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If you’ve been following Apple’s updates for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura, you already know that the company is upping its security game. It’s replacing passwords with passkeys, and will even introduce Safety Check — an emergency feature that aims to assist people suffering from domestic violence. But the most impressive upcoming feature by far is Lockdown Mode. On Wednesday, Apple previewed this new, hardcore security option, designed to protect users from state-sponsored mercenary spyware. As per the company: Lockdown Mode offers an extreme, optional level of security for the very few users who, because of who they are…

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Instagram released a new chat theme called Support, which adds a group of holding hands to a conversation’s background. This chat theme is also available in the Messenger application. Our guide will show you how to use the Support chat theme in the Instagram app. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Instagram app on…Read More

Grey Group global creative chairman John Patroulis is leaving the agency following a two-month leave of absence. His departure from Grey comes several weeks after Michael Houston, the former global CEO of the agency, moved roles within WPP to be the first U.S. president of the holding company. Patroulis took a leave of absence at…Read More

Blockchain-backed Collectible Avatars have arrived on Reddit. The platform explained in a blog post Thursday, “About two years ago, we launched a new and improved Avatar Builder, allowing anyone to generate and customize their own personal avatar–a unique way to display identity on Reddit. Shortly thereafter, we made countless accessories, outfits and hairstyles available to…Read More

Newly named Pinterest CEO Bill Ready boasts an extensive background in commerce and payments from previous roles at Google, PayPal, Braintree and Venmo, so it should come as no surprise that the company’s first major feature reveal under his watch is centered on shopping. Pinterest introduced four shopping-related updates Thursday: the Pinterest API (application-programming interface)…Read More

This article was originally published on .cult by Jurn Van Wissen. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. One of the most underrated things you can do in your career is learn how to stand out. If you want to find a new job, get projects as a freelancer, or increase your chances of getting a promotion, you will need to stand out. In every one of these cases, there is a person on the other end that…

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Women’s soccer has been overshadowed by the men’s game for decades. But this is slowly changing, as seen in a new Nike ad in which the women’s game takes center stage. Nike’s campaign for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, which started on July 6, celebrates the players leading the charge today, while also elevating the…Read More

Digital media company Goodway Group has acquired Canton Marketing Solutions, which it will merge with marketing transformation consultancy Control v Exposed to strengthen its martech and data engineering offer as third parties cookies disappear. The deal will expand CvE, founded in 2019, to around 40 people–with the aim of helping brands to overcome the growing…Read More

When it comes to supply-path optimization, in some cases more is still more. The ad sales house CafeMedia, which monetizes the websites of hundreds of independent publishers like MacRumors, increased its programmatic revenue by building and activating two new integrations–one for Prebid and one for the Amazon Transparent Ad Marketplace–that allowed it to source demand…Read More

Like a lot of publishers over the last 18 months, Trusted Media Brands, home to titles like Reader’s Digest and Taste of Home, has grown ad revenue thanks to investments in first-party data. Now, it’s using first-party data to increase deal size, win more pitches and move brands from relying on third-party data to using…Read More