German privacy firm buys MyLife Digital from Inc & Co
Inc & Co, the Manchester-based group which has been on a major acquisition spree since launching in 2019, has already…
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Dear [name in here]: Tech go-slow ‘hits personalisation’
Gartner’s 2019 prediction that personalised marketing would be dead as a Dodo within five years might have been greeted with…
PwC targets data-driven business with first CDO in UK
PwC UK has appointed its first chief data officer to develop the consultancy giant’s vision and strategy for the use…
Quest for data solutions fuels surge in Q1 M&A deals
City of London streets might be deserted but the Covid-19 stampede to embrace data-driven solutions has sparked a major rise in M&A…
Data platform set up by ex-Just Eat chiefs plots growth
An automated data collection and analytics platform, launched by two former JustEat chiefs in 2017, has raised £1.1m to fund…
Microsoft $20bn deal for Siri creator boosts health blitz
Microsoft is beefing up its artificial intelligence expertise for healthcare companies with the eye-watering $19.7bn (£13.3bn) acquisition of Nuance Communications,…
Hegarty hails ‘magic of data’ in Genie freelance start-up
Sir John Hegarty, the man who once grumbled that “data creates nothing; but creativity has all the time”, appears to have…
Publishers’ first-party data ‘to be new media currency’
A double whammy of stricter data protection legislation and fears over gaining consumer consent is opening up a major opportunity…
DMA calls on Scots politicians to back data manifesto
DMA Scotland is calling on candidates in next month’s Scottish Parliament elections to demonstrate their support for the industry body’s…
HMRC hunts data boss to boost analytics and insight
HM Revenue & Customs is hunting for a chief data officer to head up its 90-strong team and strengthen the…