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Five At Five: Facebook Hit By GDPR On Monthly Users

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Facebook, the world’s leading social media platform, reported last week that it lost about 1 million monthly active users (MAU) in Europe due to the new regulations, leaving it with 376 million. cities — like New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Dallas — by early 2019. GDPR Takes Toll on Facebook Engagement Figures.

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Facebook To Open Small Biz Pop-Up Concept In Select Macy’s

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The move will bring 100 popular small businesses and digital brands on Facebook and Instagram into retail stores — just in time for the holiday shopping season. And the retailer is flexible on timing: brands can stay for as short a time period as a month. Compared to traditional pop-up stores, Macy’s own staff services the brands.

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Adobe’s Idea For Gimmick-Free In-Store Tech

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Though every brick-and-mortar retailer and its grandmother are chattering about how nice it would be to have the same kind of personalization technology that makes online shopping so customizable, few have figured how to make it a seamless part of the shopping experience. Perhaps Adobe can help. ”That’s what we’re taking on.

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Amazon To Host eSports Tournament

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The online retail giant recently announced that it will hold its first-ever eSports tournament. CBS Sports is set to air two hours’ worth of highlights from the event, and streams will be made available on Amazon.com, Amazon Fire TV and other social media networks with streaming capabilities, including Facebook and YouTube.

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NEW REPORT: Forget Letters To Santa — Smart Billboards Know What You Want

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Even Coca-Cola is introducing more connectivity to its products by introducing a selfie bottle that snaps a photo and shares it to social media. Meanwhile, Las Vegas has been selected by Audi as the testing ground for smart city technology that will allow the city’s traffic infrastructure to communicate with Audi vehicles.

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Now On Tap: Apps As Discovery Platforms For Bars

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Bar and event venues face a dilemma when it comes to finding customers: while social media helps them get discovered, there is a potential downside to using these platforms. For now, Konnect has venues spread out across the country from Ohio to Texas and California, along with some venues in Arizona and Las Vegas.

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Is eBay The Anti-Amazon?

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At a recent gathering in Las Vegas, Wenig said during a presentation that he would seek to grab 100 million new shoppers, among them the much-coveted demographic known as millennials, consumers that the newswire said might have “only a passing familiarity with eBay.” The world can comfortably have Amazon and eBay — and it will.”.

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