Facebook says it removed 1.5 billion fake accounts in the past 6 months
Smart dashcam company Owl challenges OnStar with automatic crash response service
Facebook rebuttal claims ‘inaccuracies’ in scathing New York Times investigation
Snap reveals U.S. subpoenas over 2017 IPO disclosures
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Facebook tweaks group mentorship tool so users can choose their mentors
LinkedIn begins testing events tool in New York and San Francisco
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Bridging the online and offline marketing gap (VB Live)
Vine cofounder announces Byte, a new looping video app launching this spring
Facebook claims it deleted 3 million pieces of ISIS and Al Qaeda propaganda in Q3 2018
Accel leads $25 million investment in team whiteboarding platform RealtimeBoard
Flickr says free account limit won’t impact Creative Commons images uploaded before November 1
Mark Zuckerberg rejects request to appear before U.K. and Canada-led committee
3 ways trolls are trying to spread disinformation on Election Day
EU states fear U.S. retaliation over tax plan for internet giants like Google and Facebook
Samsung reportedly plans Project Whare Cloud service and AR headset
Twitter purged over 10,000 bots that tried to discourage U.S. voter turnout
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Consumers trust influencers more than they trust you (VB Live)
Snapchat will help you find your polling place on Election Day
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Loopholes in Facebook’s ‘paid for by’ label shows just how flimsy its political ad archive is
Zynga ramps from ‘fix it’ mode to ‘grow it’ mode as Q3 revenue hits $233 million
Facebook’s VideoStory dataset trains AI to ‘automatically tell stories’
Mark Zuckerberg summoned for joint hearing by U.K. and Canadian parliaments
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How American Express’s customer-centric mantra has built their reputation (VB Live)
Facebook revenue jumps 33% to $13.73 billion in Q3 2018, but growth continues to slow
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a big hit on social media
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Get and keep customers with AI-driven UX design (VB Live)
Techfugees Global Challenge winners target health, jobs, education, social inclusion for refugees
Right-wing social network Gab.com goes offline after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
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Can customer experience design make even buying a car bearable? (VB Live)
Red Dead Fever: Social-analytics firm claims y’all are playing hooky
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ProBeat: Google Maps’ follow feature fixes Android Nearby Notifications
Facebook removes 82 Pages, groups, and accounts with Iranian ties for ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’
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