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Big Tech rakes it in during the pandemic, and Apple is on top in the world

Apple is now the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, passing Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco. According to CNBC, as of close of business Friday, Apple has a market valuation of $1.84 trillion, while Saudi Aramco’s is $1.76 trillion. Apple’s stock, which has been on a largely-steady climb since the end of March, closed up more than 10 percent on Friday following the company’s record-breaking third-quarter earnings on […]

todayAugust 5, 2020

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Facebook is buying Giphy and integrating it with Instagram

Facebook is buying the popular GIF-making and sharing website Giphy for a reported price of $400 million, with plans to integrate the massive GIF library into Instagram and other Facebook apps. News of the deal was first reported by Axios, which revealed the $400 million value of the deal.   Giphy is one of the largest GIF sites on the internet, offering tools for creating, sharing, and remixing GIFs. Facebook […]

todayMay 18, 2020

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Need “Safe” Easter Ideas? How about a “Virtual” Egg Hunt?

The Iowa Egg Council has created a new way to hunt for Easter Eggs this year, virtually. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Easter Egg Hunts in Iowa and across the United States have been canceled. To keep the tradition alive the Council has created a virtual Easter Egg Hunt.   Families can download and print off an Easter egg coloring sheet on their website, https://www.iowaegg.org/. They ask that once […]

todayApril 9, 2020

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It’s Official: Google has completely canceled Google I/O 2020

Google has completely canceled Google I/O 2020, its biggest event of the year, due to the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus. The company announced on March 3rd that it canceled the physical I/O event, but now the whole thing is off. “Out of concern for the health and safety of our developers, employees, and local communities — and in line with recent ‘shelter in place’ orders by the local […]

todayMarch 25, 2020

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GDC Postponed over Coronavirus Concerns

This year’s annual Game Developers Conference has been postponed amid growing concern about the international coronavirus outbreaks. The event, which has run since 1988, was expected to take place from March 16th–20th in San Francisco. “After close consultation with our partners in the game development industry and community around the world, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March,” reads a note posted to the […]

todayMarch 3, 2020

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China’s Coronavirus Outbreak is Impacting the Tech Industry

The Verge reports that the tech sector is currently feeling the impact of the coronavirus, with companies closing offices, stores, and factories in China as well as restricting employees from nonessential travels to the country. The closures, which were initially expected to last through the Lunar New Year holiday week in late January, have now extended to February 10th, though it is still unclear whether most companies will be back […]

todayFebruary 10, 2020

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Spotify joins Google and Twitter, will ‘pause’ political ads in early 2020

As first reported by AdAge, Spotify states that it will “pause” political advertising early in 2020 on its ad-supported tier and its original and exclusive podcasts, saying it doesn’t have the resources to properly vet such ads.   “At this point in time, we do not yet have the necessary level of robustness in our processes, systems and tools to responsibly validate and review this content,” the company said in […]

todayDecember 30, 2019

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Facebook Will Stop Calling Users ‘Undesirable’ in Ad Rejections

Facebook will no longer use the harmful language “undesirable” in the rejection messages it sends to potential advertisers.   The change comes after reporting from The Verge in September and continued pressure from Facebook and Instagram’s body and skin positivity communities regarding the issue. Facebook used the word when rejecting ads that featured people who were overweight or had skin conditions, and it kept removing ads placed by body positivity […]

todayOctober 30, 2019

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Silicon Valley is Losing it’s War on Paying Taxes

Silicon Valley's war against paying tax on revenue as well as profits isn't going well.  The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which sets international tax standards, has proposed an overhaul of cross-border tax rules that would give governments more power to tax major multinationals doing business in their countries. The OECD published the proposals in a consultation document published early in October. The rise of big internet companies like […]

todayOctober 24, 2019

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