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Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in April.CreditCreditEric Thayer for The New York Times Joseph R. Biden Jr. was addressing an elite audience, describing how as a young senator he had learned to work with Jesse Helms, the right-wing North Carolinian known for his fierce opposition…
It seemed virtually inevitable that I would be thrown out of AutismOne, a yearly conference that has been accused of being a hive of anti-vaccine sentiments, bad science, scaremongering and worthless products. The conference has, after all, ejected several science bloggers who have previously attended, as well as a Chicago Tribune journalist, a filmmaker, and…
The organisation in charge of regulating UK data laws has confirmed it will be making changes to its cookie policy following complaints that its site was storing data without user consent. The Information Commissioners Office has admitted that its current consent notice relating to the use of cookies on devices failed “to meet the required…
Investment brings Firefly’s total to more than $51 million Firefly founders Kaan Gunay (l.) and Onur Kardesler’s company emerged from stealth mode just a few months ago. New York’s taxi-top ads have been in vogue since the 1970s. Now, Firefly wants to give them a tech-forward twist. The company is mounting 300 of its programmatic screens…
Median average responses varied: On the lower end, a consumer’s email address, shopping history, full name, mailing address and employment history all came in at $50 a piece, while the most sensitive information — biometric data, banking information and Social Security number — garnered the highest average of $1,000. Experts say consumers don’t typically think…
CANNES, France—You’ve seen the play before, but this time around, its cast is a bit more impressive. Today in Cannes, a group consisting of some of the world’s largest advertisers (Adidas, Mars, Unilever, Mondelez, General Mills, Diageo, GSK, Mastercard, Nestlé, P&G, LVMH, etc.), five major media holding companies (Omnicom, Dentsu, Publicis, IPG and GroupM), a…
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is advertising’s flagship event, with the official attendee numbers suggesting that 16,000 of the great and the good from the industry make the annual pilgrimage to the chic resort. Per travel data firm Adara, U.S. travelers from New York and San Francisco will be some of the most well-represented…
With its annual Salesforce Connections conference right around the corner, the industry’s leading CRM outfit Salesforce decided to give attendees something to talk about. Last week, the company forked out $15.7 billion to acquire data-visualization company Tableau in a move that comes on the heels of similar mergers in the cloud computing space. The marketing…
Facebook has just announced the full details of its Libra cryptocurrency venture, including details of the founder members of the Libra Association, among them Visa, Mastercard, Uber and Spotify. Its mission, it says, is to make payments cheaper and more accessible. Whether we can trust them about that is another matter. Libra could be a social-good venture…
Google is the dominant player in online advertising, one reason the U.S. Justice Department is laying the groundwork for potential antitrust action against the tech giant. It has a 37% share of the $130 billion U.S. digital ad market, according to research firm eMarketer, but understanding Google’s full clout requires a deeper look at the sector. Google…