And then there’s first-party data, everybody’s favorite crush.  This Dun & Bradstreet report that finds it’s the top go-to-market priority (40%) among a cross-section of B2B sales, marketing, and data leaders, even ranking ahead of new customer acquisition (34%).  Data accuracy is their top obstacle to data-driven success.

Mobile gaming is one of the industries that are stealing time from search and social activities.  So it’s a bit surprising to see this estimate from data.ai (formerly App Annie) that consumer spend on mobile gaming will drop by 5% in 2022 and 3% in 2023.  Note this is an estimate of what consumers will spend; spending on mobile advertising is still expected to rise by 7.5% next year, outpacing other ad media.

ChatGPT is reportedly the fastest growing Web app ever, passing 100 million active users in just over two months.  How cool is that?  Cool enough that Google is releasing something similar – the Bard chatbot – “in the coming weeks”.  They promise many more AI-enabled applications to come.