Here’s some product news: do-it-yourself mobile app creation vendor Swiftic (formerly Como and, before that, Conduit Mobile) has launched a version to help social media influencers monetize their audiences. Swiftic’s core market is small businesses, which pay roughly $50 per month for apps that integrate a variety of services including loyalty programs, appointments, coupons, push notifications, and deliveries. They have over 20,000 customers.

I could find another piece of obscure data technology news but you wouldn’t read it. Instead, here’s an especially fine survey from Econsultancy about marketing attribution, sponsored by AdRoll. It’s your chance to wallow in glorious details about uptake, methods, goals, benefits, challenges, channels, effectiveness, regional differences, and more. Just in time for the weekend!

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.