The folks at Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) are in a sour mood, judging by this report.  They find that actions from Apple, Firefox, and others have already removed half of the “signal fidelity” once provided by third-party identifiers, with even greater losses on the way.  Yet IAB sees state-level privacy regulation as an even greater threat.  Worse still, companies are doing a poor job in getting ready for the new situation.   Color them glum.

The criticism keeps coming. Snap reports that companies are failing to take proper advantage of Augmented Reality (AR), by not recognizing that customers want to use it for practical applications such as shopping, learning, and entertainment.  Meanwhile, IntentHQ says failure to utilize existing data is costing telcos millions of dollars in potential revenue. Is cranky the new black?

The economy may be sputtering (or not), but funds are flowing more freely for martech and adtech acquisitions. Video platform Vimeo has just agreed to be acquired for $1.38 billion in cash. The buyer is Bending Spoons, a Milan-based mobile app developer.