Through a blog post on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained how Facebook's new vision for the future is to become a privacy focused social networking platform. In the post, Facebook's CEO discussed how he believes Facebook's future will be centered around private, ephemeral, encrypted communication, which represents a large shift from the company's current, open platform news feed. According to Zuckerberg, these changes will occur over the next few years and should also open the way for new online commerce and payments services.
In Zuckerberg's Facebook post, he details Facebook's new privacy-focused platform will be built around the following principles:
This announcement comes at a time when Facebook is under increased scrutiny over the spread of "fake news," which has resulted in public pressure on the social network company to better moderate its customer content. The new privacy focused social network envisioned above may be designed to address some of these concerns as content will become private from even Facebook itself, reducing its vulnerability to privacy issues. A couple of the more concrete changes and policies outlined by Zuckerberg are listed below:
Facebook's Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp are all used by more than 1 billion people each. This shift to a more privacy focused social network will make it harder for Facebook to continue generating the level of revenue from targeted advertising that has allowed it to become one of the largest companies in the world. As it undergoes the changes identified above, there is no doubt that the company will have to develop new revenue generating tools, services and strategies. It is important to note that Mark Zuckerberg did admit that elements of the plan could still change as the company speaks to experts over the next year. Click here to read the full article.
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Tesla announced that it will shift away from physical stores to only having e-commerce, stating that clients will be able to buy a Tesla in North America on their mobile phones in close to 1 minute. Tesla stated that the decision to move away from physical retail locations was driven by the company's need to remain financially sustainable as the move to e-commerce will help Tesla cut operating expenses. Most of the Tesla's current stores will close and those that stay open will become Tesla information centers, galleries, or showcases. The company announced the move to e-commerce at the same time as it finally begins to make available its long awaited "Standard Range" Model 3.
Tesla also announced that in order to serve the needs of its growing customer base, they will be increasing the number of service centers by a significant amount with the goal of providing same day service to all Tesla owners. Current Tesla owners can currently order a mobile service truck through their Tesla mobile app. Tesla announced a company-wide restructuring in June of 2018. Although the company has had two back-to-back profitable quarters, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, reported that he isn't expecting Tesla to earn a profit in Q1 of 2019 in a call with reporters. Customers who buy a Tesla online will be able try out their vehicle for 1,000 miles or 7 days and still be able to return the car for a full refund. Click here to read the full article. |
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