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Barry Levine covers marketing technology for Third Door Media. Previously, he covered this space as a Senior Writer for VentureBeat, and he has written about these and other tech subjects for such publications as CMSWire and NewsFactor. He founded and led the web site/unit at PBS station Thirteen/WNET; worked as an online Senior Producer/writer for Viacom; created a successful interactive game, PLAY IT BY EAR: The First CD Game; founded and led an independent film showcase, CENTER SCREEN, based at Harvard and M.I.T.; and served over five years as a consultant to the M.I.T. Media Lab. You can find him at LinkedIn, and on Twitter at xBarryLevine.

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MarTech Today: MeetEdgar’s automated social posts for SMBs, Enterprise Customer Data Platforms & more

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: MeetEdgar offers automated variations for social posts for SMBs Aug 20, 2018 by Barry Levine The social post scheduler says this is the first time the capability has been offered in […]

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MarTech Today: Nielsen’s new Auto Cloud, the convergence of industry 4.0 with autonomous vehicles & more

Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Nielsen links up with J.D. Power to create a new Auto Cloud Aug 17, 2018 by Barry Levine The exclusive arrangement makes Power’s auto sales data available for the first time for […]

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MarTech Today: Sizmek’s unified ad serving platform, T-Mobile’s secret weapon for customer service & Tweetbot/Twitterrific remove features

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Why more automation from Google Ads is good for tool makers and PPC careers Aug 16, 2018 by Frederick Vallaeys Marketers who question their future in an industry dominated by automation […]

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MarTech Today: Fear of personal data loss, fake social accounts & increasing PageSpeed in WordPress

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Survey: People fear loss of personal data more than having their cars stolen Aug 15, 2018 by Ginny Marvin In an earlier survey, people valued their data at only $250. Modern […]

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MarTech Today: Digitas report on voice-based purchases, making interactive video work & link-building tools

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Digitas report: Brand loyalty is at risk with voice-based purchases Aug 14, 2018 by Barry Levine The problem, says the marketing agency, is that most users will buy the first option […]

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MarTech Today: Aivon’s ‘first decentralized video search engine,’ Blippar’s indoor positioning for AR & how AI is driving scalable marketing

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Aivon launches blockchain-based protocol for ‘first decentralized video search engine’ Aug 13, 2018 by Barry Levine The Singapore-based organization is creating a non-profit community composed of token-incentivized humans who validate AI-generated […]

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MarTech Today: Cision adds image tracking, data privacy legislation in US & revving up your page speed

Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Earned media platform Cision adds image tracking with ShareIQ purchase Aug 10, 2018 by Barry Levine ShareIQ’s technology is designed to track huge numbers of images across the web, even if they […]

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MarTech Today: Quantcast reports 90 percent consent rate for GDPR, why CDPs have emerged now & more

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Quantcast reports more than 90% of visitors to EU domains grant GDPR consent Aug 9, 2018 by Barry Levine About 81 percent of visitors say yes to every consent choice, according […]

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MarTech Today: A third of top US news sites block EU users, how to start a marketing operations function & AgilOne partners with Criteo

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Report: 1/3 of top US news sites block EU users rather than comply with GDPR Aug 8, 2018 by Robin Kurzer The list includes a third of the top US news […]

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MarTech Today: CaliberMind launches ABM Converter, ‘digital everything’ attribution & Bridg’s ‘first CDP’ for brick-and-mortar

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Marketing analytics platform CaliberMind launches ABM Converter Aug 7, 2018 by Barry Levine The new offering lets marketers convert their current platforms to account-based marketing, at what CaliberMind says is a […]

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MarTech Today: TV Time launches analytics platform, post-GDPR data breaches in Ireland & tools to test page speed

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: TV-watching viewer app TV Time launches an analytics platform Aug 6, 2018 by Barry Levine The self-service platform offers sentiment analysis and user-generated content about specific programs, across broadcast, cable and […]

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MarTech Today: LiveRamp’s IdentityLink for TV partners with Adobe, WhatsApp’s new Business API & a new report on smart speakers

Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: LiveRamp’s IdentityLink for TV is now offering addressable TV targeting through its first reseller – Adobe Aug 3, 2018 by Barry Levine The integration allows Adobe customers to upload their customer lists […]

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MarTech Today: Swrve’s new ‘payload’ platform, questions for your ABM tech vendor & Gartner’s first MQ report on Personalization Engines

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, Marketing Land and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Swrve’s new platform enables ‘payload’ targeting and triggering Aug 2, 2018 by Barry Levine The company says this is the first real-time use of granular data within an event for […]

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MarTech Today: A brand manager’s guide to virtual assistants, Genesys partners with Google Contact Center AI & the ultimate guide to HTTP protocol for SEO

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: A brand manager’s guide to virtual assistants Aug 1, 2018 by Jane Price Contributor Jane Price explains how and why brand managers should be involved in the development of a virtual […]

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MarTech Today: Companies fear 3rd party liability for GDPR, martech + ad tech & Snapchat’s private marketplace

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Report: Majority of companies fear 3rd-party vendors make them vulnerable to GDPR legal risks Jul 31, 2018 by Robin Kurzer Only 32 percent of companies say they are fully GDPR-compliant, according […]

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MarTech Today: SMPTE’s new TAXI Complete, achieving breakthrough demand gen & Cedato’s ‘contextual lookalike targeting’

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: SMPTE’s new TAXI Complete could make multiscreen ads and content commonplace Jul 30, 2018 by Barry Levine The newly issued standards specify identifiers within the audio track of any video program […]

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MarTech Today: OpenRTB 3.0, IAB Tech Lab’s blockchain primer and wiki & why AI for PR might be different than for marketing

Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Specs for OpenRTB 3.0 & ads.cert, the ads.txt enhancement, open for comment Jul 27, 2018 by Robin Kurzer Marketers welcome the ads.txt enhancement, but list potential latency issues among concerns about ads.cert. […]

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MarTech Today: Brand Safety Institute debuts, LinkedIn overhauls Campaign Manager & more

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Brand Safety Institute debuts to offer new certification programs for digital advertisers Jul 26, 2018 by Barry Levine A brainchild of the Trust Accountability Group (TAG), the independent organization will offer […]

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