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The AI features will be available in US English initially, then localized English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the UK in December. AI will land in the EU in April. The opportunity: Apple鈥檚 move to add AI to popular devices could drive mainstream adoption and boost upgrade cycles as it enters its most profitable quarter.

Methodology: Data is from the September 2024 Emarsys report titled "Customer Loyalty Index 2024: Global." 10,041 consumers in Australia, Germany, United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US were surveyed online by Opinion Matters during June 12-17, 2024. Additional research from 2,000 adults ages 18+ was gathered by 3Gem Research and Insights during June 20-24, 2024.

The news: Meta has been scraping all public data from Facebook and Instagram users in Australia since 2007. This applies to photos and texts in all public posts, including photos of children posted by their parents. Users in Australia鈥攁nd in the US鈥攄on鈥檛 have an opt-out option for data scraping, which has been provided to users in the EU and the UK.

The survey was conducted in July 2024 across nearly 6,000 respondents from the US, Canada, India, Brazil, Mexico, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, and Japan. Coupons over email: Other studies largely support the GetApp findings.

Meta recently revealed that it has been scraping all public user data in Australia since 2007, including images of children posted by parents. Australia also doesn鈥檛 have laws on opting in. Our take: The lack of opt-in laws in the US makes users in the country vulnerable to data scraping without consent.

But the US significantly trails behind other markets: 92% of marketers in India said they use the tech, followed by 79% in Australia and 78% in Germany. The gamble: While advertisers are eager for more AI-powered features, similar offerings from competitors have drawn critiques. And TikTok鈥檚 uncertain legal status also looms large over advertising changes.

Personalized Promotions tools to help advertisers offer discounts in markets including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, France, and Japan. A new bidding feature in Performance+ that lets advertisers maximize the overall value of campaigns, not just clicks or conversions, giving them more control to tailor their strategies.

This rollout follows an initial launch in the UK and Australia, where subscribers have created 鈥渕illions of playlists that they keep coming back to,鈥� per Spotify. Spotify said that users can even reference things like movie characters, colors, and emojis. Users can ask for specific genres and themes and give feedback on what the AI outputs, such as asking for less of a certain artist鈥檚 content.

Why Australia? Australia is one of the most digitally advanced payments markets, making it an excellent opportunity for Apple to grow Tap to Pay. 蘑菇AV 83% of consumers in Australia used a mobile wallet in the last year, per Marqeta鈥檚 2022 State of Consumer Money Movement report鈥攃ompared with 71% of US respondents.

The UK has not gravitated toward podcasts as much as the US, Australia, and Canada. The UK will rank a solid fifth in podcast penetration among the 14 countries that we break out globally, but with only 29.8% of internet users partaking, it will trail the other English-speaking countries (and Spain) by a wide margin.

TJX鈥檚 value proposition won over shoppers of all ages and incomes in Q3: That momentum has carried over into Q4, putting the off-price retailer in pole position to benefit this holiday season.

In countries with a high internet penetration (including in North America, Australia and much of Europe), online samples will have an age, gender and education profile which closely resembles that of the general/total population.

Here's how it works: Uber will use Stripe鈥檚 payments platform for Uber Rides and Uber Eats in markets including the US, Australia, and Japan. Stripe鈥檚 Link and Financial Connections will let customers add bank account details without leaving Uber鈥檚 app. These can then be saved for future purchases. Uber will also use Stripe to process card payments on eftpos in Australia and JCB in Japan.