
Bangalore: Google India unveiled a new format for media advertisements (ads) to target, pay for and experience video ads on its web search engine. "The new ads format is designed to ensure users find the information they are looking for and enable advertisers to reach potential customers with the right information," Google India sales head Praveen Sharma said in a statement here. As a standalone format designed to put video...

11:05 AM, Dec 28, 2011

London: Facebook is facing a crackdown in Europe for harvesting its users' personal information and "selling" the same to advertisers, a media report said. The European Commission is planning to stop the way the popular social networking website "eavesdrops" on its users to gather information about their political opinions, sexuality, religious beliefs - and even their whereabouts, 'The Sunday Telegraph' reported. Using sophisticated software, Facebook collects information from people's activities...

10:12 AM, Nov 28, 2011

New York: US authorities on Wednesday charged seven people living in Estonia and Russia with using malicious software to hijack millions of computers worldwide to redirect Internet searches toward online ads. Starting in 2007, the suspects created fake companies that contracted with legitimate advertiser websites to drive Internet traffic toward their Internet pages, according to a Manhattan federal court indictment. About 4 million computers in 100 countries including the United...

08:28 AM, Nov 10, 2011

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12:08 PM, Sep 10, 2008

Advertisers are falling over each other trying to cash in on the festivities. ...

09:31 PM, Aug 23, 2008

It seems the biggest numbers in the game will continue to be off the field. ...

08:38 PM, Sep 25, 2007

Advertisers who slacked off placing money on cricket are now sitting up in their seats. ...

11:26 PM, Sep 24, 2007

It's not just the end of the road for India at this World Cup, but advertisers too are heading back to the pavilion. ...

09:16 PM, Mar 29, 2007

With India's exit from the tournament almost a certainty now it's not just fans but also advertisers companies who are disappointed. ...

11:57 AM, Mar 25, 2007

Over 40 per cent of the Rs 12,000 crore branding money rides on the Indian cricket team in the World Cup. ...

02:12 PM, Mar 19, 2007

Apologising for violating India's content policies, AXN has agreed to put in place a more effective system of self-regulation. ...

05:42 PM, Jan 23, 2007

Advertisers say the ban on AXN is far too strong a response and there are other ways the Government could have acted. ...

09:52 PM, Jan 18, 2007

The Indian radio industry is set to get in the numbers game with a globally excepted listener montioring system. ...

07:30 PM, Oct 04, 2006