Facebook under fire for conducting secretive emotions study
The recent move by Facebook to conduct a sociological experiment on a select group of its users has drawn criticism from academia, analysts and social...
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Facebook to Buy LiveRail, the Third-Biggest Video Ad Seller
Facebook’s video ad business just got a lot bigger. Months after rolling out the first video-specific ad product on the social network, Facebook has agreed...
Brandnew’s Back-Door Approach To Native Advertising
Everyone wants to get into native advertising, yet everyone has a different definition as to what exactly that entails. Social media sites have it easy...
Twitter Snaps Up SnappyTV In Bid For (More) Social TV
Twitter has seemingly renewed its commitment to the second screen, revealing plans Thursday to acquire live video clipping and distribution platform SnappyTV. “Our goal is...
Can LinkedIn Link Content With Business Results?
Penry Price has a long legacy as an advertising exec. He went from Google to Dstillery and, as of eight months ago, assumed the role...
Nissan Times Spanish-Language Effort to World Cup Kickoff
Nissan North America kicked off a Spanish-language ad campaign today to capitalize on twin opportunities: global mania for the World Cup soccer championship, and Nissan’s...
Facebook Poaches PayPal President to Head Up Mobile Messaging
Facebook has just poached PayPal’s president, David Marcus, to be its VP-messaging products, a new role at the company. The hiring of a seasoned mobile-payments...
Facebook Programmatic Whiz Jonathan Shottan Jumps To Pinterest (And TellApart)
Need more proof Pinterest is preparing for a big monetization push? The social platform has hired Jonathan Shottan, a former Facebook ad product exec who...
Data pick of the day: 59% of FB’s active users visit it more than once a day
Facebook can boast the most engaged membership base. Around 59 per cent of its active users say that they typically log on more than once...
BuzzFeed President Jon Steinberg Leaving the Company
BuzzFeed President and Chief Operating Officer Jon Steinberg is leaving his position after four years at the fast-growing website. He will move into an advisory...
Internet Week is Coming and So Is Aereo, Netflix, Yahoo and Buzzfeed
Is there an industry more impacted by tech than media? We think no, and that’s why on May 19, Day 1 of Internet Week New...
Former Gaming Company RockYou Rocks Out As An In-Game Video Ad Network
RockYou is clawing its way back. The 8-year-old company, which once produced social games, was one of the first MySpace and Facebook third-party app developers...
Social intelligence: Malaysian SMEs ahead of Asean curve
SMEs in Malaysia are more apt to think their companies are ‘Socially-Intelligent Organisations’ than their Asean peers, according to a survey by Kelly Services, the...
SnappyTV Releases Social Playback Of TV Clips, Fox Sports Hopes To Capitalize
Online video, especially online video embedded in social networks, is essentially a free-for-all. There are few rules or best practices and brands and vendors are...
Social Media: A Strong Influence on Millennial’s Buying Habits
At last some concrete evidence confirming a trend that has seemed likely. A recent study has shown that, compared with older generations, the buying habits...
Is A Second Wave Of Social CRM Consolidation Upon Us?
Call the 2011-2012 time frame the first wave of social CRM, when companies like Salesforce.com and Oracle snapped up social media analytics and marketing companies....
