How Google’s snub of tracking will upend the industry

“If there was any doubt before today, it is crystal clear from this announcement that Google maintains its stranglehold on the future of [marketing technology]. It is difficult to foresee how this announcement won’t immediately impact plans that are already being put into practice, as marketers prepare for a post-cookie digital universe,” says one media executive at a major advertiser. The industry is moving away from “third-party cookies,” files that websites save on user web… Source link

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Google Fiber to open location ahead of fiber internet launch

In preparation for its launch as an internet provider in West Des Moines, Google Fiber has secured a new office and retail space in Valley Junction.  Google Fiber will occupy the ground floor of the nearly complete Junction House mixed-use building at 329 Fifth St. in the historic business district, according to leasing agent R&R Realty Group. Google expects to open in October.  West Des Moines is investing nearly $40 million in a partnership with Google Fiber to bring to the city the… Source link

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GameStop frenzy is ‘a game,’ not investing

A second wave of the GameStop (GME) rally has struck the stock market in recent days, sending the price up 172% since late last month. While still well below its January high, GameStop stands more than 1,500% above where it did six months ago. Amid the rally, the stock’s traders and their online movement came under fire from personal finance guru Suze Orman in a new interview with Yahoo Finance. That interview came before shares of another heavily shorted stock, Tanger Factory Outlet Center ( Source link

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Tanger Factory Outlet shares jump, eyed by WallStreetBets

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT) is the #1 trending ticker on Yahoo Finance during the Thursday’s morning session. Shares of the retail real estate company were up 16% in early trading but paired back some of those gains by 11 a.m. Yesterday the stock closed 9% higher. These types of moves on heavily shorted names are normally indicative of a short squeeze. Retail investors on WallStreetBets have increased their mention of the stock recently. Shares are up more than 80% year-to-date, and… Source link

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What Google’s latest cookie news means for top ad-tech stocks

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during signing ceremony committing Google to help expand information technology education at El Centro College in Dallas, Texas, October 3, 2019. Brandon Wade | Reuters Analysts sounded off on Google‘s latest guidance on its promise to not use technologies that track people individually across the internet. Some analysts said their views haven’t changed. But BMO downgraded one ad tech stock, noting it’s “too hot in the kitchen.” Google said in a blog post… Source link

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Jason Peters gives his take on the Carson Wentz trade and more

Jason Peters gives his take on the Carson Wentz trade and more originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Until Jason Peters officially becomes a free agent on March 17, he’s still the Eagles’ longest-tenured player.  Peters, 39, arrived in Philadelphia back in 2009 and has played most of his Hall of Fame-worthy career with the Eagles.  On Thursday morning, Peters was on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football wearing an Eagles hoodie to talk about his pending free agency, the Carson… Source link

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Lakers C Montrezl Harrell gets tech for yelling ‘and-1’

It wasn’t a banner night for NBA officiating on Wednesday. While the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert laid down petty, expletive-laden rants about how there’s a grand conspiracy to keep small market teams down because they’re not getting the calls they want, Montrezl Harrell and the Los Angeles Lakers had an actual, legitimate gripe with the refs in their 123-120 loss to the Sacramento Kings. Yelling ‘and-1’ is apparently a technical foul now Harrell was the victim of some soft… Source link

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