Is Your Messaging App Spying on Your Personal Chats?
The handling of consumer data has become a controversial topic in recent weeks. For many internet giants, consumer data is their core asset, except that rather than having to pay for it outright, it is...
View ArticleAmazon Is Driving Around a Jurassic-Sized Box, and You Can Ask Alexa What’s...
The last time we noticed Amazon driving around a giant box, the mysterious delivery turned out to be a Nissan Versa. But this time, perhaps it's something a bit more ... carnivorous? In what appears to...
View ArticlePinterest Is Testing Promoted Video at Max Width
Will maximum width bring maximum results for advertisers on Pinterest? Brands including Kohl's, American Express, Tropicana, Chevrolet, Paramount Pictures and John Lewis are testing Pinterest's new...
View ArticleThis Startup Is Using Facial Recognition to Fight Human Trafficking
During a trip to Eastern Europe when she was 16, Emily Kennedy, founder and chief executive of startup Marinus Analytics, was passing through a small town with just a few stoplights. At one of those...
View ArticleThe Internet Created a GDPR-Inspired Meme Using Privacy Policies
When the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was first announced, the one consequence probably no one saw coming was the internet making a whole meme about it. The public,...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Brand Through Data-Driven Social Visuals
Did you know that immunization could help prevent 36 million deaths and also stop 24 million people from slipping into extreme poverty? Powerful statistics can help provide the necessary context to...
View ArticleNew York Media, Rolling Stone Join Expanding Digital Ad Marketplace
Concert, the digital ad marketplace founded by Vox Media and NBCUniversal, is further expanding, adding a number of media organizations that executives say will boost its offerings in its entertainment...
View ArticleA New Study Found That Teens Use YouTube the Most, Snapchat the Most Often
Facebook use continues to plummet among teens aged 13 through 17, according to Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018, a new study from Pew Research Center released Thursday. Pew surveyed 743 U.S....
View ArticleFacebook: Here’s How to Clear Your Search History
When you search for something on Facebook, the social network will remember what you searched for as part of your search history. However, you can also clear your search history at any time you want....
View ArticleFace-Swapped, Filtered and Memed: Xfinity’s New Ad Families Are the Internet...
It's been more than a decade since Goodby Silverstein & Partners introduced us to The Slowskys, a family of spokesturtles who were just fine without Comcast's ultra-fast internet, thank you very...
View ArticleUnmetric: Mariners, Angels, Braves Climb MLB Social Standings in May
The Seattle Mariners posted the most growth on Facebook among Major League Baseball teams in May, according to social marketing firm Unmetric, while the Los Angeles Angels led Twitter growth for the...
View ArticleCuyana’s First Store in NYC Is the Company’s Culmination of Everything It’s...
After four years of testing pop-up shops in New York, Cuyana, a direct-to-consumer women's fashion brand, is opening its first brick-and-mortar store in the city. The store will open in Manhattan's...
View ArticleSamantha Bee Apologizes for Her Ivanka Trump Expletive as Brands Pull Out of...
Amid an advertiser and conservative backlash, Samantha Bee has apologized for calling Ivanka Trump a "feckless cunt" on last night's Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. The comment came during a Full...
View ArticleBMW’s Mini USA Launches Regional Media Review to Consolidate 127 Dealerships...
Mini USA, a BMW-owned brand, confirmed to Adweek that it launched a regional media review to be handled by the Burnett Collective. The review focuses on the retail communications of its 127 dealerships...
View ArticleGrey’s Caroline Pay Explains Why She Left the Agency World to Join Meditation...
Grey London joint CCO Caroline Pay has left the agency to join meditation app Headspace in the newly-created role of CCO, effective Sept. 4. Pay will lead Headspace's creative team across content,...
View ArticleAll Apologies: 5 Memorable Mea Culpas as Wells Fargo, Facebook and Uber Say...
If the recent crop of corporate apologies from Wells Fargo, Facebook and Uber feels like a refreshing breeze of frankness has just blown in, well, it might be time to shut the window. While the recent...
View ArticleWhy France Sees Artificial Intelligence as a Business Imperative
In a sweeping bid to restore his country's image and elevate its standing in the global business community, French president Emmanuel Macron has hosted a string of international summits since taking...
View ArticleGoogle’s YouTube Workaround: Outstream Video Ads
Google might have found a way to work around its YouTube problem: Offer more ways to advertise with video beyond YouTube. Last year, YouTube became the poster child for social media abuse when the site...
View ArticleFacebook: Here’s How to Clear Your Location History
If you use the Facebook mobile application with location settings turned on, the app will automatically store your location history over time. If you want to delete this location history from Facebook,...
View ArticleAMC Adopts an Unexpected Slogan for Preacher’s Season 3 Marketing Campaign:...
Enticing new viewers to a show that has already been airing for a few years can be a tough proposition, so AMC is taking an unusual approach to its Season 3 marketing campaign for comic book adaptation...
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