#Microsoft Search and News Advertising revenue up 8%

#Microsoft Search and News Advertising revenue up 8%

This is the first time Microsoft has reported its quarterly earnings as a $3 trillion company and included revenue from Activision Blizzard. Microsoft reported its strongest financial quarter to date after becoming a $3 trillion company. Search and news advertising revenue increased 8% year on year, excluding traffic acquisition costs that Microsoft pays to publishers. However,…

Read More
#LinkedIn to sunset lookalike audiences

#LinkedIn to sunset lookalike audiences

The platform recommends adjusting your audience targeting strategy to either predictive audiences or audience expansion. LinkedIn will discontinue lookalike audiences on February 29. Why we care. Before March, advertisers must modify their audience targeting strategy, as they will no longer be able to create new lookalike audiences or edit existing ones. What are lookalike audiences?…

Read More
#
      Ara: History Untold launches this fall

# Ara: History Untold launches this fall

Turn-based strategy game Ara: History Untold will launch for PC via Steam and Microsoft Store this fall, publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Oxide Interactive announced. Here is an overview of the game, via its official website: About Build a nation and lead your people throughout history to the pinnacles of human achievement as you…

Read More
#
      Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II launches May 21

# Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II launches May 21

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II will launch digitally for Xbox Series and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store on May 21 for $49.99, publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Ninja Theory announced. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass. Speaking in an Xbox Wire blog post, Ninja Theory studio head Dom Matthews on Xbox…

Read More
#
      Avowed launches this fall

# Avowed launches this fall

First-person action RPG Avowed will launch for Xbox Series and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store this fall, publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Obsidian Entertainment announced. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass. Here is an overview of the game, via its store pages: About Welcome to the Living Lands, a mysterious…

Read More
#GPT-4 vs. Google Cloud: Performance comparison on 9 SEO tasks

#GPT-4 vs. Google Cloud: Performance comparison on 9 SEO tasks

GPT-4 isn’t the be-all for SEO automation. Compare its performance to Google Cloud’s APIs for text analysis, content transformation and more. OpenAI’s APIs, especially the large language model (LLM) GPT-4 and its chatbot ChatGPT, have gained significant popularity in the past year. Despite the availability of marketing APIs from long-established providers like Google Cloud, Microsoft…

Read More
#
      Xbox Developer_Direct ’24 set for January 18

# Xbox Developer_Direct ’24 set for January 18

Microsoft will host an “Xbox Developer_Direct 2024″ on January 18 at 12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET, which will present an inside look at first-party games coming to Xbox Series, PC, and Game Pass over, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Twitch. The broadcast will be presented…

Read More