Category: Data-Labor-Technology Stories

If you want to eat that pineapple tomorrow, not today, do you trust your own untrained nose to sniff out a piece of tropical fruit at the just-about-to-ripen stage? Or do you turn to a produce professional? And if your heart is set on a cheese that’s soft and buttery and won’t demolish your cracker,…

The New York Times is getting in on the action around augmented reality. The newspaper has added an AR feature to its app, starting with ability to see a Times paper vending machine in a living
room. The Times took pictures of the so-called honor box at a New York Times plant so that the box then could be seen in a home via a mobile phone screen using the app.

TheAtlantic.com replaced its comments feature with a section dedicated to reader feedback, called “Letters.” The new section is inspired by “The Conversation” section of the print magazine.

As media AOR, Merkley is tasked with developing media campaigns across all channels for BIC, with a focus on digital and social strategies.

The National Football League (NFL) does not seem to resonate well with younger viewers, which means advertisers could be losing out on reaching their strongest lifelong audience, according to Lotame
data released Monday.

Disney, in turn, is reportedly preparing to top a Comcast bid, if one is made. The original deal had a price tag of $52.4 billion.

Pinterest’s unique capabilities as a social shopping platform make it the gift that keeps on giving for brands and influencers who leverage the tool to increase ROI. In our experience, Pinterest leads
all other social networks for driving traffic to our influencer community’s blogs: 67% of social referral traffic is directed from the platform.

Sunday was the first time that all the major streaming services — Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video — showed commercials during the game, airing on NBC.

L.A.’s Trailer Park Group, which describes itself as “the largest and fastest-growing content marketing operation in North America,” has made several significant leadership changes as it moves into the next stage of its development. Today, the company announced it has hired Zihla Salinas as chief executive officer and promoted Matthew Brubaker to CEO and creative…

The national conversation on sexual harassment and abuse of power has galvanized a wider discussion about whether consensual office relationships are OK. The answer is: it is complicated.