October 24, 2025 Meta just made it harder to scam older users. Here’s how Meta is working to make its apps better for boomers. This week the company announced new UX features designed to deter scammers and make Meta’s apps safer for older adults. Scammers today use all kinds of tricks to part people from … Continue reading Meta just made it harder to scam older users. Here’s how
September 22, 2025 Oracle to secure TikTok’s algorithm for users under U.S. deal It’s unclear if retraining the copy of the algorithm would essentially create a separate TikTok experience just for domestic U.S. users.
September 11, 2025 Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk’s killing reach the feeds of unwitting social media users with auto-play BY María José Gutierrez Chavez On the afternoon of September 10, shortly after right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in front of a crowd at Utah Valley University, videos of the Turning Point USA cofounder getting … Continue reading Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk’s killing reach the feeds of unwitting social media users with auto-play
Perplexity Creates Counter Monopoly Play To Gain PayPal’s Millions Of Users by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, September 3, 2025 Perplexity has extended a partnership with PayPal and Venmo in a deal that could increase Comet browser users by millions. The agreement potentially creates a counter-monopoly play — a business strategy where a company or group … Continue reading Perplexity Creates Counter Monopoly Play To Gain PayPal’s Millions Of Users
Dark Users by Joe Mandese , July 17, 2025 During nearly half a century covering the advertising marketplace, nothing has fascinated me more than the concept of “dark media,” which are the parts of the media universe that influence consumers, but are effectively invisible to ad industry practitioners. But it wasn’t until 2011 that I … Continue reading Dark Users
Google AI Lets Users Ask Local Businesses Questions Based On Intent by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, January 31, 2025 How AI will change the dynamics of local media buys on national networks has become clearer with the launch of a lead-generation Search Labs experiment. “Ask for Me” lets people use Google AI to call … Continue reading Google AI Lets Users Ask Local Businesses Questions Based On Intent
Google AI Lets Users Ask Local Businesses Questions Based On Intent by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, January 31, 2025 How AI will change the dynamics of local media buys on national networks has become clearer with the launch of a lead-generation Search Labs experiment. “Ask for Me” lets people use Google AI to call … Continue reading Google Lets AI Users Ask Local Businesses For Anything
The Martech AI 2025 report shows how genAI is already changing the martech stack and the way digital marketers are operating. Constantine von Hoffman on December 3, 2024 The hype around artificial intelligence may be heading into the “trough of disillusionment,” as Gartner calls it, but the technology continues to progress in big, disruptive … Continue reading AI is poised to disrupt the world of martech vendors and users
Meta AI has more than 500 million users Threads has surged to reach “almost 275 million” people, Mark Zuckerberg said. karissa bell Thu, Oct 31, 2024 SOPA Images via Getty Images Last month at Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg said that Meta AI was “on track” to become the most-used generative AI assistant … Continue reading Meta AI has more than 500 million users
Reddit Users Challenge Google, Sending Business Owners A Message by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, September 18, 2024 One in four retail small business owners use Reddit as part of their marketing strategy, compared with 1 in 5 of those that own businesses in information and 30% of those operating in professional services. And one in 10 … Continue reading Reddit Users Challenge Google, Sending Business Owners A Message
