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Mirroring more traditional TV spots, Instagram is now letting brands run ads up to 60 seconds in length. To date, the Facebook unit has capped video ads at 30 seconds. … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
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John Giannandrea, an engineering VP who heads Google's artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning efforts, will step in as head of Google search as Amit Singhal leaves to take on … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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Even as more online sales happen through mobile phones, the major impact of mobile will be felt in actual stores. With bigger screen sizes and at least more in-store Wi-Fi … Read the full story by Chuck Martin
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As part of a global partnership with Gameloft Advertising Solutions, Rubicon Project on Thursday said it will automate mobile advertising across the game publisher's 147 million monthly users. Read the full story by Tobi Elkin
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The Alliance for Audited Media has created a new category to their audit reports for unlimited-access digital magazine programs, like Next Issue's app Texture or Magzter. For a monthly fee, … Read the full story by Sara Guaglione
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"Consumer feedback about unauthorized in-app charges by children was visceral and revealing, displaying the depth of consumer confusion about Amazon's practices," the FTC says in new court papers. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
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In 2016, 164.5 million Americans will watch digital TV -- 50.8% of the U.S. population. Looking only at adults 18 and older, projections are that in 2015, there will be … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
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Despite spending a lot of bug testing time on their checkout pages, retailers often forget to apply the rigorous testing to their PayPal integrations - and it's killing conversions. Read the full story by Ben Frederick