MarTech Today: Intelligent agent Ozlo, mobile wallet versus apps & Alibaba backs ‘location as platform’

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

From MarTech Today:

• Welcome to MarTech Today, a new site covering all things marketing technology
  Oct 15, 2016 by Matt McGee
  With our new website, Third Door Media seeks to elevate the martech industry and marketing technologists with breaking news, in-depth features, interviews and more.
• Say hello to the newest intelligent agent, Ozlo
  Oct 14, 2016 by Barry Levine
  Billed as the only independent intelligent agent left, he specializes in finding the best answer from ‘competing sources of information.’

From Marketing Land:

• With holiday 2016 approaching, retailers need a mobile wallet strategy ASAP
  Oct 14, 2016 by Greg Sterling
  Shoe Carnival-SIM Partners case study shows how a mobile wallet can complement and even substitute for app downloads.
  
• Chinese giant Alibaba makes strategic investment in “location as platform”
  Oct 14, 2016 by Greg Sterling
  Investment in PlaceIQ could be a watershed moment for location intelligence.

From Around The Web:

• 7 Best WordPress Plugins to Integrate Google Services with Your Website, www.wpexplorer.com
• The Problem with Password UX (and How to Fix It), conversionxl.com
• 7 Top Tools For Content Creators, www.searchenginepeople.com
• Amazon Opens Beta For Alexa List Skills API, www.programmableweb.com
• The Missing Piece of Chat Bot Technology: Consumer Intent, www.adweek.com

About The Author

Barry Levine

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.