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 luis@ppc.land
US immigration agency requests proposals for location data and advertising technology tools while data brokers expose military personnel movements through commercial phone tracking systems.
Google today added Google Messages to its user-triggered fetchers list, enabling link previews for URLs shared in chat threads via newly documented crawler.
TikTok upgrades Smart+ with creative automation, ad preview tools, and efficiency features that address advertiser complaints about automated campaign control.
Microsoft exposed AI crawler traffic while Netflix doubled advertising revenue and Meta completed Threads monetization during the fourth week of January 2026.
X open sources Grok-powered recommendation algorithm revealing engagement scoring mechanics, verification advantages, and 30-minute velocity windows for brands.
Brazil's competition authority suspends Meta's controversial policy blocking third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp, following Italy's similar action weeks earlier.
Mediaocean survey shows 54% of marketers increasing AI media spend while 42% struggle with data quality issues preventing broader AI implementation.
Amazon One Medical launched a Health AI assistant this week providing 24/7 personalized health guidance, appointment booking, and autonomous prescription management.
Polish digital advertising market transparency improves with launch of comprehensive industry directory covering nine sectors and 55 categories from agencies to analytics.
BVDW publishes comprehensive framework for responsible AI agent deployment as surveys reveal 71% of Germans reject autonomous systems handling daily tasks.
Privacy tech firm's annual report projects governance transformation as organizations struggle matching manual oversight with machine-speed decision-making across regulatory jurisdictions.
Kantar identifies AI agents, retail media hitting 1.8x better results, creator ROI demands among ten marketing trends reshaping brand strategy in 2026.
