SYDNEY, Tuesday: B&T’s UK-based tech editor Tom Fogden summarises the Super Bowl: “Reportedly, there was an American football game on over the weekend,” he writes in the latest issue.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Brand tracking startup Tracksuit has raised $7.5 million in its first-ever funding round. The round was led by Blackbird who invested $4 million. Icehouse Ventures, Ascential, Shasta Ventures and marketing legend Mark Ritson also participated in the round.

AUCKLAND, Today: Hyper, a leading provider of place-based retail media channels, has announced the successful completion of the country’s first specialist liquor retail media network in partnership with Liquorland.