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A look at the burgeoning industry of influencer marketing, where brands routinely shell out $60K+ for video reviews, or $85K+ to publicly disparage competitors — WHEN SAHARA LOTTI started her lash extensions company, Lashify, in 2017, she didn't know what she was getting herself into.
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Sources: US asks allies to avoid Huawei telecommunications equipment, considers financial aid for telecom growth in nations that shun Chinese-made equipment — U.S. worried about potential Chinese meddling in 5G networks, but foreign carriers may balk — The U.S. government has initiated … | Reuters: |
Sources: Logitech has offered $2.2B+ to acquire Plantronics, a maker of unified communications systems, wireless headsets, and video-conferencing equipment — (Reuters) - Logitech International SA, a Swiss manufacturer of keyboards and webcams, is in discussions to acquire Plantronics Inc … | Associated Press: |
Amazon workers at warehouses in UK, Germany and Spain, including ~90% at a Madrid depot, stage walkouts on Black Friday to protest unfair working conditions — MADRID (AP) — Some of Amazon's workers in Europe are protesting against what they call unfair work conditions, in a move meant to disrupt operations on Black Friday.
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook's in-app activity dashboard shows us that Facebook is just adding window dressing, not the overhaul it desperately needs — On Tuesday afternoon, Facebook rolled out a new feature: an in-app dashboard that allows Facebook and Instagram users to calculate (and ideally manage) …
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| Rowland Manthorpe / Sky News: |
In open letter to EU competition chief, price comparison sites say Google has failed to comply with EU ruling that requires it to give equal treatment to others — Price comparison sites have accused Google of failing to comply with an EU ruling demanding it give other shopping services “equal treatment”.
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| Elaine Edwards / The Irish Times: |
EU watchdog: LinkedIn processed email addresses of 18M non-members and targeted them with advertising on Facebook without permission before GDPR became a law — Data Protection Commissioner audit says US company acted outside its remit — Social media network LinkedIn processed …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Facebook says Mark Zuckerberg won't appear before the UK-led grand committee of eight countries on Tuesday, sending the VP of public policy to testify instead — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has declined to testify at a rare joint hearing with lawmakers from seven countries …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Pandora Premium comes to Amazon's Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show, offering the ability to request single songs, whole albums, and custom playlists — Pandora is bringing its paid premium tier to Amazon's Echo speakers. The Oakland, Calif.-based music service announced Monday that owners of Amazon's Echo …
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Best 2018 Black Friday deals on smart home devices, fitness trackers, TVs, audio, storage, computers, cameras, and mobile devices — Looking for the rest of our Black Friday coverage? You can visit our Black Friday hub, or jump straight to one of the posts below: — More Black Friday Deals
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Adobe: Thanksgiving day US e-commerce sales hit a record $3.7B, up ~28% YoY, with smartphones driving 54.4% of traffic to sites and 36.7% of all online sales — Thanksgiving, a day when brick-and-mortar stores tend to be closed, has become a big one for online spending, and this year did not disappoint …
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Botkeeper, which automates bookkeeping workflows through its human-assisted AI platform, raises $18M Series A led by Greycroft and Google's Gradient Ventures — Closing the books at the quarter end, managing invoices and categorizing expenses involve a wide array of complex tasks that are both laborious and prone to human error.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Report: Apple has resumed production of iPhone X due to cuts in XS and XS Max orders and an obligation to buy certain amount of OLED panels from Samsung Display — Turning to the past to meet its OLED quotas — Apple has resumed production of the iPhone X due to weaker than expected demand … | Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
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