It appeared Sunday that Google may have a lifeline for struggling news publishers, but that might not be the case after all. The Financial Times reported Sunday that the web giant is planning to share a chunk of its revenue with publishers. According to FT, Google’s plan is to mate its treasure trove of personal …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Oh, no it isn’t. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You must be quite tense. There’s less than a week to go before you must decide whether to part with $999 — or even $1,149 for the 256 GB version — in order to secure an iPhone …
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Everyone wants to make money with little to no effort. It may seem like a faraway dream, but there are a few ways you can make a few bucks while you’re already goofing off online. Here are four legit money makers to add to your cash flow. Ask the government You may have some money out there just waiting for …
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Walking into Tomás Puig’s San Francisco apartment, I notice something is a little unusual. There are three cameras in the kitchen and what looks to be a TV switcher sitting against the wall. Rather than hosting a handful of guests for dinner, twice a week Tomás opens his home to thousands who watch his cooking show on Facebook Live. “Tomás’ …
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Some US senators are looking to beef up laws around political ads that appear online, given apparent Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. It’s largely believed the election was at least partially swayed by bogus political ads on Facebook, Twitter and Google. Democratic Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota are teaming up with Republican Sen. …
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AT&T dangles HBO and the promise of “Game of Thrones” when you sign up. T-Mobile throws in Netflix for its family plan customers. Where’s the Verizon entertainment bundle? The New York telecommunications company has waded into the media world with its acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo, but those deals are more about delivering advertisements, not video. It also has an …
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Facebook is under scrutiny from US Reps. Keith Ellison and John Conyers. The two Democrats wrote a letter to the social media company on Wednesday asking that it update its policies regarding hate speech. They also asked Facebook to clarify who buys ads on its site and to make all Facebook ads publicly available. Ellison of Minnesota and Conyers of Michigan …
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“A penny for your thoughts” puts a rather measly price tag on your intellectual productions, doesn’t it? Well, now Google is offering iPhone users a full 99 cents more for their opinions. The tech giant said Wednesday that its Google Opinion Rewards app has arrived on iOS in the United States. The app offers you a buck a survey to …
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People don’t think about us so much since we stopped featuring sexy women eating our big, fat burgers sexily. I know. But what are you going to do? Everything’s so PC these days. How about we give up? We’re marketing people. We never give up. No, give up the company and make money. How about we beg Amazon to buy …
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The biggest benefit of AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner? Cheaper prices for consumers, fueled mostly by more targeted advertising. That’s what AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Wednesday at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in Beverly Hills. Stephenson said not many people can afford the $110 to $120 a month cable companies charge for their traditional TV bundle. …
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