Elon Musk was quick to respond to Mykhailo Fedorov’s plea for SpaceX to provide Starlink terminals in Ukraine. Susan Walsh/AP SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet is active across all seven continents, CEO Elon Musk tweeted. It comes after the FCC rejected an $886 million Starlink subsidy, which would expand the service. The company launched 54 Starlink…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Consumers want brands to make a difference. In fact, Havas’ Meaningful Brands Report 2021 found that 73% of respondents think brands must act now for the good of society and the planet. In that same survey, 64% of respondents said they prefer to buy from companies with a reputation for purposeful action, not just their profits….
Within the past two years, emerging technologies like NFTs and the metaverse have gotten a lot of hype. But how exactly are brands leveraging it? We’ll cover that and more in this article. Plus, we’ll tackle where small businesses fit in this space and how they can leverage emerging tech. Virtual Experiences 1. Patrón Spirits…
According to our 2022 Marketing Trends Survey report, 34% of marketers plan to stop leveraging podcasts or other audio content in 2022. It’s likely because of the major roadblocks that marketers still face in the podcast marketing space. Two podcast experts weigh in on the biggest challenges and strategies to tackle them. Organic Discoverability Currently,…
These days, it feels like everyone is on social media. But make no mistake, not everyone is on every channel. As marketers, it’s important to know your audience’s favorite social channels. For instance, if you’re selling retirement homes, it’s safe to forgo Snapchat, where only 3.7% of users are over 50. HubSpot surveyed over 1,000…
On August 18, 2022, Albert Pujols hit a grand slam against Austin Gomber for his 690th career home run. A clip of that home run was posted on Reddit before the official Major League Baseball (MLB) app was updated. Three years ago, the post would have been taken down quickly. Today, it has thousands of…
Lockheed Martin On September 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program called the High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative, or HELSI, this laser was delivered to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (OUSD) in early…
SoftBank-backed Ola plans to eliminate about 200 jobs across its engineering teams over the next few days, on track to shrink its workforce by over 1,200 this year, as the ride-hailing giant streamlines its operations to improve finances. The company has kickstarted the new wave of layoffs, which affects the engineering teams at its food…
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Hi. I’m Aaron Weinman. Talk of a recession, rough inflation data, and the persistent increase in costs of certain staple goods has got Wall Street’s biggest investors living in fear of an economic nightmare. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a bevy of data last week, and it was a mixed bag. While gas prices…