iPerceptions, a global leader in research and audience solutions, today announced that it has acquired Datacratic’s Ad Tech business, a leading real-time audience optimization and segmentation Ad Tech Suite. iPerceptions’ acquisition further solidifies its position in the machine learning and audience data space by providing the most accurate first and third party audience intent segmentation capabilities available on the market.

Episerver™, a provider of a single platform to smartly manage digital content, commerce and marketing in the cloud, today announced the acquisition of Optivo, a provider of omnichannel campaign management and customer intelligence solutions….

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.