The UK culture secretary John Whittingdale has branded ad blocking as a ‘modern day protection racket’, joining sides with advertisers and publishers in the increasingly hostile ad blocking wars.

eBay Advertising has launched a new TV targetting tool that detects when a user is likely to be ‘second screening’- sending relevant shopping ads to thier mobile screens.

Insurance firm Geico has followed its hugely successful ‘Unskippable’ ads with a new series that dares a user to ‘fast forward’ through compelling YouTube ads. See why its our video viral of the week below…

MasterCard is developing a virtual sales assistant using AI technology from Rainbird – a startup identified by its Start Path programme.

With Facebook Reactions going live last week, social media reputation is more important than ever, argues Saima Alibhai, Bronto Software.

Facebook’s new ‘Reactions’ button gives users six new ways to express their emotions- but advertisers are not able to differentiate between and ‘loved-up’ or ‘angry’ consumer on the social network for now. But once they can- how will they interpret these rather ambiguous emojis? We thought we’d take a look…

The UK governemnt has expanded powers in its so-called ‘Snooper’s Charter’, letting police access everyone’s web browsing histories and to hack into phones.

Both Snapchat and Facebook are getting 8 billion daily video views, as the social photo app continues to attract big name brands.

More than half (55%) of the world’s most impactful campaigns are digital-led, with ‘social causes’ proving to be among the most effective, according to new research.

Microsoft HoloLens, the company’s highly anticipated augmented-reality headgear finally has an official ship date: March 30th.