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 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?
The tech giant, trying to navigate an age of heightened political disagreement, struggles to tame a workplace culture of nonstop debate. Often organized by small groups of employees, the discussions have turned the tech giant’s headquarters into something resembling a college campus.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/google-vs-google-how-nonstop-political-arguments-rule-its-workplace-1525190574
Politics and religion don’t belong at work.
In a move that is arguably the company’s biggest update since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, Facebook will allow users to choose not to share their browsing history with Facebook. That’s the data Facebook uses to sell targeted advertising.
— Read on www.recode.net/2018/5/1/17307224/facebook-data-collection-opt-out-browsing-history-targeted-ads
Out of our lives Facebook. When will Google do it too?
Jean-Noël Frydman: “If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone.”
— Read on arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/france-seizes-france-com-from-man-whos-had-it-since-94-so-he-sues/
The French want their .com So they just took it!
Fitbit will use Google Cloud to make its data available to doctors | TechCrunch
— Read on techcrunch.com/2018/04/30/fitbit-will-use-google-cloud-to-make-its-data-available-to-doctors/
#Fitbit getting into medical business.
After five years at Amazon, Charlie Kindel is ready for a break. The founder of Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home division left the company on Friday, writing in an email to colleagues that “the pace of the past 5 years has finally gotten to me and I simply need to catch my breath.” “I was originally just…
— Read on www.geekwire.com/2018/amazon-alexa-smart-home-founder-charlie-kindel-departs-tech-giant-5-years/
Founder of #Alexa taking a break. What does he tell Alexa at home?
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