As part of the ritual of examining local commerce and SMB Saas strategies, Localogy goes right to the source: SMBs themselves. How do they feel about marketing and operational software? What features do they want? And how has their hunger changed in a pandemic? This is all a moving target.

Microsoft’s development of its own version of Google’s Performance Max platform, as well as rebranding the PromoteIQ retail media platform and Xandr ad tech into a suite of applications under the Microsoft Advertising banner, has prompted the analyst firm New Street Research to update its Microsoft ad model.

Wix and AI go way back to 2016, when we launched Artificial Design Intelligence (ADI), our first AI website generator. Since then, we’ve continued advancing our offerings to enable you to grow your business and succeed, leveraging the many opportunities AI brings.

That makes four search engines that now support IndexNow; Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver.

Alibaba has pumped another US$845.44 million into Lazada in the latest capital injection, according to a filing seen by Tech in Asia, as the ecommerce firm attempts to fight off growing competition in Southeast Asia.

‘Apple GPT’ generative AI could directly compete with tools from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta.

China’s biggest travel agency Ctrip on Monday introduced a vertical AI large model designed for the tourism industry. The AI-driven model, called Xiecheng Wendao, allows users to ask Ctrip travel-related questions. The company’s chair James Liang said the model is in its early stages and still “requires a long process of iteration.”

Ant Group, the fintech affiliate of tech giant Alibaba, has been hit with a huge fine – the final blow dealt in China’s crackdown on tech companies and entrepreneurs.

Marketers are eager to reach the Threads audience but with ads not yet an option, could influencer campaigns be the next best thing?

Podcasts, social media, and AI-created ad copy have all created excitement and buzz in the adtech community in 2023, but nothing has generated results like digital out-of-home. DOOH is experiencing a renaissance, emerging from the pandemic as one of the hottest areas in advertising.