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30,000 Followers Qualifies You as A Celebrity, U.K Regulator Says

Nowadays, being internet famous actually translates into getting most of the perks other celebrities like actors and singers are getting. Internet fame...

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Misc

Facebook Will Tell You Exactly Who Uploaded Your Info for Targeted Ads

You are surely familiar with Facebook’s “why am I seeing this ad?” button that appears whenever an ad pops up on your...

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Misc

Eek! Facebook Messenger Will Start Autoplaying Video Ads

An alarming Quartz report was just confirmed by Facebook itself: Facebook Messenger will get auto-playing video ads in its app. Ads in...

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Misc

Snapchat’s Snap Kit to Bring Even More Ads on the Platform

Never one step behind Instagram, Snapchat now has even more ways to monetize the social media platform. Snapchat just announced Snap Kit,...

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Misc

Nationwide Blackouts Staged by Samsung

TV sets all across the UK will turn themselves off this weekend as part of a marketing campaign designed by Samsung. The...

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Misc

Facebook Says “You’re Not The Product”

The ongoing Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data controversy doesn’t seem to be settling down any time soon. Just hours after the person...

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Misc

Cambridge Analytica Researcher Says “Nobody Cares” About Sold Data

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might have testified in front of Congress, but that doesn’t mean the social media giant is in the...

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Misc

YouTube Demonetization Is A Threat Even To 500K Channel Owners

YouTube is on the “hunt”. The video platform is trying to put a stop to negative videos and “bad actors” (content creators)...

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Misc

AI Judge Chooses The Same Winner As Human Colleague In Advertising Competition

For the first time in advertising history, an AI judge was called forward to pick its winner for the Belgium MIXX Awards...

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Security

Chrome To Stop Autoplay Videos With Sound

Google is starting its crusade against ads. The company has announced that it will block videos with sound from playing automatically when...

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Smart Life

Burger King Ad Used Google Home In A Genius Way

Burger King came up with a genius infuriating idea for its latest ad campaign. (Un)Fortunately, it backfired and hours later, Google itself found...

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Phones

Qualcomm Chip, The Real Hero Of A Movie With Psylocke

Well-established brands have to constantly find innovative ways of promoting their products, especially towards millennials for whom traditional advertising is a thing of...