TikTok Is Not Dead Yet
TikTok went dark in the U.S. on Sunday, after the Supreme Court upheld a law forcing its owners to sell or shut it down, and then reappeared after incoming President Trump said he would save it.
TikTok went dark in the U.S. on Sunday, after the Supreme Court upheld a law forcing its owners to sell or shut it down, and then reappeared after incoming President Trump said he would save it.
The second half of 2024 saw the CDP industry continue its shift towards embedding CDPs in customer-facing systems, according to the CDP Institute’s latest Industry Update report. Nearly all firms new to the report had added a CDP to an existing product, and major acquisitions including ActionIQ, Lytics, and mParticle were all made by customer management vendors. The new report adds coverage of composable CDP vendors, which is still a much smaller sector than conventional CDP systems.
While Google Gemini and OpenAI seem to be seeking entry to the AI-generated newsfeed space, Apple is temporarily pulling its widely criticized AI newsfeed. News organizations, notably the BBC, had complained about it distorting their content. One recent “scoop” said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested.
It’s one year since Google started showing ads in its now-familiar AI Overviews. They’ve now added them to AI Mode, a newer option that handles more complex queries. AI Mode will also offer a bespoke shopping experience, with agentic AI to track price and purchase when it fits your budget.