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Business, Spoken

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Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.

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No One Can Stop Ad Blocking. Not Even Facebook

Starting today, Mark Zuckerberg and company are giving you a way of providing more information about what ads you do or don’t want to see on its social network, and they promise to adjust your News Feed accordingly. Which is nice. But that’s not all. More controversially, inside your web browser, the company will try to slip its ads past your ad blocker by digitally disguising them as organic content. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...

Aug 11, 2016•4 min

It’s About to Get a Lot Easier for Apps to Talk to Each Other

Starting today, developers can embed IFTTT within apps and enable users to connect the hundreds of apps that the service supports. That means that the world of apps is about to get a bit more like the web. Just as any website can link to any other website, apps will readily exchange info with other apps. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Aug 10, 2016•3 min

It’s Really Hard to Make Money as an Olympian

THE OLYMPICS DRIVE athletes to get ever faster, higher, and stronger, to quote its Latin motto: “Citius, altius, fortius.” But while the Games show athletes at the peak of human potential, it rarely does much for their earning potential. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Aug 09, 2016•7 min

Sponsors Are Playing Moneyball to Snag Unsung Olympians

The International Olympic Committee is now allowing athletes to enter into sponsorship agreements with companies that aren’t official Olympics sponsors. Yes, the committee has placed serious limitations on this arrangement. Athletes can’t talk about non-official sponsors or post about them on social media during the blackout period that started last month. And non-official sponsors aren’t allowed to mention the Olympics in their advertisements. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-ch...

Aug 08, 2016•6 min

Nike Didn’t Design Its Insane $1,200 Sunglasses for Mortals

For the 2016 Olympics, Nike teamed up with designers at VSP Global and optics gurus at Zeiss to create a pair of sunglasses that don’t work, or look, like the sunnies you wear. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Aug 05, 2016•4 min
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