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A fines del 2018 TikTok comenzó a experimentar con la publicidad, pero no levantó vuelo hasta el año siguiente. En los días iniciales hubo muchas discusiones sobre el elevado costo de los anuncios en TikTok. Por ejemplo, hacer adquisición de un canal popular en TikTok, puede costarle a las marcas desde $50.000 hasta $100.000, y el costo de un hashtag de challenge tiene una tarifa fija de $150.000 por seis días de duración, además de los dólares adicionales que gastan las empresas para promover el reto....

We reported last week that Chrome for iOS would soon gain a new Safari Reading List-like feature, and today that feature is officially rolling out. Google has updated Chrome for iOS to version 57, bringing with it a new “Read Later” functionality. The concept of Chrome’s new Read Later is nearly identical to that of Safari’s. Here’s how Google describes: As you can see in the screenshot below, you can access the new Read Later feature by tapping the “Share” option then the “Read Later” button....

A study by the the Columbia Business School has concluded that consumers grow more reckless with their iPhones when they are seeking an excuse to upgrade to a new model. The study – jointly conducted by three professors of marketing, psychology and business – was based on both consumer interviews and a dataset showing how incidents of lost iPhones coincide with the launch of new models … Data on lost iPhones showed that they peaked immediately prior to the launch of a new one, with consumers also admitting to being less careful with their devices when a new model was available, reports Mashable....

If you don’t own a smartphone, you haven’t explored the world yet in the way you actually can. Yes, owning a smartphone makes you a whole new world of everything visible. It is true and many people these days buy this gadget only because of this reason. If you are something who hasn’t yet use a smartphone, now is the time to go ahead with it. There are several options available and Huawei is one of the finest brands to invest in....

Smartphones have boosted almost every sector and that’s the reason people trust it a lot. It is a true fact that smartphones have applications in almost every domain and it is because of no other reason, makers are coming with some amazing models that one cannot ignore. Actually, these gadgets have a lot to offer us, and users are not familiar with this fact. Many of them only focus on a few benefits and features of a smartphone when they can actually have a lot more in a similar price range....

Consumer Reports is out with its initial take on the iPhone XS and XS Max. The consumer focused publication calls out the new A12 Bionic chip and camera upgrades as the most notable improvements over the iPhone X. Up front, Consumer Reports highlights the incremental nature of this year’s iPhone updates. It gives a recommendation that the new iPhones will be most appealing to those with older smartphones. As for size, CR notes a few differences between the XS Max and Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9, giving the new 6....

Dungeons & Dragons is a game that is associated with the higher echelons of nerddom. It is a highly recognizable name that was once used to paint people a certain way in fiction. There was a time when calling someone a Dungeons & Dragons player was a way of denigrating that person and acted as a shorthand way of saying that they were a sad and lonely geek. As nerd culture moved into the mainstream, the stigma associated with Dungeons & Dragons started to fade away....

One study published Monday by Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute finds that omicron does, indeed, appear to reduce the effectiveness of vaccines in some people, but also that the decrease in efficacy varies widely, with some people maintaining immunity at levels consistent with prior versions of the virus. On the one hand, some blood sera show a greatly resistant antibody response. “We find neutralizing antibody responses in pooled reference sera sampled shortly after infection or vaccination are substantially less potent against Omicron, with neutralizing antibody titers reduced by up to 45 fold compared to those for the pandemic founder,” write authors Daniel J....

How I Became a Reluctant Expert On Identity Theft I’m changing the facts around slightly in these stories to protect the innocent. Around 15 years ago, my father passed away, and it caused a financial crisis in my family of origin. Money was tight, and I helped out when I could. However, that was not enough. At one point, a family member threatened me and started acting on it. I realized that he knew everything about me to apply for credit in my name....

Cybercrime can take many forms, targeting individuals and businesses across industry and geographical lines. And according to Statista, the cost of data breaches in the global healthcare sector alone between March 2021 and March 2022 amounted to over $10 million. There are similar figures in other industries, including technology, energy, research, finances, education, etc. While many businesses have always maintained a significant online presence, many others have only recently transitioned to the web space in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic....

The new series Marvels Snapshots continues this March with Captain America and Cyclops of the X-Men, in stories focusing on historical context and the human side of superhumanity. The standalone books build on the premise of Marvel’s eponymous 1994 series Marvels, in which a photojournalist captured the Golden Age of the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and their ilk on film, retelling classic comics narratives from the POV of an “ordinary person” documenting a world where costumed adventurers exist....

With 128 episodes over six seasons, airing from 1998 until 2003, Dawson’s Creek is a popular and important teen drama. But while fans always wanted to see how Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) and his friends were doing, every episode wasn’t of the same quality. There were definitely some confusing plotlines and moments that didn’t seem logical. While looking back on this juicy drama, it’s clear that some episodes weren’t winners and are pretty forgettable....

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Inspired by the 2006 awards-season favorite Akeelah and the Bee, Letitia Wright took up acting, and in the relatively few years since, she’s made quite a name for herself. Though she’s best known for her role in the 2018 summer box-office smash Black Panther (as well as subsequent entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe), she’s also appeared in quite a lot of other movies and TV shows and is set to star in the upcoming Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile....

Many businesses and corporations are taking the strategy of simply doubling or even tripling down of the technologies that they deploy in order to beef up their lines of defenses. This is actually the wrong approach to take, as it merely increases the attack surface for the hacker and gives them more points of entry. In this article, we examine one tool that can provide the needed security from beginning to the end for your critical network-based assets – the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints....

For those that follow the stock market, Apple’s share price dropped from record highs over the last month, falling from $194 to circa $185 levels amidst trade war jitters and some news of lower iPhone production levels. Tim Cook says he doesn’t worry about short-term stock price moves, but investors certainly do. Citigroup today released a report that expects AAPL to crest the $200 mark in 2019. Apple’s stock performance in the last 30 days lags behind the S&P, although it’s still up almost 10% this year....

Comixology CEO Dan Steinberge addressed the company’s customers today clarifying that Apple was not responsible for withholding its comic Saga #12 from the Comixology iOS app. Steinberger went on to say that its decision to not publish Saga #12 was based on a more conservative interpretation of Apple’s guidelines. As a partner of Apple, we have an obligation to respect its policies for apps and the books offered in apps. Based on our understanding of those policies, we believed that Saga #12 could not be made available in our app, and so we did not release it today....

Smartphones are expanding in numbers across the globe at a very rapid rate. Several electronic companies started making these gadgets in the last 10 years and have expanded the overall number of options available for the users. Well, the newcomers have enabled everyone to explore the smartphones with the latest features at a much lesser price than one can even expect. It is because of this reason; they are gaining continuous attention from the users....

Innovations are trending all over the world and the same is being a key attraction for humans. It is true that the demand of innovating things around the world has always remained higher. This is the reason many smartphone makers are now it a top priority. If you look closely, every smartphone manufacturer has a well-known specialization and they often reflect the same in almost all their models. In fact, many makers are successful and have maintained a good track-record among customers because of the very same reason....

Smartphones have given us everything we need. In fact, many users say they are like our parents and we are largely dependent on them. Of course, this is true and the fact couldn’t be denied that many people love their smartphones more than anything else they owned. This is the reason smartphones are getting more and more popular. Those who provide these gadgets already know the bond users generally create with them and therefore they always want to come up with the best gadgets....