Apple and Google have teamed up for a seamless solution for COVID-19 tracing that seems like a pretty good solution for other forms of anonymized identity tracking. Read the whole story
The addition of Dish Media's 7 million addressable households to Fios TV's nearly 4 million subscribers expands Verizon Media's addressable footprint to nearly 11 … Read the whole story
As the U.S. Presidential election enters its 60-day window, Facebook this morning announced several new steps it is taking to avoid playing a role … Read the whole story
Political ads are the least of the problem when it comes to Facebook's use as a misinformation vehicle - -and banning them for one … Read the whole story
Thirty-eight NBA Playoffs games have averaged 1.96 million Nielsen-measured viewers, with national TV ad spending comparable to a year ago. Some $290.6 million in … Read the whole story
Though Twitch is best-known for video-game live streaming, nongaming channels like Music and Just Chatting are attracting many new users, reports eMarketer. Read the whole story
The White House's attempt to clamp down on social media platforms "is misguided, lacks grounding in law, and poses serious public policy concerns," the … Read the whole story
News media devoted 20% more coverage of the Republican National Convention than the Democratic National convention, according to an analysis of the two conventions' … Read the whole story
Google is introducing the gender intent of the searcher for certain keywords without consumers adding a gender-based term in their query. Searchmetrics has suggestions … Read the whole story
Apple last week enabled a rating system that enables users to recommend a place and leave a star rating. At this early stage, the … Read the whole story
Standard Media Index continues to grow its management ranks with the appointment of Jason Keown as vp, marketing, a new position where he will … Read the whole story
"TikTok continues to look the other way when it comes to children's privacy," the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Center for Digital Democracy … Read the whole story
Apple has announced it will raise charges for developers selling on the local App Stores in a variety of countries to pay for the … Read the whole story
A WPP team led by VMLY&R and Mindshare will lead the estimated $100 million consolidated account that spans 53 countries. Read the whole story
"I would not do the deal without the algorithms that have proven to work very well," said Francis Bassolino, managing partner at Alaris in … Read the whole story
Comcast, a legacy pay TV distributor, wants to expand X1, its cable TV set-top box operating system. It may be late to the game. Read the whole story
It's both ironic and fitting that as soon as Mark Zuckerberg posted news about new steps Facebook is taking to combat turmoil before, during … Read the whole story
A Facebook subsidiary boring a hole in the seafloor for a transatlantic fiber optic connection ended up abandoning equipment and 6.5000 gallons of drilling … Read the whole story