Advertising
The most important business model for consumers.
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The advertising has shifted from a Google-Facebook duopoly to one where Amazon and potentially Apple are major forces.
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Facebook and Google and other advertising businesses are data factories, and regulation will be most effective if it lets users look inside
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Google is in hot water again, this time for ads placed against objectionable content. However, ad agencies and brands are just as responsible, and can no longer live in the past.
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Facebook has long had too much power, but Mark Zuckerberg’s expressed willingness to use said power for political ends means it’s time to consider countermeasures.
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Tech is entering a period of inequality where the big winners lift the sector as a whole even as smaller companies suffer. The best example is Facebook, Google, and digital advertising.
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Google I/O, Google’s Strengths and Weaknesses, AI Search
Google’s I/O had impressive parts and less impressive ones, depending on how much innovation was required. The most important news, though, was the intense focus on transforming search.
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An Interview with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon About Omnichannel Retail
An interview with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon about his journey at Walmart, and Walmart’s journey in figuring out omnichannel and becoming one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce businesses in the world.
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Netflix Earnings, Netflix’s Reporting Change, Netflix’s Waiting Game
Netflix will no longer report subscriber numbers; it seems they are settling into a waiting game as they build up their tech and wait for their competitors to throw in the towel.
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An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce Winners and Losers
An interview with Michael Morton about Shopify’s enterprise business, Amazon’s long-term dominance, and host of other e-commerce topics.
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Walmart Earnings, Walmart Connect and Closing the Loop, Walmart Acquires Vizio
Walmart is focused on building an advertising business, and acquiring a TV maker makes perfect sense in that regard.
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India and Gemini, Ten Blue Links, The Complicity Framework
Gemini got all of AI into trouble in India; how did this particular mistake happen? Then, Google may have been more dependent on 10 blue links than anyone realized, and a proposal for solving “AI Safety” issues through product decisions.