Tag: advertising
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Twitter says it now has 100 million active users
Twitter have just announced that the micro-blogging site have passed the 100 million active user mark, but still has no plans to become a public company. Dick Costolo, CEO, said that he wanted the company to remain independent, as Twitter plans on increasing its business range by increasing where adverts appear on the site. He…
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Motorola Atrix advert banned by Samsung over “World’s Most Powerful Smartphone” claim
Samsung has stolen the wheels of Motorola’s proverbial wagon, forcing the Atrix maker to withdraw its UK advertisement – which claims that its Android-running mobile model is the “World’s Most Powerful Smartphone.” The Advertising Standards Authority got involved and has now banned the ad for breaching rules of substantiation after Samsung slammed Motorola’s Atrix claims,…
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Amazon Kindle eReader now available $25 cheaper for ad-sponsored version
Kindle from Amazon is now available as an ad-supported version for a slightly knocked down price of $114. That’s a twenty-five dollar price slash from the existing ad-free version of the bookworm’s favourite gadget. The Kindle is a dedicated eReader device with WiFi which allows readers to search for, browse, purchase and download a large…
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Twitter to offer Facebook-style “pages” to advertisers
Advertising could start hitting Twitter soon under the guise of Facebook-style “pages” as the networking site looks to appeal to marketers wanting to use the popular social hub to reach out to the millions and millions of users visiting the site daily. That’s over 200-million users, in fact, none of whom actually pay to use…
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Sony Ericsson invests £4M in ad campaign for new XPERIA range
Sony Ericsson is to roll out its biggest ad campaign in two years as the company launches its new XPERIA line-up. The budget is believed to be in the region of £4M and will be focusing on the three new XPERIA smartphones, the XPERIA arc, XPERIA neo and also the much talked about XPERIA play,…