NBCU's digital entertainment network Fandango will combine two popular movie/TV streaming services -- Vudu and FandangoNOW -- to support ecommerce and improve on-demand entertainment services. ...

WhizzCo built a predictive AI algorithm supported by a machine-learning neural network that predicts the CPM for each individual content recommendation vendor, like Outbrain that serves impressions. ...

Algolia also added seven leaders to its executive suite in the last 18 months, appointing ad execs from Alfresco, Dropbox, Capgemini, Salesforce, Adobe, Twilio, and other firms. ...

Privacy concerns are driving 86% of marketers to invest more in first-party data and 77% in zero-party data, the CMO Club and SheerID report. ...

To fix this multibillion-dollar challenge, Google Cloud on Tuesday introduced Google Cloud Retail Search, a customizable onsite engine that provides recommendations and search results. It gives retailers Google-quality search ...

Taboola on Friday announced its intent to acquire Connexity from Symphony Technology Group for approximately $800 million, several weeks after going through an initial public offering. ...

Outbrain made 8 million shares available in its IPO. If it sells all for $20 each it will raise $160 million. The offering is expected to close on July 2 ...

Taboola, which powers recommendations, on Monday released numbers reflecting the significant adoption of its News product, which can be integrated into the mobile carrier's offering or be pre-loaded on phon ...

YouTube's video recommendation algorithm often violates the platform's own content policies, according to a crowdsourced investigation released today by Mozilla. ...

Instead of people looking for information, information will now look for people, says Taboola founder and CEO Adam Singolda. He believes the future will focus on recommendations. ...

Yahoo Small Business today released findings of the 2021 Microbusiness Outlook Report, a survey exploring the state of U.S. microbusinesses and their outlook as they emerge from the COVID-19 pande ...

But many will dump a brand when there is a change in price, Bluecore reports. ...

Most shoppers click on product suggestions in email and other channels, and a majority purchase, Lucidworks reports. ...

Instagram probably hasn't done enough to explain why it removes content, why some information is recommended, and how it works more broadly, said Instagram senior UX researcher Stacey Houston duri ...

Revcontent, an ad-tech content-recommendation engine, has sold its assets to Star Mountain Capital and Capital Dynamics, the companies said Wednesday. It's the biggest competitor to Taboola and Outbrain. ...

Oracle Moat Measurement's integration into Taboola Ads, which powers recommendations across the open web, aims to help advertisers measure the outcome of campaigns. ...

Birdeye analyzed data from more than 60,000 businesses to understand the pandemic's impact on reviews related to retail, automotive, healthcare and beauty and wellness. Google, rather than Facebook or Yel ...

Stylitics and Cordial are combining their email and data capabilities to drive merchandise recommendations. ...

Apple's revised plans to invest 20% more in the U.S. to build on its next-gen silicon, 5G tech and AI strategies has the potential to change streaming, ecommerce, search a ...

We Are Bionic has rebranded to Optily after a decade of providing media buying and workflow automation services to agencies such as GroupM and Havas. The company used its optimizati ...

Microsoft Advertising users could begin seeing ad suggestions with auto-apply as early as this month on their Recommendations page in the Ads & extensions category. ...

Google is pushing services into its own cloud and others that support companies through the apps in its marketplace. Added to the growing cloud services, a suite of products f ...

Augmented reality is behind Google's new beauty feature for mobile phones. L'Oreal, MAC Cosmetics, Black Opal and Charlotte Tilbury are participating in the rollout. ...

Thanksgiving Day hit record consumer spending of $5.1 billion, up 21.5% year-on-year vs. 2019. Retailers offering curbside pickup benefited Thursday from a 31% higher conversion rate of traffic to the ...

Apple last week enabled a rating system that enables users to recommend a place and leave a star rating. At this early stage, the rating system is only visible f ...

Those using Microsoft Advertising Editor gained access Wednesday to AI-powered recommendations and campaign-level associations to help advertisers optimize campaign performance and make campaign management easier. Campaign-level associations can help marketers apply a ...

Internet Brands will announce a video technology deal Monday with AnyClip to use its Luminous video technology. ...

4-Tell brings brands such as Bob's Red Mill, Dakine and 2Modern. Searchspring supports brands such as Kate Somerville, Moen, Natori and Volcom. ...

Bringing the same technology to ecommerce that underpins both YouTube and Google Search, the deep-learning algorithms no longer just power views and search results. Now, they power conversions and reve ...

The Mozilla-funded project TheirTube gives people an opportunity to experience what YouTube recommends, depending on their perspective, to demonstrate how recommendation algorithms can sway opinion. ...