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Salesforce has acquired Israeli startup Doti AI in a deal reportedly worth around $100 million, betting big on enterprise search tech that’s barely out of stealth mode. For marketers, it’s a sign that AI’s next frontier is making internal knowledge instantly accessible across campaigns, teams and tools. Doti AI, founded last year, describes itself as […]

The other day I was reading a byliner in The Guardian about how much people hate and/or distrust advertising (again/still) — but I was stopped by the data used to support the premise. One source was a survey conducted in September 2010 and another from 2011. Now, if you don’t think much changes in five years,

The Federal Communications Commission’s new approach to broadband deprives the Federal Trade Commission of the ability to sue AT&T for throttling wireless subscribers, the company says in new court papers. The telecom argues that the FCC’s Feb. 26 vote to reclassify broadband as a utility service means that a “new regulatory regime will apply to

If I read one more story where someone claims that today’s consumer wants everything customized, personalized or “the way THEY want it,” I think I am going to send some highly personalized bile onto my totally un-customized shirt. Source link

In a transparently desperate attempt to pander to social media’s clickbait mentality, McDonald’s in Europe is offering a range of clothing and home decor items such as wallpaper and bedsheets imprinted with Big Macs. Perhaps it is one big joke, since on the site, the “share” button is right next to the order button. But

At the November MarTech Conference, moderator Scott Gillum, CEO of Carbon Design, guided a lively discussion on how AI is transforming personalization from a buzzword into a measurable strategy. His guests — Sara Larsen of Wolters Kluwer Health, Brian McKenna of DMi Partners and Nathaniel Rounds of Braze — shared a common goal: Make marketing

Story updated with information on significant expansions to the Connecticut and Montana data protection laws. Data privacy regulation is an issue with broad, national bipartisan support. Red states like Texas and Tennessee and Blue states like California and Colorado are among the 12 states that now have laws about handling consumers’ personal information. Despite this,

I have just read my nth story about how newspaper/newsmagazine companies are trying to adapt to the digital world, and as usual, there was discussion of the metered model that allows non-subscribers to read a certain number of stories per month for free before hitting a paywall. After that you pay or you don’t read.

In a story you probably missed this week, Major League Baseball announced it will monitor the way fans at games use new live-streaming apps like Meerkat and Periscope, since play is licensed content and MLB policy prohibits fans from taking live video. Not surprisingly, MLB has articulated no plan, beyond monitoring, for responding to people

A new global survey from Nielsen reveals that 33% of American TV viewers said they engage with social media while watching, and 62% of North Americans browse the Internet while watching video programming. None of this comes as a big surprise — especially if, like me, you tap into social media during big live events