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June 29, 2017
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Talks About Building Global Communities (And Advertising To Them)

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In conversation with Airbnb CMO Jonathan Mildenhall and Wieden+Kennedy CCO Colleen DeCourcy, Sandberg discussed the importance of fostering and measuring the influence of your brand’s community.

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Talks About Building Global Communities (And Advertising To Them)

Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg took the stage at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity with Airbnb’s chief marketing officer Jonathan Mildenhall to talk about the importance and responsibility of building global communities on mobile platforms, and the best ways for advertisers to tap into them. Read More

June 24, 2017
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Design Didn’t Make Uber Good, But It Made Uber Great

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The company, whose CEO Travis Kalanick has resigned, masterminded the dark arts of manipulative UX.

Design Didn’t Make Uber Good, But It Made Uber Great

I’ll never forget my first Uber. As cheesy as that sounds, I’m sure the feeling is shared by many of us of a certain age. Finding myself stuck on the sleepy streets of San Francisco’s Nob Hill after midnight, not a cab in sight, I hit a button on my phone, a car drove up a few minutes later, and I realized city life as I knew it would never be the same.

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June 17, 2017
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Advertisers are giving YouTube the green light again

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How YouTube handled its brand-safety crisis

In mid-March, a series of reports revealed that ads from reputable brands had been cropping up on videos from the likes of white nationalists and hate preachers. Almost overnight, hundreds of companies ranging from L’Oréal to Verizon suspended their YouTube buys. And just last week, The Times of London reported that recent U.K. election ads had appeared on videos from Islamic extremists. Thanks to YouTube’s woes, “brand safety” has been one of the digital media industry’s hot topics this year. Read More

June 15, 2017
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Can A Machine Choose Fonts And Colors Better Than You? Try It

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These automated design tools let you find new font and color combinations with the push of a button. And then call it a weekend.

Can A Machine Choose Fonts And Colors Better Than You? Try It
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Maybe you’re just feeling uninspired. Maybe you took a job that pays less than you’re worth. Look, I’m not here to judge. We’re all going to be working for AI in a few years anyway. So in the meantime, we might as well cash in on some easy work, compliments of the machines.

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June 8, 2017
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Is VR The Design Tool Of The Future? Only If It Does These 5 Things

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The British agency Seymourpowell built a VR design tool–and came away with some key insights into how VR can nurture creativity.

Although VR has been around for decades, the technology has only been explored seriously in the past few years. Most of this work has focused on experiential design, such as gaming and immersive retail environments. Relatively little has been done to explore the potential of using VR as a creative tool. Now that attitudes toward VR have started to mature and the technology is ever more accessible, we think there is no better time to start harnessing VR as the design tool of the future.

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June 3, 2017
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The Web Is Basically One Giant Targeted Ad Now

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Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report shows how apps and interfaces leverage data to exploit our weaknesses.

The Web Is Basically One Giant Targeted Ad Now

Ads used to just be ads. They were signs on the side of the road, or in our browsers. They were something that could be ignored. Visually loud, sure, but they weren’t a fundamental part of our conversations, relationships, or entertainment.

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