Europe

The AI gap in Europe is adding to the digital gap in the continent. McKinsey report says that according to its current assets and digital position in the world, Europe could add some €2.7 trillion, or 20 % to its combined economic output by 2030 if it embraces AI the way the US does it. On one side, previous-generation tools are being used rampantly. On the other side, Europe is home to many pundits in AI. MarTechSeries introduces you to the 10 most popular AI influencers from Europe who can inspire people and policymakers…

European Shopping Comparison Services Claim Google Is Now Trying to Populate the Service with ‘Fake’ Comparison Shopping Sites Over a year on from the European Commission’s antitrust ruling which forced Google to open up its shopping service to outside competitors, new Searchmetrics research suggests a third of ads within Google Shopping boxes are coming from providers other than Google. But the majority of these (23% of all ads) seem to be from digital marketing agencies profiting from Google Shopping’s revamped auction…

Smart Home Speakers, AI-Enabled Video Search, Speech Recognition and AR/VR Technologies Have Ensured a Surge in the Popularity of Podcasts  Podcasts recently have been hailed as the 'in thing', especially among millennials, who claim podcasts to be a big boon for their on-the-go lives. Podcasts are a millennial's go-to channel to procure information on politics, sports, spirituality etc. Moreso, with claims of subscriptions getting cheaper and content getting richer, the marketing strategy behind promoting podcasts does…

Every so often something big comes along that throws a spanner in the business works. There might be mild panic and numerous meetings, but ultimately down the line, everything is usually fine - and if done properly, things can feel as though they’ve changed for the better. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one of these spanners, clunking its way through every facet of the business. As the date for GDPR compliance, 25th May, draws ever closer,  organizations are frantically trying to get their house in…

The ad tech industry is accustomed to change. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will, no doubt, have a global impact. Despite the understated value of the new U.K. data protection bill, ad tech is bracing itself ahead of the deadline to comply. Are we overreacting? First off, What Is GDPR? GDPR will hold companies that control and process personal data from European countries accountable for how they handle that data. The UK government's new data protection legislation will go into effect starting May 2018.…

Intelligence Partner Is a Google Premier Partner, and These Product Integrations Between RingCentral and Google Solutions Are Key to Empowering Workforces to Be More Productive RingCentral UK, Ltd., a leading provider of enterprise cloud communications and collaboration solutions and a wholly owned subsidiary of RingCentral, Inc., announced that Intelligence Partner, a consulting leader in cloud computing solutions, has selected RingCentral as its exclusive cloud communications and collaboration solutions provider. With…

Deeper Collaboration Will Benefit Customers Through Hubspot's New International Cloud Infrastructure and Expanded Google Cloud Integrations HubSpot, a leading CRM, marketing, sales, and customer experience platform, announced that it has expanded its long-standing partnership with Google by adopting Google Cloud to expand its international cloud infrastructure. In addition to providing increased data security for HubSpot customers, the new partnership will also allow the company to invest more in its current Google Cloud…