Google Product Listing Ads served on Google Shopping and in search query listings are no longer free in the UK, several European countries, Brazil and Japan. The search engine said Thursday it has begun to transition these countries from a free to fee-based model. ...Read the whole story
Since formally launching in September, Facebook Exchange, the real-time bidding platform has attracted 1,300 advertisers and is now processing over 1 billion impressions per day. ...Read the whole story
Euclid offers a system that allows brick-and-mortar retailers to track consumers' shopping habits via their smartphones. The aim is to give physical retailers access to user data that online businesses employ. ...Read the whole story
The video-sharing service YouTube argues in new court papers that it has a free-speech right to continue to display the controversial "Innocence of Muslims" clip. ...Read the whole story
Smartphones and tablets are on track to capture nearly one in five online travel dollars by 2014. U.S. mobile leisure/unmanaged business travel bookings are expected to hit nearly $26 billion in 2014 -- more than tripling since 2012. ...Read the whole story
A law firm didn't violate Wisconsin's privacy law by using the names of rivals to trigger paid-search ads, a state appellate court ruled. ...Read the whole story
Apple has a new patent claim for a wearable video device designed like a wristwatch. With wearable devices waiting in the wings, marketers need to think about how to optimize content and related ads. ...Read the whole story
Widespread use of apps, Netflix and other functions on smart TVs may be a while away, but the sets are making their way into homes at an increasingly higher rate. Some 25%-plus of TV sets shipped globally last year were smart TVs. ...Read the whole story
Marketplace data on real-time bidding will be available a little more real-time, thanks to a new mobile app being introduced this week by Rubicon Project. The app, which initially is available for iPhone users and soon will be available in Android and Kindle Fire versions, will give anyone, anywhere access to Rubicon's monthly Marketplace Report detailing programmatic trading trending trends by major advertising categories and online publishing genres. ...Read the whole story
Square is expanding its mobile payments products to include iPad-based point-of-sale checkout that accepts cash and prints receipts. ...Read the whole story
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Evidon measured sites across the Internet and found the number of web-tracking tags from ad servers, analytics companies, audience-segmenting firms, social networks and sharing tools ... ...More
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