Category: Platforms & Software

March 13, 2020

While Snapchat and TikTok compete for the attention of young mobile-first audiences, Snapchat has also been happy to take the upstart streamer’s ad dollars. So much so that, according to the ad sales intelligence company MediaRadar, TikTok is the single […]

February 17, 2020

TikTok’s for-now-unregulated environment makes it popular with Gen Z and the advertisers who are trying to reach the generation, which explains why interest in TikTok marketing influencers grew by nearly 3,000% during the past year. The social video platform also […]

January 14, 2020

Like so many changes in commerce to date, the rise of retailer media networks can be traced back to Amazon. The ecommerce giant introduced its media business in 2012 as it sought to monetize its own properties. And, along the […]

January 10, 2020

Five months after its acquisition of vendor marketing platform PromoteIQ, Microsoft has announced a new self-service marketing platform for retailers and brands with the catchy name Microsoft PromoteIQ. The platform will help retailers manage digital marketing campaigns from brands trying […]

January 2, 2020

Instagram released a host of new and updated features for businesses as 2019 came to a close. The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network said in a blog post that its new growth insights enable administrators of business accounts to easily […]

December 20, 2019

In programmatic, the advertising industry has lost the value of direct relationships. The rapid expansion of the ecosystem resulted in a chaotic web of platforms and providers, with countless intermediaries between the brands who buy ad space and the publishers […]

December 16, 2019

Mobile data and analytics company App Annie took a look at the biggest applications of 2019, as well as the biggest apps of the decade. Looking at worldwide iOS and Android downloads combined, App Annie found that Facebook Messenger was […]

November 22, 2019

Facebook said in the Transparency Report for the first half of 2019, released earlier this month, that it removed 462,400 pieces of content from Facebook in response to 62,300 reports about counterfeit goods and 359,000 from Instagram in response to […]

November 15, 2019

Last month Google rolled out first-price auctions, which—because they are Google—means that now everyone else will follow suit. First-price will be the universal method for the $48 billion programmatic market. To provide some perspective, that’s the same size as organic […]

November 5, 2019

It may seem like chatbots are designed to make us go crazy at times. But new research from Publicis Media shows that the ones that are genuinely helpful are moving the needle for brands in positive ways. “When a brand […]