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Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech

Technology

Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech

Zena Assaad 4 Jun 2025

The future of search: Why Location Bank matters in the age of AI

Digital

The future of search: Why Location Bank matters in the age of AI

Issued by Location Bank 4 Jun 2025

Social isn’t a billboard: branding in the age of algorithms

Social Media

Social isn’t a billboard: branding in the age of algorithms

Aishwarya Bedessy, Issued by Ignition Group 30 May 2025

Danilo Acquisto, CEO and co-founder of video specialist digital agency, Special Effects Media South Africa gives the case for the untapped intra-African trade opportunity in media and marketing (Image supplied)

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Danilo Acquisto - Nurturing Africa’s creative economy

Danilo Acquisto 28 May 2025

Lisa Naa Quama Darko captured by Gilbert Asante.

Africa Month

#AfricaDay: Africa's trailblazing creatives in Facebook's latest campaign

26 May 2025

Social Media

Why Meta is in trouble in Nigeria and what this means for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users

23 May 2025

Advertising

Amazon’s ad business boom: Raking in over $60bn

21 May 2025

WhatsApp has launched a new campaign. Source: YouTube.

Advertising

Watch | New WhatsApp campaign vows message privacy with no third-party access

20 May 2025

#BizTrends2025: 555 Media Hub’s Tapelo Zama | The challenge for brands - LLM disrupting the consumer journey

Digital

#BizTrends2025: 555 Media Hub’s Tapelo Zama | The challenge for brands - LLM disrupting the consumer journey

Tapelo Zama 16 May 2025

High scores all round at Liberty Midlands Mall’s Gaming Festival 2025

Exhibitions & Events

High scores all round at Liberty Midlands Mall’s Gaming Festival 2025

Issued by Taryn Louch Creative 16 May 2025

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Cyber Law

TikTok, Meta fined hundreds of millions by EU regulators for data privacy breaches

Ryszard Lisinski and Brett Weinberg 13 May 2025

PR & Communications

Welcome to a new PR challenge: surviving the unmoderated internet

Yolisa Mkele 8 May 2025

Source: X/@PMashatile

Economy

South Africa launches Transformation Fund to drive economic inclusivity

7 May 2025

Digify Africa and Meta are offering a free digital marketing programme for 2025. Source: Supplied.

Education

Calling unemployed youth: Digify Africa and Meta offer free digital marketing programme for 2025

6 May 2025

Instant delivery: How SA logistics is transforming to meet consumer demands

Logistics & Transport

Instant delivery: How SA logistics is transforming to meet consumer demands

Robin Fredericks 25 Apr 2025

Edits is Instagram's answer to mobile video editing demand

Social Media

Edits is Instagram's answer to mobile video editing demand

23 Apr 2025

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025 awarding juries include 20 creatives from Africa

Danette Breitenbach 23 Apr 2025

Is Meta too big for its own good? What the latest antitrust trial says about big tech's future

Social Media

Is Meta too big for its own good? What the latest antitrust trial says about big tech's future

Issued by We Do Digital 22 Apr 2025

Advertising

Google's latest antitrust loss in the US raises stakes for Big Tech

Rob Nicholls 23 Apr 2025

Advertising

Trump's tariff order prompts ad spending cuts by Temu and Shein

17 Apr 2025

Warc research shows that globally, newsbrand ad spend is forecast to fall to $32.3bn this year, a 33.1% decrease from 2019, as hard news stories – from trade wars to armed conflicts – draw audiences but not ad dollars. (Image supplied)

Advertising

Warc: News media struggles as brands favour softer content

16 Apr 2025

Social Media

Will Meta be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp in FTC trial?

16 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Mark Baldwin, CEO of , a web design and digital marketing agency, weighs in on the biggest social media platform rebrands of all time

Branding

Social media rebrands: The failure - X, the insipid - Meta and the success - Instagram

Mark Baldwin 15 Apr 2025

TDMC HQ’s 8 key digital marketing insights from the past year

Digital

TDMC HQ’s 8 key digital marketing insights from the past year

Issued by TDMC 9 Apr 2025

You built a great website, but my agent doesn’t care!

CRM, CX, UX

You built a great website, but my agent doesn’t care!

Andre Fredericks, Issued by Sanlam Fintech 28 Mar 2025

Advertising

Ogilvy SA top African agency in the Warc Effectiveness Awards 2025 shortlist

8 Apr 2025

Human Rights Law

Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules

Hereward Holland 7 Apr 2025

Sub-Saharan startups invited to apply for Meta's $20,000 Llama Impact Grant

Funding

Sub-Saharan startups invited to apply for Meta's $20,000 Llama Impact Grant

2 Apr 2025

Unpopular opinion by a CEO: Hyper-personalised marketing is just digital stalking

Marketing

Unpopular opinion by a CEO: Hyper-personalised marketing is just digital stalking

Issued by Wetpaint Advertising 1 Apr 2025

Social Media

Elon Musk’s xAI acquires X

31 Mar 2025

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Digital

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Issued by Algorithm Agency 28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

Marketing

Warc study shows growth this year but still downgrade of almost one percentage point

28 Mar 2025

The future of marketing is storified

Marketing

The future of marketing is storified

Candy Dempers, Issued by MediaHeads 360 27 Mar 2025

Advertising

Facebook agrees to halt targeted ads for UK user after legal challenge

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Mar 2025

Social Media

The evolving battle over social media moderation: Free speech vs regulation

Grant Lapping 25 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen's research shows that the latest global trends signal a growing reliance on AI, a strong push toward integrated agency solutions and a strategic re-evaluation of in-house marketing structures

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Scopen research - Be integrated, AI-powered and strategic, or be left behind

20 Mar 2025

CRM, CX, UX

Unlock hidden revenue: How to turn your data into a profit powerhouse

Gil Sperling 18 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The IAS Media Marketing Compliance Masterclass series, in partnership with Media Marketing Compliance (MMC), addressed one of the industry’s biggest concerns—non-disclosed media models

Marketing & Media

IAS Media Marketing Compliance Masterclass Series: Tackling non-disclosed media models head-on

11 Mar 2025

Advertising

Advertisers brace for impact as TikTok faces uncertain future in the US

7 Mar 2025

Image source: pikisuperstar from

Competition Law

SA competition watchdog probes Novo Nordisk and Sanofi over insulin

Maggie Fick and Nqobile Dludla 5 Mar 2025

What's behind NAP Africa's unprecedented 5Tbps traffic surge?

Cloud

What's behind NAP Africa's unprecedented 5Tbps traffic surge?

4 Mar 2025

Is public relations one of the most in-demand careers of 2025?

PR & Communications

Is public relations one of the most in-demand careers of 2025?

Adam Hunter, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 3 Mar 2025

Social Media

Instagram explores standalone Reels app, capitalising on TikTok's uncertain US future

28 Feb 2025

Advertising

Reliance plans to dominate Indian Premier League ads post-Disney merger using neuroscience

26 Feb 2025

Website maintenance checklist: 10 essential actions to take

Internet

Website maintenance checklist: 10 essential actions to take

Issued by Domains.co.za 25 Feb 2025

Media & Entertainment Law

Google, Meta face penalties for anti-competitive behaviour towards SA news media

Nqobile Dludla 24 Feb 2025