Advertising and Media

Google Chrome is finally clamping down on annoying video ads

In compliance with the Coalition for Better Ads’ new standards, Google on Wednesday announced that it will no longer show repeatedly disruptive ads in…

New Nandos ‘Mzansipoli’ ad leaves South Africa in stitches

Nandos has left South Africa in stitches with the release of its new “Mzansipoli” advertisement, a hilarious Monopoly-like board game depicting the country’s many…

Google bans political advertising just before the UK general election

Following Twitter’s recent ban on political advertising, Google on Wednesday announced updates to its own policies surrounding the matter. According to the updates, Google…

Beyond 2020: Why email marketing will be relevant for a long time to come

Email is rapidly approaching its 50th anniversary, having been with us since 1971. And while most technologies invented half a century ago now feel…

Facebook has a new ‘company brand’ logo representing all its products

Facebook on Monday revealed its new company brand designed to encapsulate its “family of apps” and distinguish itself from the Facebook app. According to…

Twitter showed more ads to people with fewer followers

A report by The Verge on Thursday revealed that Twitter once showed its users ads according to their follower counts. “Historically, users with high…

Apple shot Selena Gomez’s latest music video with the iPhone 11 Pro

Apple on Tuesday released a teaser for a Selena Gomez music video showing off the iPhone 11 Pro’s triple camera system with 4K video…

How to increase your advertising ROI with Programmatic buying

Programmatic buying is a relatively new concept in South Africa and it uses highly advanced technology — both of which can make it seem…

YouTube reportedly ditching long, unskippable ads

YouTube’s in-video advertising will undergo a transformation in the coming months, this according to a new report by Campaign. The report suggests that the…

South Africa, you can now Shazam this fragrance using Bluetooth technology

You can Shazam a song, sure, but what about a fragrance? The music recognition service has now partnered with fragrance brand Azzaro to let…

McDonald’s reengineers the straw for the sake of a milkshake

When McDonald’s isn’t making quick and easy to eat food, the company also hires engineers to design straws. “No, seriously.” The multi-national food giant…

Facebook’s ad tracking system now updates in milliseconds

Facebook announced Friday that it would be providing marketers with in-depth analysis on the ads they pay for. Over the course of the year,…

WorldStarHipHop founder Lee O’Denat dies at 43

The WorldStarHipHop website grew from a place for music to a viral video phenomenon in the mid 2000s. In fact, its influence is still…

CIA goes public with huge online declassified database

Everyone’s favourite intelligence agency, the CIA, has today made 50 years’ worth of its research archive available online. This includes the late batch of…

Chelsea Manning: WikiLeaks whistleblower to be released in May

US President Barack Obama has commuted military whistleblower and Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence, marking the most notable commutation of his administration. Manning…

Instagram Stories will soon get full-screen video ads

If you’re one of the 150-million people who use Instagram’s Stories feature, you’re in for a new surprise this year. Thanks to the feature’s…

Webfluential: influencer firm to shutter agency operations

Influencer marketing company Webfluential has confirmed that it will be shutting down its local agency operations, Memeburn has learnt. The news comes after Webfluential…

Real-time interaction management: how can it benefit you?

The ability to interact with consumers in real time was once the stuff of science fiction. Having the capability to see what customers are…

The one thing digital marketers don’t use enough

There’s a lot of room for interpretation in digital marketing, but there’s one thing you absolutely cannot and should not leave out of your…

Pornhub’s ‘Horny Little Christmas’ ad is more SFW than expected

We’ve written quite a bit about Pornhub in the past, but not because of the actual site’s content. Its Insights blog sheds some gloriously…

BS Detector: an add-on to detect fake news websites

Fake news websites have enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to social media, but truly exploded thanks to the US election. But how do…

After Trump win, internet to get Canadian mirror (kind of)

The US election has forced tech companies and other entities to look closely at their operations, owing to the imminent Trump administration coming into power….

Digital publishing and the world’s largest education company

As an arm of a 172-year- old publishing company, Pearson Education has experienced the digital revolution first-hand. Many saw the seismic shift toward digital…

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