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Transformations In Social Media Commerce And Restaurant Technology 

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Social media platforms are aiming to harness their contextual commerce potential. 2019: The year Instagram rolled out in-app checkout for brands. TikTok , which is mostly a destination for users seeking short-form videos , is now looking to better monetize its service. All this, Today in Data.

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Why AI Is Social Media Fraud’s New Best Friend

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It can be difficult these days to remember the almost idyllic promise of social media when it first entered the general consumer consciousness. That’s not to tempt one into nostalgia, or to suggest that social media has become marred beyond recognition. Digital Evolution. Fraud Increases. trillion in 2018.

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Vietnam Launches New Social Media App As Facebook Alternative

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The social media company has teamed up with Sony Music Entertainment to feature music content, and aims to reach three million users in 2019 and 20 million by January 2021. Gapo, which launched on Tuesday (July 23), is a mobile app that allows members to build profiles and share posts, Reuters reported.

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Social Media That Matters by Ogilvy

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Ogilvy Africa and Ogilvy Social Lab held a session in Nairobi a few days ago. Speakers tackled the state of social media in 2019 in terms of technology usage, making brands stand out, and the role of influencers, among other items. The post Social Media That Matters by Ogilvy appeared first on Bankelele.

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Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses

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In the February Digital Identity Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest developments in the world of digital IDs, including digital driver’s license initiatives around the country, biometric solutions for credit cards and the growing danger of fake profiles on social media. Deep Dive: How Fake Profiles Endanger Social Media Networks.

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2019: A Banner Year (And Bumper Data Crop) For Hackers

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Welcome, then, to the Top Data Breaches of 2019. According to reports and as noted in this space, the data reportedly may have been accessed through manipulation of the social media giant’s API. It’s the list no one likes to be on. The readings are pretty grim. At a high level, the numbers are staggering. Thousands of breaches.

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Social Media as an Emerging Source of Cyberthreat

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trillion globally by 2019 In 2016, cybercrime cost the global economy over $450 billion, and over 2 billion personal records. The cost of data breaches is expected to reach $2.1