Monthly Archives: May 2018

Inside Amazon’s Fake Review Economy

A vast web of Amazon review fraud lives online, and it’s designed to evade the company’s efforts to thwart it.
— Read on www.buzzfeed.com/nicolenguyen/amazon-fake-review-problem

#FakeReviews like #FakeNews mislead on purpose. It’s all about persuasion.

Uber flying car prototype

Uber hopes to offer rides through a new UberAir service by 2023, starting in Dallas and Los Angeles.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/uber-flying-car-prototype.html

Up up and away…. before the software caused crash?

Equifax breach exposed millions of driver’s licenses, phone numbers, emails | Ars Technica

17.6 million driver’s license numbers, thousands of ID images stolen in breach.
— Read on arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/equifax-breach-exposed-millions-of-drivers-licenses-phone-numbers-emails/

Credit rating companies are the new robber barons and should be held accountable.

Smoke em if ya got um.

Ribs on the grill

7 Hard Truths About Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing has become more competitive and commercially-saturated. And that means that there are some hard truths we need to accept about it.
— Read on www.forbes.com/sites

#Socialmediamarketing truths.

Google sets new rules for U.S. election ads – Axios

That includes making ad buyers prove they’re a US citizen or lawful permanent resident.
— Read on www.axios.com/google-election-ad-rules-verification-152539137-ae3b88ae-1fa3-4970-82cc-0503d6cc49c0.html

You have to be a US citizen or legal resident to buy campaign ads now on Google.

Facebook Weighs Ad-Free Subscription Option – Bloomberg

Facebook Inc. has been conducting market research in recent weeks to determine whether an ad-free version paid by subscriptions would spur more people to join the social network, according to people familiar with the matter.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-04/facebook-is-said-to-research-ad-free-subscription-based-version

Would you pay for a subscription?