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Tech and media layoffs November update: Job cuts keep coming at ByteDance, Vice, Amazon, Faire

Hi, Welcome Welcome back   By Michael Grothaus November 28, 2023 Update Tuesday, November 28: November has shaped up to be a particularly rough month for tech companies, as layoffs have continued through its final few days. On Monday, it was reported that TikTok parent company ByteDance will lay off hundreds of employees as it … Continue reading Tech and media layoffs November update: Job cuts keep coming at ByteDance, Vice, Amazon, Faire →

A Data Frenzy At Microsoft Advertising

A Data Frenzy At Microsoft Advertising by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, November 28, 2023 It seems Microsoft Advertising is providing more ways for publishers and advertisers to gain analysis of data.   The company on Tuesday launched an analytics dashboard to help publishers measure advertising revenue.Monetize Insights, the dashboard, launched worldwide on Microsoft Monetize, the … Continue reading A Data Frenzy At Microsoft Advertising →

How did a tumultuous year impact marketers? Take the MarTech Salary and Career Survey

Spend a few minutes to help us all understand what the past year meant for marketers and their careers. Mike Pastore on November 28, 2023 If you thought ushering the 2020s in with a global pandemic would be the unlikeliest thing to happen for a while, you weren’t alone. But even as 2023 gives way … Continue reading How did a tumultuous year impact marketers? Take the MarTech Salary and Career Survey →

TV advertising: 6 key trends to watch in 2024

Stay ahead in television advertising with addressable TV ads, AI-driven personalization, shoppable ads and more. Geoff Crain on November 28, 2023 Television advertising has undergone significant transformations in recent years, and 2024 promises to be no different. Advertisers must adapt to remain relevant and effective as technology evolves and consumer preferences shift. Here are a … Continue reading TV advertising: 6 key trends to watch in 2024 →

This new geothermal plant in the Nevada desert is helping power Google data centers

  By Adele Peters In 2020, Google set a goal to get to 24/7 carbon-free energy by the end of the decade, meaning that all of its data centers and offices will run on clean electricity every hour of every day, all year long. The company didn’t know exactly how that would happen. “We realized … Continue reading This new geothermal plant in the Nevada desert is helping power Google data centers →

Personalization and real-time interaction management: Best of the Chatbot

See how the MarTechBot responds to a prompt and how the prompt can be improved. Today: personalization and real-time interaction management. MarTechBot on November 27, 2023 Best of the Chatbot showcases MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected … Continue reading Personalization and real-time interaction management: Best of the Chatbot →

Instagram reportedly served up child-sexualizing reels to followers of teen influencers

Instagram reportedly served up child-sexualizing reels to followers of teen influencers Employees knew about this problem internally, apparently. Richard Lai   Updated Tue, Nov 28, 2023 Photo by Richard Lai/Engadget Following X’s alleged ad controversy involving antisemitic content, it is now Meta’s turn to be put under the spotlight for its content algorithm. According to … Continue reading Instagram reportedly served up child-sexualizing reels to followers of teen influencers →

TikTok owner ByteDance to lay off hundreds as it winds down its failed gaming division

  By Michael Grothaus November 27, 2023 Layoffs have hit the tech industry hard in 2023, and now another round is hitting even more employees. The latest company to lay off employees is ByteDance, owner of TikTok. The layoffs, which are expected to officially be announced today, will hit employees working for its Nuverse gaming … Continue reading TikTok owner ByteDance to lay off hundreds as it winds down its failed gaming division →