Spotify will now use algorithms to partially “personalise” some of its editorial playlists based on listeners’ tastes. As a result, no two of the personalised editorial playlists will be the same, marking a major change in the way users discover music. The move, announced on Spotify’s website, is intended to both improve the listening experience for […]
Relay42, a company that empowers marketers to create AI-driven customer journeys, has published a socially-sourced whitepaper that provides a unique view of the relationship between marketing and technology. The whitepaper, entitled ‘Cross-channel Personalization: The Heart of Customer-centricity’, found that the potential of technology to make the marketing function more effective and sophisticated cannot be underestimated […]
Creative technology company Clinch has announced the launch of ‘Clinch for Facebook’, a video personalization engine built specifically for the social network, as well as for Instagram. Clinch for Facebook allows for rapid A/B testing of creatives and generates personalized campaigns at scale (both video and display) using unique Facebook formats such as Canvas, Collections and Instagram Stories. […]
The US is home to 87.5 million millennials (ages 18 to 29). In comparison, 83.7 million Americans fall under the “Generation X” category (30 to 49-year-olds), whereas the number of baby boomers (aged 50 years and older) is 66.4 million. While millennials are a vastly diverse group of individuals, they are in a unique position […]
Mobile marketing platform Kahuna is adding another layer for mobile targeting. The Redwood City, California-based company announced today the launch of Locales, which allows a marketer to target users in a segment by any number of languages, and then to send up to five messages in each language per campaign. Locales also enables location-based and […]