GIFs and memes are all over the internet. We all post them, but have you ever made one? PicMonkey is launching a new product to make it quicker and easier for entrepreneurs and small businesses to make these social marketing tools.
Frits Habermann, CEO of PicMonkey, explains how the company's new product works. He says it's targeted at everyone from small business owners to social media influencers.
Habermann also discusses how much graphic design has changed in the 15 years since he co-founded Adobe InDesign. He says that now there is no room for bad design, because everyone has access to a camera and a design tool in the palm of their hands.
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
Climate change doesn’t just mean more extreme weather – it also leads to billions of dollars in lost productivity, tourism, and stresses infrastructure.
