1. GDPR Takes Effect This Upcoming Friday Across the EU, new data privacy rules will be implemented this upcoming Friday. GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation, has been in the works for fou…
New Re-Share Feature for Instagram Stories
1. New Re-Share Feature for Instagram Stories Yesterday, Instagram officially launched a re-storying feature allowing users to share another user’s Instagram post with their followers via Instagram…
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Gambling
1. U.S. Supreme Court Allows Gambling Being an avid sports fan can now yield financial gains. A recent Supreme Court landmark ruling could allow states across the country to legalize sports betting…
Glassdoor Purchased by Japanese HR Company
1. Glassdoor Purchased for $1.2B Glassdoor, the popular employment review site, is being acquired by Japanese HR company Recruit Holdings for $1.2B. “Joining with Recruit allows Glassdoor to accele…
Comcast Attempts to Steal Fox from Disney with All-Cash Deal
1. Comcast Attempts to Steal Fox from Disney with All-Cash Deal Disney bought CEO James Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox for $52 billion in December of 2017, however, Comcast has not given up on securing…
Facebook’s Leadership Roles Play Musical Chairs
1. Facebook’s Management Mashup Facebook has decided to change up management responsibilities in a move to improve executive communication and increase user privacy. Facebook chief product officer,…
Nestle and Starbucks Form a “Global Coffee Alliance”
1. Nestlé & Starbucks Form a “Global Coffee Alliance” Nestlé and Starbucks are uniting for the love of coffee. Nestlé has agreed to pay Starbucks $7.15B for the right to sell Starbucks products…
Story Time with Lego
1. Story Time with Lego Lego launched a new interactive experience on the Amazon Alexa with a feature called Lego Duplo Stories. The feature combines plastic toys with storytelling capabilities to…
Pandora Loses Listeners from 21-Month Study
1. Pandora’s 21-Month Study Pandora has just finished a 21-month study, surveying close to 35M listeners. The researchers divided Pandora users into 9 groups that were each served different kinds o…
Two Major Mobile Companies Merge
1. And Then There Was Three… T-Mobile and Sprint are in the works of a marriage. They tried to tie the knot back in 2014, but Obama-era trust regulators said ‘not today,’ so they have decided…