Ad technology provider Exponential Interactive is to be the headline sponsor of the Internet Advertising Bureau UK’s flagship annual event, IAB Engage, featuring Bill Gates and film producer Lord Puttnam.
The Webby Awards, often dubbed the Oscarsof the Internet, has announced its latest batch of award winners, with Vine, Airbnb, Kickstarter and Vimeo among this year’s winners for their services to digital media.
Nokia has named Rajeev Suri as its new chief executive officer, as the mobile maker completes its sale to Microsoft.
Ad spend in the UK is forecast to surpass £20bn for the first time in 2015, driven by digital, according to new figures from the Advertising Association and Warc.
Rovio, the Finnish game maker behind Angry Birds, saw revenues rise just 2.5% as profit growth fell by half, according to its latest financial post.
Google+ could soon be facing serious cutbacks that will see an end to forced integration with other platforms, dramatically cut division resources and a shift to Google’s fast-growing Android mobile platform, according to a news report.
Facebook has bought fitness tracking app Moves, suggesting the company’s interest in entering the health monitoring technology arena.
AOL and Microsoft have agreed on a new global video distribution deal, with content from AOL brands to be available on MSN and Bing Apps for Windows and Windows Phone.
Internet retailer Amazon reported a 32% rise in profits to $108m (£64m) in the first quarter of 2014, but expenses rose 23% on last year.
The study, from Criteo, found that on average across all industries, 65 per cent of the consumers recruited through performance display did not click on paid search ads.