marketing
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WhatsApp Releases ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ Feature to Take Down Spammers
WhatsApp introduced a new automatic call-silencing feature intent on targeting potential spam calls this week. The feature, plainly dubbed “silence unknown callers” in the WhatsApp settings menu, is bringing another layer of protection to calls and messages from unknown numbers to combat an increase in unwanted calls.
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Amazon Plans to Cram More Than 100 Prime Video Originals on Freevee
Folks who want more streaming content without paying through the nose have quite a few more options this spring. Amazon announced Monday that it’s planning to drop a few more crumbs of content from its mainline Prime Video streaming platform to its Freevee ad-based video service.
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Facebook’s Ad System Went Nuts and Charged Customers for Ads No One Saw
Facebook’s advertising system went haywire starting around 2 am on Sunday morning, charging marketers extra money for ads that no one saw. Reports suggest Meta, the social network’s parent company, charged some advertisers more than double what they agreed to pay, ranging from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Meta briefly took part of…
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Google Experiment Reassures Ad Tech Bros That They will Be Just Fine After Chrome’s Cookies Are Gone
In 2024, Google will block third-party cookies in Chrome, the world’s most widely used internet browser. That will kill off one of the main ways companies track you online, and the ad tech industry is freaking out about it. Google has developed a suite of tools to replace cookies, which it collectively calls “Privacy Sandbox.”…