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HubSpot & TikTok announce CRM integration

October 27, 2023

HubSpot has teamed up with TikTok to provide real-time lead synchronization between the social media platform and the CRM. This is TikTok’s first CRM lead generation collaboration. While this is currently only available in the U.S. and Canada, it’s slated for expansion to other countries in the coming months. According to PostDigitalist: 32.4% of TikTok…
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South Africa announces probe into Meta and Google over news aggregation

October 17, 2023

South Africa’s Competition Commission will investigate whether digital platforms like Meta and Google were unfairly competing with news publishers.
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Google says it will legally protect its AI users

October 16, 2023

It follows a similar move from Shutterstock and Adobe; companies want to alay customer fears over any potential legal wranglings over AI.
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LinkedIn lays off 668 employees

October 16, 2023

LinkedIn said it would lay off employees amid slowing revenue growth.
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Google agrees to pay German publishers

October 12, 2023

Google has agreed to pay German publishers 3.2m euros per year for its publication of news content while awaiting a decision from the German patent office.
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Meta makes its AI app public and free

July 18, 2023

Meta Platforms has built an AI, called LLaMA 2, set to rival the likes of ChatGPT and Google’s Bard.
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Salesforce to raise some prices for the first time in 7 years

July 12, 2023

The new prices for Tableau, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Industries will cover new and existing customers.
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Meta launches Threads and racks up 30m subs

July 6, 2023

Meta on Wednesday launched Threads, a direct challenger to Twitter and racked up more than 30 million sign-ups within about 18 hours.
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Salesforce to invest $4B in its UK business

June 29, 2023

The company has been investing in the UK for many years and today’s investment builds on a previous five-year investment of $2.5 billion announced in 2018.
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HubSpot relaunches its Affiliate Program

June 1, 2023

HubSpot says the new program features higher commissions, tiered payouts, and better rewards for HubSpot affiliates.
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Shutterstock to buy Giphy from Meta for $53M

May 23, 2023

Meta purchased Giphy in 2020, in a deal reportedly worth $400 million. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority opened an antitrust investigation over concerns it would result in “substantial lessening of competition” in the U.K. market for GIFs, or short looping videos.
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TikTok files lawsuit to overturn Montana’s ban

May 22, 2023

TikTok filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn Montana’s ban on the app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights and is based on “unfounded speculation” that the Chinese government could access users’ data.
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