The company will now join Google, Facebook in alerting victims of suspected state-sponsored hacks
Microsoft failed to notify more than 1,000 users that they were victims of a hacking attack that the company's own investigators determined was sponsored by the Chinese government, according to Reuters.
Twitter has a message for politicians: You can delete tweets, but you can't hide.
Politwoops, a tool developed by the Sunlight Foundation that archives the tweets politicians fire off and then quickly delete, is back after a seven-month hiatus. The tool went dark earlier this year after Twitter removed Politwoops' access to the API on June 3, stopping the ability to track deleted tweets.
A release from Twitter announcing the service's return quoted CEO Jack Dorsey from a conference in October:
More about Twitter, Politics, Social Media, and 2016 ElectionWe have a responsibility to communicate our roadmap in a clear and transparent way to everyone in this community. We have a responsibility to have an open dialogue with you to make sure we are serving you in the best way. We have a responsibility to continue to empower organizations that bring more transparency to public dialogue, such as Politwoops. We need to make sure we are serving all these organizations and developers in the best way, because that is what will make Twitter great. We need to listen, we need to learn, and we need to have this conversation with you. We want to start that today. Read more...
Gravity does a number on your body. But in space with zero gravity, your body changes and reacts differently than it does on Earth. So what happens to your body in Space? As astronaut Leland Melvin tells it, you actually gain an inch of height! Also, your heart gets a little bit smaller while changing shape, your bones become brittle, and your eyesight gets all funky. But it’s all absolutely worth it because like, space.
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.
30 seconds or less. This is the average length of time that consumers spend reading or listening to online marketing communications. Consumers watch TV, surf the Internet, and check new emails simultaneously, which means marketers are dealing with increasingly distracted consumers. This white paper from Oracle provides a statistical profile of today’s distracted consumer, followed […]
Version 4 brings desktop app more closely in line with standard mobile app experience.
What will search marketers need to focus on in the coming year to stay ahead of the curve? Columnist Jim Yu explores five trends to keep an eye on.
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As 2015 comes to a close, columnist Sanjay Dholakia takes a look back at the key changes that shaped the marketing industry and how marketers can learn from them moving forward.
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In light of the ongoing debate over Facebook's Free Basics platform, nine major Indian startups have written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), voicing their concern over zero rating and Internet gate-keepers. They were joined by nearly 80 Indian academicians who released a statement on the flaws in Free Basics. Taking note, TRAI has extended its deadline for comments on differential data pricing to Jan. 7.
See also: Facebook initiates blitzkrieg ad campaign for Free Basics in India ahead of Dec. 31 deadline
The TRAI petition was sent by entrepreneurs from prominent startups such as Zomato, Paytm, TrulyMadly, GoQii, Mouthshut, Flipclass, Teesort, SVG Media and Tevis Learning, in response to TRAI's consultation paper on differential pricing for data services Read more...
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KaloBios Pharmaceuticals had previously taken strategic investment from Shkreli.
The bad news keeps on coming for business associates of Martin Shrekli, the "bad boy" of pharmaceuticals who made a name for himself earlier this year when he hiked up the price of an AIDS drug from $13.50 to $750. Less than two weeks after it fired Shkreli as CEO, South San Francisco-based cancer drug research company KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed for bankruptcy.
Twitter announced an update to its rules that clarify what the social media company considers "abusive behavior and hateful conduct."
Megan Cristina, Twitter's director of Trust and Safety, made the announcement Tuesday in a post that said the company will not tolerate behavior designed to harass, intimidate or silence another user's voice through fear
"As always, we embrace and encourage diverse opinions and beliefs — but we will continue to take action on accounts that cross the line into abuse," Cristina wrote
More about Twitter, Social Media, Privacy, and AbuseWe've updated our rules around abuse and hateful conduct https://t.co/XGBETsUk5h
— Safety (@safety) December 29, 2015 Read more...
