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Facebook Inc. is yet again being sued for “allegedly” spying on Instagram users, this time, through their phone cameras. Facebook denied the reports and blamed a Gremlin that crossed the wires. In her complaint, Brittany Conditi claims that Instagram is data-mining “lucrative and valuable data on its users that it would not otherwise have access to.” This comes after a suit claiming Facebook is il...

Amazon Prime is scaling to Amazon NOW. I WANT IT NOW PRIME! With the surge in ecommerce sales and demand Amazon is focusing on expanding its warehouses to local hubs to offer fast shipping and returns. Amazon is also hiring 175K new workers to help with same-day delivery. Amazon avoided a retail footprint and dabbled with a couple of urban locations. This will be the nail in the coffin on many ret...

YouTube is announcing the beta release of it’s answer to quick 15-second videos clips. The release is coming to once again, India after Google Eats, Google Cards, and now another exclusive for the Indian market. Quickly jump into a TikTok or Instagram Reels experience and content creators can leverage their existing YouTube library. This will be a great promo catalyst as content on YouTube is much...

Shopify has subleased an 8.2K Sq. Ft. retail store from Google. 131 Greene Street in Soho is the perfect boutique located in the heart of creativity and design in New York City. This location will be used for in-person meet-ups, classes, and exclusive events. This is the second location after the LA branch. Its lease is through 2024, and it will be an exciting pilot to observe. Subscribe for daily...

Google is helping small businesses monetize their video conferences and workshops. It’s a social network for online events for both content creators and attendees to participate together. This is targeting lifestyle creators that are in fitness, business, and motivational consulting. What kind of events can you host on Fundo? 1:1 Chat + Photos These are private sessions connecting fans to content...

Open Patent is “Empowering Adoption and Advancement of Crypto Technologies.” This is groundbreaking news from Jack Dorsey of Twitter. He goes on and endorses the internet money on Reuters to affirm it is the fastest and hardest money on the planet. The recent developments in the last 30-days have seen increasing mainstream awareness, and the adoption of this currency is reaching an all-time high....

The Guardian asked GPT-3, OpenAI’s powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace. “This article was written by GPT-3, OpenAI’s language generator. GPT-3 is a cutting edge language model that uses machine learning to produce human like text. It takes in a prompt, and attempts to complete it. For this essay, GPT-3 was give...

Google University is a new certification program that will take only six months to complete, and costs the fraction of an obsolete degree. Google will treat these degrees as equivalent to a 4-year degree in their hiring process. “Accredited” online education is nothing new with programs such as Udacity, Coursera, and Codecademy. Google will also fund 100K scholarships to jumpstart digital skills a...

Shopify, suddenly worth $117 Billion, is one of the biggest Pandemic winners. Since they’re flush with cash, they are pulling out of their 170,000 Sq Ft. office in Ottawa, Canada. Shopify signed a long-term lease for 18 floors covering 325,000 square feet of space in the building more than three years ago, saying the additional real estate could provide space for another 2,500 employees. They are...

Don Cook, The Godfather, is demanding the head of Yelp & Trip Advisor. Is the Apple Search rumor gaining steam with the integration of Apple Ratings inside of Apple maps? Apple Maps has been a work in progress for many years, and we’re starting to see competitive features to put it on par with reputation management found on Google, Yelp, and Trip Advisor.

Pinterest decides to become your favorite couchsurfing roommate after bailing on a $440 million lease obligation. The $89.5 million fee is only a speeding ticket after the Stock is up 90% YTD.  “As we analyze how our workplace will change in a post-COVID world, we are specifically rethinking where future employees could be based,” said Todd Morgenfeld, CFO and Head of Business Operations of P...

Don Cook has been accepting billions in protection money from Google to remain Safaris’ default Search Engine for years. Now, the 2 trillion dollars question is when Apple will launch its Search Engine? Safari launched as the underdog in OSX many years ago to grow with desktops and ignite hyper-growth with the iPhone. Today it is the most dominant browser in the U.S. Could this same strategy pay-o...

Apple just jumped Facebook ads in a dark alley and took out their knee caps. Find out how Internet Tracking Prevention (ITP) is penetrating deeper into the Apple ecosystem.

To use Instagram Checkout, businesses must have Facebook  Shops and use Facebook Commerce Manager. There are no fees associated with checkout through the end of the year. This deep integration is merging across Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp to have a fluid checkout experience. Live streams are also eligible for shopping integration. Watch out QVC!

Google is showing more and more ecommerce products inside of the free Google Shopping listings. Sometimes, you want to modify, edit, and eliminate products from appearing from Google. I am going to show you four ways to opt-out of the free Google Product Listings.

Cookie monster is about to put advertisers out of business. 3rd party cookies were an advertiser's best brief, and they are going extinct.

Is your website slow? Well, Google is going to reward websites on mobile with a “Fast Pages” label. Are you going to leave clicks on the table without pumping up your page speed first?

Google is rolling out a new beta that combines Google Analytics and Google Search Console. This is going to put your content analytics into beast mode.

Google is testing a new digital business card in India. This new feature will be excellent for personal brands and influencers when it rolls outs worldwide.

Ecommerce has experienced massive growth during the crisis. Now we know how extensive that growth has been. This is a transformational shift of the offline economy into the online. What side of history is your business on?

Google Search revenue was down $2 billion as advertisers paused during the pandemic. Google did see some bright spots in YouTube advertising, Cloud computing, and Play stores. Facebook Advertising revenue was up 11% year over year. Amazon ad revenue jumped 41% to $4.2 billion in revenue in the second quarter. This is still only 5% of revenue when Google and Facebook depend more on advertising reve...

Shopify is opening financial services to support ecommerce stores. We are going to cover Shopify Balance, and it’s intended uses.

Is your business prepared for remote work? We have been seeing this trend for a long time and have adopted it successfully. Here is what we know about Google and how remote work has built our culture.

Accelerate the growth of your ecommerce store with new features from Google. Customers can see your products, reviews, and checkout on Shopify right from Google search result pages.

OpenAI is a project backed by top Silicon Valley founders. This 3rd generation technology has radically improved its understanding of language, code, memes, and self.