By Michael Grothaus July 06, 2023 While it’s too early to call Threads—Meta’s new microblogging platform—a bona fide “Twitter killer,” Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to Elon Musk’s flailing social network is off to a good start. Zuckerberg took to the new platform to announce that within the first four hours of its launch, five million … Continue reading 10 million users joined Meta’s Threads in just 7 hours. It took Twitter 780 days to do that
With days to go before Google turns off Universal Analytics, a majority of sites around the world and in the US are still using it. Constantine von Hoffman on June 21, 2023 The UApocalypse is drawing nigh. On July 1st, nine days from now, Google will shut down the standard version of Universal Analytics (UA) … Continue reading Days before UA sunset most sites still not using GA4
78% Of Consumers Engaged With An OOH Ad In Past 60 Days: Study by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, March 10, 2023 Social media, podcasts, search engine ads, and AI-created ad copy generate buzz, but a study on out-of-home (OOH) advertising released this week estimates that 88% of adults notice OOH ads, and nearly 80% of those … Continue reading 78% Of Consumers Have Engaged With An OOH Ad In Past 60 Days: Study
By Shalene Gupta December 05, 2022 Employees may need mental health days, but that doesn’t mean they want their employers to know that. Mental health app Wysa surveyed 1,000 American employees about their mental health at work post-COVID-19 shutdowns. While the majority of respondents admitted to struggling with mental health symptoms, most preferred to … Continue reading Employees are lying about mental health days, but not because they don’t need them
Elon Musk says Twitter Blue verification is coming back November 29th He said he wants it to be “rock solid” when it returns… in two weeks. K. Bell @karissabe NurPhoto via Getty Images Elon Musk has set a new date for Twitter Blue’s paid verification to return: November 29th. The new date comes just … Continue reading New Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before subscribing to Blue
By Kathleen Davis October 05, 2022 Even before the pandemic ushered in phrases like the Great Resignation and quiet quitting, burnout among the most dedicated employees was an issue. But in the last few years, employees across industries suffered a remarkable decline in morale, and are quitting, retiring, changing jobs or scaling back. Often the … Continue reading Beyond burnout: Why are so many people unhappy at work these days?
Twitter ditches its tabbed timeline mere days after rolling it out “We heard you.” I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic March 14th, 2022 Thomas Trutschel via Getty Images Just days after introducing a feature that made an algorithmically-generated feed the default for iOS users, Twitter is changing things back to the way they were before. “We heard you,” … Continue reading Twitter ditches its tabbed timeline mere days after rolling it out
Apple to offer paid parental leave and more sick days to retail employees Apple Store workers have complained of subpar working conditions during the pandemic A. Khalid @askhalid February 9th, 2022 Noah Berger / reuters Apple will expand benefits for all of its retail employees in the US, beginning April 4th. Bloomberg reports the new … Continue reading Apple to offer paid parental leave and more sick days to retail employees
Hard Work And The Olden Days of Digital Media by Cory Treffiletti , Featured Contributor, December 22, 2021 I was reminiscing about the good old glory days of digital media recently. I have been lucky enough to be blazing a path in digital media since back in 1994, when digital media was primarily email addresses … Continue reading Hard Work And The Olden Days of Digital Media
Erica Schultz October 6, 2021 “How we spend our days, is, of course, how we spend your lives.” I love this quote from Annie Dillard. It’s incredibly simple yet incredibly profound. So many of us walk through our days like zombies. Doing things because that’s what we do. Eating things because that’s what we eat. … Continue reading Do This One Thing to Change Your Mindset and Transform Your Days
