- Apple's New Privacy Settings To Roll Out Next Week
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The new mobile operating system, iOS 14.5, will require app developers to obtain iPhone and iPad users' permission before tracking them across apps. ...
- Apple Music Pays This Much To Stream A Song
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 16, 2021
Streaming digital media has a high return on investment, especially when the company streaming pays very little to artists and rights holders. In a letter to artists obtained by t ...
- House Committee Approves Antitrust Report Recommending Curbs On Big Tech
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 15, 2021
The House Judiciary committee has approved a staff report alleging that Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google abused their "tremendous power." ...
- Not Everyone Thinks Apple Events Are All That Special -- Or Necessary
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, April 16, 2021
"These product launches are a stale habit festering long after it's ceased being useful," writes a "NYT" tech journalist. ...
- Apple Building TV With Built-In Camera, Speaker: Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, April 12, 2021
Features could enable the new Apple TV to compete with other devices that enable video chatting on TV. ...
- Merkle's Co-Op Data Strategy Means Brands Build A First-Party ID Graph
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 12, 2021
Marketers who made significant investments in addressable advertising and found results in data may feel any other targeting option is a bridge too far to cross. ...
- P&G Tests Workaround To Apple's Data Privacy Rules With China Trade Groups
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 9, 2021
One of the world's largest CPG companies that depends on data is looking into other ways to target ads to consumers. TikTok's parent company ByteDance, Deloitte, and PricewaterhouseCoopers also a ...
- Microsoft At It Again With Surface Vs. Apple iPad Ad
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Microsoft released an ad on Tuesday that pits the Surface Pro 7 against Apple's iPad Pro. The latest ads focus on performance. ...
- Supreme Court Won't Revive Right-Wing Activists' Lawsuit Against Tech Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 5, 2021
In a defeat for right-wing activists Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider reviving a lawsuit accusing Google, Twitter, Facebook and Apple of conspiri ...
- Republicans Question Tech Companies Over Parler Takedowns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 1, 2021
"The timing of steps taken against the Parler social network by your companies and that the actions seem to lack any of the procedural fairness typically afforded in the ca ...
- Google Gets 20 Times More Data From Android Devices Than Apple Gets From iOS
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 1, 2021
Trinity College Researcher Douglas Leith told Ars Technica that Android and iOS transmit telemetry data to their motherships even when a user hasn’t logged in or has explicitly configured priva ...
- Apple Sets Date For WWDC Event, Creates Exciting AR/VR Rumor
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Could Apple finally be gearing up to announce its long-rumored VR headset and AR glasses? ...
- Arizona Senate Skips Vote On Bill To Regulate Apple, Google App Stores
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 25, 2021
The Arizona State Senate, scheduled to vote on a bill Wednesday, would have imposed far-reaching changes on how Apple and Google operate their mobile app stores. It would have allowed an alternati ...
- Apple's Privacy Framework Already Affecting Downloads, Login Metrics, Measurement
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 25, 2021
Some 40% of consumers agree with the IDFA random device identifier Apple assigns to devices, and want the option to opt in to being tracked, a survey by AppsFlyer foun ...
- AppsFlyer, MMA Study Shows How Personal Data, Privacy On Apple, Other Devices Influences Ads
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 18, 2021
What happens when Apple users encounter that pop-up after privacy regulations take effect? On average, 47% will not allow tracking, and 67% of those age 65 and older will n ...
- A Brainwave Computer That Could Change Advertising, Starting With Spotify
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The founders of Neurosity this week released the third version of technology that measures and monitors brainwaves, with an app that connects to Spotify. ...
- Advertisers Lose Bid To Block Apple's App Privacy Changes In France
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
France's competition regulator declined to block the coming changes, but said it will continue its investigation into whether the changes favor Apple's interests over those of third-party apps, ...
- Netflix Leads Oscar Nominations Again: 35 Overall, 10 For 'Mank'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, March 15, 2021
Amazon is second, with 12 nominations total, and newbies Disney+ and Apple TV+ each got their first Oscar nods. ...
- DuckDuckGo Calls Out Google For Reportedly Spying On Users In Incognito Mode
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Google is under fire for reportedly collecting data about users, even in incognito mode, which is intended to allow private searching without collecting data. ...
- Choosing Sides In The Cold War Over Privacy
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 15, 2021
Apple and Facebook are in a Cold War regarding data tracking and consumer privacy. The time is up for tech firms that have been sitting on the sidelines: They have ...
- Data Winter Is Coming
Media Insider, Ted McConnell - Thursday, March 4, 2021
Both Apple and Google, each in their own way, are sucking critical data out of the online advertising ecosystem. ...
- Facebook Breaks Ads Attacking Apple, Defends Personalized Targeting
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 26, 2021
The campaign comes as Apple prepares to implement privacy changes that will require iOS users to opt in to ads rather than opt out. The TV, radio and digital platfor ...
- Apple Privacy Settings Unlawful, Critic Tells Congress
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 25, 2021
"Apple's conduct violates current antitrust law and threatens to inflict irreparable harm on millions of everyday Americans," antitrust attorney John Thorne argued in his prepared statement. ...
- 2020 Gaming Benchmark Report Shows How COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Behaviors
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Mobile game ad revenue grew by more than 8% in 2020 overall and first-day in-app purchases rose by more than 50% vs. 2019. Unity's 2021 Gaming Report represents the large ...
- Like A Bully Stealing Lunch Money In A Walled Schoolyard
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, February 22, 2021
Facebook likes to tout how much it has done in recent years to deter bullying of, and by, its users, which is ironic when you consider the social network h ...
- Google Services Just The Beginning Of Subscription-Based Offers In 2021
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, February 18, 2021
2021 will be the year of subscription services. Although most of its apps are free, Google has recently built several paid-service tiers led by YouTube for streaming tv and mu ...
- Apple TV+ Makes Gains With High-Income Millennials
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Apple TV+ subscriptions for that key demo grew at a faster rate than some other streamers -- nearly doubling from 6.8% in May to a 12.6% share in November 2 ...
- Arizona, North Dakota Mobile App Laws Could Have Major Implications For Developers, Apple, Google
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 15, 2021
Laws proposed in Arizona and North Dakota would force Apple and Google to give creators of software and apps options for ways they distribute iOS and Android apps. ...
- Apple TV+ Beating Disney+ In Growth Rate Among Affluent Millennials
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Acxiom consumer research suggests that Apple and other services may have an opportunity with some consumer segments that could be reaching maximum penetration with Disney+. ...
- Intel Ads Take A Jab At Apple And Mac
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 12, 2021
In its latest anti-Apple ad campaign, Intel makes it clear it needs to prove something based on Apple's M1 chip design. Intel's benchmarks claim its latest chips beat Apple's ...
