Facebook video is television’s ice bucket challenge - good piece by Alan Kohler. Facebook’s newsroom tells us that between June 1 and September 1 this year, 17 million videos of a certain act
Mobile, Video, & Real-Time Bidding are catapulting Programmatic ad spend. http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-programmatic-ad-report-2014-7
Some perspective into just how big Google is in terms of actually revenue, rather then the somewhat fanciful 'potential' forecasts of Facebook.
SMI data shows Australia leads the US and UK on agency spend on exchanges. http://mumbrella.com.au/smi-data-exchanges-australia-leads-world-253108
Interesting - Apple have introduced the privacy search engine, DuckDuckGo, as a built-in search option in the latest Safari update. Its becoming increasingly clear where they are pitching their tent in the
Google Gets Patent On Using What You’re Watching To Influence Search Results. http://searchengineland.com/google-patent-explores-using-tv-viewing-search-ranking-signal-203482
Interesting list of the biggest SEM spenders in the US - Amazon leads and spends nearly double the next group on the list. http://www.businessinsider.com.au/chart-of-the-day-amazon-spends-a-ton-of-money-to-advertise-itself-on-google-2014-9