June 15, 2016
Pinterest acquires the team behind Fleksy, a custom iOS and Android keyboard
We haven’t heard much from Fleksy — one of a number of custom keyboards for Android and iOS — lately, and it seems we may have an answer…
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June 15, 2016
Pew’s 2016 news media report is a tough read for journalism
The Pew Research Center’s latest annual State of the News Media report underlines how successful technology giants continue to be at creaming off digital ad profits, even as…
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Pinterest gets visitor retargeting and other new ad targeting tools
Starting today, advertisers will be able to advertise against Pinterest users that have visited their sites — giving retailers a powerful new tool that is available in other…
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To beat SMS, Facebook Messenger eats SMS
Surround and conquer is Facebook’s new strategy for getting people to switch from SMS to Messenger. You can now read and send old-school text messages from inside Facebook…
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Facebook taps GPS, Square to track your in-store visits and purchases
Facebook has found the Holy Grail of advertising in a set of new partnerships with point-of-sale systems like Square and Marketo that will prove who bought what after…
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Apple launches iMessage Apps so third-party devs can join your convos
At today’s WWDC Keynote, Apple swung open the gates for developers. Not only has the company opened up Siri to third-party developers, but it’s also letting third-party devs…
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Apple iOS 10 “Memories” turns old photos into editable mini-movies
Apple is taking on TimeHop, Facebook On This Day and Google Photos Assistant all at once with its new iOS 10 feature Memories that’s a tab inside Photos. Using…
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Wattpad teams up with Turner and Tales from the Crypt
Social publishing platform Wattpad is announcing one of the first partnerships as part of its new Wattpad Studios program — the company has struck a deal with Turner…
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Snapchat paves way to IPO with Ads API and inserts between stories
Snapchat is ready to make the big bucks that could let it go public thanks to a slew of important updates to its ads offering. They’ll give advertisers…
Read articleJune 11, 2016
What Pinterest learned in two years working on its search engine
About two years ago, Pinterest launched a different flavor of search engine called Guided Search. Instead of relying on deep data on the user, it would create a…
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