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Apple is getting serious about ads
Ads are coming to Apple Maps. An Apple Business suite of tools launched this week. Could ads on Apple TV be the next step?
TikTok’s policy for AI ads isn’t working
I've been struggling to tell whether the ads appearing in my TikTok feeds have been made with generative AI tools. As someone who spends a great deal of time scrutinizing images and videos for the usual "tells" that something was synthetically generated, some…
Google’s new Pixel 10 ads made me go ‘wait, WHAT are they trying to sell?’
Ever watch a TV ad and wonder "How did this get approved?" Today, Google has not one but two new ad spots for its six-month-old Pixel 10 phones, and… let's just say they may not come across as intended. First, there's "With 100x Zoom," an ad that appears to s…
Apple could put ads in Maps as soon as this summer
Apple will soon bring advertisements to its Maps app on mobile and the web, according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The ads, which Apple could reportedly announce this month before rolling them out in the summer, could allow businesses to pay for …
Company that posts ‘busted’ mugshots says Ada County sheriff cost it $233K in ads
The business says the Sheriff’s Office claimed it had a copyright on its mugshots.