By MaryLou Costa When William Goff was looking for a new role earlier this year, there was one offer that stood out among the rest: a position with social learning platform Tigerhall. Goff, who had just welcomed his first baby, was able to take paid parental leave before he had even started his new … Continue reading The latest corporate benefit: Parental leave from your first day at work
Elon Musk responds to companies that pulled ads from X: ‘Go fuck yourself’ X CEO and former advertising executive Linda Yaccarino reportedly sat “stone-faced” during the tirade. Karissa Bell Thu, Nov 30, 2023 Slaven Vlasic via Getty Images Elon Musk, facing the fact that an already financially-precarious X could be poised to lose another … Continue reading Elon Musk responds to companies that pulled ads from X: ‘Go fuck yourself’
By Sarah Bregel November 29, 2023 Last Christmas, my teenage daughter didn’t write out her Christmas list like I kept asking her to do. Instead, she sent me an adorable and quirky video containing photos of the items she wanted, accompanied by notes revealing the specifics (“these in pink, but if they’re out of … Continue reading The latest TikTok trend: A Christmas wish list PowerPoint deck, from your kids
By Stephanie Mehta November 27, 2023 Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from … Continue reading Marques Brownlee isn’t your average YouTuber. Here’s what leaders can learn from his impressive rise
CEO Mark Benioff hopes he can lure dissatisfied AI experts to come work on Salesforce’s Einstein 1 Platform. Constantine von Hoffman on November 21, 2023 Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff is hoping to turn OpenAI’s chaos to his advantage, offering to at least match the compensation of any AI experts willing to join the CRM giant. … Continue reading Salesforce tries to grab AI talent from the OpenAI maelstrom
By Jared Newman November 22, 2023 Cedric Demers has never believed in a single best TV for most people. As the founder and president of Montreal-based RTings, Demers has spent the last decade devising a more granular type of product review, in which practically every attribute from viewing angles to gaming responsiveness gets graded … Continue reading The best smart TV reviews on the internet come from Montreal
X lawsuit accuses Media Matters of running a campaign to drive advertisers away Media Matters calls the lawsuit an attempt to ‘bully X’s critics into silence.’ Mariella Moon Updated Tue, Nov 21, 2023 AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth X has filed a lawsuit against media watchdog group Media Matters over the latter’s research that showed … Continue reading X lawsuit accuses Media Matters of running a campaign to drive advertisers away from its website
App and API security vendor F5 finds success incorporating UGC sourced from a new kind of image and video library, Catch+Release. Kim Davis on November 13, 2023 “At a technology company, you don’t usually see this focus on what it means to be human first and adaptable and trusted. A technology company really has to … Continue reading User-generated content from Catch+Release fuels success for cybersecurity firm F5
Amazon cuts 180 jobs from its gaming division Its Crown Twitch channel is reportedly being shuttered as part of the cuts. Will Shanklin Mon, Nov 13, 2023 Eduardo Munoz / reuters Amazon has cut around 180 jobs from its gaming division. Sources from Reuters, Aftermath and Bloomberg reported on the cuts, which affected the entire … Continue reading Amazon cuts 180 jobs from its gaming division
By Emily Price November 13, 2023 Now you can decide whether or not you want your posts on Threads to be shared on Facebook and Instagram as well. Back in October, Threads launched an update that automatically shared posts on Threads with both Facebook and Instagram. The decision was likely made so that Meta, … Continue reading Here’s how to stop your Threads posts from showing up on Instagram and Facebook
