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Facebook paying you to watch ads
by
John Moe
May 6, 2011
This is a new program that Facebook is trying out where you get Facebook Credits in exchange for watching some ads. It's an expansion of an earlier...
Groupon gets rid of Trump ads
by
John Moe
Apr 29, 2011
Groupon has announced "The Apprentice" ads won't be allowed on its site after someone posted an online petition to boycott Groupon on the belief...
Kids don't realize ads are ads
by
John Moe
Apr 22, 2011
The Journal of Advertising has published a study about how kids perceive online advertising. Short answer: they don't. Kids were found not to make...
Billboard of tomorrow will recognize you, target you
by
John Moe
Apr 18, 2011
A New York company is raising money with the intent of building smart billboards. The company, Immersive, is working on a system where a camera...
Online advertising passes print
by
John Moe
Apr 14, 2011
Not that we needed many more indicators of the trend in print but pixels are raking in more money than ink, according to a new report by the...
Amazon offers cheaper ad-supported Kindle
by
John Moe
Apr 12, 2011
The new model will cost $114, that's 25 bucks off the current price. It goes on sale May 3rd. The ads will appear as screen savers and as small ba...
Can't pay your mortgage? Get your house painted as a billboard
by
Bob Moon
Apr 6, 2011
If you're looking for a sure way to alienate your neighbors, a fledgling advertising firm based in Southern California just launched this...
For public good, not for profit.
Decorah eagles become stars
by
John Moe
Apr 4, 2011
Now that the whole Charlie Sheen celebrity/reality brainmelt thing has kind of run its course, we need new stars at which to gawk. So millions of...
Advertisers now changing their minds about "do-not-track"
by
John Moe
Mar 31, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports today that some ad agencies are now embracing a ...
Google pushes hard on NFC
by
John Moe
Mar 28, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is in heavy negotiations with MasterCard and Citigroup to bring near field communications (NFC)...