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Facebook Q2 Earnings: Users And Advertisers Lean Out
Facebook Q2 Earnings: Users And Advertisers Lean Out
July 26, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook‘s stock price plunged Wednesday (July 25) after the social media operator’s Q2 financial report showed missed targets on revenue and users, and the ongoing...

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Facebook To Allow Some Crypto Ads
Facebook To Allow Some Crypto Ads
June 27, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook moved Tuesday (June 26) to let some advertisements for cryptocurrency run on its platform. In a blog post, Rob Leathern, Facebook’s director of product management,...

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YouTube Lets Video Uploaders Launch Paid Followers
YouTube Lets Video Uploaders Launch Paid Followers
June 25, 2018  |  Social Commerce

YouTube is letting video uploaders make more money if they have more than 100,000 followers. According to a report in Reuters, YouTube is letting uploaders...

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Judging A Beer By Its Can: The Future Of AR In Consumables And Beyond
Judging A Beer By Its Can: The Future Of AR In Consumables And Beyond
June 06, 2018  |  Retail

“Beer speaks” may be the slogan for Lagunitas, but it’s Glasgow brewery Up Front that’s actually making its beer cans talk through an augmented reality...

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Five At Five: SoftBank’s Big Investment In Self-Driving Cars
Five At Five: SoftBank’s Big Investment In Self-Driving Cars
June 01, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today brings news about a major financial boost...

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Pinterest Unveils Promoted Video Tool
Pinterest Unveils Promoted Video Tool
June 01, 2018  |  Retail

Advancing its advertising efforts, Pinterest said that it plans to offer a promoted video tool, which allows marketers to gain more real estate than the...

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Facebook And Dating: It’s (Not) Complicated
Facebook And Dating: It’s (Not) Complicated
May 07, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Finding one’s soulmate isn’t easy. In fact, physicist, NASA roboticist and “What If” author Randall Munroe says that, scientifically speaking, it’s impossible. The math behind his...

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Twitter 1Q Delivers 69 Pct Growth In Ad Engagements
Twitter 1Q Delivers 69 Pct Growth In Ad Engagements
April 25, 2018  |  Earnings

Twitter’s revenue growth continued in the first quarter of 2018, with its investments in personalized content and video advertising helping the social media company to...

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Snap Adding ‘Shop Now’ Button To AR Lenses
Snap Adding ‘Shop Now’ Button To AR Lenses
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

Snap, the maker of the Snapchat disappearing messaging app, is reportedly adding a “Shop Now” button to its app, enabling users to shop without leaving...

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