The digital ads market is robust, with Statista predicting that worldwide spend will reach nearly $900 billion by 2026. But fake and fraudulent ad traffic remains a major problem in the space. Global losses from ad fraud totaled $35 billion in 2020 alone. And beyond the wasted spend, invalid traffic can inflate metrics, leading brands…
Away from the premium smartphone feature-utility hyperbole swirling around dynamic islands, mobile devices remain much of a muchness. But ethical mobile brand Fairphone has always done innovation differently — applying attention to supply chain conditions and novel modularity to support repairability and lifespan longevity, with a dual mission to make consumer electronics more ethical and…
Aiven, which provides fully-managed and hosted services for major open source projects including Kafka, Cassandra, and Grafana, has announced its first ever acquisition — the Finnish company has snapped up Kafkawize, a self-service open source data governance tool for Apache Kafka. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition comes amid a renewed focus…
Ubisoft has announced yet another delay for its swashbuckling action-adventure game Skull and Bones – but it’s not all bad news. Skull and Bones‘ release date has been pushed back to March 9, 2023, but Ubisoft has announced an open beta to smooth things over. In the past month, some PC players (including me) got…
Amazon is reportedly encouraging some of its call center employees to work from home as rumors swirl around possible closures. According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, the move signals a shifting preference by the tech giant towards remote work in instances where it could save on physical real estate. The unnamed source said the shift…
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Payments service providers are building an array of financial services to compete with financial institutions (FIs). The surging popularity of service providers has given firms huge client bases to whom they can push financial solutions. Do you work in the Ecommerce and Retail industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Mark Zuckerberg’s Little League baseball card sold for $105,000 on Wednesday evening. Zuckerberg’s ex-camp counselor, Allie Tarantino, sold the card at a Comic Connect auction. In August, Zuckerberg posted a photo of the baseball card on Instagram saying it would be an NFT. Mark Zuckerberg’s Little League baseball…
Paul Krugman. Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images Paul Krugman, Mohamed El-Erian, and Nouriel Roubini blasted the new UK government’s spending plans. Prime Minister Liz Truss’ planned tax cuts tanked the pound and spiked bond yields this week. “Trussonomics is deeply stupid,” Krugman said, while Roubini slammed policymakers as “clueless.” Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, and Mohamed El-Erian have…
Square has publicly launched its Tap to Pay solution for the iPhone after running an early access program these past few months. That means sellers across the US can now use the company’s Point of Sale app to receive payments from customers using just their iPhones anywhere they are. Sure, they need to have a…