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Facebook reveals its first TV ad for Facebook Home

, Apr 7th 2013 Discuss [12]

Facebook has just revealed its first television commercial for Facebook Home, which is set to hit your television sets soon. The commercial is titled "Airplane" and it centers around a man who livens up his business trip by bringing his friends "on the journey with him". Every time he scrolls across his Cover Feed, someone will appear, whether its his friends in the overhead luggage compartments, drag queens popping up all around him, or his nephew smothered in chocolate cake. Read The Full Story

Apple Final Cut Pro X marketing campaign looks to win back video editors

, Mar 28th 2013 Discuss [3]

When Apple unveiled Final Cut Pro X back in 2011, the response was less than stellar. Many video editors hated the new layout, and they blasted Apple for turning the professional-grade video editing software into basically a version of iMovie on steroids. However, the company is looking to win their hearts back with a new marketing campaign. Read The Full Story

Facebook brings ads straight to your newsfeed

, Mar 26th 2013 Discuss [12]

Facebook is launching a new advertising test feature that will allow advertisers and marketers to bring ads straight to your Facebook newsfeed. The new test feature is part of Facebook Exchange, Facebook's way of allowing businesses to cater there ads to people based on their online browsing history. The test feature will be rolled out to a small alpha group at first, and will expand over the next few weeks. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile pushes out latest ads after UNcarrier announcements

, Mar 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile made quite a few announcements today, the most notable of which was launching their 4G LTE network and detailing the various LTE devices that they would have available, including the iPhone 5. In order to keep their momentum going, the carrier launched a couple of new advertisements to spread the word about their new no-contract policy. Read The Full Story

Broadcast TV ratings continue to fall, ad sales go down with it

, Mar 25th 2013 Discuss [4]

It may be no surprise that people are favoring web video and streaming TV shows over regular television nowadays, but while both cable television and broadcast television are taking a hit, broadcast TV is seeing a steeper decline in ratings this season, and that's forcing advertisers to rethink what avenues to advertise on. Read The Full Story

New Mac trojan injects ads into web browsers using plugin

, Mar 21st 2013 Discuss [3]

Viruses, trojans, and other malicious pieces of software are nothing new on OS X. While the mainstream consensus is that Apple's desktop platform is impervious to such malware, that's actually not the case. In fact, a new piece of adware is making the rounds that injects advertisements into web browsers after installing a disguised plugin. Read The Full Story

Microsoft bringing back Windows Phone Challenge with new TV ads

, Mar 20th 2013 Discuss [10]

Remember the marketing campaign called the "Windows Phone Challenge" (also known as "Smoked by Windows Phone") that put Windows Phone devices up against other smartphones in a series of challenges that ultimately gave Windows Phone the advantage? Yeah, Microsoft is bringing it all back with some new television ads that will air this month during NCAA March Madness. Read The Full Story

LG one-ups Samsung with Optimus G ad in Times Square

, Mar 14th 2013 Discuss [3]

In an effort to promote their upcoming Galaxy S IV handset, Samsung has plastered Times Square in New York City with billboards and advertisements promoting the new device. However, LG has stepped in to rain on their parade with its own ad that mocks Samsung and the "4" theme. The ad, which is placed right above Samsung's billboard, promotes the company's new Optimus G. Read The Full Story

Google pulls ad-blockers from the Play Store for violating Terms of Service

, Mar 14th 2013 Discuss [53]

It has proved to be a frustrating day for Google users. Before the announcement that Google Reader (and a bunch of other services) will be shut down as part of the company's spring cleaning round two, developers took up digital arms after realizing that their ad-blocking apps were pulled from the Play Store. Read The Full Story

Samsung’s weird little kid is back to tease the Galaxy S IV

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [5]

Remember about a week ago when Samsung teased us with a video featuring a weird little kid (at least that's what we're calling him) with a box? He's back yet again for part deux in Samsung's "Unpacked" teaser video series. This time, the kid takes the box home to get a better look at what's inside, but all we see is still just more glowing. Read The Full Story

Mobile Ads are heading to Tumblr

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Tumblr is looking to implement advertisement on its mobile apps. The online-blogging service has seen its number of mobile users skyrocket in the past six months, and it plans on using that success as a monetizing tool. The Tumblr mobile-ads won't be like those annoying pop-up ads featured in various free apps and games. Tumblr will instead just have "featured posts" for companies that join in on its program. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile responding to AT&T with newspaper ad campaign

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [3]

You may have seen the AT&T newspaper ad a few days ago that attacked T-Mobile for its slow data network and the high number of dropped and failed calls. However, T-Mobile got a kick out of it, but it looks like they're not letting AT&T have the last word. The company is prepared to push out several advertisements to newspaper as early as today. Read The Full Story
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