Facebook introduced another market research application, Facebook Viewpoints, which rewards users for taking part in surveys and research and performing tasks. Viewpoints is currently available to people 18 and over, Android and iOS, only in the U.S., and product manager Erez Naveh said in a Newsroom post that the social network hopes to expand the…
We’ve all seen the lines of customers wrapped around buildings and down city blocks outside shoe shops on the day a new model drops, and the frantic social media posts as sneakerheads get their hands on the latest kicks. But would the obsession take a backseat in the face of a zombie infestation, alien invasion…
The parent is borrowing from the child, as Facebook is testing Favorites, its version of Instagram’s Close Friends feature. Developer and blogger Jane Manchun Wong discovered the feature last week and shared screenshots via Twitter. Facebook/Messenger is testing “Favorites” list for Stories It’s like Instagram’s Close Friends pic.twitter.com/dsIinrX1Zd — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) November 21,…
Pode preparar o lencinho, pois a Apple divulgou seu comercial de Natal. Na campanha “The Surprise”, a marca adota uma abordagem diferente dos anos anteriores, sendo mais realista, mas ainda bem emotiva. Filmado em uma casa real em Vancouver, e estrelado por irmãs de verdade, o filme de 3 minutos conta a história da visita …
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Em abril deste ano, a Adidas anunciou uma parceria exclusiva com Beyoncé, que se concentrará na criação de produtos de performance e estilo com foco no público feminino. Todos os produtos serão co-branded, e incluirão artigos da Ivy Park, marca já fundada em 2016 pela cantora em parceria com a Topshop. A primeira leva da coleção …
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The singer’s first English-language album since 2013 sold well, while a very busy Taylor Swift saw a surge in activity.
Prolific, erudite and caustic in his wit, he surveyed the entire cultural landscape — films, plays, books, art — and saw little that he liked.
When it comes to ads about holiday travel, most skip past all the messy and frustrating bits, jumping instead right to the perfectly inviting family home waiting on the other end of the journey. Apple takes a different–and far more real–approach in its 2019 holiday ad, “The Surprise.” Filmed in a real home (not a…
Snapchatters can now play dress-up with their Bitmoji. The messaging application debuted what it called a “much-requested” feature Monday, Mix and Match, enabling users to customize the outfits worn by their Bitmoji. Snapchat said there are billions of possible combinations of styles and colors of tops, bottoms, footwear, socks and outerwear. Custom outfits can be…
Tumblr rolled out a community hubs feature Monday that enables users who click on tags in their dashboards or search results to view more content associated with those tags. Tumblr Community hubs are not displayed when people tap tags under trending topics or directly from someone’s blog post. Once Tumblr users access a community hub,…
EBay is selling ticket resale site StubHub to its European rival, Viagogo, for $4.05 billion in a deal set to close next year. The online auction house acquired StubHub in 2007 for $310 million. “We believe this transaction is a great outcome and maximizes long-term value for eBay shareholders,” said eBay interim CEO Scott Schenkel…
A Uber perdeu sua licença para operar os serviço de mobilidade na cidade de Londres. De acordo com o The Guardian, o órgão regulador de transporte da cidade, o Transport for London, disse que a decisão vem depois de detectar um “padrão de erros” de segurança na empresa. Entre essas falhas estão mais de 14 …
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O StubHub, site de serviço de reserva e compra de ingressos (para eventos esportivos e artísticos) está prestes a ser vendido pelo eBay. O Viagogo, deve fechar a compra da empresa em março, no valor de US$ 4 bilhões, dependendo apenas de questões jurídicas da lei americana. Eric Baker, o CEO e fundador da Viagogo, …
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She championed Jackson Pollock and Georgia O’Keeffe and helped shape public opinion about the 20th century’s foremost avant-garde artists.
The justices left in place a ruling by Maryland’s highest court denying Mr. Syed a new trial in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee.
As brick-and-mortar retail continues to struggle, the secondary merchandise marketplace is booming. After just three years in business, StockX, a digital marketplace for limited edition sneakers, watches, handbags and streetwear, is already making its mark. As newly installed CMO Deena Bahri revealed at Brandweek earlier this month, StockX is now a billion-dollar company. Owned by…
After weeks of rumors, LVMH has officially announced its intention to buy iconic American jeweler Tiffany & Co. for a whopping $16.2 billion, Adweek confirmed. The all-cash deal is set to be one of the largest luxury deals in history. That valuation means LVMH will be paying $135 per share for Tiffany & Co., the…
I’ll never forget Easter Sunday of 2017. That was the day McAfee’s page on a prominent social media platform was defaced, less than two weeks after we had spun out of Intel to create one of the world’s largest pure-play cybersecurity companies. The hack would have been embarrassing for any company; it was especially humiliating…
Holiday shopping talk is heating up on Facebook and Instagram, as there have been over 3.5 million related mentions on the two platforms since Nov. 1. Facebook said transactions completed via ads on Facebook and Instagram were up more than 50% during the 2018 holiday season (defined as Nov. 20 through Dec. 31) compared with…
Pinterest is getting Pinners ready for Small Business Saturday Nov. 30 with its debut of shopping profile @PinterestShop. The account offers hundreds of shoppable product Pins from 17 small businesses that craft and sell unique goods. Pinterest said each of those businesses’ boards contains roughly 20 products, with Pins leading directly to the checkout pages…
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