Not exact matches
In the
platform business, almost any incremental volume
is good volume and
users are users regardless (in most cases)
of who or where the traffic
is coming from.
Smartphone
users in the US
are already helping to drive the adoption
of voice - centered app usage, which will likely facilitate the spread
of voice on other
platforms including smartphones and connected cars.
Half
of small business social media
users complain that the
platforms take more time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it
's time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially in a year or less.
Omada's digital therapeutics
platform attempts to address disparate health care needs that can
be particularly cumbersome for people at risk for chronic diseases like diabetes through a combination
of data analytics,
user engagement, and the broad goal
of preventing these kinds
of conditions from developing in the first place.
Although there
are millions
of users posting valuable content on the social network, there
are also countless accounts that
are spam, bots, or worse — trolls who harass others or terrorists who use the
platform to spread their propaganda.
When the company rolled out its app
platform in 2007, the company explained to
users that when they installed an app they'd
be able to share not only their own information, but that
of their friends as well, he said.
While various forms
of software that allow
users to block online advertisements have
been around for a while, it only really became an issue last year after Apple started allowing such apps on its iOS
platform.
A lot
of this
is driven by new
platforms, which
are ever hungry for great stories to attract new
users.
She leads a team
of 32 employees and as
of April
of 2017, the
platform was serving approximately 3,700
users.
-- Kris Duggan, CEO
of BetterWorks, an employee - related goals
platform that recently closed a $ 15.5 million Series A round and
is more than doubling active
users every quarter.
API
's for popular shared loyalty programs generally function within other apps to create a seamless transfer
of user data across multiple
platforms.
It
's no secret that your business needs to
be active on Instagram — with more than 500 million
users, it
's a social network that provides a great marketing
platform to reach potential customers from every corner
of the world.
By responding to the actual
user and
user needs, versus the nuances
of his own
platform, the subtle Snapchat update
is actually a grand gesture.
However, she said it
was likely these privacy upgrades
were already underway in preparation for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect in May and forces companies to offer E.U.
users of such
platforms more control over their data.
At 200 million active
users, Twitter's audience
is substantially smaller than Facebook's and YouTube's, but the
platform still offers a number
of advantages.
It
's that kind
of mercurial milieu that might deter new
users from expressing themselves fully on the
platform — or might even prevent them from engaging at all.
He hopes that businesses will
be more explicit in describing how third - party companies can use data collected by technology companies, offering bullet - point summaries in terms the average person can understand when policies
are updated, and even explore the idea
of creating an ombudsman to field concerns and mediate conflicts between
platforms and
users.
Compared to popular photo sharing
platforms Snapchat, Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr on the basis
of number
of photos shared per day, the current number
of users, the age
of each company, and photos shared per second, Snapchat came out on top despite
being the youngest company (Photoworld).
Scassa said the emails from Microsoft, LinkedIn and communications
platform Slack, whose email to
users touted «improved clarity and transparency» by making terms «clearer and more understandable» and sharing more details on its data processing practices, could have
been sent earlier than planned because
of Facebook's scandal.
But that 20 %, the «whales,» aren't necessarily made up
of the largest clients because 15 employees on a
platform for 3 straight years
are worth more than an account with 250
users that jumps ship in two months.
Albeit no revolution in desktop computing — it
's essentially a revamp
of Vista that addresses owners» most common complaints and tightens the
user interface — make no bones about it — Windows 7 provides a welcome evolutionary step forward for the
platform, significantly improving security, stability and everyday convenience.
While the concept
of live streaming has
been around for years, mobile - first video
platforms with
user - generated content have just recently begun to make serious waves thanks to improved video quality, faster broadband speeds, and enhanced mobile technology.
There
's also a cheaper # 4.99 option that allows
users to listen to content without ad interruptions but they don't get access to all
of the music on the
platform.
According to data from Nooklyn, almost 60 percent
of its
platform's
users — which focuses on Brooklyn in particular —
are women.
Twitter
is telling investors to focus instead on the percentage growth
of people who use it daily, but in a May 10 letter, the SEC asked for Twitter to explain «how the percentage change information provides an investor with a clear understanding
of user engagement on your
platform.»
Google
is one
of the biggest, most widely - used search
platforms on the Internet, and they provide a number
of free, simple features you can use to promote your business directly to search engine
users that
are actively looking for your products and services.
Additionally, the operating systems will lure private transportation services with data on where demand for their services
is highest, and those services could bring millions
of their existing
users into the
platform by joining.
The following
is from Tigran Sloyan, CEO
of CodeFights, the skills - based recruitment
platform that provides coding challenges to help
users improve coding skills and even land new jobs.
While Venom deals with virtualization
platforms — thus affecting cloud providers and their
users — Heartbleed affected OpenSSL encryption, which
is the encryption layer that
is used to protect much
of the web.
It has so far
been offered to a limited number
of customers, but Storonsky said it helped to boost the number
of users on the
platform.
There
's a real movement to create social media
platforms that cut - through the censorship
of big brother, and give
users more control.
In response to a question about marketers using Adobe products to reach
users on Snapchat, Shantanu did not address that
platform specifically, but said, «Video
is certainly becoming the biggest category
of where people want to spend their money.»
Those games will
be available in China to stream for free on Tencent's variety
of platforms, including Tencent Sports and the company's flagship social network WeChat, which touts roughly 960 monthly active
users and accounts for almost 30 %
of China's mobile apps usage.
Facebook (fb)
is reportedly in talks with major record labels and music publishers to reach a deal that would see its billions
of users allowed to include music in videos uploaded to the
platform.
Similar kinds
of complaints have
been coming from some media companies who
are partners in Facebook's Instant Articles program — which allows media companies to upload entire stories that
are hosted by the social
platform, in order to make them faster - loading for mobile
users (Time Inc.
is a partner on Instant Articles).
Cathcart didn't talk about any
of the potential down - sides
of this approach, such as the «filter bubble» effect that can keep
users from seeing potentially important topics because they don't fit the
platform's pre-conceived notions
of what that
user is already interested in.
Brands
are shifting their spending away from content - creating media companies that rely on these large spots in favour
of social media
platforms, which integrate marketing messages into
users» information streams.
«Since protecting
users is a top priority for Google, we have detailed policies against deceptive or misleading use
of trademarks in ad text and take swift action when we see this type
of abuse on our
platform,» the representative said.
Faced with regulatory pressure, Facebook appears to
be moving all
of its
platforms much more toward
user privacy.
Edd Dumbill, program chair
of the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, hopes Google Plus
is the start
of a new social layer to the web without silos or walled gardens preventing
users and their information from moving between
platforms.
As many
users have pointed out, Twitter doubled the character (from 140 to 280) count at a time when there
is rampant hate speech and a general tone
of confrontation and dissonance on what
is a relatively small social media
platform.
Now the amount
of information and
users on that
platform has gotten so intense that it
's hard to have that same engagement.
Yet consumer companies like Snapchat — especially early in its gestation —
are often valued based upon the number
of active
users on the
platform, how much time
users are spending per session, and virality.
One
of our most popular features, which allows physicians to customize practice information on their education
platforms,
was the result
of many conversations with the end
user.
«So, what happens
is that when [a
platform] takes off and you have millions
of users, it
's putting Band - Aids on this geyser
of harm and chaos on their
platforms.
«I
'm tried
of giving them this free [free speech] waiver over what
is happening... The
platforms are not built with human
users in mind.»
Instagram's Stories could well surpass Snapchat in active
users by the middle
of the year, while Facebook
is already testing similar Story - like features for its Messenger and Facebook
platforms.
There
are approximately 600 crowdfunding
platforms, which help
users raise small sums
of money from a group, throughout the world, according to Los Angeles - based crowdfunding and crowdsourcing research firm Massolution.
Long story short, there
are a lot
of Microsoft products that can
be enhanced and improved by integrating LinkedIn's treasure - trove
of both individual
user and company data directly into them, along with the reverse
being true with LinkedIn's growing
platform of apps and software tools.
He
is the co-founder and CEO
of GitHub, a San Francisco - based developer
platform that aims to help
users write and host code, manage open and closed - source projects, build software, apps and websites while interacting with others in the community.