Google banned more than 214,000 advertisers from serving ads across its network in 2014, and blocked more than 524 million "bad ads" in the process. The company has released its … Read the whole story
Amazon opened its first fully staffed physical location Tuesday -- Amazon@Purdue -- where students can order, rent, buy, pick up and drop off books … Read the whole story
We had Data Privacy Day last week, but did anyone care? Privacy is the big white elephant at the media party right now. He's … Read the whole story
Google's venture capital arm, Google Ventures, invested $258 million in Uber in August 2013. Now the companies could become competitors. Google is preparing to … Read the whole story
Over the last few years smartphones and tablets have become ubiquitous, with little understanding of their effects on users' cognition and psychology. Now there … Read the whole story
China's Alibaba.com has formed a partnership with Lending Club, a U.S. lending marketplace that makes working capital available to U.S. small businesses through a … Read the whole story
In Q4 2014, viewability rates for display ads bought and sold on networks and exchanges increased slightly to 42.6%, up from 36.7% a quarter … Read the whole story
Orabrush has spun off its video-marketing business Molio into a separate company. It launches with $3 million in Series A funding led by Greycroft … Read the whole story
Ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings report, Twitter has announced plans to expand Promoted Tweets beyond its own borders. Flipboard and Yahoo Japan have signed … Read the whole story
Los Angeles-based advertising agency Ignited has sifted through more than 100 trend reports to identify 15 key trends for 2015 from the most relevant … Read the whole story
Love it or hate it, people are still talking about Nationwide's Super Bowl spot, and millions are still watching on YouTube, landing Nationwide the … Read the whole story
It's no secret that marketers have been (very) annoyed by Facebook's repeated moves to cut the organic reach of their branded content. Another awkward … Read the whole story
While the masses of consumers may not yet see mobile payments as any great advantage, many retailers are on the other side. More than … Read the whole story