Windows 8

After years of handling programmatic with a light touch, Microsoft is making up for lost time. It has recently rolled out global programmatic direct options, agreements with other portals on automated ad serving standards, and last week, the addition of Window 8.1 apps and Outlook.com email-based placements. Esco Strong, director Microsoft’s of Display Marketplace, said […]

Microsoft is preparing to woo digital marketers and agencies with a set of new ad units tied to the release of the Windows 8 OS next month. Rik van der Kooi,  corporate VP of the Microsoft Advertising Business Group, tells AdExchanger the new formats — Microsoft prefers to call them “experiences” — will be released […]