News & Reviews:   advertising

When it comes to advertising online, most systems let you set a budget and choose how you want your ad to be presented. For Facebook, you do this with the Meta Business Suite. The platform is mostly based on software, which means bugs can occur.

For the past few days, TIME Malaysia has been teasing something coming on 7 October 2022. While being very subtle, a few have guessed that it could be a new 2Gbps package plan. We usually stay away from rumours unless the evidence is strong but it seems that the plan is real.

For most WhatsApp users, the Multi-device feature was the one that's worth noting in 2021. But business users are all hoping for a way to monetise the platform, and the company has been working on that for months. Now, we have some hints on ad creation for the platform.

These days, increasingly more data is being transferred around the Internet. There's no doubt that companies are benefiting from tracking data from users. But user profiling is impossible if users refused to be tracked, which is what iOS users are doing these days.

Most of us love to browse the Internet uninterrupted, viewing what we like without pop-ups and ads. But companies don't live on free content, and Instagram wouldn't remain unmonetised forever. So get ready because more ads are coming to Instagram.

If you're an Apple iPhone user, you probably should have noticed the App Tracking Transpanrecy taking place after updating iOS 14.5. According to NoIDFANoProblem.com, they studied and collected some figures on what was the impact of advertising on iOS and here are some surprising findings. 

When it comes to ideas, some are fascinating while others would not likely be welcomed by many. That's what patents are, ideas that companies are trying to bring to fruition. But the new patent from Instagram seems to belong in the latter category, a new feature listed that lets Instagram accounts enable clickable links by paying.