The driving forces of change in mobile advertising + MORE

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One of the key minds behind Facebook Exchange (FBX) has joined the Nanigans team. Nanigans announced Thursday that former Facebook ad targeting product manager Antonio Garcia-Martinez is now with Facebook Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer Nanigans as an advisor.
With Facebook, Garcia-Martinez was responsible for directing the company’s real-time bidding exchange product (FBX) from its inception…

Facebook has added 13 new job listings to its careers page.  The company seems to have made some key hires in Sales operations with the hiring of a Sales Operation Analyst as well as a Sales and Marketing Tools Engineer based out of its Menlo Park offices. It also looks to be hiring a User Support Experience Lead to strengthen design and user experience…

These classical Greek statues haven’t stretched their limbs in centuries — if they’re lucky enough to have limbs. But digital artist Zach Dougherty puts these intrinsically solid works of art into motion in his dazzling GIFs
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Dougherty stumbled upon these sculptures on a trip to his local museum for a “3D scanning spree…

The US army is blocking access to coverage of PRISM leaks on the Guardian and others news websites at its bases, following the newspaper’s publishing of leaks related to the US espionage program.
The Monterey Herald reports that an army spokesperson confirmed its some restrictions on the newspaper’s website are in place across all US army bases, although officers can access guardiannews…

Who better than a brand’s employees to spread the company’s message?
Social media software company Expion has just launched Social Advocator, a browser plug-in tool that empowers a company’s employees to interact with and amplify the company’s brand voice.
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Last week in San Francisco district court, Yelp sued Timothy Catron, the apparent owner of the websites AdBlaze and BuyYelpReview, for selling fake reviews for the website, according to court documents first unearthed by the Daily Dot.
“Yelp constantly battles the problem of fake reviews online and has developed sophisticated technologies to filter such content, which is harmful to consumers,” the company’s attorneys laid out in the legal filing…

Facebook’s “Droidfooding” efforts will soon be shared by its users. The company announced at a whiteboard session Thursday that  it has launched a beta testing program for Facebook’s Android users. This way, users can engage with the native Android app before updates are released and give feedback about bugs and other issues…

It’s no secret that Facebook is trying to make its advertising more accessible. The company has pared down its ad units and placed a focus on the end goal for advertisers.
Now the Ads Manager has been simplified so advertisers can see the key metrics more easily. Facebook announced these updates Wednesday, and the company hopes that it makes the utility easier to use…

Today Facebook launched its first branded sticker pack promoting the upcoming film Despicable Me 2. Although the studio didn’t have to pay the social network to have them appear, and they’re free for members, Facebook could one day be able to charge brands for the additional exposure.
Brands already get exposure in News Feeds and on members’ Timelines, but branded sticker packs would give you access to another area of the platform: private messages…

Facebook’s on a quest to get you involved in real-time global conversations. Today it takes the next step towards challenging Twitter by adding hashtag support to its mobile site and launching related hashtags. Starting this evening, when you click or search for a hashtag, the results page will show other hashtags often posted at the same time…

July 9-10, 2013
San Francisco, CA

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Cheryl Morris is the director of marketing for Nanigans.
In less than a year, Facebook became the market leader in mobile display ads – outpacing giants like Google and Apple to control approximately a quarter of all mobile display revenues…