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Threads is testing synced podcast transcripts embedded in-stream, letting people follow along without audio. It arrives as 58% of Americans listen to podcasts and video podcasts overtake audio-only.
Daiso's 2025 revenue passed 4.5 trillion won with an operating margin near 10%. Its fixed sub-$4 pricing removed not cost but the friction of judging cost — a design principle any product page can borrow.
Lowering CPC and CPA is not always the win. High CTR can signal unqualified traffic, and low CPA often buys low-quality leads. Here is how to tie paid media metrics to sales, revenue, and profit.
University of Minnesota researchers studied focus groups of 15- and 16-year-olds and found TikTok food content triggered immediate desire to eat. Influencer-made clips had a bigger effect than ads.
TikTok started a Substack newsletter, The Creator Cut, written by creators about making TikTok Live work. The GMV gap between TikTok and Douyin explains what the platform is really trying to build.
The internet had Google, mobile had its own winners. So where is the AI era's giant? A Korean operator argues the answer is structural: this time the screen didn't change, the price of tools did.
Pizza Hut temporarily removed 'pizza' from its name through Aug. 31, going by Hut to match the football snap call. A wordplay campaign, a value push, and a brand about to change owners.
Whitespark analyzed 1.8 million Google Business Profiles across 4,209 categories. Specific primary categories, aligned additional categories, and profile completeness all correlate with stronger local rankings.
From Oct. 1, missed Local Services Ads calls lasting over 20 seconds during business hours count as chargeable leads, along with qualifying follow-up calls. Here are the exceptions and what to check now.
Meta filed a patent in February for a hardware cut-off switch on its AI glasses, disconnecting recording and AI entirely. With venues from UK pubs to DEF CON banning the devices, one problem remains unsolved.
Grok 4.6 added five intelligence points in five weeks with no new foundation model, just post-training. Its cost edge comes from spending 22K output tokens per task, not from a cheaper price per token.
Korea's health functional food market has hovered near 6 trillion won for five years, growing 0.2% in 2025. With 83.6% of consumers already buying, personalized supplements became a service business, not a product one.
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