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âSee if there’s a way to be sustainable (especially at small scale) while accommodating concerns. Maybe tracking is more ok on smaller sites?â Anil Dash on Twitter: “See if there’s a way to be sustainable (especially at small scale) while accommodating concerns. Maybe tracking is more ok on smaller sites?”.
In case the hysteria over ad-blocking software wasn’t already at a fever pitch, Apple’s new iOS version is now in the wild—complete with built-in support for ad blocking—and several ad blockers are topping the most-installed list. Is this an apocalypse for publishers, especially small ones? And if it is, does installing and using an ad…
In a 1997 segment on the short-lived tech TV show The Site, host Soledad O’Brien sits at a bar in front of a laptop computer, talking to Dev Null, a full-scale human avatar with frosted fuchsia tips and a soul patch. Motion-captured from the show’s second host backstage, he swivels from side to side, arms…
“We’ve got another lawsuit,” my friend and client Lana* told me over the phone. “Really?” I was honestly surprised. “What about all that diversity training everyone went through?” “Well, apparently we need to do it again.” Lana was the head of Human Resources for Bedia, a company in the media industry that felt, at times,…
Wednesday’s prime time GOP debate averaged 22.9 million viewers, making it the most-watched program in CNN’s history. The 6 p.m. “undercard” debate drew 6.3 million viewers. For comparison’s sake, CNN’s most-watched presidential primary debate before Wednesday was a Democratic debate on January 31, 2008. It had an average of 8.3 million viewers. CNN’s most-watched program…
Mystery GOP Hunk Revealed! Find Out Who the Super-Hot Male Was Sitting Behind Jake Tapper Way to engage an audience! Candidates and policies flew out the window for a large section of the politically interested community during Wednesday, Sept. 16’s GOP forum — thanks to one seriously hot dude, who was seated just to the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Viewers of the second Republican presidential debate heard inflated claims about Planned Parenthood abortion practices and the risks of vaccines, as well as a dubious assertion by Donald Trump that he wasn’t interested in establishing casinos in Florida back in Jeb Bush’s days as a candidate for governor. Some of the claims…
AP Photo CNN’s three-hour debate from hell Marathon encounter tried the patience of candidates, operatives, and viewers. By Hadas Gold 09/17/15, 02:12 AM EDT By the third hour of CNN’s GOP presidential debate, the candidates looked like long-distance runners fading in the final lap: A sweating Marco Rubio ran his hands through his hair, Chris…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was tweeting up a storm during the Republican presidential debate. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was tweeting up a storm during the Republican presidential debate. Win McNamee/Getty Images This post was updated at 8:30 a.m. ET…
Republican presidential hopefuls, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and real-estate mogul Donald Trump talk about childhood vaccines during the second Republican presidential debate. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Republican presidential hopefuls, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and real-estate mogul Donald Trump talk about childhood vaccines during the second…