of consumer media in Sept. 2022 from Travel + Leisure to help with the construction of this revenue stream, including launching a new home interior brand "Home & Texture."
CMX
1 year ago
Online Community Development

Exploring the State of the Community Industry: A Discussion with Nikki Thibodeau

As the community industry continues to evolve, it is crucial for us to acknowledge and address the challenges that exist within it.That's why at CMX, as we prepare for our annual Community Industry Report, we're not just looking at the numbers but also seeking out the perspectives of front-line thought leaders.
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