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LinkedIn tools can make job hunters' resumes come alive and give them insight into their target companies, an executive said in a "Newsday Live" program.. Prospective job candidates can make their LinkedIn profiles stand out by adding a high-quality profile photo or a video, said Ada Yu, group product manager at LinkedIn. "Nearly 80% of hiring managers believe a video is an important way to understand candidates," Yu said during the online event, part of Newsday's Carving Out a Career series. Yu said that LinkedIn is rolling out a new "video cover story" feature that allows job candidates to offer "a glimpse into your personality." Yu was interviewed by Faith Jessie, Newsday anchor, and Victor Ocasio, Newsday's labor and employment reporter. LinkedIn, now owned by Seattle-based Microsoft Corp., is a professional networking site with about 740 million members worldwide. Other LinkedIn profile tips offered by Yu included: •Write a summary in the "about" section to tell your "unique story"; •Use photos, presentations and other rich media to illustrate your past experience; •Include skills such as coaching, courses and volunteering beyond the workplace; •Turn on the "open to work" feature that lets recruiters and the broad LinkedIn community know that you're…

U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, speaks with U.S. Senator and ranking member Ben Sasse (R-NE) during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, in Washington, D.C., April 27, 2021.Al Drago | Pool | ReutersExecutives from Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube testified before Congress on Tuesday about the ways their algorithms influence users and sometimes serve harmful misinformation.The hearing before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on privacy and technology highlighted a key feature of the social media platforms that has amplified some of the most serious harms lawmakers have been seeking to address through a wide swath of bills.Algorithms are essentially the formula social media platforms use to decide what information to surface to people using an app or website. While both Facebook and Twitter have introduced more choice for users around whether they want to view a curated timeline of content on their feeds or not,  » Read More

The pandemic giveth and the pandemic taketh away.  That was the major takeaway from Eli Lilly’s first-quarter earnings, which reflected plummeting demand for COVID-19 drugs.   While Lilly’s revenue for the period clocked in at $6.81 billion, a 16% increase from the period last year, it fell significantly short of analyst projections from Bloomberg ($7.02B) and Mizuho ($6.94 billion), for example. Earnings per share tumbled to $1.87, falling short of a predicted $2.13. Investors weren't happy. Shares plummeted by 8% in pre-market trading and were down by 4.7% midday. But at least one analyst figures the pandemic pain is masking a more positive long-term story. “Quarterly performance (in 2021) was expected to be lumpy in Pharma due to the pandemic as well as sales of antibodies," wrote Louise Chen of Cantor Fitzgerald. The firm puts Lilly's 12-month price target at a hefty $245.  As last year progressed, Lilly increasingly rode sales of bamlanivimab, making $871 million off the COVID-19 antibody treatment in the fourth quarter alone. But a month ago, as coronavirus variants emerged in the United States, the FDA halted distribution of bamlanivimab after finding it ineffective as a standalone treatment. Earlier in March, three western states, including California, had already…

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Fans Media & Platforms Teams & Leagues NBA Forms Reddit Partnership to Host Player AMAs By Andrew Cohen April 27, 2021 The NBA has reached a new content and ad sales partnership on Reddit to share content and game highlights on the social media platform. Boston Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum tipped off the partnership on Monday by hosting a Q&A discussion with fans on the league’s subreddit. Tatum’s Ask Me Anything discussion was sponsored by potato chip brand Ruffles. Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis is also planned to host an AMA on Reddit later this season. The r/NBA subreddit has 3.9 million members.  The NFL formed a similar deal with Reddit in 2019. The NBA’s new deal, which also includes WNBA content posted to Reddit, comes almost two years after the NBA helped ban a former Reddit page that hosted pirated streams of NBA games.  Athletes Brands Investments & Partnerships Quarterback Trevor Lawrence,  » Read More

Athletes Brands Investments & Partnerships Quarterback Trevor Lawrence, Tight End Sean Culkin Get Paid in Crypto By Zoe Strozewski April 27, 2021 Presumptive first overall NFL draft pick Trevor Lawrence and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Sean Culkin are the latest athletes to be paid in cryptocurrency. Culkin will convert his entire 2021 salary to Bitcoin, while Lawrence’s new endorsement deal with Blockfolio will see his bonus paid exclusively in crypto.  Culkin, 27, will exchange his $920,000 salary for Bitcoin through the money transferring app Strike. In December, Carolina Panthers lineman Russell Okung announced that half of his $13 million contract will be converted to Bitcoin through Strike.  “Considering my career—particularly its physical demands, and brevity—it makes the most logical sense to be paid in sound money that I believe protects its purchasing power over time,” Culkin said in a statement on Monday.   Cryptocurrency investment app Blockfolio announced a multi-year sponsorship with Lawrence on Monday;  » Read More

Kevin Love made a very strange, low-effort decision on Monday and Twitter is roasting him for it. During the third quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers game against the Toronto Raptors, Love received a throw in ball from the referee, and instead of picking it up and attempting the inbound, he batted the ball into play, making it a live ball. Even worse was the fact that Toronto was able to scoop up the ball unimpeded and load up for an uncontested easy three-pointer. The play all begins with the nonchalant effort of Love on the throw in attempt, which is incredibly bizarre as he just… doesn’t even react to the ball being in play. What is Kevin Love doing 😅 pic.twitter.com/WpZP4UZJHL — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 27, 2021 It’d be easy to say it was a mistake on the throw in by Love here had he made any attempt to recover the ball once it went into play, but there was none at all. Twitter, of course, was all over Love as soon as soon as the play happened, going in hard on the 32-year-old power forward. kevin love: pic.twitter.com/SWxxwOjOCg — alex (@steven_lebron) April 27, 2021 Kevin Love in Cleveland…

Twitter has begun making its Clubhouse-like “Spaces” available to more people — here’s how to disable notifications for them. Given the sudden and immense popularity of Clubhouse, allowing people to listen live and even participate in conversations with people they consider to be thought leaders — or at least just interesting folks — it was only a matter of time before the app was copied. Twitter Spaces is just one of the many clones of Clubhouse, and it’s begun to be more available to more accounts. Unfortunately, Twitter has opted to do a bit of growth hacking to draw interest in Spaces. Namely, if you follow someone on Twitter and they start a space, by default, you’ll get a notification to tune in. However you may feel about Twitter Spaces, the sudden launch of the feature has lead to many trying it out, and thus sending “ is speaking” notifications you might not want. So here’s how to disable notifications for Twitter Spaces. These instructions were written with Twitter for Android in mind, but a similar process should work with Twitter for iOS. Open the Twitter app’s settings Obviously, the first step in turning off these notifications is to open…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they filed animal cruelty charges against a California man who posted a video on Snapchat after cutting a puppy’s throat. Angel Ramos-Corrales, 19, was arrested Monday at his Riverside home on a charge of animal crushing, a federal crime for causing serious injury that carries up to a seven-year prison sentence if convicted. Court records say Ramos-Corrales slashed the throat of his puppy, Canelo, on Feb. 13 at his home and then kicked the gravely wounded dog. An FBI agent says the suspect didn’t remember what he had done, but said he lost control when the dog nipped him.