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General
2 min read

Apple stops advertising on “X” again

Citing its sources, Axios says that Apple has stopped advertising on the platform for the second time since Elon Musk purchased Twitter. This time the decision to stop spending ad money on what is now known as “X” came after Musk endorsed an antisemitic…

Deliveroo Drivers
Startups
2 min read

Deliveroo Launches New Advertising Platform

Deliveroo today announced the launch of its new advertising platform, Deliveroo Media and Ecommerce, in Hong Kong. From now, brands will be able to advertise to Deliveroo customers with relevant offers across its app, on Deliveroo’s website and as part of…

Google Photos
General
1 min read

Google adds “Send photos faster” option for RCS messaging

The feature description says, “Resolution is reduced for faster sending.” By toggling on this option, you are giving up your higher-resolution photo sharing via Rich Communication Services (RCS) in exchange for a quicker delivery of a lower-res image. Since…

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General
2 min read

Gambling ads, adult content make Facebook ‘toxic’

Facebook frequently displays ads soliciting gambling, which is illegal in Vietnam except at licensed casinos, and adult content even in accounts whose owners never search for them. Hoang Quan, an office clerk in Da Nang’s Thanh Khe District, says ads with…

Timex
Electronics
2 min read

Timex goes after Apple Watch with hypocritical billboard

Surely no one in the wristwatch industry expected the Apple Watch to have an amazing success that it has experienced so far. First released in April 2015, Apple’s original plan was to promote the timepiece as fashionable jewelry. But it quickly became…

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2 min read

Apple will ‘soon’ inundate the App Store with more ads

While Apple froze third-party advertising cookies on its platform, resulting in the first revenue dip of Facebook since its inception, the App Store application shop has been showing ads in its search results as well as the respective tab for a while now.…

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Living
1 min read

Netflix partners with Microsoft for upcoming ad-supported plan

After it teased the upcoming launch of an ad-supported subscription plan, Netflix has now revealed that it picked Microsoft to help make that happen. Under the agreement, all ads served on Netflix will be exclusively available through the Microsoft platform.…

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General
1 min read

Facebook to charge 5 pct tax on Vietnam ads

Facebook parent Meta will charge a 5 percent value added tax on all Vietnamese advertisements starting June 1 after assuring the government it will fulfill its tax obligations. Meta executives last week told Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh that the company…

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General
1 min read

Meta seals partnership for 3D ads in step toward the metaverse

Meta Platforms will make it easier for brands to run three-dimensional ads on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms through a new partnership with an eCommerce technology firm. The integration with VNTANA will allow brands to upload the 3D models…

online advertising
General
2 min read

Vietnamese tired of advertisements popping up online

Vietnamese Internet users find online advertisements tiresome and do not want to watch them, a survey by YouGov has found. In a poll of 2,429 digital users, last December the British online market research and data analytics firm found that 47 percent of…

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General
1 min read

Telegram will soon launch subscription service to disable ads

Telegram is one of the services that gained a lot of customers due to the Facebook/WhatsApp outage, but it remains to be seen how many will become loyal users or will return to their “first love.” The messaging service has been adding many new features in the…

Samsung Jobs
Electronics
3 min read

Samsung starts removing advertisements from its first-party apps

Samsung has started removing ads from its first-party apps. The company held a ‘town hall meeting’ back in August at which time we quoted Samsung’s mobile chief TM Roh who said, “We decided to delete ads from basic apps such as Weather, Samsung Pay, and…

online advertising
Research
3 min read

The rise of location-based advertising in a digitalized world

With the rise of IoT and connected devices as companies innovate to drive profitable growth, location data is becoming an increasingly important asset across myriad industries such as retail and logistics, where consumers are reached out to based on location…