US House of Representatives Passes JOBS Act 3.0, Bill Aims to Help Small Businesses Get More Funding
Small businesses won big on Tuesday night when the House of Representatives passed JOBS Act 3.0. The bill passed on a 406-4 vote, a surprisingly solid consensus from a chamber that has gained infamy due to its present bipartisan differences. Read More
Microsoft Now Has a Free Version of Teams, Takes on Rival Slack
Microsoft is gearing up for its yearly Inspire event and has drummed up interest with the announcement of a free version of Microsoft Teams. The Teams platform has been around since 2016 and 200,000 companies are now using it. However, Read More
eBay Breaks Up with PayPal for Another Partner
Even in business, some partnerships are just not meant to last. Despite working closely together for more than a decade, eBay recently announced that it would be ditching long-time partner PayPal as its primary payments processor by 2020. In a post Read More
What is CRM? Salesforce Provides Small Businesses with a Simple Explanation
Customer Relationship Management, or CRM, often gets small business owners eyes rolling. Saleforce recently created a simple, yet effective, video answer to that question targeted toward small businesses. What is CRM? Salesforce explains to small business why CRM is important Read More
Google allows advertisers to buy ads.txt authorized-only inventory
Display & Video 360 buyers can opt in to exclude publishers that have not published ads.txt files. Google announced Thursday that advertisers using Display & Video 360 (formerly DoubleClick Bid Manager) can now opt to only buy inventory that has Read More
Is Marketing Technology The Emperor’s New Clothes?
Columnist Rachel Balik notes that while the marketing technology landscape is broader than ever, many marketers are still struggling to utilize these technologies in a useful way. If marketing technology had a spirit animal, it would probably be the bunny Read More
Microsoft: Google Is Bypassing Internet Explorer Privacy Settings, Too
More trouble for Google today on the privacy front: Just days after revelations that Google is ignoring privacy settings on Apple’s Safari web browser, Microsoft says Google is doing the same thing with Internet Explorer. Microsoft shares its findings in Read More
PayPal Here Launches Two New Card Readers, Giving Small Businesses More Ways to Accept Payments
Every customer wants a swift and smooth payment transaction, with little fuss. This holds true regardless of whether they’re buying from a major enterprise or a small business. That goal is certainly possible with PayPal Here’s two new payment card Read More
Rupert Murdoch’s Solution to Facebook’s Fake News Problem: Pay the Publishers
Days after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new strategy to determine which news outlets can be trusted, Rupert Murdoch proposed another way to solve the fake new problem that has been bugging the social media platform. Murdoch, executive chairman Read More
Facebook Sees Growth in Ad Sales Despite Drop in Usage
Facebook saw a decline in usage for the first time in its history, undoubtedly brought about by certain changes made to its News Feed. Despite that, the social media company’s digital ads remained profitable, stemming any concerns investors might have. Read More