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Grubhub Changes Tipping In California, Angering Drivers

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Grubhub drivers are fuming over a new company policy that has led to dramatically reduced tipping, the Financial Times reported, citing exchanges with drivers and posts by other drivers on the Reddit social media platform. Really disappointing.”.

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Protecting customers from disaster fraud: What financial institutions need to know

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In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires in California, scam artists exploited the situation by posing as legitimate charities soliciting relief donations through social media, emails, and phone calls. California Attorney General Rob Bonta emphasized the importance of vigilance to avoid falling prey to such scams.

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B2B Venture Capital: Corporate Social Media, Marijuana Procurement, and Big Data

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This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. PYMNTS breaks down the $24 million in venture capital raised.

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DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook No Slam Dunk

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It offers a glimpse into how the Menlo Park, California-based social media conglomerate will defend itself against federal antitrust prosecutors and members of Congress about its power and competitive behavior. It was not a guarantee that Instagram was going to succeed," Zuckerberg said. "In

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AWS Outage Interrupts Web Service for Spotify, Square And Others

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According to the site DownDetector, the outage has spread to several high-profile sites including Vonage, Reddit, iTunes, GrubHub, Southern California Edison, Square, Chime, Fidelity, Roku, Alexa and Spotfiy. “The team has identified the root cause and is working on resolving the issue affecting this subsystem,” the notice said.

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Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round

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The initiative is being led by Goodwater Capital, the Silicon Valley tech investor; Founders Fund, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm; Floodgate, the venture capital company of Palo Alto, California; and New York-based Raine Group LLC, the global merchant bank focused on tech companies. .

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Facebook Could Lose Accreditation Of Media Rating Council

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advertisers probably won’t “like” its subpar rating from a media industry watchdog. The Media Rating Council (MRC) review found that the California-based social media giant has failed to address advertisers’ concerns arising from an Ernst & Young audit over how it measures and reports data about video advertisements. .