Flickr Melania Trump claiming that “spooks” are slowly poisoning President Donald Trump is fake news. There is no truth to a report that the First Lady is accusing “spooks” of trying to poison her husband via his love of Coca-Cola as seen in evidence of his slurry doing a recent speech. Where did this fake […]
Recently, I ran an experiment to see if it’s still possible to become a fake news media mogul on Facebook, nearly an entire year after the 2016 US presidential election which first brought attention to this issue. TL/DR: the entire effort took less than an hour of work and just $50 dollars of Facebook ads.
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President Donald Trump pardoning Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn from his charge of making false statements to the FBI about his communications with Russia is fake news. There is no truth that Trump has issued a pardon to Flynn who plead guilty to the charge. Flynn is the first senior White House official to
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Despite Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s long-held stance against pre-empting videos with advertising, Facebook plans to test out pre-roll ads, Ad Age reported on Friday. A Facebook spokesperson declined to comment on the report, but a person familiar with the matter told Marketing Land that the company is expected to limit the pre-roll ads to Facebook’s
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Google is adding new filters to its trends data, making it possible to see search trends beyond web search. Now, you can find real-time search trends on specific search terms within YouTube, News and Image searches, along with Google Shopping. “We’re opening up more data to show what people in the world are looking for,
This week’s ‘Skim: Twitter officially doubled the number of characters you can tweet, and the (so far) surprising result; Facebook launches Messenger Platform 2.2 with all sorts of new capabilities for brands; Facebook launches polls for users and pages; Snap stock takes a tumble, and the company looks to an algorithmic feed for help; Twitter’s
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The sexual harassment stories involving Uber and Harvey Weinstein have been shocking but, as watching the news shows, not at all unusual. This evening came word that John Lasseter, top animator at both Pixar and Disney Animation, is out the door on leave for what he called “missteps.” As with so many other high profile cases
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This week’s Skim: Facebook’s new standalone app wraps Yelp, Foursquare, and Facebook Events into one; Snapchat’s massive redesign and upcoming algorithm; LinkedIn streamlines Lead Gen Forms for messages; Amazon courts Instagram and Twitter influencers with a commission program; the social app that was just bought by a Chinese startup for nearly $1 billion; why Pinterest
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People can now enter virtual reality through their traditional Facebook News Feeds. Less than a month after Marketing Land reported that Facebook was testing web-based VR within News Feed posts, on Friday the social network debuted examples of brands that have developed VR apps that people can interact with through Facebook’s standard site and mobile
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Amy Gesenhues is Third Door Media’s General Assignment Reporter, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land and Search Engine Land. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed
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