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Chardonnay Graham and Kofi Amponsah of Touch Cleveland have produced a series called "Roses: Living Legends" to celebrate and honor Cleveland's senior leaders aged 70 and over. Amponsah (left) and Graham (right) released a four-part docuseries in November to help Cleveland Black business owners share their stories of how systemic racism has affected their lives and enterprise. (Touch Cleveland)CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland marketing firm Touch Cleveland will launch a new YouTube series designed to celebrate Cleveland’s Black senior leaders aged 70 and over.“Roses: Living Legends,” part of the agency’s Unspoken: Community and Business Conversations lineup, will run from Aug. 15-20. One interview will be shown each day on Touch Cleveland’s YouTube channel. Third Space Action Lab will show a sneak preview of the series Aug. 13 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. during one of its Intergenerational Lunches. The preview will include the interview with retired Plain Dealer reporter and Call & Post reporter Dick Peery.The Intergenerational Lunches have provided Clevelanders of all ages with an opportunity to share and listen to stories of life in the city’s mostly Black East Side communities, according to a news release.“Over the last year, so much buried and forgotten Black history has resurfaced.…

The Awards recognise how leading brands are effectively leveraging YouTube as a platform to engage audiences to drive business goals and drive consumer engagement at scale across the country. Launched earlier this year in association with Kantar for advertising released between October 2019 and February 2021, the winning campaigns represent a range of popular advertising formats across seven categories. The inaugural India edition of the YouTube Works Awards today announced its winners. The Awards recognise how leading brands are effectively leveraging YouTube as a platform to engage audiences to drive business goals and drive consumer engagement at scale across the country. Launched earlier this year in association with Kantar for advertising released between October 2019 and February 2021, the winning campaigns represent a range of popular advertising formats across seven categories, from 6-second Storytelling to Multi-video Storytelling, and were selected by a 12-member jury comprising some of the most respected business leaders and marketers in the country. During a time that was marked by several lockdowns and restricted creative production, the jury picked campaigns by Mondelez, which bagged both the Ruby and the Grand Prix for its ‘Not just a Cadbury’ ad, InMobi, Amazon Prime, Puma, Motilal Oswal, and upGrad…

Peter Johnston’s Polywork has closed a Series A round that attracted investment from big names in Silicon Valley. Business-focused social network Polywork, founded by Peter Johnston who is originally from Carrickfergus, has closed a $13m Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z). Joining A16z was a star-studded list of investors including Stripe founders John and Patrick Collison, Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover and GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. Existing investors Goldcrest Capital and Caffeinated Capital returned, and Bungalow Capital and 20VC were among the other participants. Founded in 2020, part of Polywork’s draw is its founder; Johnston is a Google alum who set up freelancer-management software outfit Kalo (previously known as Lystable) in 2015. The start-up graduated from Techstars in the UK, attracted repeated investment from Valar Ventures, and built a client base that included Google, Airbnb and The Economist. During the pandemic, however, Kalo struggled and Johnston made the decision to shutter it. Polywork launched in beta in April of this year and held a $3.5m seed round in May. Observers and early users have described it as a blend of LinkedIn and Twitter, and Johnston has made clear his desire…

Published: 12:45pm, 6 Aug, 2021 Updated: 12:45pm, 6 Aug, 2021

August 5, 2021 at 11:27 pm DES PLAINES, Ill. (CBS) — Facebook seemingly wants to take over the world – one neighborhood at a time. It has a new product to take on the likes of popular apps like Nextdoor, and the Facebook plan is being tested in one Chicago suburb.READ MORE: Skate Park Opens Friday In Garfield ParkBut before you sign up, read and watch this story and find out what CBS 2’s Marie Saavedra learned. Des Plaines is home to more than 58,600 people – and where they live and what they do online has drawn the attention of an internet behemoth. “Facebook chose well, and they’re going to be happy with the results,” said Des Plaines Mayor Andrew Goczkowski. Goczkowski learned Thursday his city is one of 12 nationwide serving as test markets for a new offering, called Facebook Neighborhoods. “I think the fact that Facebook recognized that Des Plaines has a robust online community of people who are talking to their neighbors and connecting with their neighbors – and talking about issues that matter – is great,” the mayor said.  » Read More

Myles Turner spent the last 18 games of what was already a tumultuous season for the Pacers sidelined with a partial tear of the plantar plate in his big toe — an injury which, according to the big man’s Instagram story around the time when Javale McGee was selected to Team USA as a replacement for Kevin Love, required continued maintenance and/or rehab into at least the early portion of the summer. In revealing how much the injury affected both his mind and body over the last few months, Turner opened up about his struggles on Instagram and shared a before-and-after shot of what appears to now be a much more chiseled physique. “Bout two months ago post injury I got mad depressed, started eating bad, drinking a bit too much and got up to 276 pounds,” Turner captioned the photos. “Small sacrifices! Cut out all the drinking, consistent with my diet workouts and mental health! Back down to 255 and feeling like myself again!” Good on Turner, not only for taking care of his physical and mental health, but also for being vulnerable enough to share all of this. After all, just because Myles is a highly paid and…

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LinkedIn’s report earlier this year has listed 2021’s most sought-after jobs in Southeast Asia, with many of them being located in Thailand. For citizens of the aforementioned Asian country, this is a highly relevant piece of news, especially after a long period of career uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic. What’s more, many people choose to move to Singapore and Thailand to advance in their respective careers. So, this is also important for anyone who plans on changing their place of residence. The various jobs on the rise in 2021 which will continue to be in demand beyond this year include digital analysts or marketers, technology-related roles, or employment possibilities in e-commerce or finance. Therefore, there isn’t a lack of variety when it comes to new career prospects that are in high demand right now. This means that people looking to advance in their careers can choose from many suitable options. The same goes for individuals who are only at the beginning of their career path. If you are interested in Thailand’s most in-demand jobs from this year on, you are in the right place! Technology-driven roles With technology being embedded in almost every aspect of people’s lives, it comes…

Truly Cassandra Activity: Through the IP address of our friends you can find out where they are on vacation: here’s how. Photo © Adobe Stock What to do if WhatsApp suddenly turns into a stepping stone? After all, some technological tools really only have one application to predict the future, after which the service will be complete. One of the hidden tricks to hide the well known Facebook appWhile it may seem plausible, it seems to have the potential to turn its user into a new lock. Viewing various Instagram profiles is a great way to see what our friends are doing on vacation. But it is not certain that they are too luxurious with information to write about where they are. Providing WhatsApp is a really crazy feature for those who are interested. In fact, it was actually used for the opposite function, which is to control any annoying numbers and locate and confirm their location It was far from us. During the holidays, however, we need to understand that our friends are relaxing and not disturbing their relaxation. Definitely a good option, not something for travelers. Read more WhatsApp like Houdini: New trick to hide photos and videos…

Not all photos or videos need to (or should) last forever in your camera roll. If you want to send photos that will be opened once and then disappear forever, you can now use WhatsApp to do it (like you already could on Snapchat and Instagram).WhatsApp will now let you send any photo or video in a new “View Once” mode. It’s a simple feature, and not very customizable (you can’t choose a viewing window for the photo, for example). But once the recipient opens and views the media, then navigates away from it, the photo or video will be gone forever. WhatsApp isn’t promoting this feature as a secure way to send photos, as WhatsApp won’t even notify you when the other person takes a screenshot of your photo—something that Snapchat and Instagram do. And using any app, the other person can always use a camera to take a photo of the screen itself. (Essentially, don’t use this to send sensitive photos.)But it can be a great way to quickly share photos of your shopping list, the itinerary for a day out, or even passwords. How to send disappearing messages in WhatsAppTo get started, make sure you’re using the…