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$34.8B Online Spend Thanksgiving Through Cyber Monday, Adobe Estimates

$34.8B Online Spend Thanksgiving Through Cyber Monday, Adobe Estimates by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, November 25, 2022 Adobe Analytics expects the five days from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday — known as Cyberweek — to generate $34.8 billion in online spend, up 2.8% year-over-year (YoY) in 2022, and represent 16.3% share of the holiday season from November through … Continue reading $34.8B Online Spend Thanksgiving Through Cyber Monday, Adobe Estimates →

Want to work abroad? This salary calculator estimates what your job would pay in 38 countries

Workplace Social Behavior

By Connie Lin April 16, 2022 Are you sick of living in the United States? Has being holed up in your apartment for the pandemic made you want to get as far from it as humanly possible—as in boarding a boat or plane, traveling across an ocean and a few continents, then staying indefinitely? … Continue reading Want to work abroad? This salary calculator estimates what your job would pay in 38 countries →

Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers

Statistics

Stefan Wolpers September 21, 2021 TL; DR: Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers Many people dislike estimating work items as estimates supposedly open the path to the misuse of velocity by the managers, reintroducing Taylorism, micro-management, and excessive reporting through the backdoor. To them, for example, the proponents of #noestimates, estimates conflict with basic … Continue reading Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers →

How Bloggers Can Improve Their Team’s Task Estimates

Team Management

Rich Butkevic — January 27, 2020 If you’re a blogger who works with a team on projects, such as for a website redesign or enhancement, you may often find that your task estimates are way off – you’re not alone. Studies have shown that most people are terrible at estimating the amount of time that … Continue reading How Bloggers Can Improve Their Team’s Task Estimates →

Facebook will no longer show audience reach estimates for Custom Audiences after vulnerability detected

Facebook

Researchers were able to infer attributes of individuals using the tools. Ginny Marvin on March 23, 2018 Exclusive: Facebook said Friday that it will stop showing audience reach estimates in any campaign using Custom Audience targeting. The move comes after a research team from Northeastern University notified the company through Facebook’s Bug Bounty program … Continue reading Facebook will no longer show audience reach estimates for Custom Audiences after vulnerability detected →