By Sam Becker January 05, 2023 If you’ve ever felt trapped or otherwise burned by an employer’s noncompete clause, now is your chance to let the government know. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing a new rule that would effectively ban employers from utilizing noncompete clauses, which, the FTC estimates, would increase wages … Continue reading Want the freedom to switch jobs without worrying about a noncompete clause? Tell the FTC
By Michael Grothaus December 17, 2022 Last week I partook in my semi-annual digital cleanup. This is where I go through all my online accounts to see if I need them anymore and to check that my details are up to date and my passwords are not too old. And if I find an online … Continue reading This simple trick lets you delete your online accounts without any hassle
Google Says Automation Will Support Advertisers In A World Without Cookies by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, December 19, 2022 Google has offered an in-depth look at how automation will pick up where cookies leave off when targeting ads without browser cookies. The company is collaborating with the advertising industry to transition to new private ad technologies … Continue reading Google Says Automation Will Support Advertisers In A World Without Cookies
Winning Without The Tailwinds by Dave Morgan , Featured Contributor, September 29, 2022 I am fundamentally an optimist, but everyone in the world of advertising and marketing technology should realize that we’ve been on a 14-year bull market tear, and the next couple of years are almost certainly not likely to look like the past … Continue reading Winning Without The Tailwinds
Why You Can’t Have Digital Transformation Without Sustainability Tiago Ramalho / 22 Aug 2022 With much of the world now focused on the goal of net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050, industry leaders are asking: How can businesses be more sustainable? Sustainability has gone from being a nice to have to a … Continue reading Why You Can’t Have Digital Transformation Without Sustainability
Quality is improving but there’s a big problem with AI inventing facts. Constantine von Hoffman on August 22, 2022 Last week Google announced it was changing its algorithm to rank content “by people, for people” higher than content written around SEO. But what about content written by machines for people? Has AI-generated content gotten to … Continue reading Can you use AI-generated content without hurting your page rankings?
Amazon’s Ring has teamed up with over 2,000 police and fire departments Partnerships exploded in 2020 despite privacy concerns. J. Fingas @jonfingas Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ring’s police collaborations didn’t slow down in 2020 despite controversies — if anything, they ramped up. The Financial Times reports that the Amazon-owned smart home security brand now has 2,014 … Continue reading Amazon gave Ring footage to police without customer consent
Instead of hiring someone to support marketing automation, find a software solution anyone can use. Ruben Ugarte on June 28, 2022 It’s no comfort knowing you’re not the only one having trouble finding tech talent. Demand is high, supply is low. And everyone has teams and projects stuck in limbo. What would be comforting is … Continue reading Closing your team’s technical gap without hiring
By Kathryn Finney June 08, 2022 How do you find “good” people? First, be a good leader. In order to build and lead a great team, you have to be the kind of person that people want to build with. What does that look like? It looks like centering your humanity (yep, those … Continue reading Being a good leader means nothing without investing in yourself. Here’s how
By Gabe Boyd May 30, 2022 There’s no doubt that technology has transformed the design world. While much of the design process used to involve hands-on work with X-Acto blades, Cow Gum, and French curves, it’s now evolved into a largely digital-driven industry. Apps of all kinds have digitized the functional elements of … Continue reading 22 apps designers can’t live without
