Wall Street Journal
Reddit Claims 52 Million Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 06:43Amazon Is Beefing Up Its Cloud Call-Center Tools as More Customer-Support Staff Work From Home (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 06:37Facebook to Buy Kustomer, Startup Valued at $1 Billion
Facebook said it would buy Kustomer, a startup that specializes in customer-service platforms and chatbots, part of an effort by the social-media giant to help companies use its platforms to do business. Though terms weren’t disclosed, people familiar with the matter said it would value New York-based Kustomer at a little over $1 billion. Closely held Kustomer, whose technology takes conversations from different channels and puts them on a single screen, was valued at $710 million in a private funding round roughly a year ago, according to PitchBook.
Facebook, Google to Face New Antitrust Suits in U.S. (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 11:43Texas Attorney General’s Legal Woes Potentially Hinder Google Case (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 06:36Social Media’s Liability Shield Is Under Assault
The law that enabled the rise of social media and other internet businesses is facing threats unlike anything in its 24-year history, with potentially significant consequences for websites that host user content.