A company called NextBit -- comprised of former Google, Apple, Dropbox, HTC, and Amazon thinkers -- believe they have built technology that allows users … Read the whole story

Trying to find a way to keep YouTube stars happily generating profits, YouTube may allow viewers to skip ads altogether by offering an ad-free … Read the whole story

In a slap to Google's screening practices, a man working at the Mountain View, Calif. company during a 26-month Internal Technology Residency Program (ITRP) … Read the whole story

While Apple Pay gets a lot of the mobile payments headlines these days, the activity of using a phone to pay online marches on … Read the whole story

Ahead of Facebook's latest earnings call, new data shows that Instagram is more popular than ever among brand marketers. During the third quarter of … Read the whole story

It's one thing for Hollywood to tackle apocalyptic threats for entertainment value. If nothing else, it provides a release -- helping us to confront … Read the whole story

Facebook hasn't lost its mobile groove. The social networking giant on Tuesday reported that revenue in the third quarter increased 59% from a year … Read the whole story

Body harvest is a common trope in science fiction. One day we're walking around minding our own business, the next day our body is … Read the whole story

PowerLinks, a programmatic native ad platform, this week announced it has raised a second "super seed" round of financing worth $2.75 million from private … Read the whole story

Consumer sentiment about advertising rose nearly nine points Tuesday, with the Ad Sentiment Index closing at 102.6, up from 94 on Monday. Read the whole story

Publicis Groupe on Tuesday announced it has acquired Run, a cross-device programmatic ad platform with a focus on mobile. Terms of the deal were … Read the whole story