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

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

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

Google asked to remove ads that promote elephant and whale products

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Environmentalists and advocates alike are up in arms over Google's recent advertisements promoting products made from endangered elephants and whales. The Environmental Investigation Agency has written to Google CEO Larry Page asking the company to remove around 11,500 advertisements dealing with the promotion of these products on Google's Japan Shopping site. Read The Full Story

Apple considered “Mobi,” “TriPod,” “TelePod” as possible iPhone names

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

"iPhone" may not be a complicating name at all, and it uses Apple's iconic "i" prefix that they've used on almost all of their big products. However, the company actually considered a whole host of names for the new phone before it was initially announced in 2007. Some of which were "Mobi," "TriPod," "TelePod," and even "iPad." Read The Full Story

Microsoft ending “Scroogled” TV campaign against Google

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Looks like Microsoft is slowly winding down its "Scroggled" advertising campaign against Google. Microsoft's senior director of online services, Stefan Weitz, says that the company will be ending its Scroogled television advertisements, but will keep the website up and running, which means that the whole campaign isn't dead, but it could spell the end soon. Read The Full Story

AT&T attacks T-Mobile in full-page newspaper ad

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

When you find out that AT&T put out an attack ad about a competing carrier, you're first guess is that they're probably going after Verizon, which is AT&T's biggest competition right now. However, it turns out that Ma Bell is going after the little guys in a new full-page newspaper ad that appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Read The Full Story

Facebook acquisition of Microsoft Atlas confirmed

, Feb 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

As we reported yesterday, Facebook and Microsoft have indeed announced plans for the acquisition of Microsoft's Atlas ad server to Facebook. The rumors have been flowing for a few months now, so today's announcement isn't all that surprising, and with Facebook wanting to bolster its advertising prowess, this acquisition isn't too crazy. Read The Full Story

Facebook reportedly announcing Microsoft Atlas acquisition tomorrow

, Feb 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in December, we heard chirps that Facebook was interested in purchasing Microsoft's Atlas ad server, but since then we haven't heard much about the deal. However, it's said that Facebook may announce tomorrow their official plans of purchasing Microsoft's Atlas ad server from the Redmond-based company. Read The Full Story

Bugs affect Facebook insights for pages

, Feb 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook has discovered that its “pages” feature, which allows businesses and websites to share their information with millions of Facebook users, has a slight issue. There were some bugs that were discovered after Facebook launched a “comprehensive engineering audit” on their pages product. The bugs caused the impressions and audience reach reports to return incorrect information to businesses and websites. Read The Full Story

Twitter launches Advertisement API

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Twitter has just launched its new advertising API. The new ads API is designed to help marketers get their ad campaigns out to the right type of audience. This way, Twitter can help create more relevant advertisements for both marketers and users alike. Twitter states that "our focus has been on delivering better ads for users, not more ads", because more ads would mean a lot of angry Tweeters. Read The Full Story

Apple releases new iPad TV ads focusing on app catalog

, Feb 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

One thing that Apple has going for them is their massive collection of hundreds of thousands of apps specifically catered toward the iPad, and to show off some of the more notable ones, as well as boast about the variety of apps available, the company has released two new TV ads that quickly go through a selection of cool apps. Read The Full Story

Dodge Ram “Farmer” ad wins best Super Bowl ad on YouTube

, Feb 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Super Bowl is a good two weeks behind us now, but the commercials are continuing to live on. We ended up rounding all of them up and showing all the ones that we liked the best, and it looks like the public shared some of our same thoughts. The 2013 YouTube Ad Blitz contest saw Dodge's Ram Trucks "Farmer" ad take the top spot. Read The Full Story

Google is expected to generate $5 billion in revenue from tablet ads in 2013

, Feb 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

It will be no surprise to anyone that Google generates a huge amount of income each year from its online advertising platform. What may come as a surprise is exactly how much money Google might earn during 2013 from advertising on tablets alone. According to a report issued by Marin Software, Google may earn as much as $5 billion in revenue from selling ads on tablets in 2013. Read The Full Story
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