Tag: Ads

Twitter Lets Advertisers Target Around Big Events
For years, Twitter has shined during big events – whether they be scheduled events like The Oscars, Super Bowl, or Grammys, or breaking news. Twitter's fine for the mundane day-to-...
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Hey, Where Did My Twitter Background Go?
Have you logged on to Twitter.com today? If so, you were probably greeted with a much whiter background than you remember setting. That's because Twitter has decided to remove...
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Twitter Pulls Flashing Ads After Epilepsy Group Takes Issue
Twitter-owned Vine's videos autoplay in users' timelines, unless you turn off autoplay in your settings – so it's pretty hard to avoid them unless you've made a real effort to. Twi...
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Facebook Says Its Intentions Were Pure with Those Rainbow Profile Pics
When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same sex marriage, Facebook was ablaze with status updates, link shares, and photo uploads. If you were on Facebook in the hours following...
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Pinterest Gives Businesses a Way to Get in Front of More People
When it comes to advertising, Pinterest says it's about "mapping your business goals to the steps Pinners take to plan their futures." With that in mind, Pinterest is now offering...
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Apple Watch Stars in Most Satisfying ‘Will It Blend’ Yet
For about a decade, Blendtec founder Tom Dickson has satisfied his urge to destroy something beautiful by pla...
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Ben & Jerry’s Introduces Ice Cream-Filled Burrito with Apple Ad Parody
On April 20, a holiday for people who like appetite enhancers, Ben & Jerry's is debuting an ice cream-filled burrito in its scoop shops. Sorry, I meant "BRRR-ito", "We’re a...
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Spotify Lets Brands Tailor Ads Based on Your Mood with New Playlist Targeting
Spotify's ad offerings for brands have included audience targeting for some time – based on age, gender, location, platform, and genre preferences. Now, Spotify's turning to playli...
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Spotify Launches ‘Tweet the Beat’ Ads, Even for Premium Users
If you pay $10 a month for Spotify premium, one of the major reasons you do that is to avoid ads. But Spotify's new in-app ads, which act more like suggestions for you to tweet out...
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YouTube’s Ad-Free Subscription Offering Is on the Horizon
Apart from Justin Bieber videos and comment trolls, ads are the most annoying thing about YouTube. But most of us have come to accept that we're going to have to watch five, 15, or...
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Here Are the Brands Using Instagram’s New Carousel Ads
Last month, Instagram announced a new ad unit calle...
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Twitter Ads, Coming Soon to Your Profile
One of Twitter's main goals – just like Facebook or any other social network – is the find that perfect balance between advertising and a pleasant user experience. That's why the c...
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Watch a Guy Watch His Son’s Birth Live in Virtual Reality
If you don't pay attention to the incredibly odd promo image above, Samsung has done something pretty cool – for the first time (it's claiming), someone has watched a birth live-st...
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Facebook’s Organic Reach Murder Is Sending Brands to Instagram in Droves – But Are They Following a Sirens’ Song?
At this point, brands probably feel like it would be more effective to don dinosaur costumes and shout on the street corner than to post stuff to Facebook. Brands' organic reach...
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Pandora Will Sell Day Passes for Ad-Free Music
Pandora is looking for ways to increase revenue, and it's come up with a way to get users to pay for music, without actually forcing them to commit to a full-on subscription to the...
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