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On Messenger, Instant Games can be accessed through a new game controller icon just below where users typically type a message. There, users can find score-based games, leaderboards, and group-thread … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
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Consumers spent 12.1% more on line this year, compared with last, marking Cyber Monday revenue as the most lucrative online sales day in history. Search ads continued to drive consumers … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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Triton Digital, a technology provider for the digital audio industry, and Western Media Group (WMG), a supplier of cross-media solutions in Western Canada, formed a partnership in which WMG will … Read the full story by Tobi Elkin
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Media executive argues that as a technology platform, it is not Facebook's responsibility to begin filtering content beyond removing items that are obviously illegal. He warned this would give the … Read the full story by Erik Sass
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The Quartz Bot Studio will experiment with emerging technologies like bots to "advance the field of journalism" and "enhance the news experience." The technology required to "chat" with bots, which … Read the full story by Sara Guaglione
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Taykey, a real-time audience data company, says fake news poses real challenges for brand marketers. Read the full story by Tobi Elkin

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In what appears to be a restructuring -- or at the very least, a re-branding of -- Xaxis, GroupM this morning announced the launch of a new "platform" rolling up … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
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Congress has passed the Consumer Review Fairness Act, which aims to prevent businesses from squelching bad reviews. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
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Boding well for the broader "smart-speaker" market, Amazon sold 5.1 million Echo devices to U.S. consumers since late 2014, per Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley