SearchBlog
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
Google bought Motorola's mobile business, in part, for patents. Now Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's business gives the company access to patents. In fact, about 8,500 design patents related to the … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Microsoft said Monday it will acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business for EUR 3.79 billion, and spend EUR 1.65 billion to license Nokia's patents, … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Steve Smith, Staff Writer
Mobility requires that we rethink a set of metaphors about online content that were generated by desktop-bound users. Untethered interactivity has less use for … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
ReachLocal announced the resignation of CEO Zorik Gordon Tuesday, naming the company's chairman David Carlick as interim CEO, effective immediately. The statement gave no … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Madison Avenue uses lots of words to describe Internet marketing -- "display," "search," "social," etc. -- but a new one is emerging as a … Read the whole story
by Gavin O'Malley
Simply put, Microsoft's agreement to buy Nokia's Devices & Services business for $7.2 billion is about mobile. Yet as analysts noted on Tuesday, there … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
PHD retains the U.S. GroupM consolidates most non-North America duties. Dentsu to buy in Japan. Read the whole story
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by Joe Mandese
Influential Wall Street analyst and former Madison Avenue bean-counter Brian Wieser released a more optimistic outlook for the ad industry this morning, noting: "Ad … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Steve Smith, Staff Writer
Content marketing is meeting up with the massive distribution mechanisms, targeting and optimization technologies of programmatic advertising. Forget about defining "native" advertising. Now we … Read the whole story