CNN’s research says 27% of us share 87% of news links
The news organisation has found different motivations for sharing - including 'status broadcasting'. By Jemima Kiss
Insurance ad crashes onto iPhone
Media Monkey: Axa creates print ad that requires readers to put their mobile in the middle of it
BBC spent £1.4m in a year on digital ads
FOI request reveals online spend in 2009/10 – but corporation claims most marketing is delivered at little or no cost. By Josh Halliday
Facebook leads recovery in digital display advertising
Social media sites help online display advertising grow 6.4% year on year to £381m in the first half of 2010. By Mark Sweney
UK faces EU case over online privacy
European commission says UK does not comply with EU law, after failing to investigate BT's trials of Phorm software
Phorm posts $15.6m loss before tax
Behaviourally targeted online advertising firm continues to burn through dwindling cash reserves at $1.8m a month. By Mark Sweney
Google TV behaves ‘like a cowboy’ over ad revenue, says All3Media chief
Steve Morrison insists Google must share advertising revenue with content makers. By Tara Conlan
Roman Coppola’s iPad app ad is brilliant. So when’s his next feature?
Ben Child: His promotion for the New Yorker magazine, featuring Jason Schwartzman, proves this filmmaker deserves another full-length
News of the World ads: we break stories
Posters and TV ads to remind readers of value of title's content ahead of introduction of online paywall next month. By Mark Sweney
Megas launch new tech categories
New awards categories recognise innovation in areas such as mobile apps, creative use of data and digital communications. By Josh Halliday
Advertising billboards use facial recognition to target shoppers
In Japan, sci-fi prophecy is now becoming reality, with the first digital billboards tailored to passing shoppers tried out in malls. By Michael Fitzpatrick
M&C Saatchi wins ad account for new .xxx web domain
Ad agency M&C Saatchi wins global account for ICM Registry, which will run the new .xxx suffix for adult content on the internet
How to create light paintings with an iPad
Design agency Berg used 3D models of words to create holographic films. By Jemima Kiss
Dentsu lines up $600m bid for digital marketing agency AKQA
Japanese advertising agency giant understood to have put in pre-emptive bid for AKQA, which is being put up for sale. By Mark Sweney
Japan’s newspapers facing a crisis
Now that's a headline I didn't expect to write. For so long Japanese newspapers appeared to be immune to the difficulties faced by the printed press in other advanced economies