Meta to use ads data for content recommendations On Tuesday, Meta published a blog post announcing that it will begin using the data provided to it by advertisers… June 12, 2026
WWDC 2026: Implications for the App Economy Apple held its annual developer conference, WWDC, this week; the Keynote and Platforms State of the Union presentations were on… June 10, 2026
Unpacking Apple’s update to Foundation Models Framework Apple unveiled a major update to its Foundation Models Framework (FMF) at this year's WWDC. The FMF was introduced at… June 9, 2026
Bending Spoons files to go public Bending Spoons, the Italian roll-up operator that owns, among many other properties, AOL, Eventbrite, and Vimeo, filed to go public… June 8, 2026
Meta’s subscriptions and the advertising narrative blind spot Meta announced last week that it is rolling out its Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus subscriptions globally. There… June 1, 2026
The generative RecSys revolution The application of generative methodologies to recommendation systems infrastructure ("RecSys") is an exciting area at the frontier of ML research.… May 27, 2026
AppLovin publishes Gist, a social media app AppLovin has published a social media app called Gist (see the US App Store product page here). The app is… May 22, 2026
Google’s Gambit, Part 4: The end of Static Search Google announced a major overhaul to Search at its Google I/O developer event yesterday. From a blog post titled A… May 20, 2026
Amazon’s advertising advantages Amazon's advertising advantages have always been somewhat obvious: as a retail platform, and through its Prime subscription, it benefits from… May 18, 2026
Components of AI-enabled advertising AI is being applied to digital advertising in so many disparate and meaningful ways that the concept has been diluted… May 12, 2026
