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Shorter ads seem to improve product recall, especially when combined with TrueView or Google Preferred campaigns. It's not clear whether YouTube made the decision to stop supporting the ads after … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

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Facebook is finally realizing its grand mission to "connect the world." The next aim is developing the social infrastructure for community. Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley

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Forrester Research estimates smartphone retail sales will grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.4% during the next five years, and mobile phones will influence $1.4 trillion in … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

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EasilyDo, Inc. announced the launch of its speedy mobile email application, Email by EasilyDo, on Android devices Wednesday. Read the full story by Jess Nelson

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The new multimedia brand will pool health, medical and wellness content from its roster of properties, including Time, Health, Fortune, Cooking Light, Real Simple, My Recipes, Southern Living and
People. … Read the full story by Sara Guaglione
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Raven Tech, with total equity funding of about $18.12 million in four rounds from six investors, created an AI-based voice assistant launched in an app it calls Flow, which it … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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Trump supporter and CNN commentator Jeffrey Lord mused to Anderson Cooper that yesterday's press conference was "the launch of a new reality show called 'Beat the Press.' " The dissembling … Read the full story by Philip Rosenstein
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Unruly has found Hollywood studios can increase buzz around their movie trailers by bringing so-called "emotional intelligence" to their video campaigns. The company's Emotional PMPs (private
marketplaces) aim to help … Read the full story by Tobi Elkin
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As you survey the contents of your inbox, which these days looks more like Aleppo than the Emerald City you once envisioned (and promised yourself) you see a seemingly endless … Read the full story by George Simpson