Instagram’s COO On Exceeding 500,000 Advertisers And The App’s Next Big Opportunity

Instagram’s COO On Exceeding 500,000 Advertisers And The App’s Next Big Opportunity

Instagram announced it has exceeded 500,000 advertisers. COO Marne Levine, speaking to Forbes,  says the company’s next big opportunity is catering to small- and medium-sized businesses. (Courtesy of Facebook) The number of advertisers on Instagram has more than doubled over the last six months and now exceeds 500,000, up from about 200,000 in February, the […]

MMA Launches New Chapter In Germany, 5th Biggest Mobile Ad Spend Market

MMA Launches New Chapter In Germany, 5th Biggest Mobile Ad Spend Market

The MMA Germany launches with experts and expertise from founding member companies including: adsquare, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Google, SAP XM, Smaato, Telefónica and Unilever. Germany is a powerhouse market for mobile marketing growth, investment and interest, where mobile ad spending is forecast to exceed $2.56 billion, or EUR2.27 billion. The MMA Germany will kick off its […]

#DMEXCO2016 – WPP’s Reading Room

#DMEXCO2016 – WPP’s Reading Room

Background: DMEXCO – a local German advertising technology expo or another international ‘must attend’ event for the diary? That debate will continue but both the usual global media suspects and local German players showed up for this year’s biggest European advertising technology show. Details and Implications: Rise of the machines: Technology is the driving force […]

The New York Times collaborate with Google for virtual reality project – NYT VR

The New York Times collaborate with Google for virtual reality project – NYT VR

The New York Times in partnership with T Brand Studio, Google, GE, and Mini, won the mobile category’s Grand Prix award at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for its integration of virtual reality smart phone technology and Google cardboard headsets to provide its readers with an unprecedented virtual reality experience. NYT has […]

Three Mobile’s 30 million customers worldwide will enjoy no Advertising experience

Three Mobile’s 30 million customers worldwide will enjoy no Advertising experience

In an interesting move, mobile network operator Three has announced that it will be using Advertising blocking technology created by Israeli startup Shine to block adverts on a network level. These goals will give customers choice and significantly improve their Advertising experience. Three has struck a deal with Israeli company Shine that will see the […]

Pin This: Social Site Pinterest Now Testing Video Ads

Pin This: Social Site Pinterest Now Testing Video Ads

Ad industry sources reveal that Pinterest’s “long-awaited video ads” are here. “Pinterest had been considering how it could implement video ads for months,” noted Garett Sloane in a post for Digiday. “Promoted video pins are being tested among a small group of users, and internally at Pinterest, according to one source briefed on the tests.” […]

AOL to serve ads and news to TalkTalk

AOL to serve ads and news to TalkTalk

AOL UK will be the exclusive content supplier to TalkTalk’s online consumer portal and serve ads using its ad tech platform. The companies have announced a new syndication deal in which AOL will now power the news and TV guide sections of talktalk.co.uk, with content from The Huffington Post as well as AOL’s news, travel […]