AI breakthrough: Computer beats Go champion 10 years earlier than expected
20 years on from a computer beating a chess champion, artificial intelligence now looks to have finally mastered the board game Go.
Author: Robin Langford
Top 10 branded Vines of last year
Twitter’s short form video sharing platform Vine celebrated its third birthday this week.
Politics case study: How smart social targeting helped Conservatives win the UK election
Social media is playing an ever-more important role in politics, and recent research in the UK reveals how one party applied smart digital targeting to focus digital media spend in key marginal constituencies.
Mobile trends: 90% of mobile time spent using apps [Infographic]
People now spend on average over 3.5 hours a day using our mobile devices, making them the most important screen in our lives for content and the most valuable one for advertisers, according to new research.
New tool helps publishers ‘re-engage’ with adblockers
Oriel Ventures has launched new software that lets publishers analyse, communicate and re-engage their ad-blocking audiences, protecting their content and advertising revenue.
Guest comment: What will be the next channel in the spotlight for mobile marketing?
Mobile marketing looks set to dominate 2016, with an estimated 46% of the global population predicted to own a smartphone by the year’s end. Jon Williams at Teradata argues that mobile now shapes every form of communication and marketers must always think about how their campaign can be amplified as a result.
IAB boss calls Adblock Plus ‘unethical, immoral, mendacious coven’
The adblock wars are escalating, with head of the IAB launching a vitriolic attack on the companies behind the filtering software.
Children ‘spend more time online than watching TV’
Children are spending more time online than they are watching TV, according to a new report.
AOL debuts new platform for publishers
AOL has merged six technologies for publishers that had been only available separately into a new offering called One by AOL: Publishers.
37% of mobile users blocking ads (and another 42% could follow)
Over one third (37%) of mobile users are already using some form of adblocking software, with a further 42% considering using them, according to new research.