September 15, 2021
160 Buy Now, Pay Later Model Sweeps Global Markets Now!The buy now, pay later (BNPL) business model has grown fast and worldwide ever since Amazon announced adding that option at the checkout soon through its partnership with Affirm. The payment option has existed for as long as "buy here, pay he...
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196 Intuit Buys Mailchimp for $12 Billion To Focus on...Intuit, the company that makes doing your taxes and accounting "easier," just confirmed that they will buy Mailchimp for $12 billion in a cash and stock deal! Why should anyone care? Well, this is one of the largest acquisitions of a bootstra...
Read moreSeptember 14, 2021
187 Twitter Verification Request Train Is Rolling AgainAh, the coveted blue checkmark. If you're a Twitter user still trying for account verification, now's your chance! Twitter announced on Monday that it has once again reopened its account verification process after a brief hiatus. If y...
Read moreSeptember 08, 2021
211 Are Tech-Savvy Audiences Skewing Your Analytics?Here's a stat. 58% of Hacker News, Reddit, and tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics. What's the main culprit behind this skewed data? Well, it's mostly because of ad blockers that have features that block data tracking. By default, bo...
Read moreSeptember 05, 2021
202 TikTok's Top-Tier Tips for Better Performing Video AdsTikTok recently gave some general tips for content creators to help make their video ads perform better and threw in some extra advice for those in the gaming and ecommerce verticals. So here are some best practices by TikTok's Creative Insi...
Read moreSeptember 03, 2021
186 Target Untapped Audiences With Reddit's...From forums like WallStreetBets, a thread that fueled "meme stock mania," to an Ask Me Anything session with former President Obama, Reddit's got a whole lot going on lately! Reddit launched an ad placement tool so you can buy "Top Comments" ...
Read moreSeptember 02, 2021
173 Legal Slam Dunk Win for South Korea Over Tech DuopolyRecently, South Korea legally slammed dunked on two major tech duopolies. They passed an "Anti Google law" to curb Google's and Apple's in-app payment commission. South Korea's National Assembly voted August 31st to prevent app developers fro...
Read moreSeptember 01, 2021
168 Google Could Be Gambling With Your CTRs With Its...If you create web pages or write blogs with SEO in mind, then stick around. Google confirmed that they do change titles for search result listings on August 24th and launched an update specifically about them. Some SEOers in the community didn't e...
Read moreAugust 31, 2021
174 LinkedIn Shuts Down Stories Feature No One Knew ExistedDid you know that LinkedIn had a Stories feature?... Well, we did, because that's our job, but many people didn't. So if you answered no, you're not alone. At this point, the news that LinkedIn even had this feature might come as more of a surp...
Read moreAugust 30, 2021
219 Social Media Companies Double Down on Mixed...Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? The opening lines to Queen's legendary "Bohemian Rhapsody" are stuck in our heads as we talk about what's new in augmented and virtual reality technologies. Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok are all...
Read moreAugust 30, 2021
216 Amazon Adds Buy Now, Pay Later Option At CheckoutHallelujah! It was about damn time, Amazon. Here's why you should be excited. Amazon recently partnered with Affirm to deliver a pay-over-time option at checkout for customers in the U.S., and slowly they'll roll out this option to other cou...
Read moreAugust 24, 2021
167 Will Google's MUM Redefine Search?When it comes to keeping it steady with algorithms, Google is like J. Lo, notoriously known to "play the field." Google changes its algorithm more times than the CDC's advice for the public on handling COVID. Google's thinking about dropping ...
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