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3 things Will Douglas Heaven is into right now
The most amazing drummer on the internet My daughter introduced me to El Estepario Siberiano’s YouTube channel a few months back, and I have been obsessed ever since. The Spanish drummer (real name: Jorge Garrido) posts videos of himself playing supercharged cover versions of popular tracks, hitting his drums with such jaw-dropping speed and technique…
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The Match-Google antitrust settlement netted the dating app maker over $300M
Last week, Google and Match reached a settlement in the app store antitrust case where Match had sought the right to offer its users an alternative to Google Billing in an effort to avoid Google’s Play Store commissions on in-app purchases. As a part of the agreement, Match said it would implement Google’s new User […]
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Snap confirms small-scale layoffs as part of product team re-org
Snap confirmed that a workforce reorganization has resulted in a small number of layoffs for the app maker, impacting people in product management roles. The layoffs were not directly tied to specific products, however, even though Snap recently shuttered its enterprise services division after less than a year. Instead, the reorganization of the Product team […]
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OpenAI wants to work with organizations to build new AI training data sets
It’s an open secret that the data sets used to train AI models are deeply flawed. Image corpora tends to be U.S.- and Western-centric, partly because Western images dominated the internet when the data sets were compiled. And as most recently highlighted by a study out of the Allen Institute for AI, the data used […]
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4 Reasons Your PR Campaign Isn’t Driving Sales — and How to Fix Them
Media coverage can be lucrative, but you need to employ the right strategies.
Why Influencers and Ecommerce Should Be the New Power Duo for Your Business
The convergence of ecommerce with social media influencers creates a dynamic symphony of trust, engagement, and sales.
Don’t Talk to Another Customer Until You Learn This Simple Customer Service Secret
Every customer is at the center of their own world. This simple realization can be your ticket to customer service transformation and excellence, as this customer service consultant and trainer explains.
Daniel Ek’s Daily Routine: Spotify’s Swedish CEO Does His Best Thinking on Morning Walks and Sometimes Doesn’t Start His Work Day Until 11 a.m.
“Swedes, in general, are focused on balance,” Ek said.
Getir is a sign of what’s to come in the M&A market in 2024
Many people, myself included, predicted a wave of startup acquisitions in 2023 as companies rooted in good ideas, but built on not-so-good business models, ran out of money. That largely didn’t happen, but there are signs it will in 2024. Funding volume and deal count continues to slow down, according to Q3 data from PitchBook, […]
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GitLab expands its AI lineup with Duo Chat
Earlier this year, GitLab unveiled Duo, a set of AI features that aim to help developers be more productive by summarizing issues and generating descriptions of epics and issues, as well as through code suggestions and vulnerability explanations, among other features. Today, the company added Duo Chat to this lineup, a ChatGPT-like experience that allows […]
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