A quick one today because I’ve been busy, and I haven’t found much news that sparked my interest beyond that of data privacy.
- DuckDuckGo is an encrypted search engine that doesn’t store your personal information or track you. It also has voice search features and displays search results for no-click answers. Its growth (9 billion searches in 2018) indicates a shift in user focus on privacy.
- Mark Zuckerberg’s apparent pivot of Facebook into privacy is interesting. This article neatly summarizes its implications: a potential focus on commerce for revenue instead? While this article points out that Facebook responds to user desires, in this case — privacy.
- Google Ad Manager prepares to simplify programmatic ad management. It will be transiting to a unified first price auction under Google Ad Manager, by the end of 2019. It claims to be a step towards more transparent market, an advertising buyer’s bid will not be shared with another buyer before the auction or be able to set the price for another buyer.
This upcoming week I hope to write a bit about a Design Thinking Academy I attended, and maybe a little more about agile organizations and workstreams!
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