FCM announced that parent company Flight Centre Travel Group has fully acquired Shep, the Texas-based software company that provides a browser-extension based communication platform for multi-national corporations. This acquisition builds on last year’s initial investment in the firm, and boosts FCM’s already robust technology offering. “At FCM, we strive to offer a best-in-class traveller experience […]
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) and Accenture have signed a collaborative agreement that is focused on accelerating digital transformation and applying analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive faster decision-making and enhance the customer service experience. As part of a 10-year agreement, Accenture will team with BBVA to improve the agility of its operations by […]
Anghami, the region’s music streaming platform, announced the availability of its Alexa skill, providing users in KSA and UAE with a seamless innovative experience in Arabic and English. As one of Amazon Alexa’s first skill partners in the Middle East, Anghami aims to deliver a seamless localised music experience in a Khaleeji Arabic dialect, embodying […]
TikTok has added a new ‘LIVE intro’ option which enables users to add a short text description to welcome new viewers as they come across a broadcast. The new LIVE Intro option, when switched on, will display a short explainer to viewers when they come into the stream. That could be a simple way to […]
Semrush, an online visibility management and content marketing SaaS platform, announced that for a limited period of time it would offer certain Amazon Alexa Internet paid users a free subscription to its Trends traffic tools. To claim free access to Semrush traffic tools, Alexa Internet users may simply follow a link, fill in the survey […]
Optimizely, the digital experience platform (DXP) provider, announced that it is launching an integrated version of its B2B Commerce Cloud and Content Cloud products. The integration allows these two industry-leading products to be easily implemented together, enabling brands to reach audiences with more sophisticated content strategies and work more effectively across large teams of marketers. […]
The European Commission has granted Microsoft unconditional antitrust approval for its $16 billion bid for artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance Communications. The deal is Microsoft’s second biggest after its $26.2 billion LinkedIn purchase in 2016, and would boost its presence in cloud services for healthcare. It has already received regulatory approval in the […]
Duckduckgo, the privacy-focused search engine has announced that it is working on a desktop browser. The browser is currently in closed beta on macOS with no official launch date announced. Also Read: MarTech Fundings That Made Headlines In 2021 DuckDuckGo now averages more than 100 million searches per day and is the most downloaded browsing […]
AT&T Inc. has agreed to sell its global programmatic advertising marketplace, Xandr Inc., to Microsoft. The agreement builds on a decade-long relationship between Xandr, including its predecessor companies, and Microsoft for delivering global digital media solutions for advertisers. As the digital landscape evolves in a post-cookie world, Microsoft and Xandr can shape the digital ad […]
Snapcommerce, a mobile commerce platform provider, has launched Snapshop, an artificial intelligence-driven eCommerce tool for customers over text-messaging to find the best deals on a wide range of goods. “Savings for so many consumers right now isn’t a nice-to-have, it’s a necessity. The income gap is widening due to the effects of the pandemic and […]
