By Anna-Louise Jackson March 11, 2024 Once a darling of social media marketers, Canva is making creatives of us all. In addition to expanding its geographic footprint—Brazil users now constitute its second-largest market—the Australian design software company is reaching employees in decidedly noncreative roles. Consider this: Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, … Continue reading Canva’s growth is being driven by a new workplace dynamic: We’re all designers now
By Chris Morris February 10, 2024 Valentine’s Day is confusing enough for us humans. Imagine how confounding it might be for a machine. While generative AI is designed to continually get smarter, romance is not something for which there’s a definitive course of study. So as Valentine’s Day approaches, we got curious: What have … Continue reading I asked AI chatbots to plan a Valentine’s Day date. They were surprisingly helpful
By Donovan Triplett February 08, 2024 In the 1980s, Greg Tate was one of only a few Black music critics at a major publication, but his career helped nudge the U.S. toward a more nuanced appreciation of Black genres. He looked to understand and distinguish, as he put it, “the way Black people ‘think,’ mentally, emotionally, physically,” and “how … Continue reading What we’re losing in the blinding whiteness of advertising
By Michael Grothaus December 07, 2023 The fastest growing brand of 2023 was one that hardly any consumer knew about the year before: ChatGPT. That’s according to decision intelligence company Morning Consult’s Fastest Growing Brands report for 2023. The report ranks the top 20 brands based on the growth of the number of consumers … Continue reading Kraft, ChatGPT, Zelle, and Southwest Airlines were all top brands for different generations in 2023
By Tim Ringel November 29, 2023 You can’t go a step in the advertising and marketing world these days without running into someone’s hot new application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. It’s the shiny new object of the moment that has captured our attention, and it’s driving agencies and brands into a mad dash … Continue reading Why we’re marketing: We’re trying to sell something
By Chris Stokel-Walker November 22, 2023 On Tuesday night, OpenAI announced that it had reached an agreement in principle for cofounder and recently ousted CEO Sam Altman to return to the company. As part of the arrangement, the $80 billion company will also have a new board composed of Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, and … Continue reading OpenAI nearly blew up their $80 billion company. But was the issue they were reportedly arguing over really the right issue?
Zelle may refund your money if you were scammed The payment processor started reimbursing scam victims on June 30. Mariella Moon Tue, Nov 14, 2023 NurPhoto via Getty Images Zelle recently made a huge change to its policy that would give victims of certain scams the chance to get their money back. The payment … Continue reading Zelle may refund your money if you were scammed
By Chris Morris October 13, 2023 Cyberattacks are becoming more prevalent in 2023—and it’s no longer a matter of whether this year will record a record number of data breaches, it’s more a question of how high that number will be. As of the end of September, corporations had reported 2,116 data compromises for … Continue reading 2023 is already the worst year for hacks—and we’re not out yet
Andrew Tarantola @terrortola A company’s public image is arguably even more important to its bottom line than the product they produce and very much not something to be trifled with. Would Disney be the entertainment behemoth it is today if not for its family-friendly facade, would Google have garnered so much goodwill if not … Continue reading Portions of Twitter’s source code were reportedly leaked online
New Metric Measures How Videos Perform Based On When They Were Uploaded by Colin Kirkland , March 23, 2023 Global social video analytics firm Tubular Labs has announced a new measurement capability for how videos perform according to the hour of day they were uploaded. Customers will now be able to determine what time of … Continue reading New Metric Measures How Videos Perform Based On When They Were Uploaded
