However you feel about Tuesday’s U.S. election results, here’s some news we can all agree is bad: Salesforce has laid off “hundreds” of employees. It’s another strong hint that the layoffs hitting other tech sectors will apply to martech too. On the bright side: the figure is a tiny fraction of Salesforce’s 70,000+ employees. Compare it to Meta laying off 11,000 people or 13% of its workforce.
Capital A’s digital business airasia super app is officially launched in Asean’s largest populated country – Indonesia, marking a significant milestone for the region’s fastest-growing travel super app as it completes its Asean expansion plan in 2022, focusing on Bali as a key international tourist market.
Openprise has launched a “RevOps Data Automation Cloud” that unifies its measurement, funnel automation, and data orchestration solutions for marketing and sales departments. Openprise qualifies as a CDP although they don’t use the term anywhere I can find it.
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.