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What Happened? Everything You Need to Know About the Facebook Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

What going on? The New York Times and The Observer of London made waves on both sides of the Atlantic this month with reports that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm, illegitimately accessed the profiles of 50 million Facebook users to influence political advertising during the 2016 presidential campaign. The reports claimed that Cambridge Analytica also influenced

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A Look at Paid Search Advertising in the Era of Voice Search

Have you had the pleasure of listening to your friends or coworkers shout commands into Amazon’s Echo device powered by Alexa yet? “Alexa, play Passionfruit by Drake.” Even if you don’t own an Alexa-enabled device, chances are you’ve heard similar commands. Maybe you’ve even heard the word “Alexa” so much that you can’t bear to

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