If Apple were to implement Private Relay by default into an iOS update, the feature could be a “nuclear option” for the Conversion API (CAPI) model, as noted by media strategist Eric Seufert in a Mobile Dev Memo article cited by AdExchanger.
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| Jul 2, 2024
A month later, Abhi Pabba, a former Apple executive who helped manage credit risk for the Apple Card, left to join credit card startup X1. The big takeaway: Spending more to invigorate its card unit as it seeks to compete with big-name issuers may have contributed to Goldman Sachs’ multibillion-dollar loss.
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| Jan 10, 2023
Spotify, Apple, and YouTube own the market. Spotify is the biggest player in the US digital audio market with 36.3% of paid digital audio subscribers in 2023. This year, YouTube Premium (28.6% of subscribers) will take over Apple Music (28.4%). While Spotify’s share of the digital audio market as a whole will shrink slightly, its podcast listener share is increasing.
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| Jan 10, 2023
Those would be Google, Meta, Amazon, TikTok, and Apple. They represent over 2/3 of the digital ad market in the US. So there's already a lot of uncertainty as to how those cases will play out, and we don't know how the administration is going to approach some of those. For example, the antitrust suits. But I do think that the overall ad economy, I don't expect it to suffer greatly.
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| Dec 5, 2024
For my first number, which comes from a recent report we published on Apple in consumer finance, 46% of Apple iPhone owners will use Apple Pay in 2023 according to our forecasts. That's a lot of Apple Pay users. Now, payments obviously are the most prevalent example of embedded finance, but how else now that Apple has that huge base of people who are using Apple Pay?
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| Jul 11, 2023
The sports league published an “invitation to tender” for broadcasting rights in the Americas, Asia, Middle East, and North Africa, opening up the floodgates for bidders and ending a reported deal with Apple that never came to fruition. Rights, anyone?
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| Jul 16, 2024
Digital technologies are reshaping customers' in-store payment experience. Here’s what payment providers must know about in-store payment digitization trends.
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| Sep 3, 2024
Marqeta Flex helps digital wallets and card issuers embed BNPL options, eliminating the need for direct integrations with merchants
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| Oct 29, 2024
Apple could change that. “I think [Apple] has the best shot of creating the first super app to take off in the US,” said Canaves. “That’s really thanks to the hold of the iPhone on US teens and integration of payment services.”. Gen Z expects this sort of seamless integration in ecommerce.
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| Apr 6, 2023
That switch would represent a $3 billion loss for Google, made especially concerning by a similar $20 billion contract with Apple ending this year. In the last two years, there have also been rumblings that Apple may develop its own search engine for iOS.
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| Apr 18, 2023
In addition, new launches are set to galvanize the industry: Oculus Quest 3 (Meta just signed a preliminary agreement with Tencent Holdings to sell a budget-friendly version of its mixed reality goggle), the soon-to-be-released Apple Vision Pro, and products from ByteDance-affiliated Pico. Resources are being devoted to develop this space.
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| Dec 5, 2023
Beyond the chart: Apple is expected to unveil its new AR/VR headset next week with an aim to make the tech mainstream, much as Meta has with Quest headsets and Horizon Worlds. But a lofty price tag and general bulkiness will likely make mass adoption more difficult to achieve for Apple’s headset than it was for the iPhone. A mixed reality future still seems to be a ways off. More like this:.
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| May 31, 2023
Streaming services operate under various business models, so comparing them isn’t exactly apples to apples. A streaming service that underindexes on advertising may be doing so intentionally because it relies most on subscription fees to fund content production and it doesn’t want to increase churn by opening up the advertising firehose too widely.
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| Oct 18, 2023
Competitors like Amazon, ByteDance, Microsoft, and Apple are now growing their global ad businesses far more quickly. What’s Inside. This report contains our latest forecasts for global ad spending through 2026. It includes our estimates for the following areas:. Total Media Ad Spending Worldwide. Traditional Media Ad Spending Worldwide.
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| Jan 9, 2023
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| Dec 2, 2024
Source: Signal Hill Insights; Cumulus Media
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| Dec 2, 2024
Source: Signal Hill Insights; Cumulus Media
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| Dec 2, 2024
Source: Signal Hill Insights; Cumulus Media
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| Mar 17, 2025
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While the market for AR and VR headsets has been sluggish, it is anticipated to rebound with new product launches like the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3. Yes, but: Much of the metaverse’s potential (for now) may not be tied to marketing applications. Businesses are leading the charge by investing heavily in digital twins and remote collaboration tools more than consumers.
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| Jul 12, 2024
Although growth in new users has slowed in recent years, Google’s renewed push into the wearables market, long dominated by Apple, may spur innovation and create new opportunities for apps and the marketers using them.
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| Mar 2, 2023
The charges claim that Google is violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA), adding the company to the list of tech giants including Apple and Meta recently targeted for breaches. A ruling would likely not come until spring 2025, but Google could face a steep fine of as much as 10% of its global annual revenues if it doesn’t fall in line with the DMA’s rules.
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| Sep 26, 2024
Wallets, from Apple to PayPal to Paze, are introducing passwordless authentication that can be applied across mobile operating systems.
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| Feb 12, 2024
This group includes streaming services whose CTV ad revenues we don’t currently break out (such as Amazon Prime Video and Apple); smart TV-makers with ad businesses (Samsung, Vizio, LG); and retailers that are selling CTV inventory through their media networks. To view the full forecast, click here.
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| Apr 26, 2023
Japan, Baidu, Yandex, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Apple, Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, and Criteo. Analysis is based on Skai advertisers with 15 consecutive months of performance data.
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| Sep 13, 2024
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Source: YouGov