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Behind the fake traffic schemes using bots for fraudulent ad clicks that will cost advertisers $6.3B this year — The Fake Traffic Schemes That Are Rotting the Internet — Ron Amram has been in the brand marketing business for about 20 years. In the 2000s he was media director …
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IBM opening new AI hub in San Francisco in 2016, Watson gets smarter with new developer tools — IBM's A.I. System Watson to Get New West Coast Home — IBM's Watson is moving West and widening its ambitions. — The company plans to open a second headquarters for Watson … | Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Crystal ad-blocking iPhone app leaves Safari unable to fully render e-commerce sites of major retailers like Walmart and Sears — Apple's ad-blocking move causes big problems for retailers like Walmart — When Apple AAPL last week released a new operating system that permits ad-blocking extensions … | OpenSignal: |
LTE adoption report: Asia has the best performing networks, 20 Mbps connections now commonplace, and the US is falling behind others in speed — The State of LTE — Have we fully entered the 4G age? The answer to that question depends on where on the globe you live.
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First look at Chinese OS NeoKylin, a Windows-like Linux system installed on 40% of commercial Dells sold in China — A first look at the Chinese operating system the government wants to replace Windows — Microsoft Windows is the dominant operating system in China, but the government is trying to encourage homegrown replacements.
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P2P lending platform Prosper Marketplace acquires personal finance-tracking startup BillGuard for $30M+ — BillGuard, the crowdsourced security app for personal finance, has been acquired by peer-to-peer lending giant Prosper Marketplace. — While the full value of the deal has not been revealed … | Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Economic data startup Premise raises $50M round led by Valor Equity Partners, whose CEO joins board — Economic Data Startup Premise Raises $50 Million, Adds Tesla, Solar City Board Member — From Silicon Valley to Washington, D.C., to Brussels, there's a mad dash to absorb as much data about the world as possible.
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Cloud-based CAD software firm Onshape raises $80M round led by Andreessen Horowitz — Onshape Raises $80 Million More To Go Big In Cloud CAD Software — Collaboration is very in. Workplace chat phenomenon Slack hit unicorn status in record time. All flavors of cloud apps can help teams create … | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Trend Micro report finds hacking or malware behind 25% of data breaches in last ten years, payment card data breaches up 169% in past five years — The price of your identity in the Dark Web? No more than a dollar — If you or your company is a victim of cyberattack, where does this stolen data go, and to what purpose?| Karl Bode / DSLreports: |
Akamai study finds average US connection speed was 11.7 Mbps in Q2, up 2% YoY, places US in 20th place globally; South Korea takes top place at 23.1 Mbps — Average US Connection Speed Now 11.7 Mbps, 20th Globally — The global average connection speed increased 3.5% to 5.1 Mbps … | Mathew Ingram / Fortune: |
UBS note contradicts Pagefair's recent claim that ad blocking will lead to $20B+ in lost revenue, says impact will be at most $1B — Cost of ad-blocking will only be $1 billion, research firm says — There's been a lot of angst in the media and advertising industries about the potential effects …
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DoorDash and GrubHub Are Latest On-Demand Companies Sued over Independent Contractor Classification — Class action lawsuits were filed against on-demand delivery companies DoorDash and GrubHub in California state court today. The lawsuits allege that DoorDash and GrubHub …
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