By Yasmin Gagne July 19, 2023 On July 19, the five-year-old Israeli company Oddity, which aims to use AI technology to create personalized beauty products, went public on Nasdaq. The company, which owns viral makeup brand Il Makiage and hair and skincare brand SpoiledChild, previously raised $130 million from investors, including L Catterton, the … Continue reading Oddity CEO: How 40 million users, one billion data points, and AI are why investors excited for IPO
Almost two weeks after the supposed sunset of UA, the sky is still glowing red. Nicola Agius on July 11, 2023 Despite warning advertisers that the tool would be replaced by Google Analytics 4 on July 1, UA is still processing data as usual for most people. Why we care. Marketers were reluctant to make the … Continue reading Universal Analytics is still functional for most users
By Michael Grothaus July 06, 2023 While it’s too early to call Threads—Meta’s new microblogging platform—a bona fide “Twitter killer,” Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to Elon Musk’s flailing social network is off to a good start. Zuckerberg took to the new platform to announce that within the first four hours of its launch, five million … Continue reading 10 million users joined Meta’s Threads in just 7 hours. It took Twitter 780 days to do that
By Rob Pegoraro June 30, 2023 Since its 2008 founding, Airbnb has prospered on the assumption that people will be comfortable staying in the homes of strangers. But the rental behemoth still has some trust issues among its customers—and its executives were more than willing to talk about those struggles with attendees at this … Continue reading How Airbnb is trying to convince more users to become hosts
Alexa Users Seek To Reinstate Privacy Claims Over Ad Targeting by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, June 5, 2023 Alexa users want a federal appellate court to reinstate a privacy lawsuit claiming that Amazon targets ads to people based on their interactions with voice-controlled devices. U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein in the Western District of Washington … Continue reading Alexa Users Seek To Reinstate Privacy Claims Over Ad Targeting
Gmail Mobile Users Can Now See Top Search Results In A Dedicated Section by Ray Schultz , June 2, 2023 Google is adding a feature to streamline the search process for Gmail users on Android and iOS. The most relevant search results will now appear at the top of the list in a dedicated section. … Continue reading Gmail Mobile Users Can Now See Top Search Results In A Dedicated Section
Streaming Video Users Renew Privacy Battle With Google by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, May 19, 2023 Streaming video users from New York and Minnesota will ask a federal appellate court to revive a lawsuit alleging that Google violated state privacy laws by retaining data about streaming video rentals, according to court papers filed Thursday. The video … Continue reading Streaming Video Users Renew Privacy Battle With Google
New design features and the ability to build third-party plug-ins will offer more tools for marketers using Bing Chat. Chris Wood on May 4, 2023 Microsoft is opening up Bing Chat with an API for developers and rolling out its new Bing Chat to all users who download Microsoft Edge — there’s no more waitlist. Over half … Continue reading Bing Chat opens up to more users and developers with API, expanded visual answers
Pinterest Offers Advertisers New Ways To Target Eco-Friendly Users by Colin Kirkland , March 29, 2023 Pinterest claims that protecting the environment is shaping the way consumers are buying. In preparation for Earth Day, the image-sharing social service is dishing out tips for how advertisers can incorporate sustainability messaging into their Pinterest ads, based on … Continue reading Pinterest Offers Advertisers New Ways To Target Eco-Friendly Users
Twitter’s For You tabbed interface starts rolling out on desktop web browsers Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Twitter’s “For You” tab, which debuted on iOS devices earlier this week, has begun rolling out to desktop web browsers. The new interface replaces the “sparkle” icon that previously allowed you to toggle between the platform’s algorithmically generated and … Continue reading Twitter will soon only recommend paid users in its For You feed
