Facebook has announced revenues of $2.5bn for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 72%, with mobile app install ads providing the bulk of its growth, and investors reacting positively to the results. However imminent competition for mobile app [...]

Even with some unscrupulous publishers, negligent networks and careless agencies, brands can have as much safety as they are willing to pay for, writes Dan de Sybel, director of technology and operations, Infectious Media. The drive towards more transparency in [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. Facebook tests mobile ad network 1. It’s been yet another eventful week in the ad tech industry with some of the industry’s largest names continuing to make [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. 1. Yahoo Parts Ways with COO De Castro Ahead Of Ad Exchange Roll-Out Earlier this week it emerged that Yahoo has axed its former Chief Operating Officer Henrique [...]

Background: Sambreel’s AdWare was Ostensibly Shut Down Last Year. On December 9, 2011, the Wall Street Journal called Sambreel out for illegitimately injecting ads into Facebook and Google webpages via adware browser plugins like PageRage and BuzzDock. Facebook subsequently blocked its users from [...]

The launch of Facebook Exchange (FBX) last year was met with considerable enthusiasm, and many in our industry rightly heralded it as a development with widespread implications for the online display ad market. While there has been real excitement, the majority [...]

“17 years ago, less than 1% of Europeans used the internet,” noted EU Justice Commission Vice President Viviane Reding. “Today, vast amounts of personal data are transferred and exchanged.” These comments were made in January 2012 and they introduced the [...]

When Facebook initially made its move to monetise onsite inventory with foreign datasets (foreign, meaning an advertiser’s first-party data), it divided opinion. We took a somewhat negative stance on the strategy. With the launch of newsfeed ad formats being made available [...]

Ad tech is a funny business. Experts and onlookers alike have been hammering the concept of ad networks for the better part of three years, yet when Facebook seem poised to launch one, it has many salivating over the prospect. [...]

Facebook announced two weeks ago they are now making their new mobile app install ads available to all developers. Early numbers from their beta launch back in August saw partners were able to reach a more relevant audience to drive [...]