Social influencers: new advertising code addresses hyper-sexualisation, but not where it’s needed most
You may have had heard of Vanessa Sierra, the Instagram model and reality TV contestant who adeptly used her time…
Stream weavers: the musicians’ dilemma in Spotify’s pay-to-play plan
Spotify offered the promise that, in the age of digital downloads, all artists would get paid for their music, and…
No spare change: how charities, buskers and beggars aren’t feeling so festive in our cashless society
Collectors for the Paralympic Games carried donation buckets ahead of the recent Santa parade in Auckland, asking for gold coin…
Brand activism is moving up the supply chain — corporate accountability or commercial censorship?
When New Zealand digital media giant Stuff stopped using Facebook as an advertising partner in July this year, it joined…
What is “The Great Reset” & Why are People So Worried About It?
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Making sense of the $28 billion Salesforce-Slack deal
As with most big deals in tech, the key question to ask about Salesforce’s $28 billion purchase of Slack isn’t…
The winners and losers of the COVID holiday season
The pandemic has upended Thanksgiving and the shopping season that the holiday kicks off, creating a new crop of economic…
Facebook says 6% of the content its users see is political
Facebook Tuesday said that political content makes up only about 6% of what users actually see on its platform. Why…
Martin Luther King III Has a Message for Young People | NowThis
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Google created a fake pizza brand to test out creative strategies for YouTube ads
Google’s Unskippable Labs team has been testing ad effectiveness in a compelling new way: It created a fake pizza brand…
Before Using Birth Control Apps, Consider Your Privacy
Score one for the quantified self-surveillance movement. Last week, the US Food and Drug Agency approved the first-ever, over-the-counter digital…
Fitbit’s Charge 3 Offers a New Take on an Old Tracker
This year, Fitbit finally figured out how to make a smartwatch people really like, while sales of its lightweight activity…
Facebook is going back to college
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How 3-D Printing Exposes the Fallacy of Federal Gun Laws
Defense Distributed, an Austin-based company notorious for 3-D printing a gun, recently won its risky landmark case against the federal…