Luis Rijo

Luís Rijo is a seasoned marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in Digital Marketing, Search, Social, Display, Video, and DOOH. Based in Europe. Also writing in the spend. Reach out via [email protected]

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Data - May 18, 2026 Google blocks new offline conversion imports via Ads API from June 15

Data pipeline blocked by a gate as Google Ads API cuts off new offline conversion imports.

Google Ads API will stop accepting new offline conversion imports on June 15, 2026, forcing all new developers to migrate to the Data Manager API for uploads.

by Luis Rijo

Mixed Reality - May 18, 2026 Meta opens display glasses to developers with two SDK paths

Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses showing a music player app on the in-lens display

Meta today opened Ray-Ban Display glasses to developers via two build paths - a mobile SDK and a new web app route using standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

by Luis Rijo

Video - May 18, 2026 YouTube auto dubbing tops 6M daily viewers, expands to 27 languages

YouTube preferred languages picker in Playback settings, showing multilingual options.

YouTube auto dubbing now reaches over 6 million daily viewers in 27 languages, with expressive speech in 8 and a lip sync pilot expanding to visual translation.

by Luis Rijo

Data - May 18, 2026 Portugal's data watchdog issued just 2 fines in all of 2025

Thousands of GDPR cases cascade to a single candle flame in a Portuguese courthouse

Portugal's CNPD opened 3,201 cases and 2,037 investigations in 2025 but applied only 2 fines totalling €47,000, raising questions about GDPR enforcement.

by Luis Rijo

Video - May 18, 2026 YouTube, BBC and NFTS launch Create x Connect to close UK creator skills gap

YouTube, the BBC and the NFTS launched Create x Connect on May 15 to close the UK creator workforce training gap with a landmark three-way skills programme.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 18, 2026 Experian and ServiceNow tie up to push agentic AI past the pilot stage

Experian and ServiceNow partner to embed the Ascend decisioning platform into enterprise AI workflows for fraud, onboarding, and model risk management at scale.

by Luis Rijo

Social - May 18, 2026 Meta's embedded signup v4 is here - but the October 15 clock is ticking

Meta deprecates embedded signup v2 and v3 on Oct 15, 2026. Three legacy feature types require manual migration, or developers lose WhatsApp and Messenger onboarding.

by Luis Rijo

Data - May 17, 2026 IAB's campaign data standards want to end the reconciliation nightmare

IAB releases Campaign Data Standards 1.0 to fix fragmented ad data - public comment is open through June 10, 2026, with the final version expected in Q4 2026.

by Luis Rijo