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As the world continues to remember Alex Trebek's legacy on Jeopardy!, his 55-year-old daughter, Nicky, is remembering the quiz show icon as a dad.Sunday marked Nicky's first Father's Day without her dad since the former Jeopardy! host's death this past November. Hoping to celebrate his spirit, Nicky began posting intimate photos of Alex on her Instagram feed. On Saturday, she shared a throwback picture of herself with her dad and half siblings Matthew, 31, and Emily, 28. "Seems like a minute ago #missingyou #trebekgang #dadlove," Nicky captioned the photo. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. A day later, she revealed yet another Instagram tribute to Alex. Posting an even older picture of herself with her dad with the words "I will miss you forever" embedded on it, she wished her followers a Happy Father's Day. "The world is not the same without you but you sure left the most beautiful mark!," she penned alongside the picture. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or…

Fresno police and fire officials display recently confiscated illegal fireworks (GV Wire/Jahz Tello) Facebook posts selling illegal fireworks are among the latest challenges faced by Fresno officials trying to clamp down on nightly and noisy aerial displays roiling neighborhoods across the city. Police Chief Paco Balderrama says the social media posts are just one part of a network of illegal sales his department is up against. Numerous local Facebook Marketplace posts advertise game controllers for sale, while clearly showing boxes of illegal fireworks in their promotional images. (via Facebook) “We’ve also been conducting some undercover operations where we have found out that there is a lot of illegal firework sales here in Fresno and some of these sales occur through social media and through the dark web. So we have to be proactive,” Balderrama said. A recent Facebook Marketplace post with a headline advertising an Xbox controller shows pictures of the gaming device being held up in front of boxes of aerial explosives.  » Read More

Beyond saying that you care: Why your activism needs to extend further than your LinkedIn logo 24 June 2021 at 7:00 am Being an ethical brand is all the rage at the moment. But the truth is, it isn’t enough to just say you care – audiences will sniff out your slacktivism, writes Jo Scard, who says you should only align with causes you’re passionate about. This month, rainbow flags and words of allyship have dominated our social media channels. New corporate partnerships have been established, LinkedIn logos have been changed and brands around the world, from all kinds of industries, have stood in solidarity for LGBTQIA+ rights.  When you consider that consumers are much more likely to opt for socially and environmentally responsible brands, it isn’t hard to understand why organisations would make these kinds of moves. Recent times have seen a push towards brand purpose – people are caring about themes like sustainability and ethical decision making more than ever before. And similarly, marketers and PR specialists have spent the last decade capitalising on the digital economy and implementing innovative ways to position brands as activists, allies or advocates as a means to transition their audiences into consumers.  So while…

‘The website that never sleeps’ has generated record traffic levels in the last month, generating 643,708 page views from 14 May to 14 June INTERNATIONAL. The Moodie Davitt Report has achieved unprecedented monthly web traffic levels, generating 643,708 page views from 14 May to 14 June. This represents a +188% increase compared to the same period in 2020, according to verified Google Analytics figures. Over the last 12 months, The Moodie Davitt Report recorded 1,823,103 total users, 2,769,936 sessions and 4,786,243 page views, extraordinary results for a B2B media in a niche retail sector. This represents page view growth of +14.8% year-on-year. 37% or 1,780,763 of these page views were recorded from April 2021 to June 2021 alone, representing a +173% increase compared to the same period in 2020. Geographically, the web traffic increase was propelled strongly by readership in China, growing by +165.15% year-on-year, driven partly by the launch of The Moodie Davitt Report’s acclaimed new WeChat Official Account. In addition, direct traffic growth has also grown by +11.58%. In a notable reflection of wider industry reading trends, 48.1% of The Moodie Davitt Report.com’s traffic over the last 12 months was generated through mobile platforms. All Moodie Davitt Report…

on June 23, 2021 at 1:00 pm Twitter has begun allowing some Twitter Spaces hosts to charge money for joining their rooms. The new ticketing feature lets approved Twitter Spaces hosts set prices and room sizes, controls likely to be imitated by the many social audio platforms proliferating this year. Twitter tied the new feature to the unveiling of the new Super Follows option, which lets influencers create a subscription fee for access to exclusive content on their Twitter page. Ticketing Spaces Not just anyone can offer tickets, and the bar is significantly higher than the 600 followers needed to host any Twitter Spaces room. You need to have at least 1,000 active followers and to have hosted a minimum of three Spaces over the last month. Ticketing is also limited to those over 18 who live in the U.S. for now. Those interested in applying can check their eligibility and submit a request in the Twitter app’s sidebar under monetization. Those hosts who Twitter approves can then start creating and scheduling their rooms.  » Read More

Bengalis bond over ghost stories and more on the latest virtual-adda zone   |   Published 23.06.21, 10:38 PM Early this month, a friend put up her monthly ‘looking for recommendations’ post on Facebook: “Who’s binge-watching what?” Curious, I started glancing through the comments only to stop at one. It said: “Not watching. Only listening. Bhooter golpo whole night. On Clubhouse.”Spooky, spine-chilling tales at the dead of the night — that’s what keeping Bengalis across the globe wide, wide awake these days, err… nights — all thanks to the latest virtual-adda zone on the digital space, the Clubhouse app. For the uninitiated, it’s a social media platform where users can connect with each other in voice chat rooms. It’s an audio-only app where one can create chat rooms, follow clubs on different themes (or even create one), and host live discussions, where you can drop in just as a listener, or speak if the hosts (called moderators) allow you to. And this is where adda-loving Bangalis from near and far are flocking and bonding together over hair-raising,  » Read More

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One recently public stock is generating attention.Vimeo, the video software-as-a-service stock, was named Tuesday as Cowen's best small to midcap stock idea. Analysts there are getting bullish on increasing enterprise adoption. That name has had a rough stretch, though, since its spinoff from IAC in May.Delano Saporu, founder of New Street Advisors, is not jumping in yet, but multiple tailwinds have him keeping a close eye on the stock.  "I do like some of the trends that Vimeo has on the upside. One … the total addressable market, the content creation, video creation is growing," Saporu told CNBC's "Trading Nation" on Tuesday. "Another thing that I think is really strong is their revenue, their top side subscriber growth. That is really growing and trending really, really strong. They also have a very high number of average revenue per user, which is $233 per user."Like Cowen, Saporu also sees opportunity in its enterprise unit, pointing to relationships with clients Amazon, Intuit and Softbank, among others."I definitely think as an investor, you should be watching this stock and looking for an opportunity to buy, especially after the drop when they first debuted," Saporu said.Bill Baruch, president of Blue Line Capital, says Vimeo's…

Debate has raged about whether digital addiction is a real affliction or something akin to a strong habit. As the evidence has accumulated, however, doctors and psychiatrists are increasingly confident classifying our digital devices as addictive, not unlike cigarettes or gambling.Now economists are weighing in. This June, a team of economists from Harvard, Stanford, and New York universities released a white paper entitled, simply, “Digital Addiction” that used economic methods, such as small payments, to analyze people’s “digital self-control problems.”The researchers recruited about 2,000 American adults who installed an Android app allowing them to limit screen time. Participants were given self-control options that were difficult to override, as well financial incentives ($2.50 for every hour that blocked Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and YouTube). Users reduced screen time for those services by 22 minutes per day over 12 weeks.The researchers built a model showing how people’s behavior corresponded to their preferences (versus their compulsion to check their phones). The study concludes about a third of social media use (48 minutes per day on average) are linked to self-control problems and habit formation engendered by our digital technology. “The model predicts that 31% of social media use is not what people would…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Fidelis Freight has officially announced the company's rebranding to Drive Logistics. The brand offers comprehensive and strategic business solutions, along with personalized 24-hour support, broker negotiations, back-office support, IT services, telehealth benefits and success incentive programs to all the truckers and owner-operators it serves. Drive Logistics In 2016, Michael O'Leary began building a company that focused on the people behind the wheel: the small businessmen and women of the trucking industry. As Drive Logistics rolls out new and innovative changes, it has become a disruptor in the trucking industry with a renewed focus on giving power back to the trucker. With Drive Logistics and the myDrive mobile app, the company's clients have the tools they need to haul the freight they want, when they want, where they want — and that freedom is the key to unlocking personal success. "Drive Logistics provides a service that gives our truckers the best pathway to success — a way to make their dreams a reality while focusing on moving freight at premium rates," says Drive Logistics founder Michael O'Leary. Not Just Another Trucking Software — myDrive mobile appAs part of the rebrand, Drive Logistics released a proprietary software within the cutting-edge…