Tiger Pistol, Amazon, big tech, Meta, WhatsApp Lead This Week

Tiger Pistol, Amazon , Big Tech, Meta AI and WhatsApp Lead This Week in Local – June 24

The past week in Local news was highlighted with the news of Tiger Pistol partnering with Amazon, big tech’s ad revenue dominance surging, Meta halting AI training in Europe, and the latest WhatsApp developments.

In case you missed it, the top four biggest stories from Localogy Insider were:

Tiger Pistol recently told Localogy that it’s among select partners to take part in the Amazon Sponsored Display product, currently in beta.
Big tech accounts for 65.6 percent of U.S. ad revenue. That’s notably up from 30.8 percent in 2008, signaling its escalating dominance.
Meta is slowing its AI training roll in Europe after Irish authorities tell it to stop training its AI model with user generated content.
A stream of WhatsApp news has crossed our desks so we’re taking this opportunity to break down its latest moves and how the dots connect.

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Bill Dinan

Dinan previously held leadership roles at WEB.com, Acquisio, and Telmetrics. His past history with startups and enterprise technology companies give him valuable practical experience and perspective on the challenges and opportunities companies face in the Local / SMB space.

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