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Snapchat owner Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) shares have risen over 350% in the last year. Analysts think there could be more opportunities for the company with its growth in social commerce and younger demographic. The Snap Analysts: Wedbush analyst Ygal Arounian upgraded shares of Snap Inc. from Neutral to Outperform and raised the price target from $52 to $75. Bank of America analyst Justin Post maintains a Neutral rating and price target of $67 for Snap. Advertising Strength: “We see Snap uniquely positioned as a video-centric platform, with an augmented reality and social commerce opportunity, also centered around a younger, digitally native audience,” Arounian said. Snap has improving momentum coming out of the pandemic with its younger audience being attractive to advertisers, the analyst notes. Snap more than doubled its advertiser count year-over-year in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 and reached its highest number of advertisers to date. “The strength in advertisers is an inflection point for Snap in our view as its product investments are bearing fruit.” Snap is focused on video content for advertisers and has been pushing with augmented reality. The growth of digital advertising could be a positive for Snap. Advertisers look for highly engaged audiences…

DataIntelo recently publishes an all-inclusive report on the Global Short Video Platforms Market providing a complete overview of the key aspects of the market. Short Video Platforms market report makes a robust assessment regarding the current market situation and its scope, which are anticipated to impact significantly on the performance of the market during the forecast period, 2020-2027. This report includes an in-depth analysis about the COVID-19 situation and its possible impact on the market in the next few years. The report contains XX pages, which provides a precise and detailed explanation of key components and their market expansion scope in the mentioned period. The key insights about the potential size, volume, and dynamics of the market as mentioned in the report is a vital guideline that would help clients to make informed decision about their business investment plans and strategies in the market. As per the analysis, the global Short Video Platforms market was valued at USD XX million in 2019 and is projected to reach a value of USD XX million by the end of 2027, expanding at a CAGR of XX% during the forecast period. Few of the key players mentioned in this report: Facebook(Instagram)SnapchatByteDance(Toutiao)SNOW(B612)VimeoTencent(Weishi)Beijing Wei Ran…

A new Discord policy removes NSFW servers from the iPhone and iPad apps in order to comply with an unidentified Apple policy.Discord removes adult content in response to Apple policyOn Tuesday, Discord announced that it would begin classifying servers based on content, specifically NSFW content. Not all NSFW content is in danger, however, and only applies to servers that focus on NSFW content only.The company isn't providing much insight into the issue. According to Mashable, a spokesperson simply stated that the change was "to comply with Apple's policies." Which policy and why is not clear.One possible reason is the app's age rating. On March 22, Discord announced that it had to update its age rating from 12+ to 17+ upon Apple's request. This means that any minor with an Apple ID would not be able to download the Discord app if parental controls were on.A 17+ age rating is not ideal for an app directed at young teens. Removing all NSFW content from the iOS app would rectify this issue.Another reason, and the one shared by The Verge is that Apple has targeted Discord in an unfair campaign to remove adult content. Apple is known to have an anti-pornography policy…

Businesses using automated technologies to call and text consumers may breathe a collective sigh of relief today as the Supreme Court confirmed in the Facebook v. Duguid decision what defense lawyers have been arguing for years – equipment that is merely capable of storing and dialing telephone numbers is not an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”).  Rather, the equipment must also use “a random or sequential number generator.”  That is the type of equipment that concerned Congress.  What is the TCPA? Enacted in 1991, the TCPA imposed restrictions on abusive telemarketing practices.  In particular, ATDS technology allowed companies to dial blocks of telephone numbers automatically, which could tie up the lines of emergency services and businesses alike.  In response to this emerging technology, the TCPA made it unlawful to make certain calls using an ATDS, and created a private right of action allowing consumers to recover up to $1,500 per unlawful call, creating the potential for truly staggering liability in class actions.   Facebook’s login notification text Fast forward 25 years.   » Read More

CAMANCHE, Iowa (KWQC) - A 19-year-old Camanche man faces felony charges after police say he sexually abused a 10-year-old girl.Courts records show Nicholas Lee Campie made an initial appearance Friday in Clinton County Court. He is charged with two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, a Class B felony punishable by 25 years in prison, and enticing a minor younger than 13, a Class C felony punishable by 10 years in prison.Court records show he waived his right to a preliminary hearing and will be arraigned on April 29.He remained in the Clinton County Jail Wednesday on a $50,000 cash-only bond.On May 14, a report was made to the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office regarding sexual contact between a 10-year-old girl and Campie, then 18, according to arrest affidavits.According to the affidavits:The girl’s parent saw text messages between her and a contact in her phone saved as “Nick.”Her phone was turned over to the sheriff’s department, and her parent provided them with screenshots of a text message exchange.The girl said she began speaking with Campie after he added her on Snapchat. She said he told her he was 18.She said the two met up twice. The first time, he picked her up…

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Instagram, which Facebook owns, will soon allow a small group of random users to decide whether or not they want to see the number of likes their posts. The tiny red hearts that appear under Instagram photos of kids, kittens and sandwiches can be a source of stress for many users, an insidious way of measuring self worth and popularity.  Now Facebook says it's going to test out — again — an option for users to hide those "like" counts to see if it can reduce the pressure of being on social media. Instagram, which Facebook owns, will soon allow a small group of random users to decide whether or not they want to see the number of likes their posts and those of others receive. The social media giant says it's also exploring the feature for Facebook. Comments will still be available for people who chose to hide likes — they just won't see whether it was 2, 20 or 20,000 people who liked their posts.  Instagram began hiding likes in 2019. While many users welcomed the feature, others, including some influencers, worried it might take away from the social media experience. At the time, the platform didn't give…

LinkedIn (REUTERS) LinkedIn recently made headlines when the personal information of 500 profiles was put up on sale on a hacker forum. At the time, reports detailed that the hacker had put a price of around $2 to view the leaked sample of two million profiles. Now, a new report sheds more light in this regard.GizChina reports that a user on the above-mentioned hacker forum has asked for a price of $ 7,000 ( ₹5,24,925 approx.) for 827 million LinkedIn user profiles. The user claimed that there are more than 500 million items on the list. The report also says that the number of these items has exceeded the scale of LinkedIn users, which originally stood around 740 million. This indicates that the hacker’s list is likely to contain outdated or duplicate material.Furthermore, the report says that the hacker has packaged the data into seven groups. In addition to the user data of 500 million user profiles, the list is expected to contain packages that are labelled as ‘global users’ and ‘US users’, which totals to 327 million material. This material, however, is not being sold separately but in the form of these groups.“This was not a LinkedIn data breach,…

7 in 10 Indian companies hire internally to gain an insider's perspective or a sense of progress; reduced costs and increased speed in on-boarding make it a preferred choice for HRsAs many as 93% companies in India are looking to hire internally for vacancies, according to a study by professional networking and job search firm LinkedIn, with an almost equal number merging roles to reduce talent acquisition costs. The inaugural Future of Talent study conducted across 3,500 respondents in January 2021 includes HR personnel, senior-level hiring managers and top management from 500 Indian companies. The findings come at a time when companies are looking to optimise costs but keep businesses functioning after a year of wreckage across sectors due to the coronavirus pandemic that has left the workforce burned out. "In 2021, India will see more companies merge roles, upskill their employees, and hire internally to maximise business growth without expanding operational costs," said LinkedIn's India director (talent and learning solutions) Ruchee Anand. ALSO READ: HR challenge! Justifying expenditure on reskilling employeesData-led hiring practices will also play a critical role in helping companies engage with their employees, attract the right talent, and hire more effectively in 2021, she added. The…

A 1936 Mercury streamliner and a cow named Bessie did not meet in a New York railroad collision as suggested in photos and posts circulating on social media. Reuters found the origin of the story based in satire.Examples of the social media posts can be seen here and here .A user posted the original photograph of the Mercury engine on Tumblr here in 2015. These trains were indeed introduced in New York in the 1930s: multiple train websites and blogs feature a Mercury train engine like that in the Tumblr post ( here , here , here ) . Old footage of the locomotive can be seen here .Things got interesting when fellow Tumblr.com user, facts-i-just-made-up, wrote and published a story in a tumbler thread after another commentator expressed interest in bringing the discontinued trains back into use(here).Tumblr user facts-i-just made up, whose real name is Ari Bach, is an author( here) . Bach told Reuters in a series of messages via Tumblr: “I made it up.”The story featured in these posts describe the image of “three toothy skulls with phallic lobed craniums” and the “bladed jaws” of a train designed to usher in the Apocalypse. In a social media…