The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Decoding The Future Of Money With PayPal’s David Marcus”. Owen Thomas says, “We’ve just wrapped our latest ReadWriteMix event with Flurry CEO Simon Khalaf—and I’m very pleased that we can already announce our next event, featuring PayPal president David Marcus. We’ll sit down on January 21 to talk about the future of money. I first met David a few years ago when he was an entrepreneur running Zong, a mobile-payments startup. After years covering payments and watching mobile products flop, I was a skeptic—but he won... [...]
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The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Content marketing the Google Hummingbird way”. Michelle Hill says, “While Hummingbird has been much discussed, not many people understand it yet, or appreciate its benefits because it isn’t an obvious feature of Google search. If you want to try it, go to Google on your smartphone and click on the microphone to activate a voice search. For a bit of fun, say ‘Tottenham Hotspur’. Google will search for the greatest team in the world (guest opinion – Ed), and then read out an up to date fact, perhaps... [...]
The latest article on ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Google: Gmail Image Change May Improve Open Rate Data, But Will Strip Other User Data”. Matt McGee says, “With more information coming in this afternoon, it appears that Google’s image serving change in Gmail is a mixed bag (at best) for marketers. Google announced today that it’s going to start serving images sent to Gmail users from its own servers, not from the sender’s servers. This is starting today for desktop Gmail users, and will come to the Gmail mobile apps in the new year. Here’s what we know... [...]
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Gmail To Marketers: Drop Dead”. Michael Singer says, “Google’s latest Gmail tweak makes viewing photos in Gmail easier for you—and the process of tracking you via emailed images much more difficult for marketers and advertisers. Google on Thursday updated its Gmail service so that you’ll never have to click that pesky “Display images below” link again. Gmail will now automatically display images in email, the catch being that Google will host those images on its own servers. Prior to the change, most emailed images would... [...]
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Twitter Reverts Blocking Policy After User Outrage”. Selena Larson says, “Earlier today we told you aboutupdates to Twitter’s blocking policythat allowed blocked users to follow and interact with those who blocked them, but effectively “muted” their activity so the blockers wouldn’t see it. As you might imagine, Twitter users were unhappy with the update, and voiced their opinions on the social network”. Twitter Reverts Blocking Policy After User Outrage ReadWrite [...]
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “What is Google likely to clamp down on in 2014?”. Graham Charlton says, “Google is seemingly involved in a never-ending battle to fight spam and underhand SEO tactics affecting its search results. In 2013 we’ve had several updates and warnings, Hummingbirdbeing the most obvious, but what will Google target next? I have a few ideas on this, and I’ve also asked SEOs for their views on the areas where Google is likely to focus”. What is Google likely to clamp down on in 2014? ‘Econsultancy’... [...]
Silverpop has released a free ebook titled “Gmail Tabs: Impact on Email Marketing and Strategies to Respond”. The Silverpop team says, “Since Google launched its new Gmail Tabs functionality in May 2013, much of the marketing world has been grabbing at quick-fix tactics unlikely to provide the desired short- or long-term results as new email inbox changes arise. Download our white paper and get a three-stage Gmail Tabs marketing plan designed to help you thrive in the age of Gmail Tabs – and beyond. You’ll learn: What the data says about how Gmail Tabs is impacting marketing How... [...]
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Google+ Sign-In Changes Could Appeal To More Developers”. Selena Larson says, “It appears Google is making some concessions for developers who are not keen on forcing their users to have a Google+ account to use their apps. Google+ Sign-In now supports all Google account types, including Google Apps users and those without a Google+ profile. This seems incongruent with recent updates to Google services that force users to have a Google+ profile on the company’s so-called social network in order to interact with the service. When YouTube... [...]
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “U.S. Tech Companies Are Fed Up With Spying And Not Going To Take It Anymore”. Dan Rowinski says, “The tech giants of America are fed up with surveillance by the United States government and they are not going to take it anymore. A group of some of the premier technology companies in the U.S. have issued a joint open letter to President Obama and Congress to limit the National Security Agency’s ability to spy on their users. AOL, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo all have signed the letter, posted at a website... [...]
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Eye Publishing: Google Glass Gets WordPress Plugin”. Samantha Murphy Kelly says, “The articles you read in the future could be published through voice command or even a pair of eyes.Google Glass users will now have access to a plugin app that works with the WordPress publishing platform, giving media organizations and bloggers a way to post and update stories, photos and videos directly through the high-tech eyewear. The wpForGlass plugin — developed by public relations agency Weber Shandwick and not officially launched from WordPress... [...]