Twitter Expands Ad Options With Sponsored ‘Moments’

The sponsorship option opens a new avenue of social-media revenue at a time when publishers are scrambling to determine how the various platforms fit into their marketing strategy. Twitter sees the
move as a way for a beneficial symbiosis to emerge from content people are already interested in consuming.

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2018 Will Be A Year Of Reckoning For Mobile App-Install Fraud

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This is the first in a series of deep dives from AdExchanger on mobile fraud, including guides to fraud tactics and threat vectors and practical solutions from advertisers in the growth and user acquisition trenches. Ad dollars are flowing to mobile and fraudsters have noticed. App-install fraud alone is estimated to have cost mobile marketersContinue reading »

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Deepmind AlphaZero – Mastering Games Without Human Knowledge

Deepmind AlphaZero - Mastering Games Without Human Knowledge
2017 NIPS Keynote by DeepMind’s David Silver. Dr. David Silver leads the reinforcement learning research group at DeepMind and is lead researcher on AlphaGo. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1997 with the Addison-Wesley award.

Recorded: December 6th, 2017
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Demand for Electric-Vehicles Sees Firms Focus on Cobalt

Booming demand for cellphone and electric-vehicle batteries has created a once-unthinkable metals-industry player: the pure cobalt company.

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Alibaba, Foxconn Invest in Chinese Electric-Vehicle Maker

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Foxconn Technology Group have led a $348 million funding round into Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturer Xiaopeng Motors, the auto maker said in a statement.

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Copyright Board Boosts Songwriters’ Music Streaming Fees

A federal copyright board has raised the music streaming royalties for songwriters and music publishers by more than 40%.

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Waymo to Buy Thousands of Fiat Chrysler’s Self-Driving Minivans

Waymo LLC on Tuesday signaled a large expansion of its robot taxi fleet as the company prepares to open its driverless ride-hailing service to the general public.

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Pentagon Reviewing Troops’ Use of Fitness Trackers in Light of Security Concerns

The Pentagon is reviewing policies that allow deployed troops to use activity-measuring devices and fitness apps that rely on GPS tracking, after a digital map online accidentally exposed information that could reveal where American troops are deployed or even precisely where they exercise overseas.

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Rob Norman Takes The Long View; Ugly Headlines Unlikely To Harm Duopoly

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Rob’s-Eye View Rob Norman, who retired as GroupM chief digital officer last November, spoke with The New York Times about his expectations for media and advertising in the next decade. Despite the hype and the reality of duopoly dominance, Norman isn’t betting against anContinue reading »

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