Performance marketing platform Imaginuity is bringing its AdScience DP to multiple franchise restaurant chains. AdScience ingests data from multiple sources including point of sale, online ordering and media campaigns. Imaginuity has been focused on franchise and multi-location businesses, currently serving over 3,000 client locations.

Meta is planning to launch a new standalone Meta AI app in Q2, apparently in competition with the likes of ChatGPT. Meta AI is not itself new but is currently only available to users via a website or company apps such as Facebook and WhatsApp. Meta plans to test a paid subscription model.

Preliminary findings by the European Commission state that Apple and Google are in violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Among the findings, Google Search is accused of prioritizing Google’s own products and services in results; Apple is instructed to improve interoperability between iOS and third-party devices. The companies now have an opportunity to respond.