Another question people never ask is whether Google and Facebook stifle competition, since the answer is obviously yes. It’s been less clear that they team up against everyone else, but that’s what The New York Times found in documents collected by the Texas attorney general. The secret deal gave Facebook an advantage on Google’s Open Bidding Platform.
Why buy a CDP when you can buy a CDP company, asked no one ever. Or maybe it happened at Paris-based business solution vendor Chapsvision, which just bought Bordeaux-based CDP NP6. It’s Chapsvision’s fourth acquisition since 2019 as they build out their product suite.
You may recall that CDP Manthan announced a merger with personalization platform RichRelevance back in November 2019. They finally completed the deal and have renamed the combined company Algonomy. The combined firm has more than 400 retailers as clients.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.