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Twitter tells brands to spend $1K per month or lose ‘gold’ tick: Report
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Twitter (now X) is asking brands to spend at least $1,000 per month on ads in order to maintain their verified status — gold checkmark — on the…
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YouTube testing three strikes policy for users blocking ads
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube is testing a three strikes policy for people using ad blockers. This was first discovered by a Reddit user, now the company has confirmed this test to Android…
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Meta to allow for ads in ‘Instagram search results’ via its Marketing API
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram has announced that it now allows for advertisements in search results via its Marketing API (Application Programming Interface). With this new addition, users will be able to update…
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YouTube to bring 30-second non-skip ads to TVs
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube has announced that it will introduce 30-second non-skip ads on connected TVs (CTVs), replacing the two 15-second consecutive ads. “We’re bringing 30-second non-skips to YouTube Select on CTV,”…
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Google now testing Blue check marks for verified Ads
New Delhi: Inspired by Twitter and Meta, Google is now experimenting with displaying blue check marks on certain search ads for advertisers who have been verified by Google Ads. The Google Ads…
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Netflix rolls out ad-supported plan for Apple TV users
San Francisco: Streaming giant Netflix has rolled out its ad-supported plan — “Basic with Ads” for Apple TV users after a delay of months. The service was announced in October of last…
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Microsoft brings ads to its Bing chat
San Francisco: Microsoft has announced that it is bringing ads to its AI-powered Bing chat, its new search agent powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4. Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft corporate vice president, in a blogpost…
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Instagram now puts ads in user search results
New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram has announced it will put ads into the platform’s search results to reach people actively searching for businesses, products and content. Ads will show up in the feed…
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Netflix to bring ‘Basic With Ads’ early next month
San Francisco: In a bid to introduce an ad-supported tier for its users, popular streaming platform Netflix has announced that it will roll out the “Basic With Ads” steaming plan on November…
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Centre asks news websites, TV channels to refrain from carrying ads of betting sites
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday issued advisories to news websites, OTT platforms and private satellite channels asking them to refrain from carrying advertisements on offshore betting sites. “The private satellite television channels…
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Google hit by privacy complaint in EU for inserting ads in Gmail
London: Google on Wednesday was hit by a fresh privacy complaint in Europe, this time for allegedly inserting ads in Gmail without users’ consent. Privacy advocacy group noyb filed the complaint with…
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Netflix confirms ads coming to its platform by year end
New Delhi: Streaming giant Netflix, which has laid off 450 employees in two tranches so far, is set to launch an ad-supported tier by the end of the year to reduce its…
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Google lands in trouble over ‘Deceptive’ Pixel 4 radio ads
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has reportedly landed in legal trouble over ‘Deceptive’ Pixel 4 radio advertising. The company is being sued in Texas for radio advertising that aired from late October…
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Zoom to start showing ads to some free users
San Francisco: Video conferencing app Zoom has rolled out a pilot advertising programme to start showing ads to free users. For this initial programme, ads will be rolled out only on the…
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Twitter testing ads right in your replies amid monetisation push
San Francisco: In another push to achieve its monetisation goals as chalked out by CEO Jack Dorsey earlier this year, Twitter has started a new test where it will show advertisements right…
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