Google announced three AI-powered updates to Search that extend how users plan and book travel within AI Mode. The company is launching Canvas for travel planning on desktop, expanding Flight Deals globally, and rolling out agentic booking capabilities that connect users directly to reservation partners. The announcement continues Google’s push
DDB Worldwide global chief executive Alex Lubar has left the network, following reports that the agency’s brand may be retired following Omnicom’s $13.5 billion acquisition of Interpublic Group. Lubar has joined Fundamentalco, a brand strategy consultancy spun out of Blackstone, as CEO. Fundamentalco’s clients include Bain Capital, Visa, Hilton, and
Industry insider suggests Havas is eyeing a minority stake, versus a merger Havas is reportedly in early talks about a deal involving WPP. The French network has expressed an interest in its U.K. rival, as have private equity firms Apollo and KKR, according to The Times of London. One senior advertising exec
Nearly a third of all Americans listen to or watch podcasts every week — but far more often than not, it’s men’s voices that they’re hearing. According to a new study from researchers at the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, podcast hosts skew heavily male, and so do their guests. The researchers dug
The White House told America to ‘suck it up’ on high prices. After Mamdani’s win, he’s scrambling to reverse The core of the modern American dream is cheap stuff, and contrary to the president’s suggestion earlier this year, it turns out little girls do need 30 dolls. Or, at least, their families
Alongside Rutherford Chang, Leander Herzog, Kim Asendorf, Shl0ms, Roope Rainisto and Jack Butcher, the book also includes 60s computer compositions by A. Michael Noll, Rafael Rozendaal’s trippy patchwork art recently shown in MoMa, generative WebGL artworks, and Anna Ridler’s early and important NFTs, all of which share unique relationships with
Google is rolling out AI shopping updates across Search and the Gemini app, introducing conversational shopping and agentic features that automate price tracking and local inventory checks. The updates begin rolling out today in the United States. What’s New AI Mode Shopping Upgrade AI Mode in Search now pairs Gemini
MarTechCharts regularly highlights data of interest to marketers and marketing operations professionals. Source: “Inside the Conversational AI Revolution,” from Twilio. The use of conversational AI for customer service and sales is rapidly increasing, according to a new report from Twilio, which found 63% of organizations in either the final or
You may or may not have heard of Furl, a British company that designs and makes high-end things to sit/lie on with storage in them – that’s sofa beds, storage beds and storage sofas. But you’ll be more likely to pay attention if you do come across them as Furl
Google has defended its enforcement of site reputation abuse policies after the European Commission announced an investigation into whether the company unfairly demotes news publishers in search results. The company published a blog post stating the investigation “is misguided and risks harming millions of European users” and that it “risks
