Facebook's video ad business just got a lot bigger.Months after rolling out the first video-specific ad product on the social network, Facebook has agreed to acquire LiveRail, one of the biggest video ad sellers. A Facebook spokesman declined to comment on the deal's price.LiveRail automates the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is buying video ad platform LiveRail and giving it control of a network that powers advertising for high-profile publishers—online and on mobile. LiveRail delivers video ads to websites and apps for Major League Baseball, ABC, A+E Networks and Dailymotion. "LiveRail also helps... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anna Soler-Pont reports that as publishers have endured the recession, literary translations take backseat, while piracy still hampers ebook adoption in Spain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook’s most recently published study is not unique. This is a call to action. We should work together to demand that companies promise not to make us involuntary accomplices in corporate activities that compromise other people’s autonomy and trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writing for the Financial Times, Julian Baggini examined some of the latest research, which he argues, is forcing us to 'rethink how we respond to the written word.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Protests over secret study involving 689,000 users in which friends' postings were moved to influence moodsIt already knows whether you are single or dating, the first school you went to and whether you like or loathe Justin Bieber. But now Facebook, the world's biggest social networking site,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you use Facebook and found yourself momentarily feeling either better or worse in early 2012, an algorithm may have caused your shift in mood. And that's what has some social media users upset today. A controversial research study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Facebook researcher apologized after conducting an experiment that temporarily influenced what almost 700,000 readers saw on their news feeds, reviving some customers' concerns about privacy issues.The number of positive and negative comments that users saw on their feeds of articles and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook and two outside social scientists recently published a scientific paper in which they revealed that they had manipulated users’ news feeds to tweak their emotions. Since then, there has been a growing debate over the ethics and practice of Facebook experimenting on its users, as... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has gotten plenty of flack for its privacy practices, but here’s a new way to distrust the social media service: It may be playing with your emotions. As reported by The A.V. Club, in January 2012, Facebook adjusted its newsfeed algorithm for several hundred thousand users to see how... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital chief on rethinking the rules of journalism, shaking off the magazine group tag, and developing innovationM Scott Havens, senior vice president of digital at newly independent Time Inc is not a man to pussyfoot around journalistic conventions. We have to rethink the old church and state... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following “a successful pilot program” in 20 select library systems, S&S will now open its catalog of ebooks to all libraries nationwide. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oculus VR has accused game publisher ZeniMax Media of attempting to cash in on Facebook’s pending acquisition of the wearable virtual reality technology company.In a court filing challenging ZeniMax’s ownership claims in its virtual reality technology, Oculus also cited mail from a former... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Citing the Amazon-Hachette dispute, Cory Doctorow addressed the Writing in the Digital Age conference with an impassioned called to fight ebook DRM. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Here’s the good news: when it comes to libraries and ebooks, there’s been progress. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK publishing industry’s first hackathon resulted in a host of fresh ideas in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The settlement brings an end to one of the biggest and longest-lasting legal cases of the ebook era. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster, the ebook subscription service, has launched a new version of its app that is available for Android devices as well as Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook tablets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has avoided an $800 million bill from a clutch of US states and other complainants by reaching an out of court settlement in a controversial price-fixing case. The settlement, the terms of which are yet to be revealed, still has to be ratified by the court and both sides involved in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Plaintiff attorneys informed Judge Denise Cote on Monday that they had reached an agreement with Apple to settle monetary claims in the long-running ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]