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Yobi-Microsoft Deal Brings Behavioral AI to New Users
10/4/26
Behavioral AI company Yobi is teaming up with Microsoft to offer US companies predictive consumer intelligence. The deal combines Yobi's consented consumer database - 'the largest in the US' - with delivery via the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. More.
Canva Buys Add AI and Customer Data Management Tools
9/4/26
In Sydney, Australia, visual communication platform Canva has announced the acquisitions of Simtheory, an AI collaboration and agent management platform, and Ortto, a customer data and marketing automation company. Both companies were founded by Chris and Mike Sharkey. More.
System1 Adds AI Features to Test Your Ad Tool
9/4/26
Creative effectiveness platform System1 has upgraded its Test Your Ad measurement tool with new AI-enabled capabilities; and says the new version will also provide smarter diagnostics and more intuitive reporting. More.
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Forrester Acquires FeedbackNow and GlimpzIt
10/7/18
Technology consultancy Forrester has acquired two firms, both for undisclosed sums: FeedbackNow, which makes real-time passenger feedback systems for measuring customer experience; and machine-learning-based consumer video poll platform GlimpzIt.
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Former MB and VC Leaders Launch Insight Holding Group
19/6/18
Former Millward Brown Global CEO Eileen Campbell has teamed up with Vision Critical founder Andrew Reid and his sister Jennifer, to launch a holding company called Reid Campbell Group, serving as a 'launch pad' for innovation in consumer insights.
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Critical Mix Acquires UBMobile
19/6/18
Sampling and data collection provider Critical Mix has acquired mobile-based research tech and services company UBMobile. Both are part of consumer insights holding group Reimagine.
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OnePoint to Offer AR Questions within Survey App
18/6/18
Mobile survey solutions provider OnePoint Global has announced plans to offer Augmented Reality (AR) question types within its Survey App, and says it is the first to offer this option.
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Cross-Tab and Blueocean Merge to Form Course5
7/6/18
Blueocean Market Intelligence and Cross-Tab - both companies within the Cross-Tab Group - have merged to form a new business called Course5, which combines their analytics, artificial intelligence and insights capabilities for corporate and MR agency clients.
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Toluna 'Evolves' into Platform-Based Insights Firm
6/6/18
Toluna has launched an end-to-end automated platform called TolunaInsights, and says the move marks its evolution from a sample and survey provider to a 'platform-based consumer insights company'.
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Raft of New Partners for Voxpopme
18/5/18
UK-based video insights platform Voxpopme has added four new partnership integrations, with technology platforms Delvinia, Digsite, Invoke Solutions and Protobrand.
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Videology Announces Bankruptcy and Asset Sale
11/5/18
US TV and online ad targeting specialist Videology has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, while announcing plans to sell its assets to mobile ad targeting firm Amobee, the ad tech division of telecoms company Singtel. The deal is reported to be worth around $45m.
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WhatsApp CEO Resigns Following Facebook Data Scandal
2/5/18
Jan Koum, the CEO and co-founder of messaging tool WhatsApp, is leaving the company in the wake of parent company Facebook's association with data firm Cambridge Analytica.
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MFour Rolls Out Path2-Purchase Platform
3/4/18
In the US, mobile research specialist MFour has launched a solution called the Path2-Purchase Platform, through which users can field real-time location-based surveys and capture motivations and emotions at 'any point' in the purchasing cycle.
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