Sandbox news and trends

Behind the Hype, Metaverse Marketing Offers Dismal ROI
Metaverse // June 09, 2022

There has been a staggering amount of hype around “the metaverse” over the past six months to a year, with major brands from McDonald’s to Gucci jumping in and shouting it from the rooftops. But when it comes to the metaverse that marketers are actually...

Alphabet’s Quantum Tech Group Sandbox AQ Goes Solo
Technology // March 22, 2022

Google parent Alphabet has spun off Sandbox AQ, independently offering firms artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing software, the Palo Alto, California-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor announced Tuesday (March 22). Founded by CEO Jack Hidary, Sandbox originated at Alphabet in 2016. This year, Sandbox AQ formed...

Gucci, Sandbox Metaverse Team on Store, Event Space
Metaverse // February 27, 2022

Luxury fashion house Gucci has partnered with The Sandbox to purchase an undisclosed amount of virtual land, PSFK wrote Sunday (Feb. 27). Gucci originally announced the metaverse development on its Discord server earlier this month. The Sandbox is a digital platform allowing people, brands and...

New Google Initiative Limits Tracking Of Web Users
Google // August 22, 2019

Google said it wants to limit how marketers and advertisers track people online, according to a report. The company is proposing a change to how cookies work in its web browser Chrome, so that it would make it easier for users to block the tracking. ...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Three Things FIs Need To Know About Payments Innovation

December 14, 2017
Not innovating is not an option. Perhaps in the early days of digital banking and mobile apps, innovative technology was a “nice to have,” but that is no longer the case. Today, it is a must-have for financial institutions (FIs) — that is, if they want their payment products to be the first one for […]

Quick Reads
Revolut Adds New Crypto In Bid to Become Super App

August 04, 2022
British FinTech Revolut has released 22 new cryptocurrencies available to its customers in the European Union and the UK. As AltFi reported Thursday (Aug. 4), the release brings the total number of tokens available through Revolut to more than 40 and marks the company’s third major addition of cryptocurrencies for sale since first allowing bitcoin […]

Alphabet’s Quantum Tech Group Sandbox AQ Goes Solo

March 22, 2022
Google parent Alphabet has spun off Sandbox AQ, independently offering firms artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing software, the Palo Alto, California-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor announced Tuesday (March 22). Founded...

Gucci, Sandbox Metaverse Team on Store, Event Space

February 27, 2022
Luxury fashion house Gucci has partnered with The Sandbox to purchase an undisclosed amount of virtual land, PSFK wrote Sunday (Feb. 27). Gucci originally announced the metaverse development on its...

New Google Initiative Limits Tracking Of Web Users

August 22, 2019
Google said it wants to limit how marketers and advertisers track people online, according to a report. The company is proposing a change to how cookies work in its web...