“Marketing teams within a brand can run different personalization campaigns simultaneously, based on different user attributes and actions,” Anjul Bhambhri, SVP of Adobe Experience Cloud, told VentureBeat. Trendspotting: AI and cloud computing partnerships could push enterprise adoption, especially if both parties bring unique applications and have buy-in from their users and subscribers.
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| Dec 9, 2024
We’ll likely see innovation that will make it easier to harvest data in a manner that simultaneously ensures user privacy. With the phaseout of third-party cookies, marketers are seeking new methods to connect with consumers through data while protecting privacy. One area to watch on this front is the use of data clean rooms offered by companies like Snowflake.
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| Jan 24, 2024
Brands such as Target have faced backlash for promoting Black History Month collections while simultaneously stepping away from DEI commitments, Retail Brew notes. Social media users have called out the inconsistency, with hashtags like #BoycottTarget gaining traction. Target also pulled a Black History Month product after a TikTok user exposed misidentified historical figures.
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| Aug 21, 2024
It aims to empower users with more expressive mediums and simultaneously compete with other social platforms. Of course, the success of this new feature will depend on how its community embraces and innovates with these new text-based capabilities.
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| Jul 25, 2023
In a surprising revelation, our analysts say US consumers aged 55 and older spend more time watching YouTube than those under 18—and their usage is growing faster than any other age group. While 18-34 year-olds remain the heaviest YouTube users at over an hour per day, our analysts on the episode said the platform has achieved remarkable penetration among older demographics.
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| Jul 3, 2025
The generation has grown up in an era of multifunctional devices that have blurred the line between usage and content consumption. And interconnection among devices promotes simultaneous use, which makes what Gen Zers are consuming more important than where. Gen Z adults are less likely than adults overall to watch traditional TV or listen to the radio.
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| Sep 21, 2023
For consumers, Netflix made improvements to the picture quality for ad-tier watchers and added the ability to watch on two devices simultaneously. Netflix said it’s making more on a per-user basis for its ad-supported tier than its standard subscription. “That’s why Netflix is doing all of these things to make [its] ad tier better,” said Goldman.
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| Jun 2, 2023
Microsoft's Copilot is transforming how users interact with search. The AI-powered assistant has increased engagement through its fresh design, improved speed, and innovative features like voice commands, visual search, and simultaneous browsing with conversation. But it will take far more for Microsoft to overtake Google.
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| Nov 22, 2024
Trifold phones create a hybrid space between smartphones and tablets—which is prime real estate for immersive, multi-screen experiences that app developers and advertisers can benefit from.
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| May 9, 2025
Our take: Reddit is clearly executing on a performance-driven ad strategy, but scaling that success beyond early adopters—without compromising the user experience—remains its biggest challenge.
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| Aug 5, 2025
For context, we expect 64.6% of all US adult second-screeners will use social networks simultaneously this year. Video content preferences are shifting. Creator content is fueling social video usage. Whether people prefer creator content to TV is a complicated question. But there’s no doubt that creators have been crucial to social video’s growth. People watch more creator content than ever.
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| Aug 16, 2024
And the FIs that ensure their offerings have the best possible experience will simultaneously be gaining their primary customers’ loyalty.
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| May 30, 2025
The new TV looks like YouTube: Forget old-school programming—YouTube’s Shorts, podcasts, and second-screen features are reshaping television into an interactive, on-demand experience powered by creators.
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| Feb 11, 2025
Media users frequently consume more than one format simultaneously. If someone spends an hour watching TV, for example, and uses a smartphone to surf the web during the same hour, we count this as an hour of usage for each medium and, hence, as 2 hours of total media time. Smartphone penetration in Canada is almost the highest in the world.
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| Jun 2, 2023
In many ways, WBD is trying to do just that: (eventually) charging users more for a secondary library of content they may not consume—while simultaneously taking some content off the platform and licensing it to the likes of Roku and Tubi. At launch, JB Perrette, president and CEO of global streaming and games at WBD, highlighted the current “peak confusion” era in streaming.
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| Apr 12, 2023
Nextdoor is undergoing a major reinvention, focusing on hyperlocal value with three core features: real-time safety alerts, AI-generated neighborhood recommendations, and curated news from over 3,500 local publishers. The redesigned platform aims to capitalize on shifting work-from-home behavior, verified neighbor identities, and underused local advertising budgets. With 100 million registered users across 11 countries, Nextdoor is uniquely positioned to offer geotargeted content and build ad inventory through increased daily engagement. CEO Nirav Tolia’s bet? Depth over scale. If executed well, the new Nextdoor could become an essential tool for local businesses, publishers, and residents alike—while opening fresh monetization streams.
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| Jul 15, 2025
They also let companies take advantage of pervasive second-screening behaviors. But Roku found that engagement was more than 10 times higher when users were prompted to use their remotes rather than scan a QR code, the company’s director of ad innovation, Peter Hamilton, told Marketing Brew, because people are more comfortable with using their remotes to interact with their TVs.
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| Nov 25, 2024
This setup allows it to conduct auctions while simultaneously evaluating all bids in real time, mirroring the functionality of header bidding on the web. Industry players like Naavik estimate that MAX holds a market share of roughly 60% in mobile ad mediation, helping developers maximize ad revenues through real-time bidding (RTB).
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| Feb 13, 2025
This breakup is an existential threat to Google’s ad ecosystem, which relies heavily on Chrome’s user data. If Chrome’s new owner shifts its default search engine, Google Search—currently buoyed by Chrome’s 70.19% market share worldwide—could lose significant traffic.
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| Dec 23, 2024
YouTube's platform-native discovery strategy may indicate the future direction of branded content creation, as 28.8% of users are also considering AI for matchmaking.
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| Jun 18, 2025
Facebook users can also use Meta AI while scrolling through the feed and in chats on Messenger. Meta AI is also available as a standalone tool on the website Meta.ai, putting it in direct competition with the likes of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. Meta AI is powered by Llama 3, Meta’s newest and most powerful large language model, which was released simultaneously.
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| Apr 22, 2024
The app is aimed at Gen Z consumers over 21, with colorful imagery and a streamlined user experience. Once a user starts a cart, it's open for others to add items and pay for their selections, eliminating the need for bill splitting. The app’s origin is rooted in research, according to Daniel Danker, chief product officer at Instacart. “We rarely launch new apps,” he said.
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| May 14, 2025
However, it’s unclear how much time this will actually save users. "When I go on Amazon now, I can basically find the product I want and buy it within one click because it already has all of my information," said analyst Blake Droesch. 3. Temu and Shein.
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| May 5, 2025