A hat enters the ring: Apple has initiated early talks to purchase the streaming rights for the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package, which would result in a significant change to Apple TV+’s offering.
The FCC approved Amazon’s request to use radar to track and monitor consumers’ sleeping patterns. Though Amazon has not announced how it will incorporate the tech, Echo users already appear comfortable having smart speakers record them in their bedrooms.
Global PC sales grew 13.2% YoY in Q2 2021, following several quarters of red-hot sales. However, the months of steady growth may be coming to an end as more workers and students return to offices and schools.
Clearco raised $215 million following a host of fellow alt lenders also securing significant rounds and expanding globally. The crowded market could lead to a drop in fees.
Hot Streamer Summer: Media companies are ramping up their summer marketing efforts to promote their streaming services.
Creator economy crescendo: Amazon is quickly building out areas of its business that center on influencers, as the walls between social media and ecommerce erode and creators' roles in those spaces start to blend together.
Credit card appetite is growing in tandem with retail sales—what are issuers doing to make the most of this comeback?
Monese mulls over hopping on crypto bandwagon: If the UK-based neobank opts to offer crypto, it would become the latest challenger financial institution to do so—which could help it acquire customers and keep them engaged.
The banking giant will drop existing lines to simplify its product offerings—which could help its bid to shuck the federally mandated asset cap, but hurt retention by driving off impacted customers.
Starling wins 4 in banking awards: The UK-based neobank was No. 1 in four British Banking Award categories, including business banking—the latter accolade could fuel its push to acquire small and medium-sized business (SMB) clients.
The top 5 countries for mobile gaming revenues
Google’s Chrome Team stress-tested the digital ad world by announcing in early 2020 that the browser—the world’s most popular—would deprecate third-party cookies within two years. Vendors, publishers, agencies, and advertisers scrambled to understand what would take cookies’ place, and how they would identify and target their audiences without them. Google’s announcement in June 2021 that cookie deprecation would be delayed by almost two years has given marketers and their partners more time to test and integrate new solutions—but also a longer period of uncertainty.
China’s second-largest annual shopping festival broke records last month, generating more sales and attracting more brands than ever before. Held each year around June 18, the 618 promotional event is still smaller than Singles’ Day, but its rising scale reflects a growing appetite for a midyear alternative to the November ecommerce extravaganza.