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Facebook Announces Premium Advertising Tools

Brands given Timeline-formatted pages, mobile ads and Reach Generator in pre-IPO effort to raise revenue

12 years ago

Google Set To Beat Facebook On Ad Sales

Google and Facebook are battling it out over the US display advertising market, with the search engine set to take…

12 years ago

Adobe ‘Project Primetime’ Integrates Video With Advertising, Analytics

Adobe has announced a new fully integrated video technology platform aimed at enabling TV-like experiences for advertising-supported videos on connected…

12 years ago

American Express Cardmembers Get Early Access To Twitter Ad Platform

The first 10,000 American Express small business merchants to register will get vouchers to test Twitter's new ad platform

12 years ago

Opera Acquires Two Mobile Advertising Firms

Norwegian browser maker Opera Software is purchasing advertising firms in both the US and the UK

12 years ago

Microsoft Snipes At Google Over Its Lucrative Privacy Policy

Microsoft has started to take some public jabs at Google's controversial moneymaking privacy policy

12 years ago

Facebook IPO Will Help It Compete For Revenue With Google

Facebook is expected to file for its initial public offering today setting it up for more intense competition with Google

12 years ago

Google Shares Drop Despite Increased Q4 Revenues

Wall Street reacts as cost-per-click advertising revenues fall

12 years ago

Google’s ‘Good To Know’ Ad Campaign Offers Online Safety Tips

Google is looking to educate users about online security and privacy with its new "Good to Know" ad campaign

12 years ago

Google Admits Profiting From Illegal Ads

Google benefits from Olympic touts and cannabis salesmen, but says it is not responsible for the actions of its advertisers

12 years ago

Apple Plans Big New York Event

Apple is reportedly planning a significant announcement in New York City at the end of this month, possibly related to…

12 years ago

Facebook Plans To Include Adverts In Users’ Newsfeeds

Facebook is to ring in the new year by beginning to insert adverts into users newsfeeds and updates

12 years ago

Adobe Buys Efficient Frontier For Digital Marketing

Adobe Systems' focus on digital marketing and advertising space leads to Efficient Frontier acquisition

12 years ago

Brits Find Big Brands On Social Networks A Turn-Off

Two-thirds of British social network users do not wish to engage with "social" businesses, a survey says

13 years ago

Carry On Lying In Broadband Adverts, ASA Tells ISPs

ISPs can mislead users by advertising broadband speeds that are only available to a few, in new ASA rules

13 years ago

Facebook Makes Bold Bet With ‘Timelines’

Facebook's Timelines interface feature allows history information sharing, but could alienate many users

13 years ago

Google Stung For £303m To Settle DoJ Drug Probe

Google is to hand over £300m to the US Department of Justice to settle an online pharmacy probe

13 years ago

ASA Slaps Motorola Over Misleading Atrix Advert

Motorola has been banned by the advertising watchdog from repeating a misleading Atrix advert

13 years ago

Study: Android Leads On Mobile Advert Impressions

Google's Android is the top advertising target by impressions, but Apple's iPhone remains the top smartphone

13 years ago

LinkedIn Backtracks Over User Privacy Changes

LinkedIn has relented, following public pressure, after it quietly changed its users’ privacy settings

13 years ago

Security Researchers Warn Of Android Design Flaw

Researchers have warned of a flaw in Android that allows fake pop-ups to appear in legitimate apps

13 years ago

Microsoft Researcher Slams Google+ Real-Name Policy

Google+'s real-name policy is an abuse of power and harms privacy, according to Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd

13 years ago

Yahoo Denies Spying On Mail Users

Consumer group Which? claims that Yahoo is snooping on users' mail, but Yahoo says this is standard practice

13 years ago

Google Mobile Ad Revenues Surge

Google's mobile advertising revenues are set to grow exponentially, as the company faces a regulatory probe

13 years ago

A Billion Visitors A Month Call On Google

Google is facing stiff competition from Facebook online, despite topping the billion unique visitor mark in May

13 years ago

Google Sets Aside £303m For DoJ Advert Probe

Google has set aside half a billion dollars to settle a US investigation of its advertising practises

13 years ago

Government To Go Easy Enforcing New EU Privacy Law

The UK government will take its time enforcing new EU privacy laws affecting cookies

13 years ago

Google +1 Won’t Beat Facebook’s Like Button

Google +1 is no Facebook conqueror, but it could be made into an attractive program for advertisers, says Clint Boulton

13 years ago

ISPs Defend ‘Up To’ Broadband Speed Claims

Service providers are scrambling to defend themselves against Ofcom's criticism of broadband advertising

13 years ago

ASA To Investigate Phony ISP Claims

Time is up for claims like 'up to' and 'unlimited', says advertising watchdog

13 years ago