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Facebook Increases Transparency By Updating Video and Third-Party Viewability Metrics

In light of its recent video fiasco and growing pressure from advertisers to open up its so-called walled garden for more third-party verification, Facebook today is announcing a ton of changes to its measurement system. Facebook has added a new metric called "video watches to 100 percent," which tracks both completed views and completed audio. "Video watches to 100 percent" replaces a previous stat that was called "video views to 100 percent." […]

todayNovember 16, 2016

Music

Leon Russell, Rock Songwriter and Musician, passed away at 74

Leon Russell, the musician and songwriter who worked with artists including Joe Cocker, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, died Sunday in Nashville at 74. His website quoted his wife, Jan Bridges, as saying that he died in his sleep. He had suffered a heart attack in July. Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Russell had a career of more than 50 years playing southern boogie-inflected piano, writing songs, and producing. […]

todayNovember 14, 2016

Entertainment

Beauty and the Beast Trailer: Watch Emma Watson and Dan Stevens Bring the Disney Classic to Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvW_L8sTu5E Beauty and the Beast may be the most anticipated movie of 2017. When the first teaser trailer was released in the spring, it was viewed a record 91.8 million times in its first 24 hours—beating the likes of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (88 million views), Captain America: Civil War (61 million views) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (55 million views). The teaser trailer focused on Beast's castle and […]

todayNovember 14, 2016

Showbiz

Robert Vaughn, star of TV’s The Man from UNCLE, dies aged 83

The Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated actor well known for roles in many films including The Magnificent Seven died after a short battle with cancer Actor Robert Vaughn, star of the 1960s US TV spy series The Man from UNCLE, died on Friday at the age of 83 after a short battle with cancer. He appeared in the silver screen classic The Magnificent Seven and on the long-running British television soap […]

todayNovember 13, 2016

Music

Leonard Cohen passed away at 82

Leonard Cohen, the hugely influential singer and songwriter whose work spanned nearly 50 years, died at the age of 82. Cohen's label, Sony Music Canada, confirmed his death on the singer's Facebook page. "It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away," the statement read. "We have lost one of music's most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial will take place […]

todayNovember 11, 2016

Technology

Careful which chatbot you talk to, unless you want their ads on Facebook Messenger

Facebook has begun allowing businesses to send users adverts on Messenger, but only if those users have previously made contact with the brand. Part of Facebook’s iteration of its Messenger chat service as a platform, announced at Web Summit in Lisbon, the change will mean that if a user ever contacts a brand that will open the door to that brand then sending them adverts through the instant messaging app. […]

todayNovember 10, 2016

Entertainment

What Fox’s ‘X-Men’ Needs to Win Back Movie Audiences

It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that Fox is considering a "reset" of the X-Menmovie franchise. As I've argued in the past, the series has managed to run its obsessive interest in three recurring characters — Charles Xavier, Erik "Magneto" Lehnsherr and Wolverine — into the ground, so the idea of starting over is an undeniably attractive one. But… what would an X-Men movie reboot look like? […]

todayNovember 10, 2016

Technology

Facebook threatens LinkedIn with job opening features

Facebook might muscle-in on LinkedIn’s recruiting business with ways for business Pages to promote job listings. The new Jobs features could give companies another reason to drive traffic to their Facebook Page beyond marketing their products in the News Feed, while also allowing them to pay the social network to get their open position in front of more candidates. Today TechCrunch spotted a Jobs tab on its Page, and now […]

todayNovember 9, 2016

Entertainment

Doctor Strange: Mads Mikkelsen Teases Kaecilius Return

Spoilers! Such spoilers for Doctor Strange reside below, so be warned! If you have seen Doctor Strange, then you know the ending is a rather fitting one. Fans watch as Mads Mikkelsen’s Kaecilius gets everything he’s ever wanted - well, mostly. The antagonist finds himself joined with the dark entity Dormammu for a miserable eternity after Doctor Strange bargains with him. Fans were no doubt happy to see the villain […]

todayNovember 8, 2016

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