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Businesses Advised to Use Multiple DNS Vendors in Wake of PayPal, Twitter Outages
Oct 24 2016 // Companies can reduce the risk from the type of cyber attack that took out major websites on Friday by using multiple vendors for the critical internet service known as a domain name service, or DNS, companies and security...
Big Data Gathered by Twitter Monitoring Could Cut Premiums – and Erode Privacy
Oct 24 2016 // When people take to Twitter to comment on the great evening they enjoyed with good food and wonderful friends, reducing their monthly insurance bill is probably the last thing on their mind. But such tweets could help...
Court Absolves Twitter of Liability for Terrorists’ Tweets
Aug 15 2016 // Twitter Inc. won a court ruling that it can’t be held responsible for the so-called Islamic State’s use of the social network to spread propaganda that may have led to the death of an American in Amman,...
Google, Facebook, Twitter Sued by Father of Victim of Paris Terrorist Attack
Jun 21 2016 // The father of a young woman killed in the Paris massacre last November is suing Google, Facebook and Twitter, claiming that the companies provided “material support” to extremists in violation of the...
Judge Skeptical of Widow’s Claim Twitter Aided Terrorist Group ISIS
Jun 16 2016 // A federal judge said he’ll probably dismiss a lawsuit against Twitter Inc. by the widow of a man killed at a police training center in Jordan that accused the social network of knowingly allowing the Islamic State to...
Widow’s Damages Lawsuit Blames Twitter for Spread of ISIS
Jan 14 2016 // Twitter Inc. was accused in a lawsuit by the widow of a man killed at a police training center in Jordan of knowingly allowing the Islamic State to spread its terrorist message through its service. Twitter, like other...
Intellectual Property: Conan O’Brien, Doobie Brothers, ‘Happy Birthday’, Michael Jordan
Jul 31 2015 // Conan O’Brien Sued Over Jokes Comedian Conan O’Brien was sued for copyright infringement for using several jokes on his late-night talk show that he’s accused of lifting from the Internet. In a complaint...
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube Must Report Terrorist Activity: Senate Bill
Jul 9 2015 // Social media operators such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube would have to notify federal authorities of online “terrorist activity,” according to the text of a bill approved by the U.S. Senate Intelligence...
After Pao’s Loss, Silicon Valley Facing More Bias Suits
Mar 30 2015 // Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ decisive victory over Ellen Pao’s gender bias suit doesn’t mean Silicon Valley giants are off the hook. More lawsuits alleging gender discrimination, sexual...
Use Social Media to Improve Sales
Apr 21 2014 // Today’s generation is all about social networking. Social networking has become the most popular way to network and promote business. And in the current “tech savvy” environment it’s becoming...
Weather Service in Oklahoma Runs Social Media ‘Tornado Drill’
Mar 13 2014 // Melody Holeman has no TV and lives in such a rural part of the Oklahoma Panhandle that she can’t even pick up a signal on the weather radio that the Red Cross gave her. When powerful storms barrel through the area,...
And the Winner of Esurance’s $1.5 Million Twitter Sweepstakes Is…
Feb 6 2014 // The winner of the Esurance $1.5 million Twitter sweepstakes was revealed last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC. Aunt Chippy from Jimmy Kimmel Live! interviewed the winner to get his reaction to the news that his Tweet...
Insurer to Give Away $1.5M in Twitter Contest
Feb 3 2014 // Direct car insurance provider Esurance is giving consumers a chance to win $1.5 million in a Twitter sweepstakes. Actor John Krasinski announced Esurance’s Twitter sweepstakes in a television commercial that aired on...
Photographer Wins $1.2M from Media Firms That Used Pics on Twitter
Nov 26 2013 // A federal jury on Friday ordered two media companies to pay $1.2 million to a freelance photojournalist for their unauthorized use of photographs he posted to Twitter. The jury found that Agence France-Presse and Getty...
Social Media: It’s Here to Stay
Aug 5 2013 // The Most Successful Users Know Their Markets The value of social media as a tool for marketing and selling property/casualty insurance may be a matter of debate but one thing is for certain: While the nature of social...
Social Media: It’s Here to Stay
Jul 22 2013 // The Most Successful Users Know Their Markets The value of social media as a tool for marketing and selling property/casualty insurance may be a matter of debate but one thing is for certain: While the nature of social...
‘SharkNado’ Impact on Los Angeles $100B!
Jul 12 2013 // It was a doozy. Flying, biting killer sharks literally whipped into a frenzy by freak tornadoes wreaked havoc on Los Angelenos. The catastrophe played out on the Syfy Channel on Thursday night, lighting up Twitter as the...
Attention Agencies: Swing Your Attention on Over to Vine
Jul 1 2013 // This post is part of a series on insurance marketing and training sponsored by Astonish. Aaaaaah! Nope, that is not the call of Tarzan that you hear. That is the sound of excitement coming from myself and insurance agents...
How Should Insurance Agencies use Twitter?
Jun 26 2013 // This post is part of a series on insurance marketing and training sponsored by Astonish. Twitter is a social media platform that all insurance agencies should be using in this day and age. Why? Because it is free to use,...
Social Media Is Here to Stay, Texas P/C Professionals Say
Jun 26 2013 // The value of social media as a tool for marketing and selling property/casualty insurance may be a matter of debate but one thing is for certain: While the nature of social media may be evolving, it’s not going...
