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Background: Snap Inc.’s first Partner Summit took place on April 4th in California, where the Snapchat parent company released a variety of features, products and updates to its platform. Details and Implications: Snap Games: A new gaming platform coming to Snapchat, which…

March Madness is my favorite time of year. It’s that magical time when the underdog beats Goliath, little known players conquer center stage, and upsets are the norm – making data geeks and odds makers continually scratch their heads. It…

Background: This week, Apple presented its Spring “Apple Event”. While previous “Events” have historically focused on product releases/updates in the Fall/Autumn, Apple took a cue from the traditional broadcast market to showcase its announcements in content development, subscription services and…

Excerpt: Our clients are pressured to drive immediate sales and build brands while navigating a labyrinth of digital channels and distribution platforms. Marketers are being pushed to move at the speed of disruption—a (perhaps unintentional) refrain of “Stop thinking and…

Background: Google has announced the launch of cloud gaming platform ‘Stadia’ at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. It has also launched a Wi-Fi enabled controller that connects to Stadia. Stadia, an evolution of Google’s beta ‘Project Stream’ run…

Background: Apple has released the latest specifications of its Safari tracking controls called ITP2.1 (aka Intelligent Tracking Prevention – part of WebKit, which is the open source browser engine that powers Safari). It further restricts Google and Facebook, both of…

Background: Taking place March 8-12, in a city with the unofficial motto of ‘Keep Austin Weird,’ SXSW Interactive is not a usual advertising and media event. It’s one of the few events that explores everything from government issues, social activism,…

Brands appear to be inundated by the demand for authentic inclusivity in their campaigns. According to filmmaker, Cheryl Miller Houser, during her Discussion Session: Storytelling and Empathy in a Purpose-Driven Economy, 78% of consumers want to align with companies that…

Yes, that’s actually a question that Wattpad’s Chris Stefanyk gets from a lot of people when he reveals their core demo is 13-30 year-old females. Mindshare Canada’s Lachezar Arabadzhiev talks to Chris about how the storytelling platform is supporting…

What I learned from the past three days at SXSW is indescribable. I’ve never experienced anything like this. There’s so much to learn, so much to see and so much to share! If I could choose one quote that stuck…

‘Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once in a while.’ Not only is this my favorite quote of all time, but this is a big theme at SXSW. Change is constant. It’s seemingly the…

“Privacy is dead.” – One of the first things I heard walking into day two of the SXSW Interactive sessions. There are various programming trends at this year’s convention – automation is a big one. Everything from transportation and…