Ashley Madison Parent In $11.2 Million Settlement Over Data Breach

8 years ago0374 (Reuters) - The owner of the Ashley Madison adultery website said on Friday it will pay $11.2 million to settle U.S. litigation brought on behalf of roughly 37 million users whose personal details were exposed in a July 2015 data breach. Ruby Corp, formerly known as Avid Life Media Inc, denied wrongdoing in agreeing to the preliminary...

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Head of Neiman Marcus’ ilab Answers 4 Questions for Marketing Innovators

8 years ago0452 Scott Emmons is focused on innovation for the Neiman Marcus Group (NMG), where he is responsible for evaluating, designing, testing, and piloting cutting-edge technologies and applications for luxury retail. Emmons founded and built the Neiman Marcus Innovation Lab (iLab) in 2012, which has grown to become the company’s hub for...

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Meet the Man Who Helped Facebook Bring Snapchat to Its Knees

8 years ago0389 Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom needed someone to implement his plan to overhaul the service. At a dinner, he asked Kevin Weil, who had gone to Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg and worked at Twitter as a top exec, to take the job. Soon after Weil joined, Instagram user and advertiser growth took off. Instagram CEO Kevin...

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AT&T to Run Wireless, Media as Separate Units - Source

8 years ago0306 (Reuters) - AT&T Inc (T.N) will run its wireless and DirecTV satellite television businesses separately from Time Warner Inc's (TWX.N) media assets following its $85.4 billion acquisition of the entertainment group, a source told Reuters on Friday. Buying Time Warner gives AT&T control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film...

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Mind the Gap: Why the Disconnect Between Marketing Technology and Data Hurts Customer Loyalty

8 years ago0447 There isn’t an obvious connection between analytics technology and customer loyalty, but the two are more closely linked than marketers might think. Marketing campaigns built on obsolete or inaccurate data can make consumers question just how well brands actually know them, for example. Ashley Stirrup, CMO of data integration company...

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5 Marketing Trends and How Technology Is Helping Marketers Address Them

8 years ago0384 Marketers today are not shy about facing the challenges of the changing market, regardless of whether they are selling to consumers or to other businesses. And the market is changing rapidly—mobile use only continues to rise, personalization is an expectation, and the channels where people engage are constantly shifting—and marketers...

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Music Streamer SoundCloud Has Cash Until Fourth Quarter After Layoffs

8 years ago0330 FRANKFURT (Reuters) - SoundCloud, the world's biggest music-streaming service, is still struggling to find a business model - it now has enough cash to last until fourth quarter, after laying off 40 percent of its staff, a representative said on Thursday. The Berlin-based start-up is different from rivals Apple, Spotify and Amazon in...

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Goldman Sachs Relaxes Dress Code For Techs In Fight For Talent

8 years ago0440 (Reuters) - Traditionally buttoned-up Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) has relaxed the dress code for its computer engineers in a bid to attract tech talent with a more casual environment. The fifth-largest U.S. bank by assets told employees in its technology division to "exercise judgment in determining when to adapt to...

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LendingTree Announces New Chief Marketing Officer, Brad Wilson

8 years ago0434 LendingTree® (NASDAQ: TREE), the nation's leading online loan marketplace, today announced that Brad Wilson has joined the company as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Effective immediately, Wilson will oversee LendingTree's brand strategy, marketing operations and consumer engagement as the company continues to expand into new...

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SendGrid Is Named To Second Annual Forbes 2017 Cloud 100 List

8 years ago0355 SendGrid, a leading customer communication platform that drives engagement and growth, was named to the Forbes 2017 Cloud 100 list, the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world, published by Forbes in collaboration with Bessemer Venture Partners for the second consecutive year. SendGrid was celebrated in San...

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Kaspersky Lab Says It Has Become Pawn In U.S.-Russia Geopolitical Game

8 years ago0282 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab, reacting to a U.S. government move restricting its activities, said on Wednesday it had fallen victim to U.S.-Russia global sparring while the Kremlin criticized the U.S. action as politically-motivated. The Trump administration on Tuesday removed the Moscow-based firm from...

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Trump Hotels Discloses Data Breach At 14 Properties

8 years ago0279 (Reuters) - Trump International Hotels Management LLC said late on Tuesday a data breach at a service provider compromised card payment details at 14 of its properties. The compromised information included payment card numbers and card security codes for some of the hotel chain's reservations processed through service provider Sabre...

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