Since launching in 2015, Amazon’s Prime Day sale has claimed its place as an industry-wide shopping holiday, generating record-breaking revenues year-over-year, and eclipsing even Black Friday. This year, the 48-hour Prime Day mega-sale kicks off Monday, July 15 and is shaping up to be the biggest online shopping day to date. Amazon may have been…
Anticipated for months, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted today to fine Facebook a record $5 billion for apparent violations of a 2011 consent decree that required the company to better protect user privacy. This is according to reports in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and AP. The commission voted 3-2, reportedly with…
That Was SmashingConf Toronto 2019 That Was SmashingConf Toronto 2019 Rachel Andrew 2019-07-11T15:00:59+02:00 2019-07-12T12:35:19+00:00 We all enjoyed returning to Toronto for the second Smashing conference, and in this post, I am sharing some of the things that took place as well as the resources that were shared over the course of the two conference and…
Marketing research firm Nielsen has launched a service to provide podcasting networks with insights on their audiences such as genre preferences and purchasing habits. The data comes from Nielsen’s biannual podcast survey of 30,000 respondents. How it works. Networks can subscribe to the new Nielsen Podcast Listener Buying Power Service to have their podcasts included…
Location intelligence company NinthDecimal is rolling out what it calls “the industry’s first multi-touch attribution (MTA) solution for foot traffic measurement.” The approach takes a more holistic look at different consumer touchpoints and how they impact offline store visitation. NinthDecimal President David Staas says the company already has “200 customers running live with 500 different…
Improve Your JavaScript Knowledge By Reading Source Code Improve Your JavaScript Knowledge By Reading Source Code Carl Mungazi 2019-07-12T12:30:59+02:00 2019-07-12T12:35:19+00:00 Do you remember the first time you dug deep into the source code of a library or framework you use frequently? For me, that moment came during my first job as a frontend developer three…
UX Improvements For Keyboard Accessibility UX Improvements For Keyboard Accessibility Vitaly Friedman 2019-07-10T16:00:59+02:00 2019-07-11T12:35:18+00:00 How can we provide an accessible user experience for keyboard-only and assistive technology users without affecting the experience for any other users? We’ve kindly asked Aaron Pearlman, Principal UX Designer at Deque Systems, to share some practical tools and techniques to…
Pinterest business profiles now have a video tab. Pinterest has rolled out new video capabilities for brands on the platform. Businesses now have an updated video uploader to ease the process of uploading video content, a new tab within business profiles dedicated to videos and new “lifetime view” video analytics (to see how a video…
Direct marketing provider Cheetah Digital announced that it has acquired data solutions firm, Wayin Inc. Wayin specializes in data acquisition technology that allows marketers to create interactive quizzes, questionnaires and games while collecting first-and so-called “zero-party” data from consumers who opt-in to participate. Coined by Forrester, zero-party data refers to information that is actively provided…
Inspired Design Decisions: Pressing Matters Inspired Design Decisions: Pressing Matters Andrew Clarke 2019-07-11T12:30:59+02:00 2019-07-11T12:35:18+00:00 As I’d always been at the top of my class during high school, I headed to art college full of confidence that one day I’d be an accomplished painter. This over-confidence didn’t last long though, because when I arrived, I found…
