Dive Brief: Digital ad spend reached an all-time high of $88 billion in 2017 — a 21% increase over the previous year's $72.5 billion — according to the new IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report prepared by PwC US and provided…
Adobe announced today that it was acquiring Magento for $1.68 billion. The purchase gives Adobe a missing e-commerce platform piece that works in B2B and B2C contexts and should fit nicely in the company’s Experience Cloud. It should also help…
Dive Brief: Amazon has stopped bidding in Google Shopping auctions, according to a blog post by Dentsu Aegis Network-owned performance marketing agency Merkle. Amazon had a strong presence in the home goods product category, but the company also appeared in…
Become the rats to hackers' bubonic plague: an easily infected, untreated, and ubiquitous population in which dangerous digital attacks can spread. Now security researchers are warning that one group of sophisticated hackers has amassed a collection of malware-infected routers that…
A new framework for consumer data protection goes into effect in Europe. The European General Data Protection Regulation—better known by its acronym, GDPR—sets a new standard for data collection, storage, and usage among all companies that operate in Europe. It…
If retail was a target-based dart game, then hitting Gen Z would be the bullseye. Not because they have the most spending power or the most stable jobs, but for a variety of factors that make them, if nothing else,…
Dive Brief: Toys R Us is putting its intellectual property for sale as the retailer winds down its U.S. business. The company has requested in bankruptcy court a June 18 auction date for its IP sale, according to court documents.…
This evening, Boring Company executives Elon Musk and Steve Davis offered a few more details about their plans to revolutionize LA urban transit, introducing the “Loop,” which would eventually be composed of all-electric pods that transport up to 16 passengers…
Dive Brief: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos doesn’t fear a future in which robots force a vast number of humans out of work, saying such views are "unimaginative" in their ability to envision what future jobs may look like,…
Uber sees a future where users can request a flying Uber. And it’s what, as CEO Dara Khosrowshahi calls it, a big, bold bet. He says in an interview with CBS This Morning that big bold bets are what built…