If there’s one word to remember from Facebook’s virtual developers conference on Wednesday, it’s “messaging.” Facebook made a flurry of announcements about new business messaging tools for developers, which Konstantinos Papamiltiadis, Facebook’s VP of platform partnerships, called “a key focus area.” Mark Zuckerberg said much the same during Facebook’s most recent earnings call in April, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Harmonization Chinese tech companies are looking to create their own alternatives to Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating systems, which dominate the mobile market. On Wednesday, Huawei launched its own self-developed operating system – HarmonyOS – across a slew of devices, including smartphones. The […]
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Glewed TV is ramping up its connected TV (CTV) monetization efforts by adopting Xandr’s Monetize Ad Server. CTV programmers and distributors often work with multiple partners to monetize their video ad inventory. By adopting Xandr’s ad server, the ad-supported streaming service can connect to all of its demand sources in one place and have them […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Serious Music Move over, Howard Stern. SiriusXM is trying to attract younger listeners with the launch of a TikTok music channel called (you guessed it) TikTok Radio. The service will broadcast trending music through the SiriusXM app, browsers and connected devices. Sirius – which […]
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