Sherrilynne Starkie

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You star in this Google ad

Sherrilynne Starkie

Privacy pundits are up in arms over the change, citing the growing invasion of Internet advertisers into users’ private lives, but anyone who feels uncomfortable with social ads can change his own privacy settings, or can simply stop clicking those endorsement buttons. It just makes sense for advertising to follow suit.

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Online ads: the benefits of retargeting

Sherrilynne Starkie

I spent a few minutes clicking through the options and decided to check out some blogs for tips on what’s trending for gift giving this year. Every blog and website I visited seemed to advertising The Bay via banner ads and Google ads. That’s when I noticed that someone was following me.

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

This article first appeared on the Thornley Fallis blog. Facebook graph search and your privacy. Facebook says it’s planning to introduce more features going forward including trending hashtags and deeper insights. This is bound to make the lives of social media strategists a little bit easier. Related posts: Facebook news today.

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Facebook news today

Sherrilynne Starkie

The company’s blog says, “A few months ago we began testing a new requirement that the creator of any content containing cruel and insensitive humor include his or her authentic identity for the content to remain on Facebook. . ” Remember Facebook Notes?

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Will private conversations change Twitter?

Sherrilynne Starkie

The privacy shift comes as Twitter seeks to bolster user growth and compete with instant messaging platforms such as WeChat, WhatsApp and SnapChat. Twitter’s official blog offers few answers. Some see transparency as being one of the key defining attributes of Twitter. But at what cost? Photo from #unfinishedbusiness.

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

This story was originally published on the Thornley Fallis blog. Related posts: Facebook graph search and your privacy. Do you think that the Facebook Reader will provide you the news and information you need? Does Facebook affect your brain. Facebook advertising facts. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE. Related articles.

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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

But there are privacy and data ownership issues.”. This story was originally posted on the Thornley Fallis blog. As they drive, it collects data about the smoothness of the ride; that data provides real-time information required to fix problems and plan long-term investments. People want to share. Facebook’s little secret.

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