After years of people constantly nudging Instagram about releasing an iPad app, the social network is finally launching one today. This means users will no longer need to use the iPhone app, which is not optimized for larger screens, or Instagram for web on the iPad. The new app defaults to the Reels screen, allowing you to scroll up and watch short videos on a larger screen.

To accompany the increased automation of its ad business, Meta is ensuring that advertisers can utilize specific manual controls over their AI-generated ads on Instagram and Facebook.

Unilever’s pledge to commit half of ad spend to social is just one piece of a larger evolution for a category trying to shed its stodginess and win over Gen Z.

Here's how AI automation and tools like Cursor help scale PPC campaigns with smarter scripts, data integration, and custom solutions. PPC advertising has never stood still.

43% of CMOs believe less than half their marketing data is reliable. This global issue spans all company sizes, sectors, and regions, with marketers everywhere grappling with poor-quality data.

GEO isn’t a buzzword. It’s already happening. Language evolves, and so too should how we define search in the AI era. GEO isn’t just a buzzword someone cooked up on LinkedIn

Connected TV (CTV) accounts for 74% of the viewing time on Samsung Smart TV sets, and 69% of streaming time is now ad-supported (with 31% ad-free), Samsung adds

This migration reflects the convenience of at-home listening and the normalization of voice-activated devices. With radio stations increasingly promoting “just ask your smart speaker to play us,” the adoption curve has tilted in favour of older generations who may not be as mobile-first as younger listeners but have embraced connected home devices.

Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser in order to fix its illegal monopoly in the online search business, a United States federal judge has ruled. It will, however, need to do a few other things, such as sharing data with rival companies, in order to improve competition.

Researchers with MIT's NANDA project identified that many organizations have not seen measurable return on their AI initiatives, despite spending between $30 billion and $40 billion in enterprise GAI investments.

The television advertising market is undergoing major change as audiences shift away from linear TV to connected TV, and YouTube ad sales rival those of “legacy” TV, according to a new report from WARC Media that explores the wider context and what this means for the future of television.

YouTube’s parent company, Google, is using a subset of the platform’s videos to train AI applications, including its text-to-video tool Veo. That includes videos made by users who have built their livelihoods on the service, helping turn it into the biggest streaming entertainment provider in the U.S.

Dentsu is reviewing underperforming international units and exploring strategic options, with reports suggesting it may seek buyers for assets tied to its $5B Aegis acquisition.