Digital Marketing

Search advertiser California Crane School is again attempting to revive a lawsuit claiming Apple and Google conspired to avoid competing in paid search.

A deal has not been signed, but rather Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a phone call with Trump approved the agreement that a group of previously announced investors taking control of TikTok’s U.S. operations.

The trial will determine penalties to restore competition across online advertising. The DOJ proposes to break up Google’s ad-tech business, but Google execs have other plans.

A Harris Poll/Grossman Group study finds employees can realistically absorb only 1 or 2 major changes a year-yet business leaders surveyed for the study expect 3 to 4 big changes annually.

In 2015, Jerry Seinfeld said he no longer wanted to perform at colleges due to the intense focus on political correctness. More recently, on the “Breaking Bread with Tom Papa” podcast in April 2024, he changed his view.

The two companies were reacting to the now-infamous remarks Kimmel made in which he blamed MAGA adherents for Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

There have been 51,520 verified signatures for a petition asking people to “boycott ABC until they restore the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Show’ and defend free speech,” according to Change.org. Separately, Google Trends has shown that over the two-day Wednesday-Thursday period, “Cancel Disney+” searches on Google have spiked.

A person involved in the effort told Axios that Trump wanted the ads to be visceral, as opposed to a lower-key PSA.

Google is adding agentic capabilities to Gemini in Chrome, allowing AI to perform all types of tasks for users – part of many advanced updates for its browser announced Thursday.

Google is adding agentic capabilities to Gemini in Chrome, allowing AI to perform all types of tasks for users – part of many advanced updates for its browser announced Thursday.