Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
1 – A new Twitter policy now forbids the posting of photos of other people.
Wait, what? Yes, it’s true. New CEO Parag Agarwal has issued a new policy aimed particularly at people that post photos of other people that are used to harass or intimidate individuals, especially women, activists, and members of minority communities. The new policy adds to its current policy which disallows users from sharing other private information like email addresses and phone numbers on the platform without prior permission. (Source: The Next Web)
Why this is important for your business:
Before you freak out about this know that there are many exclusions such as public figures, images tweeted to help someone, and newsworthy “events that are being unpacked in real-time.” Plus, in order to run afoul of the policy, someone must report you. There is confusion and many unanswered questions so I predict further clarifications to this policy. But in the meantime if your business is using Twitter you need to more careful about the photos you’re posting as it could land you in some PR trouble.
2 — Black Friday spending in the U.S. fell to $8.9 billion since shoppers started earlier in November, according to a new report.
According to new information released by Adobe Analytics’ Digital Economy Index, Thanksgiving and Black Friday spending fell this year when compared to the same days in 2020. This year, Black Friday shoppers spent $8.9 billion as compared to $9 billion last year. Adobe shared that early shopping was part of the reason that spending was down, with a 13.6% year over year increase from November 1st to November 28th. According to the data, $99.1 billion was spent by shoppers during that time. (Source: ZDNet)
Why this is important for your business:
It’s because people shopped earlier. Maybe it’s supply chain. Maybe it’s forward thinking. Maybe it’s just a desire for a normal holiday season! But I do think this will be part of a trend going forward as ecommerce becomes a standard way to buy holiday gifts and ecommerce sellers offer promotions well before the traditional holiday season begins.
3 — This new Microsoft Teams feature could save you from project overload.
Microsoft recently introduced its new feature coming to Microsoft Teams called Loop. The goal of Loop is to help transform the way employees plan and think during collaborative assignments and tasks with big teams working remotely. Loop is now available as its own app known as Microsoft Loop, although it was previously a part of the rebrand of Microsoft’s Fluid…
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