It’s also not news that the gaming industry has done well during the pandemic or that Roblox is one of the biggest winners. But the message here is that Roblox is about community building, not just games. Oh, and they just raised a $520 million Series H, bringing total funding to $855 million ahead of a planned public offering.
This Aberdeen report provides more mental comfort food. They found that companies who do a better job of unifying their customer data have better business results. Other pleasingly familiar news: 78% are not satisfied with their ability to use their customer data, poor integration is the biggest obstacle to data utilization, and half the respondents use ten or more communication channels.
This isn’t a place for political news but we can’t pretend yesterday was normal. So let’s talk about the social media sites that drive so much violence. We’ll start with a report that Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter put a brief restriction the President’s riot-stoking messages. It’s like keeping your teenager home from soccer practice for one day because she murdered Granny.
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.