FTC says it will take a ‘close look’ at EU antitrust fine against Google
However, it's not clear what action, if any, the FTC will...
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Google hit with largest-ever $5 billion antitrust penalty in Android case
The fine could have reached $11 billion, according to EU regulation guidelines....
Amazon trumpets Prime Day success despite myriad glitches and problems
But analyst firm says Prime membership growth has dropped from 35% to 12% and will continue to slow....
Report: Social media sentiment not predictive of offline brand outcomes
Online and offline brand conversations occur in two vastly different...
Third-party app store owner files EU complaint about being blocked by Google
Google says there is significant risk from apps from third-party app stores....
Facebook receives $664,000 UK privacy fine, which could have been $1.9B under GDPR
A US FTC investigation could also bring billions more in potential...
Simpli.fi’s ‘addressable geo-fencing’ enables individual household targeting but at scale
A kind of 'Facebook Custom Audiences for the real world,' the approach uses plat lines and GPS data for greater precision....
Report: Second big EU antitrust fine against Google coming next week
Reports speculate that Google will be forced to decouple Google Play access from app pre-install rules, clearing the way for new "default"...
Analyst firm: Smart speaker market will reach 100M units by year-end
The US is the largest market, followed by China, which is still undeveloped....
Report: Stores still critical in consumer purchase journey, above TV and social
Study from Blis found that in-store browsing was the number one way consumers discovered new products....
Blockchain powered Killi wants users to ‘own their identity,’ make money from brands
App wants to bring full transparency and consumer control to data collection on behalf of brands. ...
In major privacy win, US Supreme Court says cops need warrant to access cell phone location
The decision imposes Fourth Amendment restrictions on the ability to conduct surveillance without probable cause....
US Supreme Court clears the way for sales taxes on all e-commerce sales
The court said that states were being harmed by the inability to collect taxes from e-commerce sellers....
Report: Key to SMB advertiser retention is onboarding engagement and early upselling
Vendasta offers an anti-churn formula of sorts to marketing companies serving the small business market....
After data leak, 3 of 4 US carriers vow to stop selling user location to third parties
The widespread use of location in the third party data ecosystem is almost completely opaque to consumers....
Survey: 58% will share personal data under the right circumstances
Those circumstances mostly involve first parties and require trust and a clear value exchange....
Report: 52% of millennials want retailers to mirror their values
Survey from Euclid shows components that fuel favorable brand perception....
Report: Microsoft seeks to help retailers compete with Amazon Go
Microsoft wants to use computer vision, smartphones and other tech on the "intelligent edge" to speed deployment and reduce costs....
Placed launches TV screen-to-store offline attribution
Scale and off-the-shelf availability make the product unique, says CEO David Shim....
Ericsson ad division says carrier location data provides it with competitive advantage
The company verifies its own location data by matching IDs against mobile carrier data sets....
