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Dutch advertising watchdog to censure Shell and Exxon for misleading ad

Aug 17, 2017

Shell and Exxon are facing a censure from the Dutch advertising watchdog over their claim that natural gas is “the cleanest of all fossil fuels” in an ad earlier this year. Earlier this summer, the country’s ad...

Snapchat starts running ads inside the application to generate revenue

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 20, 2014

World

Snapchat recently announced that users will start receiving ads inside the application. The ads will be from brands in the user’s Recent Updates section. It has released the first ever-sponsored video: a 20-sec...

Facebook testing out new “Buy” button

Platonium

Jul 17, 2014

Innovation

Facebook is testing out a new "Buy" button that would allow users to purchase things directly from ads or posts on their new feeds. The button is being tested due to an effort to get more businesses on Faceb...

Microsoft to announce major job cuts this week

Platonium

Jul 16, 2014

Innovation

Reliable sources have indicated that Microsoft will be making major job cuts this week. It is assumed that Microsoft will be breaking their 2009 record, in which the tech company laid off 5,800 people. The u...

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