James Smith 
March 13, 2026 — New York Adobe Inc. has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government to resolve a lawsuit over Adobe to pay $75 million to resolve US lawsuit over fees, subscription cancellations1, accusing the company of concealing early termination fees and complicating subscription cancellations for its Creative Cloud services like Photoshop … Read more
March 13, 2026 — Salesforce and HubSpot announced major updates to their partner programs, simplifying structures and introducing fees to prioritize AI expertise and deep ecosystem engagement, as outlined in the Salesforce and HubSpot Reshape Partner Programs for the AI Era analysis. Salesforce overhauled its consulting partner program on March 2, consolidating four tiers into … Read more
March 11, 2026 — San Francisco Zendesk announced a definitive agreement to acquire Forethought, an AI startup specializing in autonomous self-improving AI agents for customer service, in a deal reportedly valued at over $200 million—its largest in two decades. The Zendesk’s $200M+ Acquisition of Forethought to Advance AI Agents in Customer Service aims to enhance … Read more
March 13, 2026 — Mountain View, California Google Labs expanded its Pomelli AI marketing tool to over 170 countries and territories on March 9, providing small businesses worldwide with free, on-brand content generation capabilities. The expansion, announced via an X post by Google Labs, follows the tool’s public beta launch on October 28, 2025, initially … Read more
March 13, 2026 — In the marketing technology sector, a MarTech article published March 12 asserts that AI is repricing the marketing stack, not collapsing it, as artificial intelligence lowers costs for coordination tools like dashboards and approval workflows while structural systems for compliance and integrations command premium pricing. Gareth Chilton, founder of ManMachine, argues … Read more
March 13, 2026 — Google Labs has launched Pomelli, an experimental AI marketing tool developed in collaboration with Google DeepMind, enabling small and medium-sized businesses to generate customized on-brand marketing content by scanning their websites. The tool, announced on Google’s blog on Oct. 28, 2025, creates social media posts, ads, headlines, calls-to-action (CTAs), and visuals … Read more
March 13, 2026 — Menlo Park, California Meta rolled out Meta’s Launch of Manus AI Tool by integrating the AI agent into its Ads Manager in mid-February 2026, allowing advertisers to automate tasks such as ad creative generation, audience research, competitor analysis, campaign reporting, strategy recommendations, and performance optimization across Facebook and Instagram. The integration, … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Industry coverage highlighted Meta’s launch of Manus AI tool, integrating the AI agent platform into its Ads Manager and business tools following a quiet rollout that began in February 2026. Meta acquired the Singapore-based AI agent startup Manus in December 2025 for approximately $2 billion, positioning it for practical applications in … Read more
March 10, 2026 — Santa Barbara, Calif. — Foxwell Founders released the Foxwell Founders’ 2026 State of Digital Marketing Agencies Report, surveying hundreds of agency leaders worldwide on tech-driven shifts, including AI threats, client losses to in-housing, planned lift tests, and ad creative production challenges. The report, produced in partnership with Motion and drawn from … Read more
March 13, 2026 — Menlo Park, Calif. Meta has quietly integrated its newly acquired Manus AI agent platform into Ads Manager for Facebook and Instagram, automating full marketing workflows including ad creatives, content calendars, competitor analysis, audience research, reports, strategy suggestions, and optimizations via natural language queries. The rollout, first reported in niche ad tech … Read more