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☆ How to get ahead in 2023
  + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
We've got top tips for stocks (and serving prison time), a path to financial freedom, and what to expect for the rest of 2023. If you want to start investing in real estate this year, Harr says don't be deterred by uncertainty or high-interest rates. US stocks got off to a choppy start in the first week of 2023, however, Goldman Sachs still sees attractive investing opportunities. According to Grant Sabatier, 2023 will be the year of the "the creator millionaire" — here's how he plans to take advantage of it. As one expert said: "2023 is going to be the survival of the fittest."
☆ TikTok is offering IMDb data on millions of movies and TV shows, giving Gen Z another reason to ditch Google
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Users can link to movies and TV shows in their videos that direct to an in-app page with data about the title. It's one more way that young people can use TikTok as a search engine. TikTok and IMDb, a movie database owned by Amazon, announced a collaboration on Thursday that will see TikTok licensing IMDb data to power a new feature on the social platform. Creators will now be able to link to movies and TV shows in their videos. Search from the "movies and TV shows" option to find any of the 12 million-plus titles on IMDb.
☆ TikTokers are increasingly using SEO to boost their reach on the app, which Gen Zers prefer over Google to search. Here are 3 techniques they’re using to make their videos more discoverable.
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
In September, research found that more Gen Zers use TikTok to access information compared to Google. Here are three techniques they're using to ensure their content is more visible to users on the app. That changed in September when the New York Times reported on how TikTok is the new search engine for Gen Zers. Gen Zers are also using TikTok to find recommendations for vacation spots, activities in their area, and to learn about concepts like non-fungible tokens or artificial intelligence. This shift, combined with the news about Gen Zers, has many creators planning and posting content more intentionally.
☆ Meta employees can reportedly no longer discuss 'disruptive' topics like abortion, gun rights, and vaccines
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Meta updated its "community engagement expectations" on Tuesday, Fortune reported. The new rules ban staff discussions of abortion, gun rights, and vaccines, the publication said. "We're doing this to ensure that internal discussions remain respectful, productive, and allow us to focus," Goler wrote, per Fortune. The new rules do not apply to employees that are required to address the topics as a part of their roles at Meta. Meta is one of several tech companies that has instituted policies to address social and political discussions at work.
☆ How FTX's implosion put crypto news sites like CoinDesk, The Block, and Decrypt in the spotlight as they work to fend off an ad slump and conspiracy theories about their coverage
  + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Reed Alexander | Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +15 min
Crypto news sites like CoinDesk, The Block, and Decrypt have dominated coverage of the FTX implosion. Now, crypto media staffers are wondering whether more dominoes falling from FTX could further hurt the industry or cripple their ad revenues. "We cover the good, the bad and the ugly," Dan Roberts, the editor-in-chief of Decrypt, told Insider. "In general, I think these things are good for crypto media," he said. Stacy-Marie Ishmael, the managing editor for Bloomberg's crypto team, likened burgeoning crypto coverage to 1990s coverage of the Internet.
☆ The story of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX implosion put crypto news sites like CoinDesk and The Block on the map. Inside their plan to fend off an ad slump and conspiracy theories — and keep winning.
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Reed Alexander | Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +14 min
Now, crypto media staffers are wondering whether more dominoes falling from FTX could further hurt the industry or cripple their ad revenues. Crypto media kicks into overdriveRoberts said Decrypt's traffic doubled during the first week of the FTX saga. "In general, I think these things are good for crypto media," he said. Stacy-Marie Ishmael, the managing editor for Bloomberg's crypto team, likened burgeoning crypto coverage to 1990s coverage of the Internet. "It's now a situation where the crypto media has egg on their face.
☆ Death threats, insomnia, and near-minimum wage: A Meta customer service contractor reveals what it's like to be on the frontline of Facebook customer complaints
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
A Meta customer service agent working for third-party firm Teleperformance revealed the job has become so stressful, she suffers from insomnia. Because sometimes she's powerless to help Meta users, it's tough to earn productivity bonuses, she said. She can investigate, troubleshoot, and as a last resort escalate the matter to the internal Meta team. Despite not being empowered to help, Meta customer support agents are also instructed not to use words such as "sorry" or "unfortunately," Charlotte said. *This article uses a pseudonym that was chosen by Insider, which is aware of the Meta customer service contractor's real identity.
☆ Meta's chief business officer said the company is 'probably not the right place' for employees who aren't comfortable with its changing focus on the metaverse
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
She said Meta employees have an "acceptance that things are going to change and evolve." "If you're not comfortable with that, it's probably not the right place for you," she said. At Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday, Meta chief business officer Marne Levine discussed the company's evolving focus toward the metaverse and its impact on Meta's workers. Levine added, "if you're not comfortable with that, it's probably not the right place for you." Levine said that Meta employees have had to become accustomed to adapting to change at the company.
☆ Here are the 2 things summer-associate candidates should do to get hired at Alston & Bird, according to the chief legal-talent partner
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Rachel Durose | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Alston & Bird receives between 5,000 and 7,000 applications annually and hires about 60 students. Additionally, 90% of the company's 1,507 employees have reported Alston & Bird is a great place to work, according to the workplace-rating platform Great Place to Work. Alston & Bird receives between 5,000 to 7,000 applicants annually for its summer-associate program and typically hires about 60 students. Alston & Bird has offices in 13 cities across the world, including Dallas and New York City. Highlight the practice's valuesThe interview process will begin with a 20-minute screening, conducted by two Alston & Bird lawyers, Price said.
☆ Google's TikTok update: The 24 year-old internet giant is updating its most important products to appeal to younger, more visual users
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The company is trying to appeal to younger users who are moving away from text-based searching. "Until you really stop and think about it, you don't realize how many questions you have each day that you do not actually search for," Google Search VP Cathy Edwards told Insider in an interview. Additionally, Google is updating its 'Live View' to let Maps users search for nearby restaurants, parking, and other amenities from within the app as they navigate using their smartphone. In July, Google Search lead Prabhakar Raghavan suggested the company's Search and Maps products were threatened by the rise of new apps being adopted by a younger generation of users. Speaking at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference, Raghavan said younger people were turning to apps like TikTok and Instagram for discovery purposes.
☆ Tanium insiders say the $9 billion startup is trying to cozy up to Microsoft and angle itself to be acquired as cost cutting and a market downturn chill hopes for its long-awaited IPO
  + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Current and former Tanium employees say the company has been tightening its belt. Tanium had two rounds of job cuts in the past month as internal hopes for its IPO faded. "Plenty of ink has been spilled over the past few months on this topic," a Tanium spokesperson said of its IPO plans. Even so, many rank-and-file employees are skeptical that either an acquisition or IPO will happen, a current employee said. "All well run organizations look for ways to simplify their structures and adapt to meet changing business requirements and industry shifts," the Tanium spokesperson said.
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