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VIPRE brings cybersecurity to the human level with new solutions to protect businesses
MarketWatch  
“Our goal was to create comprehensive solutions that stop cybercrime at the first level: human error,” said Vivek Kapil, Senior Vice President & Group General Manager of Security at J2 Global. “These new VIPRE solutions give employees the opportunity to not only protect their digital lives with the right tools, but to arm themselves with security skills for life.”
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The Best Tech and Apps for Your Home Office
Wirecutter  
If you have advanced, professional faxing needs—such as sending HIPAA-compliant faxes—SRFax is the best online fax service. It’s a robust, feature-rich service with privacy and security controls. SRFax...offers the lowest-priced subscription plan of the fax services we reviewed, and it has the best prices on a per-page basis for high-volume faxing (sending or receiving more than 100 pages a month).
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BabyCenter Australia Moves In-House Under Ziff Davis Australia
B&T; Magazine  
Ziff Davis Australia will begin publishing BabyCenter Australia in a move that will see Ziff Davis become one of the largest pregnancy and parenting publishers in the country...James Whitehead, General Manager at Ziff Davis Australia said, “This move provides new audiences for our existing clients to reach and opens a wealth of new advertising categories for local business.”
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Stories on Foster Care Youth, Child Hunger and Vulnerable Renters Win NPF Poverty Awards
National Press Foundation  
The National Press Foundation has awarded MedPage Today's Elizabeth Hlavinka and Shannon Firth with the Poverty and Inequality Award for their piece, “COVID-19 Strips Safety Net for Foster Youth ‘Aging Out’ During Pandemic,” a devastating look at how underserved youth outgrow the foster care system only to face hunger, homelessness and loneliness.
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Humble Bundle raised $30M for 224 charities in 2020
VentureBeat  
“While 2020 was a difficult year, it also represented an unprecedented opportunity to come together as a community and have a positive impact on the world around us,” Humble Bundle said in a statement. “Every Humble Bundle — from games to software to books — and Humble Choice subscription we offer is an opportunity for the community to give back to the causes and organizations they care about.”
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Mashable Launches Mashable Home, a Virtual House Experience Presented by Walmart
Yahoo! Finance  
"Mashable and Ziff Media Group brands reach primed audiences that want to take action. This allowed us to take a risk with an innovative consumer-first approach to branded content. This new format is derived from the idea of virtual travel, made more impactful with compelling visual storytelling," says Eva Smith, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing Solutions at Ziff Media Group. "The approach to the Mashable Home creates a backdrop for layering on different types of brand moments that feel organic. We were able to unite both affiliate and brand goals, shifting away from tactical KPIs toward a holistic brand affinity approach anchored in driving sales."
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J2 Global to Participate in Four Investor Conferences in March
Yahoo! Finance  
J2 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:JCOM), a leading Internet information and services company, today announced its participation in four investor conferences in March: JMP Technology Conference, JP Morgan Global HY Leveraged Finance, Truist Securities Technology, Internet & Services Conference and SIG Susquehanna Virtual Tech Conference.
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Campaigner Launches “Campaigner for eCommerce” – Helping Shopify and Magento Store Owners Boost Sales With Email Marketing
Yahoo! Finance  
“Campaigner for eCommerce offers powerful email marketing automation built on top of advanced personalization features that are now designed from the ground up to meet the specific needs of the biggest eCommerce platforms. Instead of a one-tool-fits-all-industries approach, we have built a solution specifically for eCommerce that also includes the powerful features of a dedicated marketing automation tool,” said Bodhi Debnath, Senior Director of Marketing for Campaigner.
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Medisafe And Everyday Health Launching Condition-Specific Digital Resource Centers
Markets Insider  
"Medisafe users continue to rely on our platform for regular updates since we first deployed Everyday Health's sponsored COVID-19 Resource Center, demonstrating an increased need for centralized resource centers that support many common conditions," said Medisafe Chief Executive Officer Omri Shor. "With more patients using digital health tools to manage their health conditions, we're excited to expand our platform to present patients with a trusted resource in their pocket and make living with an illness one less worry in the day."
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This major VPN is about to get a whole lot speedier
TechRadar  
“IPVanish is thrilled to enter 2021 delivering an improved network, and we’re not stopping there. This year, further developments are planned as IPVanish continually elevates performance of our network and evolves our infrastructure to meet the demands of our customers,” said Wayne MacLaurin, SVP Technology at IPVanish.
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J2 Global Mourns Passing of Board Member Robert J. Cresci
Yahoo! Finance  
“We will miss Bob’s expert guidance and tremendous friendship,” said J2 Global CEO Vivek Shah. “He worked tirelessly for the Company and was instrumental in its growth and expansion. All of us at J2 offer our heartfelt condolences to Bob’s family.”
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‘We’re getting better at swarming the internet’: What publishers learned from the Cyber 5
Digiday  
A whole host of factors conspired to start the 2020 holiday shopping season a lot earlier, ranging from merchant fulfillment concerns to Amazon holding Prime Day in mid-October. “That pull forward from the merchants was real,” said Jessica Spira, vp of partner growth and management at Ziff Media Group. Data gathered across ZMG’s sites showed their audience shopping decisively. “[Average order value was up], our conversion rate was double what it normally is,” Spira said.
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Humble Bundle’s Black Game Developer Fund makes first 5 investments
VentureBeat  
Humble Bundle has awarded its first five grants from its $1 million Black Game Developer Fund to Black-led game studios. Those five studios will share a total of $200,000 in startup funds to create playable builds for their games. The fund’s goal is to help Black game makers realize their creative visions and to elevate diverse voices in the game industry.
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Study: Businesses Seek Secure Communications as Chat and Web Conferencing Use Soars During COVID-19 Pandemic
Yahoo! Finance  
"As the pandemic and work-from-home policies drove co-workers apart, digital communication tools were vital for bringing people together despite physical distance," said Peter Tsai, Senior Technology Analyst at SWZD. "Over the past few years, business chat apps and web conferencing use were already on a steady growth path. The recent shift to a remote work normal has further accelerated the upward trajectory of these modern tools, often at the expense of legacy technologies."
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7 mistakes to avoid when shopping on Cyber Monday
CNBC  
Typically, travel-related items and experiences are discounted on Cyber Monday, Sara Skirboll, shopping and trends expert at RetailMeNot, tells CNBC Make It. “This year, fewer people are traveling, fewer people are buying experiences like tickets, cooking classes, concerts, Broadway shows and all-inclusive resorts,” she says. As a result, you might see even more discounts on things like hotels, rental cars and flights.
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Humble Bundle Announces Giving Tuesday Stream on December 1
Gamasutra  
“We’re excited to show more of our games to our community, but more than that, we’re thrilled to be doing it for a good cause like the GameChanger Charity, because that’s what makes up our Humble DNA” said Alan Patmore, Humble Bundle's General Manager.
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