Why is Google killing cookies? The IAB published a clinical yet critical analysis of Google’s Privacy Sandbox two weeks ago. In its report, the IAB… February 19, 2024
Apple to Developers: Heads I win, tails you lose (part 3) Apple yesterday published its long-awaited guidance around its compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union. I… January 26, 2024
Temu’s impact on social media advertising prices Temu is an online shopping marketplace that launched in the United States in September 2022 and in other Western markets… December 20, 2023
Epic v. Google and the future of alternative app payments A jury found Google guilty of infringing anti-trust law on Monday, determining that the company systematically suppressed competition in the… December 13, 2023
Amazon’s advertising partnerships with Meta and Snap Last week, news of an advertising partnership between Amazon and Meta surfaced and was quickly confirmed by Amazon. I hesitated… November 15, 2023
Apple and Google race to attribute the internet As mobile platform operators, both Apple and Google command significant control over the internet economy. This control is often expressed… November 1, 2023
Search defaults and the economics of search advertising revenue sharing In 2020, the Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company abused its dominant position… October 3, 2023
Unity introduces per-install engine fees Unity, the company that operates the cross-platform Unity3D game development engine, announced today in a blog post that it will… September 12, 2023
The social media bifurcation Two forces are currently imposing broad, transformational change on the social media space: Data privacy restrictions, imposed either by platforms… September 6, 2023
Twitter’s Top Downloaded chart decline In late July, Twitter was rebranded to X: the product adopted a new logo and name, and the Twitter.com URL… August 16, 2023
