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SnapChat launches a Snap Camera for desktop

SnapChat is following the users on all devices. Last week, SnapChat launched Snap Camera, a new application running with the webcams installed on Windows and Mac.

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Criteo acquires Manage, a US company with an app install advertising solution

Criteo says is adding Manage and its mobile app install solution to complement its existing app business and further strengthen its end-to-end advertising solution.

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3Q Digital wins Google Premier Partner "Video Innovation" award

3Q Digital, a digital marketing agency, has won the Google Premier Partner "Video Innovation" award. In winning the Video Innovation award in the Americas category, 3Q beat out 27 other agencies that applied. The award was based on the submission that best demonstrated expertise and innovation with Google

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Quora has now CPM bidding in addition to CPC and CPA

Quora has now CPM bidding on Quora Ads platform. With CPM bidding, advertisers can now pay for impressions. Nikki Dahan, Product Designer at Quora says that CPM bid represents how much you are willing to pay to get 1000 ad impressions on Quora.

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Google introduces a verification process for each website on AdSense

Google today announced that AdSense users will have to submit each website to a verification process which checks that the Adsense user owns the domain or have the ability to modify its content.

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OneSignal launches Paid Plans and limits free service

OneSignal last month launched paid plans and introduced limits on the free service. Until today, free service was unlimited, but from now on, web push subscribers are limited to 30,000 users. OneSignal said today that on the free plan, data "data may be shared with advertising and research

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LinkedIn Profile Targeting now available on Bing Search Ads

Bing last month announced the integration of LinkedIn and Microsoft Advertising. Bing is now offering profile targeting that leverages LinkedIn data for search campaigns on the Bing Ads platform. LinkedIn profile targeting is in beta for specific clients. Advertisers that want to test should reach out Bing Ads account manager

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Zappi and Survata launch Ad Pulse, a real-time brand-impact measurement application

Today, Zappi and Survata, announced Ad Pulse, an application providing brand-impact measurement for all advertising campaigns. Ad Pulse is built on Zappi's insights platform and is directly powered by Survata. Ad Pulse applies a methodology to measure the brand impact of key brand metrics such as familiarity, awareness,

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Google launches a Hangouts Meet add-in for Microsoft Outlook

Google this month launched a Hangouts Meet add-in for Microsoft Outlook to help Outlook users schedule Meet meetings. Only users with a G Suite account can use the Meet add-in for Outlook. According to Google, Hangouts Meet add-in for Microsoft Outlook enables users to create a new Meet video meeting

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LinkedIn integrates Campaign Manager in Sponsored Content Ads

LinkedIn today announced the integration with Google Campaign Manager (formerly DoubleClick Campaign Manager), now part of Google Marketing Platform. The integration between LinkedIn and Campaign Manager (Google CM) will enable to see LinkedIn ad performance alongside the rest of the advertiser paid spend, and also get attribution for the LinkedIn

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Telaria is now providing "TV Content Reporting" for digital publishers

Telaria today unveiled TV Content Reporting, a product that enables premium publishers to better understand how advertisers value their most desired inventory. Telaria says TV Content reporting is a new-to-market product and provides buyers TV-like buying opportunities. “With the amount of data available today in digital advertising, the information transferred

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Ad fraud bot network was mimicking human behavior on android apps

According to Appsflyer, ad fraud affecting apps is estimated to be more than 800 million USD per quarter, around 10% of the marketing spend to drive app installs. BuzzFeed News just discovered this month an ad fraud network mainly affecting android apps. The apps and websites were mainly games, utilities,

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Nielsen's National TV panel will have same-gender spouses and partners on reporting

Nielsen this week announced that it will expand its reporting capabilities to identify same-gender spouses and partners and their households on the demographic and household characteristics in Nielsen's National TV panel. Nielsen said is working closely with GLAAD to determine the best approaches for reflecting LGBTQ inclusion and

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Know the different LinkedIn Dynamic Ads

Since September, LinkedIn Dynamic Ads are available in LinkedIn Campaign Manager. Dynamic Ads enables advertisers to customize the ad creative with the publicly available information from LinkedIn member profiles. LinkedIn members have the ability to opt out of allowing their profile information to be used to personalize ads. Types of

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Smartly.io launches a creative studio service

Smartly.io has launched a Creative Studio, a new in-house team that leverages its global experience in performing creatives. Smartly.io creative experts design customizable templates and help customers tap into creative automation for more nimble campaign development, optimization, continuous testing, and iteration. Smartly.io's says they have

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Native ads on Black Friday work, a campaign from ADYOULIKE

ADYOULIKE this week launched a Black Friday campaign targeting digital advertisers. The message on the campaign is that native advertising works, and it will work on the Black Friday. Dale Lovell, Chief Marketing & Partnerships Officer at ADYOULIKE ADYOULIKE says mobile made up 63% of all shopping visits in the

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Digital display manufacturer Esprit Digital Joins DPAA

DPAA this week announced that UK-based Esprit Digital has joined the global digital out-of-home marketing association. "DPAA has created a great community of companies involved in digital out-of-home media and we look forward to networking with them, so we can provide innovative solutions for challenging display environments. The first

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Webinar: Adsense with 3 new webinars in 4Q

Adsense on Air is back on the 4th quarter. Google experts will provide tips and insights about the holiday season, the migration to https and the fight against ad fraud. The live streams will take place on Wednesday, October 31 17.00 GMT - Getting Ready for the holiday season

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European Commission approves the acquisition of EMI Music Publishing by Sony

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of EMI Music Publishing by Sony Corporation of America. The Commission found the deal raises no competition concerns. The transaction was notified to the Commission on 21 September 2018. EMI Music Publishing ("EMI MP"), a music publishing company, is since 2012

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Diagnosis tool of Google Ads now allows changes directly on the tool

Google today announced 2 updates on Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool of Google Ads. The first update allows advertisers to preview the ads filtering by the audience. The second change was on the Diagnosis tool, enabling advertisers to do changes directly on the tool. Previously to this update on the

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Ad Preview on Google Ads now has a filter by audience

Google today introduced a new filter in Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool, enabling advertisers to preview their ad with a specific audience. Advertisers could use the Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool to preview ads by search term and filter by location, language, and device. Now the tool also has the

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Triton acquired by Scripps for $150 million US dollars

Triton is being acquired by Scripps. The purchase price is $150 million and the transaction will be financed with cash on hand. Triton's 2018 revenue is projected to be approximately $40 million, with EBITDA projected in the mid-teen millions. Triton is one of the global leaders in digital

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Dentsu acquires Namics, a digital agency in DACH

Dentsu Aegis Network this week announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Namics AG, a leading full-service digital agency in Switzerland and Germany. The acquisition is subject to approval from the German competition authority. Dentsu says Namics’ digital experience, creative and service design expertise complements Merkle’s customer

Connected TV

GroupM launches Finecast in Australia

GroupM last week announced the Australian launch of its new Addressable TV business, Finecast. On Finecast, advertisers can target viewers across multiple on-demand, set-top box and live streaming TV environments. According to GroupM, Australia is the second market launch for Finecast, following UK, launched a year ago. GroupM says Finecast

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Amazon launches a new Kindle Paperwhite able to play audiobooks

Amazon this week launched a new version of the Kindle Paperwhite, featuring a thinner and lighter design, sleek flush-front display, and waterproofing so users can read anywhere. The new Kindle Paperwhite also comes with Audible so users can switch between reading to listening. The new Kindle Paperwhite will start shipping