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Facebook’s latest moves appeal to teens, professionals and hungry users alike. It has recently integrated with food ordering and delivery platforms, taken on LinkedIn with a new resume feature and snapped up the viral, anonymous complimenting app tbh to appeal to teenagers (though, tbh, that one probably won’t work). Can any social networking platform be all things to all people? If anything can, it’s Facebook, and the social media giant sure is trying. Read More...

The Pixel 2 is far from Google’s first phone effort, but after years of pushing hard on the Android ecosystem, the company is now pushing its own ecosystem and its flagship phone with the most specialized version of the operating system on offer. The good news is the early reviews see what Google is going for and approve of the direction toward a much more broadly useful mobile device. The less good news is all the ways those same reviews say Google is still missing the mark. Read More...

Instead of investing in new growth in 2018, grocer Kroger has announced it will be using its food purchase data trove to revamp its customer service and product assortments over the next two years. Building or rehabilitating stores will take a back seat to updating selections and presentation, an initiative designed to meet proven customer priorities by putting store-specific favorites front and center. Can “Restock Kroger” give the grocer the edge it needs to get ahead in the ongoing grocery wars? Read More...