May 4, 2016
LiveNinja secures a further $2M to combine live web chat and messaging
With the rise and rise of messaging (I have at least six messaging apps on my phone and counting), tech companies are piling into the space. Many are…
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May 3, 2016
Instagram crams more ads in less space with Video Carousels
What’s more lucrative than a video ad? Multiple videos in a single ad. To help businesses show different sides of their products in vivid motion, today Instagram is…
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Uber Offers get merchants to pay for your ride
Uber wants to be your car, and the billboard. It’s turning its frequently used app into a surface for external commerce promotions in hopes of rewarding users with special deals.…
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AdBlock Plus teams up with Flattr to help readers pay publishers
Ad blockers are often painted as the enemy of online publishers, but sometimes things are more complicated. AdBlock Plus, for example, just announced that they’re working with startup…
Read articleApril 27, 2016
Users average 50 minutes per day on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram
Facebook’s “family of apps” strategy is a wild success. While some might have expected it to roll Instagram into Facebook and leave chat in its main app, keeping…
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Facebook swells to 1.65B users and beats Q1 estimates with $5.38B revenue
Facebook continued its winning streak as other tech companies floundered, reaching 1.65 billion monthly users and surpassing estimates in its Q1 2016 earnings report with $5.38 billion in…
Read articleApril 26, 2016
YouTube introduces six-second Bumper ads
YouTube announced a new ad format today that’s all about brevity. In a blog post, Product Manager Zach Lupei said YouTube has been exploring formats that are better-suited…
Read articleApril 25, 2016
Unlockd raises $12M to offer ad-funded discounts on your cell phone bill
Unlockd, an ad startup that helps you get discounts on your phone bill, has raised $12 million in Series A funding. We’ve written about other startups that show…
Read articleApril 22, 2016
mNectar introduces force touch to its playable ads
mNectar allows mobile game developers to promote their games with ads that people can actually play before downloading. That means its technology needs to evolve with the games,…
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Adtile raises $2M to rethink mobile ads
Mobile ad startup Adtile is announcing that it has raised an additional $2 million in funding. That’s an extension of the $4.5 million Series A that Adtile raised…
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