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All my latest writing, reports, speaking, and podcasts around the various internets
A day in the life of a user acquisition manager
Sometimes I am incredibly stupid … something that the trolls on Twitter never tire of telling me. But this was truly inspired. With my client...
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Elon Musk: Tim Cook’s refusal to meet cost Apple $640 billion
It’s really tough to decide sometimes which meetings to take and which to refuse. Or just ignore. But sometimes those meetings are big...
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Softbank leads $200M investment into printable battery-free IoT startup Wiliot
Remember Wiliot? I interviewed this IoT startup about their printable no-battery Bluetooth-capable tags a few months ago. Now the company has raised...
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Apple just killed (some) app uninstall tracking
Apple’s privacy push continues, as Apple just killed some uninstall tracking in iOS 15 beta 4. Most significant app developers track app...
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Marketing analytics grew 9,400% in a decade. Have we hit peak analytics?
How many marketing analytics tools do we need? It’s a valid question, because there are currently something like 2,400 tools that do some kind...
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Are shared virtual experiences the future of meetings and work?
Top permissions the biggest 1,500 iOS apps request globally
5 trillion searches show Google keeps 65% of visits to itself
Mobile marketing ecosystem and SKAdNetwork: your questions answered about DSPs...
Fraud, SKAdNetwork, and iOS 14.5: the definitive guide
This smart contact lens packs 14,000 pixels per inch into its micro-LED display
This ‘personal brain computer’ boosts productivity by sensing your brainwaves...
Snap and SKAdNetwork: ready and running for mobile marketers on iOS
Apple IDFA survey: 38.5% will allow mobile apps to track them in iOS 14 (and...
Developers: land projects with Porsche, TaskRabbit, or Flipside Crypto
Google’s Jacquard tech is making the entire world smart, one jacket, t...
Clubhouse. Twitter Spaces. Mark Cuban’s Fireside. What is happening in...
Facebook AAA: How to analyze Automated App Ads by country and creative...
ATT vs LAT vs ITP: everything marketers need to know about Apple’s App Tracking...
iOS 14: is the ad ecosystem ready? (plus SKAdNetwork and MMPs, mobile web and...
Apple IDFA fallout continues: Vungle buys GameRefinery as mobile ad networks go...
Facebook Wants You To Want Personalized Ads. It’s Not Going Well
Quantum computing: Here’s the world’s first non-photonic quantum...
Is Elon Musk wrong about LiDAR in self-driving cars? This autonomous driving...
Robot spas are coming: Here’s the LUUM lash extension robot in action
Five critical iOS14 and SKAdNetwork surprises, gotchas, insights for top mobile...
Mixtiles co-founder on marketing, identity, privacy, iOS 14, IDFA, and app vs...
Apple beats Samsung for top smartphone vendor globally, selling 80M iPhones...
Apple CEO Tim Cook goes viral in China, gives advice about life, work, purpose
91% of us hate being forced to install apps to do business, costing brands...
From veteran to janitor to physicist: how Josh Carroll changed his life with...
Yes, you can do fingerprinting in iOS 14 (in these three circumstances)
iOS 14 and SKAdNetwork: 2 major ecosystem challenges right now
