Social Media Insider
Yes, Google's ill-fated social network -- which many probably thought was gone -- was just given an official expiration date of April 2019. That's actually sooner than the August kill ... Read the whole story
The FCC Wednesday voted 3-1 to classify text messaging as an "information" service -- a move that allows phone carriers to censor texts. Read the whole story
RAD is an open source "method for sharing listening metrics from podcast applications straight back to publishers, with extreme care and respect for user ... Read the whole story
They were first built for Fortnite and have since been tested by some 200,000,000 players across seven platforms. Epic will launch a C SDK, ... Read the whole story
YouTube and Facebook are the first places many marketers turn when looking to deploy video ad campaigns. Read the whole story
ReDigi, which sought to create a used marketplace for digital music, infringed copyright by illegally reproducing iTunes tracks, a federal appellate panel in New ... Read the whole story
The winners of YouTube's 2018 ads of the year included videogame companies, a direct-to-consumer mattress company, a fast-food giant, clothing and beverage firms. What ... Read the whole story
A big trend: The direct relationship between consumers and brands, driven by direct-to-consumer brands, but increasingly embraced by more traditional brands as well. These ... Read the whole story
"Material Facebook management changes" is the top of a dozen predictions for 2019 published this morning by the Pivotal Research Group equities research team. ... Read the whole story
The Association of National Advertisers and the American Association of Advertising Agencies today will begin pushing the industry for widespread adoption of Ad-ID and ... Read the whole story
The app comes as Yahoo Finance prepares to significantly increase the amount of live market coverage it produces. In January, Yahoo Finance will produce ... Read the whole story
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Google's efforts to improve the user experience also can serve to reinforce personal prejudices and foregone conclusions. It's the modern-day equivalent of Plato's cave ... Read the whole story
COMMENTARYAn increasing amount of in-car connectivity will lead to more consumer spending while in cars. An estimated 775 million consumer vehicles will be connected ... Read the whole story
Facebook is now inviting all developers -- including those who aren't associated with a brand or business -- to access its revised app review ... Read the whole story
A new Deloitte report agrees with everybody else that 5G technology should take off in 2019, but notes some complications. Read the whole story
The "small" test is open to select advertisers in automotive, retail and ecommerce. Ads will be served to people in the U.S. and Canada ... Read the whole story
"In the 21st century, text messaging is as essential as telephone service, facilitating trillions of messages between senders and receivers each year," Senate Democrats ... Read the whole story
Goldman will develop a strategic framework for the ethical and humane use of technology across Salesforce, the company says. Read the whole story
Lawmakers grilled Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday, questioning him on topics ranging from consumer data privacy to political bias. Pichai played defense on ... Read the whole story
Outgoing Maine Governor Paul LePage will no longer block critics or delete their comments from his Facebook page, in order to resolve a free ... Read the whole story
The automated, biddable marketplace will be operated by the supply-side video advertising platform Telaria. Marketers will be able to bid on inventory through their ... Read the whole story
