Facebook on Thursday moved to bolster its appeal and money-making potential as an online platform for viewing video similar to YouTube. The leading social network will next year test showing short ads before videos on…
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Twitter testing a ‘Buy’ button in tweets
Twitter on Monday began testing “buy buttons” that let people make purchases directly from marketing posts fired off at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service. The move comes as Twitter works to ramp up its…
Japan broadcasters ban Panasonic ‘smart’ TV commercial
Japanese broadcasters are refusing to air commercials for Panasonic’s new “smart” television, the manufacturer said, amid speculation they feel threatened by its combined TV-Internet function. Private broadcasters — in a rare case of turning down…
Snack-maker sorry for Kutcher ‘racist’ ad
The makers of a trendy California snack food have apologized for their Internet advertisement featuring Ashton Kutcher in brownface as a goofy but lovelorn Bollywood film producer. Popchips acknowledged “a lot of feedback” to its…