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We are all just prisoners here, of our own device …
I just found a fascinating report from data.ai about the state of mobile usage today. Apparently we spend a third of the day, on average, playing with our phones. The mobile economy is now worth more than half a trillion dollars; with most of it generated through spending on mobile adverts; and almost 500,000 apps……
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U.K. publishers and the ICO still grapple with offering a ‘reject all’ cookies option amid revenue concerns
In November, some of the top publishers by traffic in the U.K. were alerted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the legislative department tasked with upholding data privacy compliance in the U.K., that their on-site cookie consent pop-ups do not meet the requirements set by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and General Data…
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How British GQ’s Adam Baidawi reimagined the legacy men’s luxury publication for a modern, global audience
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify Adam Baidawi stepped into the role of British GQ’s head of editorial content in November 2021 at a time when the legacy men’s fashion and lifestyle title was facing a crucial pivot point in its identity. Not only was Condé Nast reimagining its editorial and business strategy to…
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Valley Bank to be 100% cloud native by 2026
Valley Bank is looking to move all its operations to the cloud by 2026 to achieve efficiency and scalability. The $61 billion, Morristown, N.J.-based bank has between 75% and 80% of its operations on the cloud already, Chief Operations Officer Russ Barrett told Bank Automation News. Snowflake is Valley’s primary data hub provider, Barrett said.…
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P2P market to reach $6.2B by 2028
The peer-to-peer payments market is growing as consumer demand ticks up and new competitors enter the space. P2P payment market size is expected to reach $6.4 billion by 2028, according to a January report by market research group The Business Research Co. In fact, 81% of banked U.S. consumers have P2P accounts, according to a…
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Data: Sports cause 2023’s biggest spikes in web traffic
Champions League football and NFL games caused the biggest spikes in web traffic in Europe and the US in 2023, according to a 12-month network traffic analysis from Internet Exchange operator, DE-CIX. In addition, global traffic across DE-CIX platforms has increased by 23 per cent vs 2022, with 59 exabytes of data flowing across its…
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Report: French SVoD revenues top €2bn
The French video market has grown by 6.3 per cent in 12 months to €2.46 billion revenues in 2023, largely driven by the SVoD sector. According to a study by French public funding body Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), the SVoD segment topped the €2 billion revenue mark, to reach a…
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C4 “digital-first” by 2030, as job cuts rise
Channel 4 has unveiled its five-year plan to reshape the organisation and accelerate its transformation into a genuinely digital-first public service streamer by 2030. Meanwhile there are numerous reports previously specified job cuts of 200 will now reach 250. This would represent the biggest cuts in the pubcasters history and account for 15 per cent…
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Former ITV director launches JEM Media Ventures
Former ITV director, William van Rest, has announced the launch of JEM Media Ventures, a new company designed to help businesses, brands and talent create ancillary income streams with IP, assets and/or unused inventory. Building on van Rest’s extensive commercial experience, which has seen him generate additional revenues from IP, manage high-profile content brands, and…
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Ligado spectrum claim “must be dismissed”
Ligado Networks has been arguing for $40 billion (€36.9bn) of compensation from various US Federal Agencies over claims that the Agencies “roadblocked” Legado’s L-band frequencies and spectrum because the US government wanted the spectrum itself. The case is best described as “complicated” and centres on the FCC’s granting to Ligado in 2020 to create a…