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Goldman Sachs taps Snapchat for recruiting millennials

September 18, 2015 admin broaden-its, goldman, goldman-sachs, instant, messaging-app, sports, stock-exchange, street, videos, youth-sports

In its latest push to broaden its allure among millennials, Goldman Sachs Group Inc rolled out a series of quick-hit recruiting ads on Snapchat on Friday, becoming the first major Wall Street bank to turn to the instant-but-fleeting messaging app for potential hires. Goldman's 10-second recruitment clips appear between user-generated content segments. In the videos, Goldman says it is seeking a “Campus Environmental Leader,” “Youth Sports Coach” or “Crowd Funding Champion,” and provides a link to gs.com/campus.

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Fitness studios keep clients on track with photos, social media

May 18, 2015 creative california, fitness, friendly-nudge, gregory-chertok, homes-known, nudge-on-their, plane-tracking, rain-shower, sarajevo, sports

Boutique fitness studios are keeping track of clients' progress with methods ranging from videotaping their workouts to measuring their fat, to posting a friendly nudge on their Facebook pages. Gregory Chertok, a sports psychology consultant with the American College of Sports Medicine, said research has shown that even small amounts of social support can produce large and lasting gains in physical activity.

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Thailand worried by blast of anti-migrant vitriol on social media

May 18, 2015 publisher asylum, bangladeshis, california, friendly-nudge, homes-known, myanmar, plane-tracking, rain-shower, rickety-boats, sarajevo, sawitta, sawitta-lefevre, sports, state-john

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand expressed concern on Monday at a wave of anti-migrant vitriol on social media, which the government said underlined why it cannot accept any more of the asylum seekers who have been arriving by boat on its shores.

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Wal-Mart challenges Amazon with unlimited shipping service for $50 per year

May 13, 2015 creative asylum, bangladeshis, homes-known, myanmar, offers-more, products-on-its, rain-shower, sarajevo, sawitta, sports, state-john

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is planning to test a new unlimited online shipping service this summer for $50 per year, a move that may hurt Amazon's annual $99 Prime shipping service. Wal-Mart's service, which will be by invitation only for now, will offer selected products on the company's website to customers within three days or less, company spokesman Ravi Jariwala told Reuters

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Facebook brings apps, businesses to Messenger service

March 25, 2015 admin audience, chairwoman, different-apps, facebook, keynote, keynote-address, latest-effort, messenger, san, sports, street, zuckerberg

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Wednesday opened up its Messenger service for developers to create apps and for shoppers to communicate directly with retailers, as the Internet company seeks to expand its reach. The new features mark Facebook's latest effort to transform its mobile messaging service into a full-featured platform with the same pull with consumers and businesses as its flagship 1.4-billion user social network. Facebook unveiled the new features at its annual developer conference in San Francisco, for the first time allowing developers to create apps that function inside the Messenger service used by more than 600 million people.