Google Photos has released its first update since December. But the new version includes only “bug fixes and performance improvements.” Google Assistant has also received an update.   

An email blast from Rep. Seth Grossman (R-NJ) has assailed Coca-Cola’s response to Georgia’s restrictive new voting law. “Like many Americans, I am disgusted with corporate giants like Coca-Cola that fund and promote the ‘social justice’ agendas of ‘woke’ Democrats,” Grossman says.      

States are moving toward passing their own privacy laws after Virginia has done so. Here is a rundown of what states are doing in an effort to catch up to GDPR and CCPA.   

The data privacy law recently passed in Virginia was authored by Amazon, with input from Microsoft. Consumers should be suspicious of privacy bills that are pushed by big tech. 

Do you include a “reply-to” email address in your email campaigns? You may have a reply-to handling system to process those, but it could be time to rethink your approach. Ryan Phelan explains why. 

B2B marketers need automated email capabilities to nurture leads. ESputnik CEO Oleksii Danchenko explains why in a Q&A.   

Email marketing can only be done with high-quality data. Here is primer on how to get there, with stats that support the case. 

Google Ads will set a first-party cookie and model conversions for some GMP users in Europe. The cookie will be set through the Global Site Tag and Google Tag Manager, and will be limited to users of a specific site.   

Rinkit, an online home and garden retailer, is partnering with Emarsys to better engage with customers. The firm’s email database expanded by 70,000 customers to 300,000 last year. 

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke reports that three of the firm’s seven top executives are leaving the company in the coming months. These include Shopify’s chief talent officer, its chief legal officer and chief technology officer.