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DECEMBER 19, 2019

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. Per the report, a Facebook spokeswoman said plans are connected to the technology giant putting greater focus on its future products such as augmented reality (AR) glasses.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This newest round of regulatory focus involves Amazon and Google and comes as rules crafted by the European Union continue to have an increasing impact on digital economies and endeavors throughout the world. Google Fine. Speaking of Google …. Amazon Probe. Let’s start with Amazon. 20) from Reuters. European Tone. companies.

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JULY 17, 2020

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate has violated U.S. antitrust laws, sources told The Wall Street Journal. billion global users. states and the DOJ.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Social media platforms are infested with phonies, and not just your best friend’s irritating co-worker (although he totally is). This is about the fact that fake identities comprise 25 percent of new social media accounts created every day, and that 53 percent of all social media logins are fraudulent , according to a recent study.

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MARCH 29, 2019

Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to hold talks with state attorneys general about Facebook and Google ’s position in the technology space. At Google, he pointed to its role in online ads as an antitrust and consumer protection concern. Would the FTC allow Chase or Goldman-Sachs to own the Nasdaq?” Landry said.

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

Husic: Originally, I had qualms about effective use of my time as an executive and the ROI of social media. Husic: I focus on topics that I am confident sharing, which are also topics I would talk about in person—banking, accounting, financial services, leadership, women in leadership, community news, technology and health.

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JUNE 11, 2019

Phone numbers, email addresses, usernames and other online signifiers have become vital to digital identity verification, as the world becomes increasingly connected. However, Google , for one, is looking to add government-issued IDs to the mix. Another technology giant is leading the charge with blockchain.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing scrutiny from governments and consumers around the world. As technology companies become bigger and more important to the economy, I would say more regulations to reflect the new reality are needed," Lau said, according to the report. Regulation.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Here’s why: Traditionally users weren’t able to purchase items through social media platforms. Social influencers could promote brands through their channels and direct users to “swipe up” or click a link in their bio to purchase. 70% of people will trust a recommendation from someone they don’t know.

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MAY 16, 2019

Across the European Union (EU), technology providers and social media platforms are increasingly playing a bigger role in the Open Banking ecosystem. At the same time, however, many players, like Facebook and Google , are squaring off against regulators that are looking at their data and payment policies with more scrutiny.

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JULY 26, 2020

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are now scheduled to appear before a Congressional subcommittee exploring competitive practices among Big Tech Wednesday (July 29) instead of Monday (July 27) as originally planned. The proceedings should be available for live online viewing.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The banking software vendor and search engine giant have formed a strategic partnership, allowing banks to create apps quicker and more securely Technology Social Media Channels Customers Core Systems Outsourcing/Cloud Tech Management Mobile Online Feature3 Feature Financial Trends Fintech.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 13, 2023

Vendors need to be able to explain their AI technology to bankers in layman’s terms “An algorithm is what software engineers call something when they don’t want to explain what they did.” — Modern Adage Every vendor these days is talking about how their software has magical “AI” algorithms in it.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

In this whole new world of technology, we have many end-users coming to our sites from various points. Are they arriving from email, social media, referral sites, paid or organic search, etc.? By setting up analytics goals and enhanced eCommerce, you will be able to tell if your online marketing efforts are truly working.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is the latest tech executive to criticize web platforms, such as Facebook and Google , over their data collection practices. “Dominant online platforms have more power to shape public opinion than newspapers or the television ever had, yet they face very little regulation or liability,” Rometty said.

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JULY 28, 2019

The project will battle online abuses and misuses on the platform such as disinformation and election interference, Reuters reported on Friday (July 26). The ability to do academic research on what’s happening online has never been worse,” Stamos told the Guardian. . But it’s because governments aren’t stepping up.”.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Social media image-sharing platform Pinterest is introducing an augmented reality (AR) try-on tool to help users assess and compare eyeshadow. . Both categories have expanded use of the technology. Google introduced a try-on feature in December to help people see how makeup will look before committing to a purchase. .

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AUGUST 20, 2019

government is working with state attorneys general to probe online platforms for possible antitrust violations, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Aug. Delrahim is also looking into any legal protections that should be offered to Facebook, Google and Twitter regarding user-generated content.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. social media users are “very confident” that those platforms would protect users’ data, according to Pew — with 64 percent calling for more regulation of online advertisers.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Facebook Bid Against Google in Attempt to Acquire Fitbit. The social media company made multiple bids for Fitbit in October, with a final offer of $7.30 The firm is said to have its eye on new companies in emerging markets that focus on online financing and payments.

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JULY 5, 2017

With this addition, each of the Frightful Five will have its own voice-controlled speaker: Amazon with its Echo family of devices; Google with the Home speaker; Apple with its new HomePod; Microsoft with the Cortana-powered Invoke speaker; and now, Alibaba, with its as-yet unnamed voice assistant and device. It is unlikely to reach the U.S.

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AUGUST 7, 2018

These days, however, food delivery means digital technology, entrepreneurship and global acquisition activity — and reasonable questions about how this will all shake out in the coming few years. India-based online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy has reportedly spent about $7.3 Food Delivery Moment. The China Story.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Consumers are waking up to the fact that all those free online and mobile services — email and social media among them — take in trade personal data that is chopped, diced, analyzed, bundled and sold to numerous third parties. That effort is starting to involve Google in a big way. Chris Webb sure does.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are preparing for the earliest, most aggressive selling season ever. With more and more commerce going online, he said, it will also be increasingly important for sellers to process a higher number of returns and chargebacks and to quickly settle customer disputes.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

On Friday, the House Judiciary Committee, investigating antitrust issues tied to marquee names such as Facebook, Google and others, delivered letters asking for communications and documents that may shed light on the reasons and processes surrounding changes in the competitive landscape, including various mergers and acquisitions.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Breton, who is a former CEO for French telecoms provider Orange and French technology company Atos, is also expected to deliver a set of rules in two days that will rein in the tech giants and state-aided Chinese tech companies. Jourova said Facebook couldn’t simply push away any responsibility.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Back then, he had warned executives at the social media company of the potentially damaging impact of Facebook’s data sharing policies. Financial Times highlighted a 2016 blog post in which Parakilas warned about the impact of social media. “We Parakilas felt his concerns weren’t taken seriously at the time.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Current antitrust laws are “flexible enough” to handle issues caused by technology firms, said Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. The membership roster for the CCIA includes Amazon, Facebook and Google, among others. Department of Justice, Reuters reported on Saturday (Nov.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

Digital media gives community bankers a platform for advocacy, and ICBA’s Virtual Advocacy Primer details how you can put it to work. According to a 2020 Congressional Management Foundation report, constituents reported their representative and/or senator used online platforms either “more” or “significantly more” since the pandemic began.

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MARCH 31, 2019

Zuckerberg also said in his opinion piece that he wanted the government to update legislation that would protect elections, which would include new rules for online political advertising that would “reflect the reality of the threats” that social media companies have to deal with. In other Facebook news , the U.S. Landry said.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Patent and Trademark Office for the technology. According to a report in BuzzFeed citing patent applications filed by Facebook, in one application the company explains how it relies on location data and technology to predict the next place a user will be going and when he or she will get off the internet.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The CB Insights Patent Search Engine surfaced two new patents this week that prove Google and Microsoft are eager to inject quantitative tech into the “Influencer Economy.” In addition, this identification could ultimately help Google predict what content may go viral. Click here to jump to the Google patent analysis.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Amazon takes another swing at Etsy, Apple catches up in the proprietary Pay game and Facebook matriculates a new generation of social media users with its new Messenger product for kids — this and more of the latest news from the Frightful Five, just in case you missed it.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Fighting fraud takes teamwork – a set of brains and eyes (several of them) working in tandem with technology to stop the bad guys in their tracks. 81 percent: Share of consumers who engage in contextual commerce through social media. 1 billion: Number of devices supported by Google Assistant.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

“The direct-to-consumer movement will be the replacement for the retail issues and commerce issues that are going on because of the platforms,” said Armstrong, who founded a DTC company with the aim of changing how people shop online. Armstrong is the former CEO of AOL and used to run Google ads.

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MAY 16, 2018

At least one thing is clear about Facebook ’s new interest in blockchain: It will help the social media giant keep up with the Joneses. Facebook is actively trying to shut down the open web, and that’s an opportunity for clever founders to double down on solutions that Facebook, and Google, do not control,” he wrote in a blog post.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

That’s the view from one of Google’s latest retail-associated launches, an airfare insight and travel recommendations offering. According to VentureBeat , Google has “rolled out a series of updates to google.com/travel , its one-stop itinerary planner on the web. Contextual Commerce. Who doesn’t like an expedited experience?”

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