Healthcare tech vendor Healthgrades, which offers a CDP among other things, has purchased healthcare marketing and CRM vendor Evariant. Head-banging data complexity and rapid change make healthcare a growth area for the CDP industry.
Quite a few companies use artificial intelligence to find optimal combinations of ad creative components. But IBM is still a powerful enough brand that its entry attracts attention. Advertising Accelerator with Watson finds optimal creative combinations for segments, not individuals, although it also finds new segments.
Consumers may already be using more privacy tech than we think. PreciseSecurity found that more than 30% of North Americans used the “dark Web” regularly in 2019. If you’re asking for a friend, the “dark Web” refers to portions of the Internet that are hidden from search engines and can be accessed without leaving a trace (or so we’re told). Reasons for using it include online anonymity, retrieving locally blocked content, and overcoming government censorship.
It’s tough to get brand safety right, but the industry keeps trying. IPG Mediabrands announced a new set of tools to find and block inappropriate ad placements, while IAS expanded its suitability measurements to include standards from the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). Meanwhile, DoubleVerify admitted a mistake made brand safety on X/Twitter look worse than it really was in October 2023 and March 2024.