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D-Tools and Portal.io Merge to Consolidate Integration Software Market

D-Tools and Portal.io have merged, combining two established software platforms used by residential and commercial integrators across audio/video, security and low-voltage markets. The transaction brings together software capabilities spanning proposals, system design, project management, scheduling, procurement and service. Rather than immediately consolidate customers onto a single platform...

technology 26 Aug 2026

AI Agent Surfaces Active Business Threads From 60,000-Message Email Backlog

A 60,000-message email backlog has highlighted a growing challenge for businesses consolidating multiple inboxes: separating commercially relevant conversations from years of unsolicited and low-value mail. Lisa Lieberman-Wang, a business and marketing strategist who specializes in AI integration, said she encountered the problem after consolidating multiple email accounts into a single inbox...

email marketing 26 Aug 2026

Google Cloud and Verizon Expand Partnership to Scale Enterprise AI

Google Cloud and Verizon have announced a strategic partnership focused on expanding enterprise AI across customer experience, network operations, marketing, security and employee productivity. The agreement represents a broader shift among large telecommunications companies toward embedding AI across core operating systems rather than limiting deployments to individual customer-service or...

marketing 25 Aug 2026

Beard Papa’s and Persona Mark 30th Anniversary With U.S. Retail Collaboration

Beard Papa’s is turning the 30th anniversary of the Persona video game franchise into a limited-time U.S. retail and marketing campaign, partnering with ATLUS on themed cream puffs, collectibles, merchandise and in-store experiences. The collaboration runs from September 4 through October 4, 2026, at participating Beard Papa’s locations across the United States. It combines licensed entertainment...

marketing 25 Aug 2026

True North Social Expands Digital Marketing Services for Southern California Businesses

True North Social, a Culver City, California-based digital marketing agency, is highlighting its integrated approach to social media management, paid advertising, content production, SEO and digital strategy as businesses contend with rising competition across online channels. The agency says it has more than 20 years of industry experience and works with businesses across Los Angeles, Orange...

marketing 25 Aug 2026

MarketOwl AI Opens Public Beta of Autonomous Marketing Platform

MarketOwl AI has opened the public beta of AI CMO, an autonomous marketing platform designed to help founders, marketers and fractional CMOs plan and execute campaigns across multiple digital channels. The platform combines AI-generated marketing strategy with automated execution, performance measurement and a marketplace of marketing playbooks contributed by practicing marketers. MarketOwl AI...

marketing 25 Aug 2026

Five B2B Platforms Global Buyers Can Consider for Advanced Manufacturing Sourcing in China

International procurement teams sourcing robotics, industrial automation, CNC machining and new-energy equipment from China are increasingly using digital B2B platforms to identify and evaluate suppliers. China remains a critical manufacturing base for industrial automation, robotics, precision engineering and energy technologies, increasing the importance of digital channels that help...

marketing 25 Aug 2026

Yoodli Named in Gartner Market Overview for B2B Sales AI Role-Play

Yoodli has been identified as a point solution in Gartner’s Market Overview for B2B Sales AI Role-Play Applications, published August 7, 2026, highlighting the growing focus on artificial intelligence for sales practice, coaching and communication development. The recognition places Yoodli within an emerging technology category Gartner defines as software that uses AI to simulate realistic...

marketing 25 Aug 2026