Intel soundtracks your life with ‘Me The Musical’
Intel has launched a new campaign that creates a personalised movie for Facebook users, drawing upon their social media data to create ‘Me The Musical’.
Early Facebook investor sells shares for $396m
Peter Thiel, one of Facebook’s earliest investors has sold most of his stake in the social network, making a substantial profit.
Nugg.ad woos start ups with €100,000 prize contract
Online targeting firm Nugg.Ad is launching a competition aimed at start-ups where data driven businesses have the chance to win a service contract worth up to 100,000 euros.
Judge rejects Facebook’s settlement offer for putting users’ faces in ads
A US judge has rejected Facebook’s proposed legal settlement to resolve allegations that the social networking company violated its members’ rights through the its ‘Sponsored Stories’ ad feature.
US video ad trends- Facebook overtakes Yahoo as second biggest video site
Facebook has overtaken Yahoo to become the second most viewed video site in the UK, behind Google’s YouTube, according to new research.
Video viral of the week: Huggies turns Facebook babies into Olympic stars
To coincide with the Olympics, Huggies Israel launched this Facebook video campaign, adding personalised sports commentaries for user-submitted baby videos. See why it’s our video viral of the week below…
Digital campaigns ‘boosted by Olympics’
Brands running online advertising and social media campaigns experienced an uplift during London 2012, with search volumes being higher than those seen during the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Google has found.
Facebook dips 6% as investors sell off shares at first chance
Facebook shares have fallen heavily as the first lock-up period, which stops sales by early investors, ended.
Olympic viewing trends- quarter of Brits watched online
Nearly a quarter (24%) of all Brits used the web to watch the Olympics, while 14% used social media to catch up on the action, according to new research.
Facebook tests controversial newsfeed ads for non-fans
Facebook is testing a new ad format that lets brands aim their advertising toward the newsfeeds of users who are not already a fan of the brand page.