LinkedIn Is Adding Information on the Commute to Its Job Listings
That job opportunity piqued your interest, but how is the commute? LinkedIn can now answer that. The professional network Thursday began adding a See Your Commute module to job listings, with senior...
View ArticleCountry Time Says It’ll Cover Legal Fees for Kids Whose Lemonade Stands Get...
Country Time Lemonade has a mission this summer: Helping young entrepreneurs who get tangled in red tape by overzealous local governments and grinches. Seizing on news stories about kids' lemonade...
View ArticleSamantha Bee’s Full Frontal Returns With Another Apology—and Fewer Advertisers
One week after Samantha Bee sparked a national backlash by calling Ivanka Trump a "feckless cunt" on her weekly TBS late-night show Full Frontal, the series returned Wednesday night, with another...
View ArticleWPP’s Wunderman Appoints New President of Chicago Office After Former Left in...
WPP's Wunderman announced today the appointment of Ian Sohn to president of its Chicago office. Sohn, who hails from SapientRazorfish, where he was most recently managing director of Chicago, is set to...
View ArticleFacebook Launched Its Level Up Program for New Gaming Content Creators
Facebook's Gaming Creator Pilot Program officially launched in January with the goal of helping video game content creators grow an audience on the social network. Now, Facebook revealed a Level Up...
View ArticleSeatGeek Has Begun Selling Tickets Directly via Snapchat
Mobile-focused ticketing platform SeatGeek became the first company to sell tickets directly via Snapchat when it offered seats to a Major League Soccer match directly via the messaging application...
View ArticleCoke Created a Sweet Message of Solidarity for Muslims Fasting During Ramadan
Advertisers may be known for jumping on just about every major holiday, but Ramadan has traditionally been an exception--likely because, as a month dedicated to fasting and self-denial, it represents...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa Are Now Working Together
Last month, at Microsoft's annual Build Developer Conference, the company showed off what happens when two voice assistants--its own Cortana and Amazon's Alexa--talk to one another. Cortana exec Megan...
View ArticleLush UK Is Taking Flak for Calling Out Police Officers in Its Latest #SpyCops...
"I love you. You know that, right?" If TV's taught us anything, it's this: Never trust anyone who says that. The U.K. arm of vegan cosmetics brand Lush has had a riotous few days. It started Friday,...
View ArticleBehind Facebook’s Ambitious Plan to Train 1 Million U.S. Small Business...
Facebook Friday announced a goal of training 1 million small business owners in the U.S. on digital skills by 2020. Director of business education Amy Brooks revealed in a Newsroom post that a study by...
View ArticleChef, Storyteller and TV Icon Anthony Bourdain Has Died at 61
Anthony Bourdain, a masterful storyteller who struggled with demons but still pushed through to become an acclaimed chef, writer and host of numerous travel shows, has died at age 61, according to...
View ArticleKnow Your Customers and Protect Their Data
Concerns about data privacy have certainly escalated following the news of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica's misuse, but despite the lively and well-deserved public debate, customer-facing businesses...
View ArticleHere’s How Much It Costs to Advertise in This Year’s NBA Finals
If you're a sports fan, you're probably aware that Kevin Durant had an extraordinary performance Wednesday night in leading the Golden State Warriors to an impressive victory over the LeBron James-led...
View ArticleBudweiser Campaign Champions Epic Underdog Vegas Golden Knights
A new spot by Budweiser is a heartwarming reminder you don't have to take home the trophy to be a winner. Now that the NHL season has drawn to a close, Budweiser is raising a glass to the Vegas Golden...
View ArticlePaypal Built An Artist-Created Pop-Up Bodega Shop In SoHo To Show How People...
Interested in commerce? Executives from Zappos, Facebook and other companies will be speaking at Adweek Ignite: Ecommerce July 10-12 in Seattle--apply here to attend. PayPal is opening a temporary...
View ArticleNasty Ocean Pollution Gets the Pretty Tourism Treatment for World Oceans Day
A sobering statistic about ocean pollution: By 2050, there will be more plastic and trash in the world's oceans than fish. Today, on World Oceans Day, Brooklyn-based indie Conquistadors created a...
View ArticleVerizon Gets a New CEO as the Race to 5G Heats Up
Verizon is tapping a new leader as it heads toward a pivotal juncture in the future of wireless service. The country's biggest cell carrier announced on Friday that its current chief technology...
View ArticleMacy’s Looks Internally to Find Next Big Influencer Campaign
When it comes to influencer marketing, more and more brands are looking to established bloggers or Instagram superstars with six-figure follower counts to promote their brands. Macy's, however, is...
View ArticleFacebook to App and Website Developers: HTTPS by Oct. 6
Applications and websites using Facebook Login have until Oct. 6 until all Facebook Login redirects must use HTTPS and all Facebook JavaScript software-development-kit calls that return or require...
View ArticleHere’s What Happens When Kim Kardashian Tweets Your Coverage
President Trump's granting of clemency to Alice Marie Johnson Tuesday began with an Oval Office meeting with Kim Kardashian West a week earlier. But it really began 7 months earlier, when Kardashian...
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