Facebook announced Monday (Oct. 8) the launch of the Portal and Portal+, its voice-activated communication devices for the home. In a press release, the social media giant said that artificial intelligence will make it easier to make calls and socialize. The Portal boasts a 10-inch 1280 x 800 display, while the Portal+ comes with a […]
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The impact of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) continues to take shape roughly five months after taking effect, and Facebook could be on the hook for billions of dollars in fines tied to a data breach of about 50 million user accounts. As reported, the social media giant was hacked through a vulnerability in […]
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The trend is clear—digital marketing is bigger than ever, growing more every year. In 2017, it accounted for 39% of the market share, up from 28% in 2014. But this growth still doesn’t mean the industry isn’t rife with problems. Current models are wrought with excessively high commission fees, click fraud, and inefficient targeting algorithms, […]
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Facebook-owned Instagram reportedly is testing a new privacy setting that could lead to more targeted ads directed at consumers. The new privacy setting would enable Instagram to share users’ location history with Facebook. According to TechCrunch, that “means your exact GPS coordinates collected by Instagram, even when you’re not using the app, would help Facebook […]
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What would you say about a computer geek who said he could protect your online identity, and while doing do would make a bold move against the likes of Facebook and Google? What would you say if that person happened to be the inventor of the World Wide Web? As consumers become more cautious — […]
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Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, Marketing Land and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: For Scott Brinker, marketing is designed to balance the ‘4 Forces’ Sep 28, 2018 by Barry Levine In a recent essay, the MarTech Conference chair pointed to the necessary give-and-take between […]
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An opinion piece on why attracting foreign investments might not be a good idea The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. On September 27, the EU Competitiveness Council met in Brussels to discuss how to support Europe’s digitization, particularly with regard to […]
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After coming across a breach earlier in the week, Facebook said on Friday (Sept. 28) that roughly 50 million of its users had their data exposed through an attack on its network. Facebook found that attackers were able to take control of user accounts through a function within the platform’s code, The New York Times reported. […]
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The tech stack and IP address history for Beadfest.com, per Notablist Two New York City-based companies are — separately — making available their internal marketing data: Parse.ly is unveiling its “attention map” of Net topics, and Notablist is detailing the tech stacks behind brands’ emails. About the Currents platform. Parse.ly’s new Currents attention platform […]
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Google announced on Wednesday new accreditations from the Media Ratings Council (MRC) across its ad products and updates to third-party measurement capabilities for Google and YouTube. The company says it is committed to industry standards to help marketers compare performance across ad sellers. MRC accreditations span across products. The company said it has gained […]
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