Venture capitalists may be more eager to fund low-code products than you are to hear about them, Dear Reader.  But you may still want to know that Oracle is making life even easier for citizen developers by offering its low-code APEX platform as a standalone managed cloud service.  It was previously available only as part of the Oracle database.

Ecommerce marketers rank data-driven decisions second only to in-house skills as a major factor in marketing success, according to this SideCar survey.  But just 38% make more than half of their decisions based on data, they rank seven other items ahead of data-driven decisions on their list of challenges, and they prioritize several skills ahead of data analytics in hiring.  One interpretation: they feel they’re as data-driven as they should be.

Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation.  The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.