Pinterest introduced a series of new tools to help merchants sell their products, including Catalogs, which lets anyone upload and convert their entire product catalog into shoppable Pins
RT @garysguide DeepMind & Google applied machine learning to 700 MW of wind power capacity using neural network trained on weather forecasts & historical turbine data, to configure wind farms to predict output 36h ahead of actual generation.
“Curation algorithms are largely amoral. They’re engineered to show us things we are statistically likely to want to see, content that people similar to us have found engaging—even if it’s stuff that’s factually unreliable or potentially harmful.” How gameable recommendation systems mislead customers about health information.
A look at bookstagram accounts, a lifestyle sub-genre within Instagram drawing many millions of posts and hundreds of thousands dedicated pages. Bookstagram cracks open digital devotion to the printed word
An interview with The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood will be broadcast globally to more than 1,000 cinemas to mark the Sept. 10 publication of the novel’s long-awaited sequel, The Testaments.
On March 5, Diversion Books will crash a book compiling Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony with the court documents from United States of America v. Michael Cohen.
HT @tonysilber The company is one of the country’s largest publishers of specialty and enthusiast media, but a shift to ecommerce failed, according to the filing.
Parton’s ambitions for the Imagination Library don’t stop with 100 million books. “We’re going for a billion, maybe, in my lifetime,” she said, with a delightful Dolly laugh. “I’m a big dreamer, you know.”
Amazon closing all 87 pop-ups, but expanding Amazon Books and Amazon 4-star stores, planning to open dozens of grocery stores and potentially thousands of Amazon Go stores. Amazon has pop-ups inside Whole Foods locations, Kohl’s stores and malls around the U.S. The shops let customers try Amazon products.
Amazon will start production on a “Lord of the Rings” series in next 2 yrs. Despite being outbid, Amazon convinced them they could sell “truckloads” of books. While Amazon lacks a long-term entertainment strategy,next move is to marry streaming w retail.
Instagram may be the hot destination for influencer marketers, but don’t overlook Amazon, which has its own influencer program, the Twitch live-streaming platform, direct ties to a vast e-commerce engine and much else that brands need to consider.
RT @garysguide In China, air travelers blocked from buying tickets 17.5m times + train travelers were barred from buying tickets 5.5m times last year for social credit offenses, including unpaid taxes & fines, driven by the government’s goal to improve public behavior
HT @LererHippeau 40% of people ages 12-24 listened to a podcast last month, a 10% jump from last year. “For many years, people from inside and outside the [podcast] industry have talked about the ‘slow and steady’ growth. They can’t say ‘slow and steady’ anymore.”
Uber is testing a program in Paris, where it rents kitchen space to restaurants using its food-delivery app (which is the same business it’s ousted founder, Travis Kalanick, is in).
The Highlights Foundation Diversity Fellowship in Children’s Literature is a 24-month professional development and mentorship program for People of Color and Indigenous authors or illustrators who are actively pursuing publication within the children’s publishing industry.
On May 4, 2019, we’re hosting a free 1-day workshop for people whose full-time job is to inspire, teach, and advise founders or would-be founders. To attend, apply by March 31st here.
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