
Alexa devices maintain 70% market share in U.S. according to survey
In January, 2018 Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) estimated that Amazon Echo/Alexa controlled 69% of the U.S. smart speaker...

US Justice Department to launch expansive new investigation into big tech firms
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), The Justice Department (DOJ) is launching a new investigation into whether big tech companies...

Almost 70% of digital ad spending going to Google, Facebook, Amazon, says analyst firm
Google, Facebook and Amazon are the top three digital ad platforms in the U.S. Together they capture just under 70% of all digital ad...

Antitrust mania sweeps Washington as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple all face probes
The Trump administration and many Republicans in Congress believe that Silicon Valley is biased against conservatives. Democrats are...

‘Just once’ location sharing, ‘sign-in with Apple’ give users more control o
Apple is doubling down on privacy as a differentiator against Android. Yesterday at Apple’s WWDC conference the company emphasized...

Apple ITP engineer on Chrome tracking prevention: It ‘has a long way to go’
John Wilander, Apple Webkit engineer and architect of Safari’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) solution, said Wednesday...

Apple’s big service launches hold few opportunities for marketers
Apple CEO Tim Cook explains how new service offerings will work hand in hand with the company’s hardware and software While Apple’s big...

Report: 65 million US smart speaker owners, smart displays quickly gaining traction
Two recent reports agree that there are about 65 million smart speaker owners in the United States, with more than 130 million actual...

Report: Apple buys voice tech platform PullString
A screenshot from Pullstring’s Converse software. Siri could be getting a boost, following Friday’s report that Apple has acquired voice...

Marketers say Time Well Spent movement isn’t influencing social media plans
Features like Facebook and Instagram’s user activity dashboards and YouTube’s reminders to “take a break” are responses to the movement’s...

Report: Apple expected to say GDPR a model for US privacy regulation
According to a report from Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook will praise the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a privacy...

Salesforce, Apple partner to spur mobile enterprise development
strategic partnership that will provide new tools for Salesforce developers, including its first mobile SDK, and developer training to...

iOS 12 release gives users more power, marketers more options
Let’s dig right in. Changes to notifications make it easier for users to opt in — and opt out. The update gives users more control...

Top tech firms call for pro-business updates to federal data privacy laws
called for updates to federal data privacy legislation on Tuesday. Updates at the federal level could potentially overide the newly...

Report: Google continues to gain global smart speaker share
Consistent with earlier data, Strategy Analytics reported that Google is gaining global share in the smart speaker market. It’s also...

Apple’s HomePod makes modest gains against Echo, Google Home [Report]
Using consumer survey data, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reported this week that Apple’s HomePod smart speaker made...

Report: Smartphone shipments down globally, Huawei pushes Apple to #3 position
International Data Corporation (IDC) reported that Q2 smartphone shipments were down just under 2 percent annually. According to the...

US market becoming a smartphone duopoly
Last week, Google received the largest antitrust fine ever imposed by the European Commission (EC). At the highest level, that fine is...

Report: Smart speaker ownership driving voice adoption on smartphones
NPR and Edison Research have released a new “smart audio” report. It’s the third installment of research that began in 2017, intended to...
























