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Mobile Minutes: Simplifying message; AppNexus takes a stand; Google Translate’s new trick; Twitter suspension gaffe

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John Lilly: Simplify your message, and repeat often
So my big lesson was the importance of a simple message, and saying it the same way over and over. If you’re going to change it, change it in a big way, and make sure everyone knows it’s a change. Otherwise keep it static.
Read more at New York Times

Major advertising technology company bars Breitbart News for hate speech
AppNexus takes a stand as bigger rivals, Google and Facebook, face scrutiny over their handling of ‘fake news’
Read more at Bloomberg

Google Translate uses machine learning for its cool new trick
The method is called “zero-shot” translation and can translate new pairs of languages without the software needing to be taught how to do so.
Read more at CNET

Twitter CEO Dorsey has own Twitter account suspended
Here’s an interesting social media faux pas: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had his own Twitter account suspended late Tuesday.
Read more at USA Today