(WASHINGTON) — Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a swath of industries that President Donald Trump’s broadsides haven’t come close to hitting. Trump’s attacks over the last week targeted what Amazon is […]
Day: April 5, 2018
New story in Business from Time: Amazon’s Reach Into New Markets Is Helping the Company Shrug Off Trump’s Jabs
(WASHINGTON) — Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a swath of industries that President Donald Trump’s broadsides haven’t come close to hitting. Trump’s attacks over the last week targeted what Amazon is […]
Apple Mac Pro release date has been confirmed for 2019
If you were holding out for that new Mac Pro this year, either pick up an iMac Pro or hold out for a bit longer. Apple has confirmed to TechCrunch that the Mac Pro release date will land somewhere in 2019. “We want to be […]
Why AT&T-Time Warner Merger Is Bad News for Everyone
The Nixon administration saw it coming. In a stunning January 1974 report, the Nixon White House Cable Committee foretold that the new telecom platform known as cable would, eventually, be a monopoly service wherever it was offered. The committee, whose membership included Mitt Romney’s dad, […]
Twitter tries to explain how it fights breaking news hoaxes
During these types of situations, some of the ways we evaluate content include: Is the content posted to harass or abuse another person, violating our rules on abusive behavior?Is this meant to incite fear against a protected category as outlined in our hateful conduct policy?Could […]
3D movie box office totals take another dive
Could it be that the scourge of 3D film is coming to an end? The box office contribution of 3D showings dropped in 2017 to 12 percent of the U.S. and Canada’s $11.1 billion total take, its lowest point essentially since 3D movies became a […]
Get to Know Wind & Wine Croatia
Croatia has been making wine for more than 2 millennia and, if you haven't had the chance to experience it, now may be the time. A new adventure travel company, Wind & Wine Croatia, combines luxury yacht cruising in the Dalmatian Islands with a culinary […]
A cable and a satellite provider have joined forces to offer you a streaming service
Sometimes two enemies come together to offer something beneficial to society, like when Microsoft and Sony agreed to support cross-play or when Sony and Nintendo collaborated on a system that would play both cartridges and CDs. Wait … both those deals fell through? Oh. Geez. […]
Regione Lazio, via allo Zingaretti bis. Prime crepe nell’opposizione
Serviva un voto in più. Ne arrivano 4 a contribuire a un bis scontato (la rielezione di mr. preferenze Daniele Leodori sulla poltrona di presidente della Pisana) ma, soprattutto, a marcare l'avvio della nuova legislatura, l'undicesima, che nasce sì … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Facebook admits its data drama has ‘a few’ advertisers pressing pause
In an interview with Bloomberg, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg disclosed the fact that ongoing privacy revelations around Cambridge Analytica have some advertisers skittish. When asked about how many advertisers had paused their ad spending, Sandberg would only get as specific as saying that “a few” had […]
