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Two arrested for 'digital marketing' scam in Hyderabad
An organised cheating racket operating under the guise of a digital marketing scheme was busted by the Rein Bazar police, arresting two young men accused of duping multiple victims by luring them with promises of easy income. The accused…
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Lyxel&Flamingo and L&T Finance lead the charge at afaqs! Digies awards 2026
There are moments when an industry pauses and takes stock. Not loudly, not ceremonially, but with a quiet sense of recalibration. The afaqs! Digies Digital Awards and Conference 2026 felt like one such moment. Held on March 26 at T he Westin…
Mike Novogratz Says Iran's Hormuz Bluff 'Only Works Once,' But Prediction Markets Disagree - Galaxy Digital (NASDAQ:GLXY)
Mike Novogratz says Iran made a strategic mistake by showing the world it can shut the Strait of Hormuz. “You can only bluff people about the Strait of Hormuz once,” the Galaxy Digital (TSX:) CEO said on the All Things Markets podcast…
Google PMax gets new exclusions, expanded reporting features
Google is launching new Performance Max controls and reporting: audience exclusions, expanded reporting, and budget forecasting tools. What's new. Google announced a mix of “steering updates” and “actionable insights”…
JustEat and Autotrader among 5 firms facing major probe into 'fake reviews
Popular delivery platform JustEat and car website Autotrader are among five firms being investigated as part of a probe into fake and misleading reviews. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are also looking into Feefo, Dignity and Pasta…
Ilkka Oyj: Acquisition of own shares on 26 March 2026
Ilkka Oyj Stock Exchange Release 26 March 2026, at 07:00 p.m. EET Ilkka Oyj: Acquisition of own shares on 26 March 2026 Date26 March 2026 Exchange transactionBuy Share trading codeILKKA2 Amount, shares2,100 Average price/share (EUR)4.2390 Total…
Five firms including Autotrader and Just Eat investigated over fake review failings
The UK competition watchdog has launched investigations into five companies including Autotrader and Just Eat over concerns they have not done enough to tackle fake and misleading online reviews. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which…
What Is 'Clipping,' the Viral Marketing Strategy That's Taking Over the Music Biz?
In December, rapper Bbno$ posted a message on social media announcing that he was quitting music. “As you guys know, I am for the people,” he wrote. “And the people have asked me to stop making music. Due to the millions of…
International music dominates Swiss recording market
After reaching a low point in 2015, the local music market grew steadily in the ten years that followed. The Swiss music market thus generated 4% more sales in 2025 compared to the previous year. This was announced by the industry association of…
2026 Internal Communications Trends: Four Strategies to Activate in Q2 - Ragan Communications
Internal Communications • Employee Communications • Executive Communications • HR Communications • Corporate Culture • Strategic Communications • Employee Engagement Congratulations, you've made it past Q1…
Automated traffic is growing 8x faster than human traffic: Report
Automated traffic grew 23.5% year over year in 2025 — about eight times faster than human traffic, which rose 3.1%, according to HUMAN Security's State of AI Traffic report. AI-driven traffic appears to be a major contributor to that growth…
Google updates structured data for forum and Q&A content
Google expanded its structured data support for forum and Q&A pages, adding properties that help you signal reply threads, quoted content, and whether content is human- or machine-generated. The update aims to reduce how Google misreads discussion…
Google-Agent user agent identifies AI agent traffic in server logs
Google introduced a new user agent, called Google-Agent, that signals when AI agents act on users' behalf, marking an early shift toward agent-driven web interactions. What happened. Google added Google-Agent to its list of user-triggered fetchers…
Report: Clickout Media turned news sites into AI gambling hubs
A company called Clickout Media is being called out for buying trusted news and niche sites, replacing them with AI-generated gambling content, and abandoning them after Google penalties. Some call this “parasite SEO,” but to me it…
Music Industry Moves: Seeker Music Closes $267 Million ABS to Grow Catalog; Warner Records Nashville Promotes Five and Hires One
Seeker Music Group, the music rights, publishing and record company led by songwriter Evan Bogart has successfully closed its inaugural $267 million asset backed securitization, with backing from international savings and investment business M&G.
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