Snapchat IPO: A Guide to Buying Snap Stock (Fortune) It’s the day technology companies and investors have been waiting for: Snap, the parent company of disappearing-photo app Snapchat, has finally priced its stock in the…
This is a story about the unexpected consequences of my annual commitment with Join.me to save myself less than $100 per year. Update: As of March 8, 2017, two days after publishing this article which…
40% of Online Ads Are Found to Be Overweight and Slow Sites (AdvertisingAge) More than 40% of online ads are larger than industry standards, which slows down websites and annoys users with crawling load times,…
Social Media What Makes Snap Worth $25 Billion (And Maybe More) (Fast Company) Consumers, advertisers, influencers, media brands, and rivals are increasingly viewing the world through Snapchat’s lens. In the past 18 months, the photo-…
Social Media Why Snapchat Is the New TV (WSJ) In the registration filing for its initial public stock offering, Snapchat parent Snap Inc. said its competitors range from Google, Apple and Facebook to popular Asian…
Advertising How automakers fared during the Super Bowl (Automotive News) Going into Super Bowl Sunday, the talk was about social awareness and inspirational themes that automakers would be promoting with their ads. It appeared the…
Technology & Innovation The Advertising Personalization Classification System (Medium) This is the story of how advertising stopped being the intrusive, attention-hogging annoyance you go out of your way to avoid, and was transformed into something…
Web- and cloud-based applications are being developed at a breakneck pace as technology advances more quickly than ever before. Companies that aren’t first to market often are left behind, but putting speed above security has…
Automotive Walmart, CarSaver will sell cars (Automotive News) Walmart Stores Inc., the nation’s largest retailer, is jumping into car sales through a partnership with CarSaver, an online automotive retail platform. CarSaver, in turn, is setting…
As customer payment processing progresses, tablet POS systems are quickly becoming the preferred checkout process of many customers. With a capability to shorten long lines and cut down on wait times, these systems put employees…