Amazon Takes a Swipe at Paypal’s $4 Billion Acquisition

Days before Christmas, at the height of the last-minute holiday shopping rush, an ominous message appeared on Amazon.com. It warned shoppers who used a popular browser extension called Honey that the service, which promises to track prices and discount codes, was “a security risk.”“Honey tracks your private shopping behavior, collects data like your order history…

LumApps raises $70M Series C led by Goldman Sachs

LumApps, the cloud-based social intranet for the enterprise, has closed $70 million in Series C funding. Leading the round is Goldman Sachs Growth, with participation from Bpifrance via its Growth Fund Large Venture. Others participating include Idinvest Partners, Iris Capital, and Famille C (the family office of Courtin-Clarins). The round brings the total raised by…

Why You Need to Pick Up the Phone to Close That Deal

It may seen counterintuitive, but in 2020, email won’t get it done. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy Image credit: Drazen Zigic | Getty Images Gregg Schwartz Guest Writer Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Strategic Sales…

The Biggest Growth Marketing Trend of 2020: Radically Inclusive Advertising

It’s ironic, but brands — even the smallest advertisers — often make the mistake of believing they need a rigid personality, a monolithic look, and a singular voice. Rigidy reinforces the idea that there’s one mythical, perfect customer for these brands. That hinders their advertising and growth potential. In reality, if they all became more…

As retail robotics heats up, Berkshire Grey raises $263M

In recent years, the retail category has become one of the biggest and best-funded robotics categories — particularly when coupled with connected verticals like warehouse fulfillment and logistics. Berkshire Grey has flown mostly under the under the radar, but is kicking 2020 off with some pretty sizable funding news. The Massachusetts-based company just announced a…

Facebook Apologizes for Translating Chinese President’s Name as ‘Mr Shithole’

Facebook claims that a “technical issue” in its system caused Chinese President Xi Jinping’s name to be translated to “Mr Shithole.”Photo: Lintao Zhang (Getty Images)Facebook has apologized for translating Chinese President Xi Jinping’s name as “Mr Shithole” on its platform during his visit to Myanmar this week. The company said the incident was due to…

Biden to Zuckerberg: You Wanna Go? Let’s Go You Cow-Handed Fussbudget!

Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images)Democratic presidential contender and former Vice President Joe Biden called the Silicon Valley set “creeps,” said that Facebook and “other platforms” should lose their Section 230 protections under the Communications Decency Act, and argued that Mark Zuckerberg should face lawsuits and possibly criminal charges over political ads smearing him in an…

How to Create a Voice Marketing Funnel With Alexa Flash Briefings

Looking for a unique way to increase your social media engagement? Have you considered gamifying an Alexa flash briefing? In this article, you’ll discover how to create a voice marketing funnel that increases social media reach and engagement. Using Voice Technology to Improve Social Media Engagement Voice technology is becoming increasingly prevalent with the explosion…

Why Sony is skipping E3 (again)

E3 is still an exciting show with an unmatched selection of press conferences and video game reveals. But it’s an expensive place to exhibit, which is partly why so many companies have moved their events to a location outside the Los Angeles Convention Center. EA’s sprawling Play event, for instance, takes place at the Hollywood…

America’s Most Powerful Woman Called Mark Zuckerberg a Crook. Facebook Has No Rebuttal

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, leaves after speaking at her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, January 16, 2020, in Washington, DC. Photo: Olivier Douliery (GettyShameful. Irresponsible. Accomplices.These are the words House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used to describe Facebook and its executive board this week during one of the most…

Facebook Quietly Made a Ton of Updates Hours After Trump Got Impeached

Photo: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP (Getty)There are a few things Facebook’s proven, time and again, that it can’t get quite right—like keeping its user data under wraps, curbing partisan political ads, and, as proved this week, blogging. Truly though, you need to give props to the multibillion-dollar tech giant for perfecting the art of the well-timed news dump in…

Top Democrats go to war with Facebook

New York (CNN)A few years ago, then President Barack Obama was appearing at dinner and on stage with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Nancy Pelosi was heaping praise on COO Sheryl Sandberg for “inspiring women across the world to believe in themselves.” No…

In Paris, Ecommerce Warehouses Get a Chic Makeover

Paris is classy, so it calls the distribution centers “logistics hotels”—les hôtels logistiques.In France’s capital, as in other affluent cities around the globe, cheap or free “instant deliveries” from companies like Amazon, DPD, and Deliveroo have exploded in the last decade. French consumers make roughly 400 million internet purchases each year worth some $734 billion,…

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