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Tech layoffs 2024: Discord, Google, Audible, and others add to bad start for the year

  By Michael Grothaus January 12, 2024 Just two weeks into the new year, it’s already been a hard time for the tech sector. Any hopes that the layoffs that began in 2022 and accelerated in 2023 would begin to subside have yet to be realized as more major companies joined other big players, including … Continue reading Tech layoffs 2024: Discord, Google, Audible, and others add to bad start for the year

Google will start phasing out third-party cookies in weeks with new feature

Google is rolling out a new feature in January that will impact 1% of randomly selected Chrome users globally. Nicola Agius on December 14, 2023 Google will begin testing a new feature that restricts third-party cookies by default in the coming weeks. The Tracking Protection tool will be rolled out on January 4, 2024, to … Continue reading Google will start phasing out third-party cookies in weeks with new feature

Omnicom’s Flywheel acquisition signals the start of a revolution

The third digital commerce revolution is here. It’s a good time to be a growing platform with digital and retail media capabilities. Kim Davis on November 10, 2023 “Retail media is hard, but worth it. Its the third revolution in digital advertising and in almost every way, its more interesting than the previous two. It’s … Continue reading Omnicom’s Flywheel acquisition signals the start of a revolution

Meta, Ireland’s Tyndall Institute Start $5.4M Semiconductor Project To Advance AR, Displays

Meta, Ireland’s Tyndall Institute Start $5.4M Semiconductor Project To Advance AR, Displays by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, June 23, 2023 Meta has teamed with Ireland’s Tyndall Research Institute for a four-year $5.4 million project to research semiconductors that will help to advance augmented reality (AR) technology and improve displays. The project will focus on key AR … Continue reading Meta, Ireland’s Tyndall Institute Start $5.4M Semiconductor Project To Advance AR, Displays

Why social media companies picked a very tricky time to start charging users

  By Rob Walker February 24, 2023   Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture.   What is social media worth? Not to investors—we know the market valuations of the most familiar social media companies can reach hundreds of billions, even despite recent weakness among tech stocks—but to … Continue reading Why social media companies picked a very tricky time to start charging users