Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement Lawrence Bonk A Canadian judge has ruled that the popular “thumbs-up” emoji not only can be used as a contract agreement, but is just as valid as an actual signature. The Saskatchewan-based judge made the ruling on the grounds that the courts … Continue reading Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement
European Union passes landmark laws to rein in big tech Daniel Cooper @danielwcooper Today, after months of negotiations and procedural hurdles, the European Union has passed a pair of landmark bills designed to rein in Big Tech’s power. The Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act are intended to promote fairer competition, … Continue reading Tech giant ‘gatekeepers’ must comply with all of the EU’s new digital market rules
By Kelvin Chan—Associated Press June 23, 2023 Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union’s tough new digital rulebook, a top EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company’s systems in Silicon Valley. European Commissioner Thierry Breton said late Thursday that he noted the “strong commitment of … Continue reading Elon Musk’s Twitter has work to do if it wants to comply with the EU’s tough new digital rules
“Click here” is a terrible call to action for email campaigns. Here are tips and examples to help you develop better ones. Kath Pay on May 15, 2023 I’ll get straight to the point: “Submit” and “Click here” are ineffective calls to action (CTAs) for your email campaigns. (I’ll explain why a few paragraphs down.) … Continue reading Beyond ‘click here:’ 4 rules for better email CTAs
Book publishers sue Internet Archive for allegedly enabling piracy Christine Fisher @cfisherwrites When libraries around the US began closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Internet Archive (IA) responded by creating a “National Emergency Library,” a collection of 1.4 million books from its free e-book repository Open Library. Publishers immediately took issue … Continue reading Internet Archive violated publisher copyrights by lending ebooks, court rules
California Uber drivers sue company over Prop 22 app notifications Karissa Bell @karissabe It’s no secret Uber has been aggressively supporting Proposition 22, a California ballot initiative that would allow the company to skirt a state law requiring them to classify drivers as employees. Now, a group of the app’s drivers say the company’s … Continue reading Court rules that Uber and Lyft can keep treating drivers as contractors in California
FCC chair proposes rules to reduce scam robotexts Kris Holt @krisholt The chair of the Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules to tackle the scourge of text message scams. If the agency’s commissioners approve the rules at a meeting in March, providers would have to block robotexts that are “highly likely to be … Continue reading FCC chair proposes rules to reduce scam robotexts
By Nacho De Marco February 23, 2023 It might seem like the war for tech talent is over. After 12 months of brutal layoffs and hiring freezes from big names like Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft, U.S.-based tech companies have laid off a collective 150,000 professionals over the past few months—a considerable reduction of … Continue reading 4 rules for winning tech’s talent war in 2023
What happens if the internet’s most important law disappears? Daniel Cooper @danielwcooper Buried deep in the 1996 Telecommunications Act is a tiny clause that underpins everything we do online. It’s often described as the 26 words that created the internet — and with very good reason. Every email you send, social media post you make … Continue reading Two Supreme Court cases could upend the rules of the internet
7 Rules of Building the Warehouse of Tomorrow Jake Rheude / 13 Feb 2023 Companies have long been looking to uncover the “Warehouse of Tomorrow” to solve all of today’s problems — from labor shortages and capacity crunches to new usage and reliable fulfillment. The approach of building a single location that can serve … Continue reading 7 Rules of Building the Warehouse of Tomorrow
