UK marketers will spend more than £3bn on social network ads in 2018, according to eMarketer

UK marketers will spend more than £3bn on social network ads in 2018, according to eMarketer

One-fourth of all UK digital ad spending is set to go to social networks this year as marketers increase their spending on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat to over £3bn. According to eMarketer, UK marketers will spend £3.3bn on social network advertising this year, up 24 per cent from 2017. This forecast has been […]

Google buys GIF-sharing app Tenor

Google buys GIF-sharing app Tenor

Google agreed to buy Tenor, a four-year old startup that helps advertisers run mobile ad campaigns that feature GIFs, or short video clips that run on a loop, per a blog post. About 300 million people a month use Tenor’s platform for Android, iOS and desktop to find GIFs to copy into messages or to […]

Snapchat may soon let third-party apps connect to user accounts

Snapchat may soon let third-party apps connect to user accounts

Snapchat is reportedly working on a new feature that will let users control which third-party apps will have access to their accounts, the media reported. The latest beta version of Snapchat has a new feature category called “Connected Apps” whose description reads: “These apps are connected to your Snapchat account. Choose an app to control […]

Cadbury Launches ‘The Cadbury Live Egg Hunt’ Social Experience via Ogilvy Melbourne

Cadbury Launches ‘The Cadbury Live Egg Hunt’ Social Experience via Ogilvy Melbourne

 Cadbury, in partnership with creative agency Ogilvy Melbourne, has launched a first of its kind social experience for Facebook Live, bringing the joy of a Cadbury Easter to all Australians. ‘The Cadbury Live Egg Hunt’, a live 360 Facebook video, was created with Alt.vfx, Sydney. Designed to let anyone experience the excitement of a […]

Advertisers invest $63bn in programmatic buying but industry concerns loom large, according to WARC

Advertisers invest $63bn in programmatic buying but industry concerns loom large, according to WARC

WARC, the international authority on advertising and media effectiveness, has released its latest monthly Global Ad Trends report, digesting up-to-date insights and evidenced thinking from the worldwide advertising industry. Threats to the digital advertising ecosystem is the focus of the latest report. WARC estimates that $63.4bn was spent on programmatic advertising worldwide last year, but […]

Twitter confirms ban on cryptocurrency ads

Twitter confirms ban on cryptocurrency ads

Twitter has followed the leads of Facebook and Google by banning cryptocurrency advertising on its platform. “We are committed to ensuring the safety of the Twitter community. As such, we have added a new policy for Twitter Ads relating to cryptocurrency,” the company says. “Under this new policy, the advertisement of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) […]

Facebook is prioritising local news sources globally

Facebook is prioritising local news sources globally

As Facebook continues to endure intense criticism over the how its handles user data, the social network has decided to roll out a change to news feeds across the globe. The change, which was introduced to the US back in January, will see local news prioritised on the news feed in all countries, in all […]

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