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By Michele Gorman · July 1, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT The longtime Microsoft attorney tapped as chief legal officer at Cisco will soon take the lead amid regulators' heightened scrutiny of the technology sector, but her experience demonstrates she's a seasoned... Want to continue reading? Take a 7 Day FREE Trial Unlock these benefits today when you sign-up for a FREE 7-day trial: Gain a competitive edge with exclusive data visualization tools to tailor to your practice Stay informed with daily newsletters and custom alerts across 14+ coverage areas relevant to you Streamline your business of law needs with integrated news and research in a single destination Already have an account? Sign In Now

Photo: Primakov (Shutterstock)Twitter has launched two new features, Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces, that the company says will help creators make money off of their followers. Does this mean you could make a decent living using the social media app? Probably not, unless you already have a huge Twitter following eager to consume your content at a premium. Here’s a look at how the new features work.Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces are invite-only, for now Super Follows is kind of like Patreon, as it allows content creators to charge their followers $2.99, $4.99, or $9.99 per month for access to exclusive content. What that extra content might be is up to the creators, but it could take the form of bonus tweets, access to third party community groups, or a subscription to a newsletter.Ticketed Spaces is meant to be a paid competitor to the audio-hangout app Clubhouse, and it will allow you to charge users between $1 and $999 to access exclusive audio rooms within Twitter.  » Read More

A user of the social media app Clubhouse shows her smartphone with the logo of the audio application. Christoph Dernbach/picture alliance via Getty Images Downloads of buzzy audio chat app Clubhouse are surging after months of decline. The increase comes due to its recent launch on Android, Google’s mobile operating system. But its monthly downloads are still well-below its all-time highs in February 2021 of 9.6 million. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Downloads of Clubhouse are surging again after months of freefall thanks to its long-awaited launch on Android. In June, the audio chat app was downloaded around 7.8 million times across Android and iOS, according to data from research firm Sensor Tower shared with Insider – almost twice as many as the previous month. Clubhouse, which launched last year and allows users to engage in live, freeform audio conversations, became immensely popular over the pandemic as homebound users logged on to chat and listen to everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Mark Zuckerberg.  » Read More

WATCHUNG - Watchung Mayor Keith Balla introduced the community to the borough's new police chief and one of its new officers in an online video.The mayor was joined by Chief Andrew Hart and Officer Casey Breese, both of whom were sworn in on May 20, for a video posted on the borough's Vimeo page at https://vimeo.com/569013119.A 24-year veteran of the force, Hart is a lifelong resident of the area. He grew up and resides in North Plainfield. The chief said it is an exciting time for the department, and a period of transition as the department recently welcomed four new officers in Breese, Darren Calleo, Michael Bahadourian and Alyssa Krum."We're in a transition with some younger officers and some newer faces," he said, "so it's exciting. It's giving the department some new blood, which is always a good thing, I believe."State law enforcement in general is also in a period of transition, Hart noted, with new policies being implemented. One such change is the recent purchase of body cameras to be worn by each member of the department."The changes are exciting and it's going to be challenging, but we look forward to it as a department," he said.Asked why she…

A manipulative paedophile groomed underage girls and had sex with two of them in hotel rooms. Police burst into a Manchester city centre hotel room after being alerted by a concerned member of the public. Officers found 38-year-old predator Amjid Hussain with a 14-year-old girl in a hotel, after they'd engaged in a sex act. Weeks earlier, 'lonely' Hussain also had engaged in a sex act with a 15-year-old girl in a hotel room in Leeds. Hussain had offered the girl £300 and bought her vodka and cigarettes. She had told him she was 16. Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the country with a vast array of cases heard every week. To keep up to date with how justice is being served across Greater Manchester subscribe to our free weekly M.E.N. Court News newsletter put together by our court reporters Andrew Bardsley and Amy Walker. How do I sign up? First just click on this link to our newsletter sign-up centre. Once you're there, put your email address where it says at the top, then tick the MEN Court News box. There are other newsletters available if you want them as well. When you've made your choice,…

At the UN Generation Equality Forum in Paris on Thursday Twitter, TikTok, Google, and Facebook committed to tackling online abuse and improving safety for women on their platforms. The pledge came following consultations with the World Wide Web Foundation (WWWF) over the past year, aimed at examining online gender-based violence and abuse. The WWWF said the consultations showed women want more control over who could reply or comment on their social media posts and more choice around what they see online, where, and when. According to the WWWF, the companies have pledged to “build better ways for women to curate their safety online” by offering more granular settings, such as who can see, share, or comment on posts; more simple and accessible language; easier navigation and access to safety tools, and by “reducing the burden on women by proactively reducing the amount of abuse they see.” The way that last part is worded is a bit frustrating; it addresses the aftermath or the location of abuse, but not the person / people committing the abuse. And just because the women aren’t seeing the abuse on social media, doesn’t mean the abuse has gone away. The platforms certainly bear some responsibility…

Written By Jacob Camenker Share (Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/c/ce/dabo-swinney-010221-getty-ftr_j172vu6859vk14l6axx5si3fw.jpg?t=-1031535626&w=500&quality=80 July 1 is here and with it comes the first days of the NCAA's new Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) policy. And Twitter users are wondering what that means for Dabo Swinney's future. The Clemson coach once said in a 2015 interview that he would "go do something else" if the NCAA ever professionalized the sport. “As far as paying players, professionalizing college athletics, that’s where you lose me,” Swinney said, per Yahoo Sports. “I’ll go do something else because there’s enough entitlement in this world as there is.”MORE: Where does Dabo Swinney rank among FBS' 130 coaches?It's not the only time Swinney has said something like that. In a 2019 interview, he said he may go to the pros if the NCAA decides to "professionalize college athletics.""Who knows? They may do away with college football in three years. There may be no college football. They may want to professionalize college athletics. Well, then, maybe I'll go to the pros. If I'm going to coach pro football, I might as well do that," Swinney said, per ESPN. "I may get a terrible president or a terrible AD one day. I don't know. I have no idea what's…

JORDAN PICKFORD is hoping to help spark some more national scenes of celebration when England play Ukraine on Saturday night – because he wants his Snapchat to be filled with videos of his mates spraying pints around the beer gardens of the North-East. England head to Rome looking to secure a place in the semi-finals of Euro 2020, and while they will not have home supporters roaring them on in the stadium for the first time in the tournament, the nation will be cheering their every move from a distance. The atmosphere inside Wembley as England beat Germany on Tuesday night was electric, and the euphoric scenes were repeated in fan parks, pubs and front rooms up and down the country. Pickford has enjoyed watching the reaction in some of the spots he used to frequent in his younger days, and having received a regular stream of updates from his friends, many of whom still live in Sunderland, the Wearsider is hoping to be able to enjoy another catch-up on Sunday. “I’ve had a lot of Snapchats from my mates, watching the games in the beer gardens,” said the England goalkeeper, who is yet to concede a goal at Euro 2020.…

WARC Data Points, July 2021 An overview of the share of social media users aged between 18 and 24 in the United States. Read more Twitch is most popular with those aged between 18 and 24 (61% of its users are in this age group), followed by Snapchat (57%) and TikTok (54%).Facebook and YouTube attract a broader audience, with just 31% and 34% of their users aged 18-24.Some platforms lean towards younger audiences but less than half of their users are in this age group - for example, Reddit, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. More than half of Twitch, Snapchat and TikTok users are aged between 18 and 24, according to a survey of United States adults aged 18+ by audience analytics company Shareablee. Twitch is most popular with those aged between 18 and 24, with 61% of its users in this group. Snapchat follows at 57%, while 54% of TikTok users are aged between 18 and 24. Delivering a consistent customer experience across digital channels is fundamental when targeting this age group. In comparison, Facebook and YouTube attract a broader audience, with just 31% and 34% of their users aged 18-24. Additional data show that YouTube's audience is more evenly…

Members of a small Pennsylvania town are making noise after five teens in their community were photographed mockingly posing wearing White Lives Matter T-shirts and were reportedly only sent home from school early on the last day of the year. The image, which began circulating on Snapchat and Reddit, shows the group of teenage males who attended Montgomery Area High School wearing the shirts, in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and smiling, while one in the group poses with his two middle fingers raised. The students allegedly wore the shirts to school that day. “One of the most disrespectful things I’ve ever seen happen in Montgomery,” read a student’s Snapchat caption that was captured on Reddit. “Only reason you did this was to piss people off and look like a complete racist, not funny at all.” An anonymous source sent the image to VICE News, which reached out to the students in the image, the school’s vice-principal, the district’s superintendent, as well as various members of the Montgomery County System School Board for comment, but were met with no responses. According to a source, the students were given a slap on the wrist for the offensive photo. “They…