advertising
Home advertising
Apple Compensates S.Korean $946 Million Over Illegal iPhone Tracking
Cupertino, Calif. — Apple Inc.'s Korean business unit was ordered to pay compensation to a user of its popular iPhone after collecting location data...
Netflix Renews Deal with NBCU, Gives Blockbuster a Marketing Target
Los Gatos, Calif. — Amid anger from Netflix customers, who never saw the recent pricing changes coming, is the news that Netflix and NBC...
Microsoft Corp. Getting Social?
Redmond, Wash. — Microsoft’s recent development was accidentally revealed on Socl.com’s page — called Tulalip, a new social/design project from the company, according to...
YouTube Pitches Lady Gaga, Kobe Bryant and Ben Silverman
YouTube's plans for big-budget programming sponsored by advertising are becoming known. As expected, business concept is branded entertainment, giving advertisers the opportunity to associate...
“Hello America. Spotify Here.”
Spotify disclosed further details about its U.S. service today, as it had promised to do in Wednesday’s brief confirmation of today’s launch.
The streaming music...
Flingo Launches Smart TV App Publisher
San Francisco-based startup Flingo today launched a suite of white-label applications to integrate Web and television into an intelligent type of interactivity.
Flingo enables broadcasters,...
News Corp. Drops $12.5 Billion BSkyB Bid as Scandal Grows
New York — News Corp., which has a 39 percent shareholding in BSkyB, announced Wednesday its decision to withdraw its $12.5 billion acquisition bid...
Badgeville Raises $12 Million to Gamify Business
Menlo Park, Calif. — Badgeville, a start-up company that provides game mechanics to websites, raised $12 million in a Series B funding round led...
CDN Startup CloudFlare Raises Additional $20 Million
San Francisco, Calif. — CloudFlare has raised $20 million in a new round of investment funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Founded in 2009,...
Intel Invests $2.6 Million in Mobile Entertainment Studio Skyrockit
San Francisco, Calif. — Mobile entertainment agency Skyrockit announced Tuesday that it has raised $2.6 million in a new funding round led by Intel...
