From garage start-up to global brand, the now monolith of Internet dominance has come under incredible scrutiny over recent times, and none more so then since acquiring leading ad serving company Doubleclick last year for $3.1Bn. The tactical move was to seek to control the lion’s share of online display as well as search advertising [...]
This may raise your blood pressure or cause you to break into a cold sweat – at least that is what Disney is hoping for. They are about to investigate biometric measurements in advertising. “In a controlled living room setting, scientists will measure heart rate and skin conductivity and track the gaze of participants who [...]
When I was a teenager I remember some girls at school sporting rings to show they were engaged. They had no real intention of getting married, despite their starry eyed dreams of one day being a princess; engagement was merely to offer some kind of handle to their insecurity as opposed to any real mature [...]
Sitting in the debate “Legislation cannot secure high standards in commercial communications online” in the House of Commons last night, it was an interesting evening to see what the UK parliamentary role should be within the online advertising industry. Thankfully not too much, was the conclusion! The argument against the motion was based around examples [...]
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