MarTech Today: Facebook shutters ‘M’ but readies ‘Portal,’ SteelHouse adds Connected TV & an effective ‘marchitecture’

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: Facebook shutters digital assistant ‘M’ and readies video ‘Portal’ Jan 9, 2018 by Greg Sterling The Facebook touch-screen video device will make calls, stream Netflix. GK Software’s AI acquisition promises a […]

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Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech TodayMarTech and other places across the web.

From MarTech Today:

From Marketing Land:

  • Report shows Snapchat’s newer features falling flat but messaging more popular than ever
    Jan 9, 2018 by Greg Finn
    Data points to challenges in getting users to engage beyond Snapping.
  • What the development of visual search will mean for SEO
    Jan 9, 2018 by Kristopher Jones
    Columnist Kristopher Jones talks visual search — its current state, its implications for the future and strategies for SEOs looking to capitalize on this evolving technology.

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Barry Levine
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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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