Facebook’s Messenger app has begun suggesting businesses that users may want to chat with, in yet another sign that the platform is preparing for a big push into the world of mobile commerce as it expands beyond its initial purpose as a messaging app. With Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference happening early next week, there […]
A new study on native advertising from Facebook and IHS Inc. accompanies new stats from Facebook on its Audience Network — the mobile ad network that recently branched out from in-app to mobile web publishers. According to the new report, by 2020, media buyers will spend $84.5 billion on mobile advertising, with mobile accounting for […]
TubeMogul has partnered with Facebook to sell video ads on the social network’s news feed, as well as on Instagram, across desktop and mobile. This makes it one of the first video platforms to be awarded the Facebook Marketing Partner badge, following a closed beta during which brands including Expedia, Lenovo and Kraft ran over […]
Facebook has launched its Canvas ads worldwide, allowing advertisers to effectively take over a mobile device’s screen with immersive creative that loads almost instantaneously when someone taps on the news feed. The ad format supports a mix of features including slideshows, descriptions, videos and a scrollable, interactive interface, that effectively create a mini website designed […]
Facebook is reportedly testing an extension of Facebook to the mobile web. According to AdExchanger, the social network giant is one month into a test involving around 10 publishers, including social publisher, Diply. Up until now, Audience Network ads have only been available in-app. If Audience Network is fully deployed to the mobile web, it […]