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]

Luis Rijo's Work 9766 Articles

Video - Apr 30, 2026 YouTube picture-in-picture goes global, but music stays behind a paywall

YouTube picture-in-picture floating video window on mobile with mountain landscape background

YouTube today expands picture-in-picture to non-Premium users outside the US on Android and iOS, ending a geographic restriction. Music PiP stays Premium-only.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Apr 30, 2026 noyb sues Hamburg DPA as PimEyes keeps scanning faces unhindered

Holographic face scan looms over lone figure facing locked door, biometric data scattered below.

Privacy group noyb today sued Hamburg's data watchdog for refusing to act against PimEyes, a facial recognition engine holding billions of biometric records.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Apr 30, 2026 Meta Q1 2026: $56.3B revenue as AI tools double advertiser adoption

Meta advertising revenue by geography Q1 2024-Q1 2026, showing 33% YoY growth to $55B

Meta posts $56.3B in Q1 2026 revenue, up 33%, as AI ad creative tools double to 8 million advertisers and the Adaptive Ranking Model drives conversion gains.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Apr 30, 2026 Alphabet Q1 2026: Google Network ad revenue falls 4% as AI reshapes the web

Google-colored vortex pulls web traffic from publisher network nodes into a central AI core.

Alphabet Q1 2026: Google Network revenue dropped 4% to $6.97B as AI search features accelerate a structural shift of traffic away from the open web publishers.

by Luis Rijo

Data - Apr 29, 2026 Innovid expands measurement with purchase data and publisher attribution

Innovid today releases measurement capabilities covering purchase impact, source-level attribution, and vertical benchmarks for CTV and cross-channel campaigns.

by Luis Rijo

Audio - Apr 29, 2026 Spotify hits 761M users as biddable ads top a third of ad revenue

Spotify ad exchange server room with glowing audio waveform and programmatic data dashboards

Spotify reports 761 million MAUs in Q1 2026, biddable programmatic ads exceed one-third of ad revenue, and free cash flow hits a record 824 million euros.

by Luis Rijo

Data - Apr 29, 2026 EU spent millions building an age verification app nobody has to use

EU Commission delegates age verification rollout to 27 Member States, blueprint in hand

European Commission today adopted a recommendation pushing EU Member States to deploy anonymous, privacy-preserving age verification apps by 31 December 2026.

by Luis Rijo

Social - Apr 29, 2026 EU catches Meta letting under-13s slip through on Instagram and Facebook

Children silhouettes entering a vault door flanked by EU stars, symbolizing Meta DSA breach.

The European Commission today found Meta's Instagram and Facebook in breach of the DSA for failing to keep children under 13 off their platforms, risking fines up to 6% of global turnover.

by Luis Rijo