a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Online pricing algorithms are working together to make your life more expensive

Feb28
by on February 28, 2019 at 2:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Have you ever searched for a product online in the morning and gone back to look at it again in the evening only to find the price has changed? In which case you may have been subject to the retailer’s pricing algorithm. Traditionally when deciding the price of a product, marketers consider its value to the buyer and how much similar products cost, and establish if potential buyers are sensitive to changes in price. But in today’s technologically driven marketplace, things have changed. Pricing algorithms are most often conducting these activities and setting the price of products within the digital…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: , ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Twitter is testing a reply moderation feature for threads

Feb28
by on February 28, 2019 at 2:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Jane Manchun Wong, a security researcher who has a history of revealing yet-to-launch features through reverse engineering, tweeted today that Twitter is testing a “replies moderation” tool.  Twitter is testing replies moderation. It lets you to hide replies under your tweets, while providing an option to show the hidden replies pic.twitter.com/dE19w4TLtp — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 28, 2019 According to Wong, this feature allows users to hide replies under their tweets, while providing an option to show the hidden replies to other users. Since this was announced, multiple Twitter users have raised concerns over what this means for the…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Twitter

└ Tags: ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

For $21, Wave.Video can add a professional touch to your short videos

Feb28
by on February 28, 2019 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


Wave.Video wanted to make editing videos easy. With this limited time deal, you can find out exactly how easy it is to cut, enhance and share all your video creations featuring top-shelf production values with a Wave.Video Lifetime Creator Plan, now over 90 percent off at just $21.75 from TNW Deals with limited time promo code: DOWNLOADIT.

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

5G is a threat to Europe’s absolute net neutrality

Feb28
by on February 28, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


The EU has done a good job upholding net neutrality since it implemented a law on it back in 2016, but European net neutrality will face a new challenge in 2019: how to deal with 5G. The current net neutrality law is undergoing reform this year and it’s expected that it’ll largely revolve around the question of whether 5G should be treated like 4G and other internet services under net neutrality, or get special treatment. 5G is the much anticipated fifth generation of cellular mobile communications. It’ll be much faster than 4G (what most of us use to go online…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: , ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

4 years after adopting Bitcoin, this business is still waiting for someone to use it

Feb28
by on February 28, 2019 at 11:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Ask any Bitcoin fan – be it an investor, trader, entrepreneur, or even the dreaded “thought leader” – for their take on what Bitcoin really needs to fulfil its full potential, and they’ll undoubtedly tell you – mass adoption. It’s understandable, then, that businesses (large or small) are inevitably inundated with requests from persistent bagholders to begin accepting their particular cryptocurrency. But it seems even after these requests are accommodated, there’s hardly any customers paying with cryptocurrency. One small business in the UK, Seymour Locksmiths, has been accepting Bitcoin and other digital assets since 2014 – and not a single customer has paid with…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin

└ Tags: