Facebook Acquires Oculus for Around $2 Billion, Updates Lookalike Audiences
Marketing

Facebook Acquires Oculus for Around $2 Billion, Updates Lookalike Audiences

10y Yuyu Chen

Facebook Acquires Oculus for Around $2 Billion, Up...

Facebook is purchasing virtual reality technology start-up Oculus VR for $2 billion. Read More...

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Scrabble Word Showdown Lets Fans Choose One New Playable Word
Social

Scrabble Word Showdown Lets Fans Choose One New Playable Word

10y Lisa Lacy

Scrabble Word Showdown Lets Fans Choose One New Pl...

Scrabble is inviting fans to suggest words on Facebook, and the new word selection will conclude with a "bracket-style showdown." Read More...

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Neuro Wants to Give Away 1 Million Bottles of 'Sleep' Drink
Marketing

Neuro Wants to Give Away 1 Million Bottles of 'Sleep' Drink

10y Mary Lisbeth D'Amico

Neuro Wants to Give Away 1 Million Bottles of 'Sle...

Trendy drink company Neuro is using a splashy digital campaign - including a crooning Neil Patrick Harris video and an in-app game - to help it give a...

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Flappy Bird Stops Flapping Despite $50K Per Day Ad Rev. - Or Does It?
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Flappy Bird Stops Flapping Despite $50K Per Day Ad Rev. - Or Does It?

10y Melanie White

Flappy Bird Stops Flapping Despite $50K Per Day Ad...

Flappy Bird, has flown the coop. The highly popular game has disappeared from the app stores despite it generating considerable numbers in ad revenue....

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Allstate Holiday Home Decorator Enables Virtual, Educational Trimmings
Marketing

Allstate Holiday Home Decorator Enables Virtual, Educational Trimmings

10y Lisa Lacy

Allstate Holiday Home Decorator Enables Virtual, E...

The site allows consumers to virtually decorate their homes while also communicating potential hazards and how to avoid them. Read More...

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Land Rover Targets Affluent Car Buyers in ‘Race the Sun’
Automotive

Land Rover Targets Affluent Car Buyers in ‘Race the Sun’

11y Matt Kapko

Land Rover Targets Affluent Car Buyers in ‘Race th...

Land Rover kicked off a digital media campaign this week, promoting a new interactive film and upcoming 2014 Range Rover Sport Read More...

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Blimpie Releases Its First App Aimed at Targeting Millennials
Marketing

Blimpie Releases Its First App Aimed at Targeting Millennials

11y Lisa Lacy

Blimpie Releases Its First App Aimed at Targeting ...

The app, Blimpie Run, is tied to a brand overhaul that seeks to further engage millennials. Read More...

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Gaming Executives Aim to Bridge the Divide Between Brands and Games
Marketing

Gaming Executives Aim to Bridge the Divide Between Brands and Games

11y Matt Kapko

Gaming Executives Aim to Bridge the Divide Between...

Facebook's head of games and other executives at CBS Interactive, IGN, PaeDae, and Scopely encouraged a room full of marketers yesterday to get seriou...

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Google Brings Skippable In-Stream Video Ads to Online Games
Media

Google Brings Skippable In-Stream Video Ads to Online Games

11y Matt Kapko

Google Brings Skippable In-Stream Video Ads to Onl...

Calling the TrueView ad format among its most successful to date, Google is now supporting the in-stream video ads for game publishers on the DoubleCl...

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Renaissance Hotels Creates Discovery Game to Boost Brand Discovery
Marketing

Renaissance Hotels Creates Discovery Game to Boost Brand Discovery

11y Lisa Lacy

Renaissance Hotels Creates Discovery Game to Boost...

Renaissance Hotels creates an interactive film- based game called Discovery Doors. The game plays on the hotel’s discovery theme, saying: “There is so...

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American Express Woos Gamers With Riot Games Partnership
Marketing

American Express Woos Gamers With Riot Games Partnership

11y Lisa Lacy

American Express Woos Gamers With Riot Games Partn...

The relationship encourages League of Legends players to use American Express Serve prepaid accounts in exchange for in-game rewards. Read More...

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YouTube: Gamers Are Engaged and Ripe for Marketing on Video
Marketing

YouTube: Gamers Are Engaged and Ripe for Marketing on Video

11y Matt Kapko

YouTube: Gamers Are Engaged and Ripe for Marketing...

Gamers are increasingly satisfying their hunger for tutorials, relevant news on upcoming titles, and other insider tips on YouTube, according to a new...

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Alamo's Family Games Campaign Targets CEO Moms
Marketing

Alamo's Family Games Campaign Targets CEO Moms

11y Mary Lisbeth D'Amico

Alamo's Family Games Campaign Targets CEO Moms

In a move to broaden its social presence, Alamo Rent A Car has launched a campaign timed for the start of the vacation season focused around a series ...

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Expedia Launches Travel Game to Push Rewards Program
Social

Expedia Launches Travel Game to Push Rewards Program

11y Lisa Lacy

Expedia Launches Travel Game to Push Rewards Progr...

The game, Around the World in 100 Days, asks participants to select an avatar, choose a travel preference, and earn tokens for virtual travel. Read Mo...

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The Ultimate Trojan Horse: Game Boxes Take Entertainment's Center Stage
Media

The Ultimate Trojan Horse: Game Boxes Take Entertainment's Center Stage

11y Andrew Solmssen

The Ultimate Trojan Horse: Game Boxes Take Enterta...

Will we soon see the largest advertising platform in the world break free of restrictions and become a fully interactive advertising environment? Read...

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Zyrtec: Get Outside After You Play This Game
Marketing

Zyrtec: Get Outside After You Play This Game

11y Susan Kuchinskas

Zyrtec: Get Outside After You Play This Game

Zyrtec wants to encourage people to go outdoors and enjoy the fresh air by, paradoxically, getting them to play an online game. Read More...

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Machinima Reaches Record Download Levels With New Xbox 360 App
Media

Machinima Reaches Record Download Levels With New Xbox 360 App

11y Melanie White

Machinima Reaches Record Download Levels With New ...

When Microsoft reveals a new media-streaming app for its Xbox 360, it is usually only available in a few countries. This time however, the Machinima a...

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What I Learned About Social Media Marketing From My Mum Playing Candy Crush
Asia

What I Learned About Social Media Marketing From My Mum Playing Candy Crush

11y Louise Au

What I Learned About Social Media Marketing From M...

The golden rule for social marketing and social games is the same. Read More...

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Digital Proxies Hype Addictive Qualities of Black Ops Map Pack
Marketing

Digital Proxies Hype Addictive Qualities of Black Ops Map Pack

11y Susan Kuchinskas

Digital Proxies Hype Addictive Qualities of Black ...

Activision wanted to make as big a splat with the content refresh for Black Ops II as it could for a complete game launch. The solution: The Replacer,...

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Friskies' GamesforCats.com Offers Branded Experience for Cats (and Owners)
Marketing

Friskies' GamesforCats.com Offers Branded Experience for Cats (and Owners)

11y Lisa Lacy

Friskies' GamesforCats.com Offers Branded Experien...

The site has seven free game apps with three million downloads to date. Read More...

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Gaming Company Fuels Growth Through Social Media Optimization
Social

Gaming Company Fuels Growth Through Social Media Optimization

11y Michael Shashoua

Gaming Company Fuels Growth Through Social Media O...

Rebel Entertainment, a two-year-old gaming company founded by former staffers of Disney's online gaming unit, has fueled growth of its flagship online...

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Keesing Games Goes Social with Stratego
Social

Keesing Games Goes Social with Stratego

11y Michael Shashoua

Keesing Games Goes Social with Stratego

Amsterdam-based Keesing Games has launched an online social version of the classic board game Stratego through a website, Facebook page and paid iPad ...

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Playing Around With the Customer Relationship
Asia

Playing Around With the Customer Relationship

11y Stephen Hay

Playing Around With the Customer Relationship

What does gamification mean for customer relationships? Read More...

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Machinima and Ultra Music Form Partnership to Boost Engagement
Media

Machinima and Ultra Music Form Partnership to Boost Engagement

11y Melanie White

Machinima and Ultra Music Form Partnership to Boos...

Machinima, the video entertainment network for young males, and ULTRA Music have established a partnership aimed at boosting engagement for both brand...

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Xbox NUads Show High Engagement With Polls
Marketing

Xbox NUads Show High Engagement With Polls

11y Susan Kuchinskas

Xbox NUads Show High Engagement With Polls

Microsoft has announced the results of its first flight of Xbox Live ads for marketers including Subway Restaurants and Toyota. Read More...

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PuzzleSocial Promotes Brands With 'Game-Show' Level Prizes
Media

PuzzleSocial Promotes Brands With 'Game-Show' Level Prizes

11y Michael Shashoua

PuzzleSocial Promotes Brands With 'Game-Show' Leve...

PuzzleSocial, a one-year-old social gaming company that offers its application through Facebook, has launched a new element to its crossword puzzle ga...

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Mobile Ad for Black Ops Puts Gamers in the Picture
Media

Mobile Ad for Black Ops Puts Gamers in the Picture

11y Susan Kuchinskas

Mobile Ad for Black Ops Puts Gamers in the Picture

Activision, MEC Global and Millennial Media have launched a new mobile advertising campaign for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 that lets fans use their cel...

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