IAB study says majority of IoT owners are okay with ads on their devices

 It might seem a little weird to think about seeing ads on, say, your smart refrigerator…

GumGum Sports helps teams and advertisers calculate the value of sponsorships

 While GumGum is best-known as an in-image advertising company, CEO Ophir Tanz told me, “Advertising, in…

Amino Apps raises $19.2M to build more mobile communities

 Amino Apps, a startup aiming to reinvent online forums for the mobile world, has raised $19.2 million…

The Daily Beast brings Cheat Sheet news summaries to its mobile app and Alexa

 The Daily Beast launched a new version of its iOS app today, incorporating one of the…

Edward Snowden says “the central problem of the future” is control of user data

 Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey interviewed Edward Snowden today, and the big topic was technology. During the…

Opera Mediaworks will change its name to AdColony

 Opera Mediaworks will have a new name in the new year — AdColony. Mediaworks started out…

Segment adds Google BigQuery to expand its customer data platform

 Segment helps businesses manage all their data from services like Google Analytics, Mixpanel and Salesforce —…

BuzzFeed hires Gilad Lotan as VP of data science

 BuzzFeed has a new vice president leading its data science team. Gilad Lotan has a long…