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IAB U.K. hires Mew for mobile; Foviance buys Applied Insights; Myspace gets new European COO

Just one day after sweeping the November 4 election, President-Elect Barack Obama's team launched launched a website aimed at making government more "open." Features on Change.gov include a blog,...

Facebook lifted restrictions on apps that "promote, facilitate, or reference" the sale of alcoholic beverages, according to a post on its developer blog. There remains just one condition:...

Nearly 31% of people who went online at home in October were also watching television simultaneously, demonstrating that web surfing and TV watching are complementary behaviors, according to research...

David Katz offers a peek into Yahoo's mobile ad offerings and aspirations.

A segment comprising 16% of the female online population identified as "Digital Divas" shops more, communicates more and is less likely than other women to ever "unplug" from their digital gadgets,...

Nearly 60% of LinkedIn users have high personal incomes and hold executive-level or consultant positions, and those who are decision-makers in their jobs are more likely to be active networkers,...

Fresh from receiving $7 million in funding from Spark Capital, ad optimization firm AdMeld is launching an ad platform to help publishers maximize gains from digital ad networks. The offering...

All four major TV networks enjoyed month-over-month growth in online video viewers in September, fueled by high interest in season premieres, financial news, and political news and comedic parodies,...

Keystream has launched SmartAds, a video ad model that "intuitively [locates] subject matter on the screen and [places] ads in blank spaces." Ads will play for 10 seconds every minute or two. They...