It's an age old question that we love to entertain because we're all obsessed with our own mortality and the future of the world: what would happen to the world if humans disappeared? With enough time, the Earth would be able to reset itself and erase any trace of our existence. Mind Warehouse goes deep into answering it by detailing the progression of what would happen when.
Facebook Messenger may follow WhatsApp in implementing stronger encryption, according to a new report.
The social network could add end-to-end encryption to its Messenger app later this year, even though it may come at the expense of some of Facebook's artificial intelligence features, The Guardian reports.
The new encryption measures, which would make messages sent through Messenger more secure, will reportedly roll out as an "optional" encrypted mode that users would need to opt into in order to enable it. If true, that would differ from the encryption recently implemented by Facebook-owned WhatsApp, which turned on end-to-end encryption by default on all its apps last month. Read more...
"Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl" offers an audio glimpse into the life of a young karate-kicking science wiz in Saudi Arabia.
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Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.
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Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.
Instagram's new tools for brands with business profiles include a way to track posts' impressions counts and break down follower bases.
You may be using Google Analytics, but are you using it to its full potential? Contributor Khalid Saleh lays out 7 key reports with which every marketer should be familiar.
Managing multiple search accounts for a single domain doesn't have to mean juggling tons of conversion and remarketing tags. Contributor Amy Bishop shares steps to seamlessly share data across accounts without cluttering your website's code with duplicative tags.
If your AdWords optimization efforts are focused toward terms and ads you credit with last-click conversions, you're not alone. But columnist Tim Mayer contends you're being shortsighted.
The acquisition by a tech-focused private equity firm gives the marketing automation provider the flexibility to reinvent its platform for enterprises.
Are you an agile marketer? Jim Yu discusses the convergence of digital marketing disciplines and the hybrid skills that you'll need to thrive.
In an increasingly efficient world, what works today won't work tomorrow. So what should marketers do? Columnist David Rodnitzky discusses some key tactics.
Here's our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Survata offers first online surveys targeted at second- and third-party user segments May 27, 2016 by Barry Levine The questionnaires, which can include a pretesting of ads, are delivered to the same […]
The most popular form of mobile ad blocking is now browser-based.
Confused by the display advertising landscape? You're not alone. Columnist and Googler Brad Bender simplifies this complex topic and dives into the three components of programmatic buying that you should know.
In the latest Marketing Land Live, we recap all the news from the Google Performance Summit, talk about Facebook's ad changes and Twitter's move to change how it counts 140 characters.
The news comes after Facebook announced Audience Network will expand to reach non-Facebook users on mobile apps and websites.
Browser-based tool is built for developers, but anyone with an Amazon account can see what it's like to talk to Amazon's Alexa devices.
Analytics
Blogs & Blogging
Business Issues
Content Marketing
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Copywriting, Design & Usability
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E-Commerce
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Mobile/Local Marketing
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Businesses will soon be able to find a new home on Instagram.
The photo sharing app previewed new profiles and tools for businesses Tuesday, which will be available to people in the U.S., New Zealand and Australia in the next few months.
The update, which we first got a look at earlier this month, will add a prominent “contact” button to profiles, detailed analytics tools and easier access to promotion tools, which turn Instagram posts into ads.
For users, the most noticeable change will be the addition of a contact button to profiles of businesses, which will make it easier to interact with stores and brands outside of the app. Companies will be able to add an email address, phone number, or text message option to their profile, along with directions (if they have a physical location.) Read more...
It feels like we were facing the end of print only years ago, but the time may be ripe to begin lamenting the end of the website.
After the dominance of URLs, we're entering the platform era where more design diversity online is not necessarily better, Jon Lax, director of product design at Facebook, suggested at the design event Semi Permanent in Sydney Friday.
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Increasingly, companies, news outlets and many others are providing their services by building in and on top of outside mobile platforms and operating systems that dictate how they should look. Mashable Australia sat down with Lax after the event to discuss how he sees the future of digital design in an era where Facebook and others act as aesthetic gatekeepers. Read more...
Printers you won't hate, a workhorse laptop, and Callaway golfing gear lead off Memorial Day's best deals.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that multiple U.S. government agencies still run on decades-old technology-the most alarming of which is the revelation that nuclear operations are still carried out with 8-inch floppy disks.
Several years ago, Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan noticed something curious as she scrolled through Facebook: Many of her female friends used an image of their child as a personal profile photo. Even Schoppe-Sullivan made the switch without fully realizing the implications.
"It just kind of dawned on me at one point, 'Hey that's your identity, that's a really profound statement,'" she told Mashable. "It's saying, 'This is who I am right now.'"
Of course, plenty of new moms see Facebook as simply a way of sharing joyous baby-related updates with family and friends. Read more...
