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Digital Ad Spending Now 51 Pct Of US Total For First Time

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advertising spending this year, or 51 percent, will go to Big Tech, such as Amazon , Google and Facebook , as the pandemic drastically affects the industry, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Spending has concentrated as of late on tech giants as opposed to numerous smaller sources like local TV, magazine and newspaper sources.

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New Digital Taxes Loom On Tech Firms In Europe

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The Czech tax is aimed at firms like Facebook, Google and others that have more than $750 million in global revenues, and derive at least 3.9 Sites such as liistudio.com reported that, per laws passed by France, publishers are to be compensated when their content is displayed online. Health Records and Google.

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Apple Ups its Bets on Streamed Content and Subscription Retail

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Unfortunately, Apple didn’t announce a lot of details other than the name and that it will be available in the fall with online and offline viewing,” according to one on-scene round-up of the Apple event. “It Magazine Subscriptions. Online Gaming. Coming this fall, but no pricing as yet.”.

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Apple CEO Wants FTC To Let Consumers Control Their Data

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According to a report in CNBC , in an op-ed piece for Time Magazine published Wednesday (Jan. Subsequent data breaches at Facebook and Google have prompted Cook to call for the FTC action. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to put in place a new framework to increase the transparency of companies that handle user data.

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Retail Pulse: Good Housekeeping Plans Pop-Up; Amazon Coming To New York

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And, this week, an iconic American magazine, Good Housekeeping , said it was opening a pop-up shop of its own in the Mall of America called the GH Lab that, too, melds the worlds of brick-and-mortar and eCommerce — with a bit of twist from Amazon. In other news, 7-Eleven now takes Google Pay and Apple Pay at most of its U.S.

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Trending: Mobile Order-Ahead Takes The Field

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The newest player in that space is food magazine and media company Bon Appétit , which opened an online eatery with Grubhub. Google is partnering with digital ordering platform Olo to bring delivery capabilities to Google Maps and Google Assistant.

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Move It Or Lose It: Apple, Amazon And Other Big Tech Rivals Square Up In Connected Fitness Smackdown

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Currently rated 3-stars by users and tagged as the “#1 Best Seller” in Amazon’s formidable stable of wearable tech, the world’s largest online retailer is clearly moving units of Halo out the door. “If It’s comfortable, easy, and the technology behind it surpasses any workout machine on the market,” Elle magazine said.

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