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Will Our Love-Hate Relationship With Social Media Ever Break?

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consumers and social media. Data breaches, marketing so targeted and specific that it can feel creepy, lack of privacy and regrets over wasted time – people complain constantly about how social media causes or enables all of that. Yet those same people find it hard to quit the Facebook, Twitter and social media platforms.

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Will Our Love-Hate Relationship with Social Media Ever Break?

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consumers and social media. Data breaches, marketing so targeted and specific that it can feel creepy, lack of privacy and regrets over wasted time — people complain constantly about how social media causes or enables all that. Yet those same people find it hard to quit the Facebook, Twitter and social media platforms.

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Amex Cleared To Operate In China

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The news was released in a social media post by the official People’s Bank of China (PBOC) account on Wednesday (Jan. The post did not say when Amex would start operations in the country. Final approval from the PBOC is still required in order for Amex to begin operating there.

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Facebook Is Developing Its Own OS To Rival Google, Apple

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In an effort to minimize future dependence on rivals Google and Apple, Facebook plans to develop its own operating system (OS), according to The Information. Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer and co-author of the Windows NT operating system will lead the project. “We

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PBOC Approves Amex Application To Operate In China

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The news was released in a social media post by the official People’s Bank of China (PBOC) account on Wednesday (Jan. The post did not say when Amex would start operations in the country. Final approval from the PBOC is still required in order for Amex to begin operating there.

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Apple, NBA Team Up To Release Apple-Branded Playlist In Services Boost

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Apple has found what could be a powerful partner in getting its music offering out to more consumers. Even so, the outlook for Apple’s services – and the revenue coming from it – is hardly a slam dunk, even as the company looks to gain more from digital services in light of flagging hardware sales. The service costs $9.99

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Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns

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If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.