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Elon Musk Invokes 'Office Space' Meme In Public Showdown With Disabled Ex-Twitter Employee - Here's How Much Twitter May Have To Pay Him
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 7:53pm | 487Elon Musk, the Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Twitter CEO, is known for using memes. On Monday night, Musk posted a meme from the 1999 movie “Office Space” in a defacto exit interview with a former Twitter employee and was met with a lot of criticism. What Happened: Halli...
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PayPal To Partner With Broker For Cryptocurrency Offerings On Its Platform: Report
Monday, July 20, 2020 - 5:23am | 377Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) is reportedly partnering with New York-based cryptocurrency broker Paxos to let users on its platform purchase or sell virtual assets, according to CoinDesk. What Happened Paxos offers an API that makes it easier to sell, purchase, hold, and send...
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Snap Under Fire In The Headlines; Investors Shrug
Friday, January 19, 2018 - 12:56pm | 549Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has weathered some fairly negative headlines in the past 24 hours, but shares have been unruffled. The muted reaction by Snap investors suggests shareholders are more focused on the long-term Snap story than short-term bumps in the road. Downsizing On Thursday, Cheddar...
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3 Ways Snapchat Is Responding To Slow User Growth
Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 10:19am | 918After several months of poor daily-active-user figures by Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), Evan Spiegel, Snapchat CEO and co-founder, is determined to drive user-engagement. The DAU decline occurred right after Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s Instagram Stories launched, and Spiegel has taken notice. Specifically...
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How Ad Companies Have Responded To A Changing Media Landscape
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 8:07am | 1163Traditional media such as print have become a dying breed and so have advertising agencies, which once thrived through providing a host of services — from media buying, script writing, shooting ads, editing, etc. — required to run a successful ad campaign. Traditional media have now...
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What's The Future Of Snapchat Advertising?
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 3:38pm | 636With Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) prices in the red — days after the social media platform’s splashy $24 billion IPO and subsequent cold reception from analysts — one looming question is how the app will monetize its 150 million daily users going forward. Pricing for national integrated...
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Snapchat Rakes In Ad Dollars, Emerges As Potent Threat To Facebook, Twitter
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 4:27pm | 482The impending IPO of Snap Inc., the parent of social media platform Snapchat, is shrouded in mystery, typical of the way business is run at the company. To maintain control of the company, its founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy are expected to reportedly hold about 70 percent of the voting...
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Taco Bell Announces Shell Made Out Of Chicken
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 9:55am | 341Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM)'s Taco Bell unit has never shied from creating new and innovative food items. After launching a Waffle Taco in 2014, the restaurant chain continued to introduce new and exciting breakfast items to give consumers a break from eating "the same breakfast" every day. Taco...
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The Inside Story Of How Yahoo! Screwed Up Tumblr
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 3:33pm | 432When Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) acquired Tumblr back in 2013, Tumblr was one of the hottest companies on the Internet. However, as Mashable’s Seth Fiegerman reported, Yahoo’s subsequent mismanagement of Tumblr has prevented the multimedia blogging site from coming close to its full...
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McDonald's All-Day Breakfast Is A Real Pain For Employees
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 11:49am | 467The introduction of all-day breakfast might be good for the sales numbers of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD), but some workers are feeling the heat. Australian locations of the fast food restaurant have recently implemented all-day breakfast, and a Mashable report says the additional...
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Is Bentley Building A Tesla-Killer?
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 11:04am | 265Bentley, the ultra-luxury automaker, is eyeing an entry into the fully electric auto space. According to Drive, Bentley's board member in charge of engineering, Rolf French, confirmed the British automaker is "studying" an electric car. Speaking to Drive, French said the company is "currently in...
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How To Become A Millionaire Playing Video Games
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 1:31pm | 347Many readers might not be familiar with "Dota 2" or know that one can get paid for playing a video game. However, being video game geeks made five pro gamers millionaires. Last Saturday, a U.S.-based team won a $6.6 million prize after coming out triumphant in a gaming tournament...
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Apple Watch: Was The Street Expecting Too Much?
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 1:52pm | 407Although no official figures are out yet, the word on the Street is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s newest hardware product, Apple Watch, is getting a lukewarm response from consumers. Mashable Senior Tech Correspondent Christina Warren was on Fox Business News recently to share her outlook for...
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Why Instant Articles Is A 'Very Big Win' For Facebook
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 4:39pm | 356Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) launched Instant Articles on Wednesday in partnership with leading media publishers like the New York Times Co (NYSE: NYT). This feature will allow users to read whole articles on their timelines instead of moving away from Facebook’s platform. Mashable Editor-at...
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15 Women Championing The Media Revolution
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 12:45pm | 2182The rapid decline of the newspaper business over the past couple of decades was a major hit to the media world, but there are new and powerful forms of media that have gained an immense amount of traction on the digital frontier. Websites like Buzzfeed and Gawker are embracing wit, snark and...