Careful which chatbot you talk to, unless you want their ads on Facebook Messenger

Brands and businesses can send ‘sponsored messages’ to anyone who has previously chatted to them or a chatbot on Facebook Messenger

Facebook’s profits soar as it continues to swallow online advertising market

Near tripling of the social media giant’s profits comes at a time when traditional news publishers are hemorrhaging ad dollars and announcing cutbacks

Google’s Alphabet defies expectations with 20% revenue rise

Alphabet, alongside Facebook, is dominating the fast-growing mobile ad market and has benefited from robust sales on mobile devices and YouTube

What will AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner mean for customers?

One of the largest acquisitions of all time, the merger will likely provide a less clunky experience between devices – but with more targeted advertising

Google’s ad tracking is as creepy as Facebook’s. Here’s how to disable it

Google in June quietly deleted a clause in its privacy settings that said it would not combine cookie information with personal information without consent

The Lad Bible strikes deal with Discovery for TV show clips

Digital rights deal covers shows including Bear Grylls: Born Survivor, World’s Most Expensive Rides and Death Machines

BT’s Ryan Reynolds ad banned after Virgin Media complaint

Campaign claiming telecoms giant offer the fastest broadband for the cheapest price was misleading, says watchdog

Facebook’s inflated video metrics signals a need to define what a ‘view’ is

Shifting to video advertising may seem simple, but as Facebook’s inflated figures show, the industry needs to know what viewability really means

Ad-blockers: are publishers tempted to feed the hand that bites them?

An ad-blocking firm’s move to charge publishers to serve whitelisted ads has raised eyebrows across the industry

Facebook takes on Craigslist and eBay with new classified ad service

Marketplace will let Facebook users list items for sale, and could be an attempt to upend the crowded world of peer-to-peer selling

Herschell Gordon Lewis: low-brow schlock horror director with a kind of horrible genius

Lewis was the master of bargain-basement splatter without whom we would not have the likes of Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino

Facebook inflated video viewing times for two years

Ad agencies voice concern as average viewing time is a key metric in deciding where to spend money online

Publishers and journalists must work together to save journalism

From a commercial perspective, reporters are too expensive and are therefore taking the brunt of newspaper cutbacks. But they perform a vital public service...

Meet Snapchat’s ‘dudeocracy’ of talent

Despite some clumsy partnerships with brands and scrappy tools, Snapchat’s most evangelistic users say this is the new platform for emerging talent

Adblock Plus launching platform to sell ‘acceptable’ ads

One of the world’s biggest adblocking companies will begin selling whitelisted ads for publishers and bloggers to show on their sites