Apple has released macOS 10.15.5 with a new feature that should help maximize the lifespan of MacBook batteries. Like all lithium-ion batteries, the batteries in Apple’s notebooks age and gradually deteriorate over time. The older a battery is, the less…
Year: 2020
If you’re not using Remarketing Lists and Similar Audiences for Search, you’re leaving money on the table
Tapping into Similar Audiences in conjunction with RLSA can be a recipe for success for retail marketers. Here’s how. I firmly believe most companies are leaving big money on the table by not fully utilizing Remarketing Lists and Similar Audiences. I…
Google App campaigns expand to Discover feeds, AdMob testing ads on app loading screens
Google announced new inventory sources and monetization tools for app advertisers and publishers. Mobile gaming is a $68.5 billion market, with 80% or $54.9 billion coming from smartphone games and $13.6 billion coming from gaming on tablets, according to a Newzoo’s latest…
Senator Hawley Questions Google CEO Over China Censorship
YouTube is in hot water over claims it engaged in censorship on behalf of the Chinese government. In a letter to Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Senator Josh Hawley asked for an explanation about the alleged censorship. YouTube has…
Up-Close @ SMX West: Twitter For Business
Yesterday, I attended a great session on Twitter at SMX West, about using the service for business purposes. It covered everything from a glossary for the beginner to advanced tips for those looking to gain more. For my session review,…
YouTube sees 90% lift in searches for football highlight videos during the last year
According to YouTube, sports fans are watching more sports-related videos than ever. In advance of this weekend’s Super Bowl LII game, YouTube has pulled together data around how people are watching — and searching for — sports-related video content on the…
Prime Day halo effect and 6 other trends to watch for back-to-school search marketing
Here are some results of Prime Day’s impact in the Google search channel, what they mean for the coming weeks and other major trends on the back-to-school season and beyond. Amazon Prime Day is the hard start to the back-to-school…
Bing now supports batch mode for submitting URLs to Bing
You can now use a single Bing API request to submit up to 500 URLs, instead of making 500 individual API requests. Bing announced it has added support to submit URLs to the search engine in batch mode. That means instead of…
Replay: What marketers need to know about Facebook Shops
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls Facebook Shops “the biggest step” the company has taken to unify e-commerce across its family of apps. Let’s talk about that. Facebook ads pro, Gil David, founder of Facebook and Instagram Ads consultancy Run DMG,…
APFS Bug In macOS 10.15.5 Impacts Bootable Backups
The makers of Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) have discovered a serious issue in the latest version of macOS that affects the creation of bootable backups. According to CCC’s Mike Bombich, Apple changed something in the chflags() system call. As a…