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  • Safari ITP 2.2 & Chrome Privacy Tools: Sun Setting on the Third-Party Cookie

    The past month has seen a dramatic shift in browser-based user privacy, with the third-party cookie looking set to crumble. In their latest update to Safari, Apple has implemented the next version of Intelligent Tracking Prevention, referred to as ITP 2.2, [...]

  • Video Streaming Has a New Player: Will Apple TV+ Make an Impact?

    Apple announced last Monday (25/03/2019) that they are finally delving into the video-streaming sector with the launch of their Apple TV+ subscription service. A plethora of big-name hitters in the entertainment industry were wheeled out on the California stage, including [...]

  • Why Apple Will Be the Number 4 Ad Platform in 2 Years

    When Apple's Tim Cook took such a public swipe at the way Google and Facebook use personal data to generate ad revenue, you felt it was a calculated move from the canny tech CEO. Apple’s hardware business is starting to [...]

  • 10 Years of the iPhone: How Mobile Has Changed the Advertising Game

    This year the iPhone turns 10 years old, and what a decade it has been. From how consumers use their devices, to how advertisers reach them, the world has turned upside down and there’s no turning back. There have been [...]

  • Ad Industry Concerned Over Safari’s New Cookie-Blocking Feature

    Yesterday, 19 September, Apple released the new iOS 11 update with significant changes to Safari, affecting the advertising community. The new feature will block cookies in the browser, which could hurt advertiser targeting and change the economic model of the [...]

  • Ad Track Blocker is Just Another Game of Cat & Mouse

    Last month, Apple announced at its Developers Conference that it would effectively put an end to advertisers’ ability to track consumers who use the Safari browser around the web and serve targeted ads based on their browsing habits. Buried beneath [...]

  • Apple Beats Expectations for Record-Breaking Quarter

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) yesterday (31st January), announced they have stopped the buck of declining iPhone sales to post record-breaking revenue figures for Q1 2017, ended 31 December, 2016. Financial highlights - The Company posted all-time record quarterly revenue of USD$78.4bn (£62.3bn) - They [...]

  • Apple Exceeds Expectations on Back of Strong iPhone 7 Plus Sales

    Apple yesterday (25 October) announced financial results for their fiscal 2016 fourth quarter ended 24 September, 2016. Stronger than expected iPhone sales meant that the company exceeded analysts' expectations. Despite this, the results marked the third quarter where Apple posted [...]

  • Verizon Shares Fall After Q2 Earnings

    One day after announcing plans to acquire Yahoo Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reported its first decline in quarterly revenue in six years. Sluggish subscriber growth underscores why the US's biggest mobile phone provider is seeking new sources of revenue through [...]

  • Video Ad Views Growing 24% YOY; US Ad Revenues Soaring

    ExchangeWire Research’s weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world, with additional insight provided by Rebecca Muir, head of research and analysis, ExchangeWire. In this week’s edition: Video ad views steadily growing; US ad revenues spike; and Usage penetration growth [...]