As companies have more and more customer information at their disposal, they can quite easily design and carry out their marketing activities in a data-driven manner. Advertisers no longer have to shoot at sparrows with cannons and spend a lot of money on large-scale campaigns, at the end of which only a fraction of the people reached become buyers. Instead, extensive amounts of data, in combination with modern technologies, enable targeted investments with high precision. Companies can replace gut feelings with well-founded information and not only use their budgets more efficiently, but also significantly increase the conversion rate.

One of the most annoying problems when surfing the web is the obligatory cookie banner, which most users now just click away in frustration and often with the worst default setting for data protection.

SML Group, a worldwide leader in digital identification technology and solutions provider, announced the launch of its Technology Innovation Development Center (TIDC), a first-in-Hong Kong Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) inlay R&D center and production hub.

Smart Factories (also known as Connected Factories) have many definitions. One way to define them is a group of technology innovations. When used together, these innovations support consolidated, connected, and flexible manufacturing processes. The processes run manufacturing, supply chain, and related back-office operations.

Users no longer search the Internet for information using just keywords, but rather complex questions that sometimes require interpretation. In response, search engines are now focusing on website content that also best covers other potential interests of their users. That means that to remain relevant for search queries, companies must adapt to this development and tailor their online communication to needs on the basis of a comprehensive keyword analysis.

Many Chinese companies are using AI to perfectly tailor their offers to customers and are now making inroads into the rest of the world. The fact is, China is developing into the leading economic nation in terms of economic progress, not least driven by artificial intelligence, according to Prof. Dr. Claudia Bünte, international marketing and branding expert, mainly for three reasons:

There is a hype around artificial intelligence (AI) for many years already and it has gotten another boost with the announcement of AI being able to write text on its own. How good such AI-written texts are and how the marketing industry can benefit from this technological innovation is, however, still questionable.

AI anchor Wang, the first AI anchor adopted by the Chinese Central Television (CCTV), has been introduced in March through a featured program and actively used in news and economic programs from this year onwards. The AI anchor of CCTV, with its natural voices and facial expressions, is an AI human made with DeepBrain AI's deep learning technology.

AppsFlyer recently released the 14th edition of its Performance Index, which ranks the top media sources for mobile advertising. The latest edition is the first to fully measure activity following Apple's implementation of its App Tracking Transparency Framework (ATT) as AppsFlyer examines the far-reaching impact of the new privacy era on all aspects of the mobile ecosystem: iOS and Android, gaming and non-gaming apps, Self-Reporting Networks (SRN) and non-SRN.

Following the announcement of the partnership last year, Bonsey Jaden and CUE Group are introducing innovative, data-driven technology primed for the retail industry that delivers a deeper understanding of consumer practices with real-time analytics, at all levels of operations and marketing.

Understanding brand performance relies on considering all strategic channels and voices used in campaigns across different markets: examining from a cross-voice, cross-channel, and cross-activation approach will allow for a better understanding of what is working and identify what opportunities brands are missing out on.

Interactive visual marketing platform Wootag is expanding its business just a month after closing its $1.7 million Series A funding round from Wavemaker, Cornerstone Venture Partners Fund (CSVP) and SEED Capital.

Numerous indicators make clear that the next five years will usher in extreme transformation for a multitude of industries and sectors as well as the global economy at large. This begs the question: what is driving such significant and rapid change? This big question just might be answered in two words: alternative data.

Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, urged the industry to move to Zero Trust Network Access 2.0 (ZTNA 2.0) – the foundation for a new era of secure access.