Maybe it changed more recently, but in the first couple years after acquisition they (WM and Jet) had very different approaches to things like search and there was a lot of internal conflict over whose was better. I think they pretty much just kept things separate as a result, so probably not a lot of long-term tech value attained by WM.
Then see what WalMart's ecommerce growth was before Marc Lore
and what it is now after Marc Lore
Perhaps the single biggest factor that it is growing fast is that they got the CEO/Founder of Diapers.com and Jet.com to come help them understand ecommerce
These concepts could be applied towards that purpose if the MNOs wanted to rejigger messaging within their networks & for inter-carrier connectivity- but pursuing that solution would likely be more challenging to implement than this solution.
I'm a longtime subscriber to Launch Ticker (their tech/startup newsletter). It lets me very quickly be kept abreast of fundraising and M&A activity relevant to my startup. Saves me about 30 minutes a day of visiting several popular tech news sites, so well worth $10/month to me.
From what I can gather, Brin and Page have never been polished image-centric executives like their peers who lead other public companies. There's a reason they don't come out much.
Facetiousness aside, the deposition went on for 5 hours. It's quite a stressful endeavor that makes it more difficult to control any linguistic idiosyncrasies one might have.
Two 1/4 lb. frozen patties are around $6. I've never been a fan of veggie burgers, but these really do taste excellent and the nutrition profile is great.
But reading the above account, it sounds like Snopes has devolved into something of an outsourced content farm, and various parties are now squabbling over control of the cash cow.
Anything Snopes like (aka used as an authority for truth) has a large chance of someday descending into a various parties squabbling for control situation. Not surprised if that is more or less the case.
Any citations for Snopes running "leftist propo"? I've seen that accusation leveled a few times in this thread and I'm yet to see anyone provide a concrete example.
There's a really big difference between leftists and liberals, actually. A larger difference than between mainstream Republicans and the tea party, I'd say.
Most leftists camouflage as liberals in everyday conversation because their views are very extreme compared to what most have encountered.
I'm not sure why that follows- if anything, in my experience pandering propaganda tends to increase profits - just look at Breitbart on the right and Huffington post on the left. It drives clicks just as well and seems to be cheaper to produce than real investigative journalism.
As TFA mentions, the authors have been cut off from the ad revenue. So it may be producing a lot, but only the hosting company is getting it, if the article is to be believed.
When your company is where Snapchat was at the time there's a good chance you've already taken millions off the table as part of a round. Even if not, when your company has achieved that level of growth, you can feel fairly confident that you will walk away fairly wealthy in the end, and it's more interesting to continue running your own company than it is to be rolled into someone else's.
The first reason makes sense to me. Maybe they are already, because there are other ways to take money (or money like values) out of your company besides selling it.
I wish you would put the "Read a message" button above the content so it doesn't jump around vertically each time I click it.