Facebook’s newest batch of tools is designed, in part, to help fill any weekend night voids on its users’ calendars — whether it’s with a night on the town or a pizza delivery. “It’s Friday night. You don’t have plans. I’ve got a babysitter ready to go. What do I do?” said Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, […]
Flipboard announced 65 new publications available on its platform through partnerships with publishers Bonnier, Rodale and The Enthusiast Network (TEN). The new titles, such as Motor Trend, Working Mother and Runners World, add breadth and depth to the topics people follow on Flipboard. In the months ahead Flipboard will add more sources and important voices […]
Triton Digital, a leading technology provider for the audio industry, announced that SoundCloud, the world’s leading music and audio platform, has selected Triton Digital’s programmatic audio advertising exchange, a2x as a monetization partner for their digital audio advertising inventory in Canada. This partnership enables programmatic buyers throughout Canada to execute targeted, at-scale buys across SoundCloud’s highly engaged […]
Research conducted by InMobi and Mindshare, in partnership with Unilever, indicates that brand campaigns deliver better results when delivered as integrated ‘TV + Mobile’ campaigns compared to ‘TV only’ campaigns. The multiscreen approach is seen to deliver significantly higher impact on stimulating purchase intent in consumers in addition to being more cost-effective as compared to […]
Go2mobi, one of the first mobile programmatic advertising platforms, announced a partnership with Neustar, a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services. The partnership brings together the latest innovations in mobile DMP and DSP technology including highly accurate and up-to-the-minute insights and audience data. The partnership gives marketers and media planners better optimization capabilities and […]
The worst moment of your adolescent life may have been the year that you were told you were too old to go trick-or-treating. (Just ask my 13-year-old son!) Hershey’s TAKE5 helps adults get back into the trick-or-treating game with Take or Treat, a mobile site that lets people knock on their phone for free candy. […]
Music streaming service Spotify has begun serving vertical video ads using its new format ‘Branded Moments’, which launched in beta in October. Like a number of the service’s other ad format, Branded Moments offers users 30 minutes of commercial-free listening afterwards, but Branded Moments is the first video unit from the streaming firm to use […]
Sabio mobile announced it is entering into a strategic partnership with Boron5 (A Thunder Cloud Marketing, LLC. Brand). The marketing alliance will position the innovative mobile platform to better identify African-American consumers on mobile devices. Boron5 is a brand marketing and storytelling company. Founded by seasoned marketing executive George Haynes, Boron5 is a team of […]
With most UEFA Champions League games playing live after midnight in Vietnam, those who stay up for the action are likely dedicated and passionate fans. It makes sense then that Ford and Xaxis Sports used data to trigger ads around emotional moments last season, helping sales objectives for the campaign to come in over target. […]
Study results from research conducted by IAB UK and PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed interesting new trends in mobile ads. What they found is that companies are spending more to advertise on mobile screens than on desktop browsers. This represents the first time the spending balance has moved in that direction. The report data showed that companies […]