Judith is a former associate editor at AdExchanger where she covered the burgeoning world of mobile advertising. Prior to this, she wrote about marketing trends and business intelligence news at CRM magazine. Her work has appeared at the New York Daily News, TheStreet.com and Business Insider. She has an M.A. in journalism from New York University.
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IDC Lowers Tablet Forecast Amid Smartphone Competition
With its 6.3-inch screen, it is easy to mistake the new Samsung Galaxy Mega smartphone for a tablet. It isn’t even the largest smartphone — the Sony Xperia Z Ultra has a 6.4-inch screen. As the gap between smartphones and tablets shrinks, combined with the growing hype around wearable devices, the demand for tablets is […]
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'Take Us To Your Grown-Up.' How One App Publisher Hides Ads From Kids
Relying on ads to monetize a kids’ mobile app comes with a minefield of rules and restrictions. Apple, for example, requires app developers to avoid any behavioral advertising, ask for parental permission for in-app purchases and include a privacy policy. Developers also must get parental consent before collecting personal information like phone numbers and email […]
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Yahoo Stream Ads Rely On Location Data, Contextual Targeting
While Yahoo has lately focused on buying and rolling out consumer-facing products, the Sunnyvale company also has ambitions around advertising. It drew attention to them yesterday, unveiling plans to add its Stream Ads format to several properties. Yahoo first introduced Stream Ads, which it refers to as a native ad format, to its homepages in […]
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Peter Swire, Brought In To Save ‘Do Not Track’ Working Group, Resigns From It
After announcing that he had been appointed to an intelligence review panel, Peter Swire, co-chair of the Tracking Protection Working Group (TPWG), which is tasked with creating a universal standard for the “Do Not Track” browser feature, has resigned from the TPWG. A seasoned negotiator, Swire was brought in last November to salvage the DNT […]
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Study Rates Three Methods Of Cross-Platform Targeting
In a new report, Forrester Research senior analyst Joanna O’Connell identified the pros and cons of three of the most common techniques for targeting consumers across platforms: cookie-based targeting, person-based targeting and inference-based targeting. In terms of cookies, O’Connell noted that the usefulness of the third-party cookie is “finally showing signs of strain … in […]
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Colleges, Ad Firms Hustle To Fill Talent Void In Data Science
Data scientists are fueling the growth of the ad-tech industry, as well as many other industries. Straddling art and science, data science requires a solid understanding of machine learning, computing and algorithms, in addition to strong problem-solving and communication skills. The other thing about data scientists: There’s not enough of them. In order to meet […]
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Facebook App Monetizer LifeStreet Goes After Mobile Developers
LifeStreet, an in-app advertising platform that claims to have more than 3,500 Facebook developers using its product, is going after a bigger slice of mobile with its new self-service publisher portal. The portal, which was launched today, is an extension of the company’s current portal that is used by Facebook app developers to publish display […]
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Facebook’s Fred Leach Talks Campaign Measurement, Datalogix Partnership
Facebook is investing heavily in measurement products to help prove out the value of its ads. Its offline conversion tracking on behalf of CPG marketers is perhaps the key example of this. In one indicator of that program’s importance, the company recently promoted Fred Leach, who helped develop it, to head R&D measurement and partnerships across verticals. […]
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At Neo@Ogilvy's Mobile Day, Panelists Talk Targeting Challenges
Mobile advertisers must get better at understanding their customers or risk repeating the mistakes made in traditional display advertising, according to panelists at Neo@Ogilvy’s client event, Mobile Day, which took place yesterday in New York City. “The challenge for many brands is that the user experience breaks down when consumers go from one device to […]
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JiWire: Better Geo-Data To Drive Next Wave Of Mobile Ads
Location data is often touted as the key to unlocking the targeting opportunities in mobile ads. How to best leverage location data varies by company, however. For JiWire—a 10-year-old firm that started out as a Wi-Fi hotspot provider—the answer lies in layering data over customized audience segments. AdExchanger talked to JiWire President David Staas. AdExchanger: […]
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