Microsoft Azure expands its NoSQL portfolio with Managed Instances for Apache Cassandra
At its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced the launch of Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, its latest NoSQL database offering and a competitor to Cassandra-centric companies like Datastax. Microsoft…
Facebook now allows users in the US & Canada to export photos and videos to Google Photos
Facebook is today rolling out a tool that will allow users in the U.S. and Canada to export their Facebook photos and videos to Google Photos. This data portability tool…
Apple starts blocking all third-party cookies in Safari
The new versions of Safari in iOS and iPadOS 13.4 and Safari 13.1 on macOS, will block all third-party cookies by defaulft, Apple’s WebKit team this week announced. John Wilander,…
Google to sunset Google Publisher Toolbar by May, this year
Google this month announced that it is sunsetting Google Publisher Toolbar. Google will remove Google Publisher Toolbar from the Chrome Web Store, beginning of May 2020. Google says after May…
Taboola Newsroom now using AI helping publishers to increase subscriptions
Taboola this month introduced a new feature in Taboola Newsroom that enables publishers to have Artificial Inteligence helping to understand the articles that turn normal readers into paying subscribers. Taboola…
Google Chrome to kill third-party cookies within 2 years
Google today announced that it has a plan to make third-party cookies obsolete on Chrome. Google is creating a Privacy Sandbox to make third-party cookies obsolete within 2 years. Privacy…
LiveRamp launches a Consent Management Platform
Liveramp last month launched a CMP (Consent Management Platform). Liveramp’s CMP is called Privacy Manager, a preference and consent management platform (CMP) that enables marketers and publishers to interact with…
WordPress.com launches SFTP and PHPMyAdmin access on Business and eCommerce plans
WordPress.com this month launched SFTP and PHPMyAdmin access on Business and eCommerce plans. This enable publishers using WordPress.com to upload custom themes and plugins directly to the website, and manage…
adsquare partners with Spatial.ai for OOH planning and programmatic buying in the US
adsquare last month announced a partnership with Spatial.ai. The new partnership enables advertisers to make use of geosocial segments for more effective OOH planning and programmatic media buying in the…
Bain Capital Private Equity buys 60% of Kantar
WPP this week completed the sale of 60% of Kantar to Bain Capital Private Equity. WPP announced the sale of 60% of Kantar in July, this year. The transaction was…