Can drones wear video-recording sunglasses? Perhaps that's a look we'll see in the future--or not. BuzzFeed News reported on Friday night that Snap bought Ctrl Me Robotics, a Los Angeles-based, drones-making startup. Variety then ran a story that said the acquisition occurred late last year. Both publications are characterizing the price tag as less than...
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Digital & Tech Daily
May 31, 2017
Today's top news for digital marketers
Acquisition simply could be about other kinds of hardware
By Christopher Heine
Can drones wear video-recording sunglasses? Perhaps that's a look we'll see in the future--or not. BuzzFeed News reported on Friday night that Snap bought Ctrl Me Robotics, a Los Angeles-based, drones-making startup. Variety then ran a story that said the acquisition occurred late last year. Both publications are characterizing the price tag as less than...
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Marian Hill concert shows new functionality
By Lauren Johnson
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How predictive marketing is impacting three key sectors
But will it catch on with users?
By Lauren Johnson
ANA and White Ops say fraudulent activity will fall in 2017
By Marty Swant
Donuts, ad fraud and YouTube are making headlines
By Christopher Heine
Like other recent weeks, the last several days have been chock-full with online branding numbers. Here are nine that we found particularly interesting. 1. AR booms Digi-Capital's report said that the mobile augmented reality space will have more than 1 billion users and total $60 billion by 2021. 2. Fraud falls There's actually good news...
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NYC debut underscores showrooming potential
By Christopher Heine
A few hours after vacationer Sariah Lutkin landed in New York City on Wednesday from Cologne, Germany, she saw a sign about the new Amazon store in Gotham's Columbus Circle area. There's no such storefront for the ecommerce giant in Europe, so Lutkin, an Amazon.com customer, decided to check out the mall-based location that opened...
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It gives marketers an alternative to Google and Facebook
By Marty Swant
With hopes of boosting user and brand engagement while also decentralizing the digital duopoly of Google and Facebook, Kik, the messaging app, is creating its own cryptocurrency. Today, the Canada-based company is debuting Kin, and the digital currency will become the primary payment method for transactions on the platform. Kin--which will be created as an...
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Plus, one cautionary tale
By Lauren Johnson
Artificial intelligence can write copy and manage programmatic media buying at warp speed. It can drive a car and even diagnose cancer. AI is increasingly acting like humans, so companies are putting big resources and marketing money into branding AI with human-like qualities, down to naming their technology after people. Amazon reportedly picked Alexa for...
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Gets into larger measurement questions as well
By Lauren Johnson
Facebook execs offered a peek at how the social giant approaches measurement during a news conference today that included an update on its upcoming audit with the Media Rating Council. Facebook also announced its new measurement science center in New York, which Adweek had a first look at this week. In February, Facebook said it...
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The lab will work with agencies, brands and media companies
By Marty Swant
Earlier this week, inside of a former nightclub in New York, construction workers were busy hammering and drilling away, building out what will soon become Facebook's next marketing endeavor in lower Manhattan. It won't be finished for a few more weeks, and it didn't look like much. It didn't have any of the Facebook blue,...
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