Research firm Canalys reports that the Chinese cloud infrastructure market grew 66.9% to $3.3 billion in the last quarter of 2019, right before the COVID-19 virus hit the country. China is the second largest cloud infrastructure market in the world, with 10.8% share. The quarter puts the Chinese market on a $13.2 billion run rate.…
Dish-owned TV streaming service Sling TV announced today it’s making a selection of its content available to stream for free, no credit card or account required. The free offering includes breaking news and live events from ABC News Live, movies and kids’ content for families and other lifestyle and entertainment programming. The new service arrives…
Like I mention all the time here, trial and error is a costly and inefficient way to learn. Better to learn from others instead. One great way to do that is by attending conferences. Below are five of my favorite takeaways from Anthony Mastellone’s Digital Growth Summit on how to supercharge your e-commerce business.
Image: ShutterstockThe annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) was slated to take place this week in San Francisco. While the conference itself isn’t happening due to measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, a number of the talks that were slated to take place at the conference are available exclusively via online streaming.Even if you’re…
Facebook suffered from a massive bug in its News Feed spam filter, causing URLs to legitimate websites including Medium, Buzzfeed, and USA Today to be blocked from being shared as posts or comments. The issue blocked shares of some but not all coronavirus-related content, while some unrelated links are allowed through and others are not.…
An automated Facebook anti-spam message.Screenshot: FacebookFacebook’s automated moderation tools went wild and targeted tons of posts about the coronavirus pandemic and other topics on Tuesday evening, blocking users from sharing articles from legitimate news sources.After former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos tweeted that the errors could be “the start of the [machine learning] going nuts…
For the small businesses, the financial assistance will come in the form of cash grants and ad credits. Those are meant to help businesses stay afloat as more customers stay home, and Facebook intends for the aid to be used to pay workers who can’t come to work, help with rent costs, enable businesses to…
Amazon is making changes to ensure essential items are delivered as soon as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. Image: PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images By Matt Binder2020-03-17 17:25:03 UTC Amazon is making big changes to what it stocks in its warehouses during the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, Amazon sent a memo to its third-party sellers…
Forget the funnel. This is what customers want. 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: pick-uppath | Getty Images Syed Balkhi Guest Writer Entrepreneur, Growth Hacker and Marketer March 16, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by…
This story was delivered to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Media Briefing subscribers earlier this morning.To check to see if you already have access to Business Insider Intelligence through your company, click here.The music superstar turned business mogul announced a new TikTok creator hub, dubbed Fenty Beauty House, during her new mascara’s recent launch party, according…
For local businesses today, there are numerous different ways to market your brand online. The majority of your potential customers still use Google to find local businesses near them — businesses where they will spend their hard-earned money. In fact, 80% of searches with “local intent” result in a conversion. This begs the question: “What’s…
As you know, the Facebook conversion rate makes it an effective platform when it comes to running marketing campaigns. A high percentage of marketers value Facebook as an advertising space, especially on mobile, as a user acquisition channel. The number of users on Facebook still outnumber all other social media networks. (Image from PrivacyCanada.net.) Facebook…
In 2017, a three-person Austin-based production and management company called Exurbia Films assumed rights management for the 1974 cult horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.“My job was to take us into Chainsaw 2.0,” says Pat Cassidy, a producer and agent with Exurbia. “The original guys did a great job managing the rights but aren’t from…
Marketers can take advantage of data to build effective email marketing campaigns tailored to their target audience. Studying and tracking data over time reveals what does and doesn’t work. And marketers can use a/b testing to rectify mistakes, overcome issues, and achieve better results. Sourcing data to personalize campaigns is simple enough thanks to the…
Take advantage of lower costs and seize market share. 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: NurPhoto | Getty Images Nick Wolny Guest Writer Director of Content, Super Connector Media March 13, 2020 6 min read Opinions…
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Last July, Hawaii representative and longshot Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of violating her First Amendment rights to free speech when it briefly suspended her campaign’s ad account. On Wednesday, California’s Central District Court rejected the suit outright. Gabbard’s campaign, Tulsi Now, Inc., asked for $50 million…
Photo: Martin Bureau (Getty)Facebook’s redesign for its Messenger app proves two things: 1) Facebook’s leaning hard into its Stories format after the feature’s success on Instagram; and 2) Yes, those chatbots really were the worst. Facebook’s ditching the Discover tab, a hub for various business tools and games, among other updates to help streamline the…
