Tag: Advertisements
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Starbucks becomes latest to halt social media ads ‘to stop spread of hate speech’
Amid an intense national debate over racism and frequent eruptions of ugly, hate-filled speech on social media, Starbucks thus followed the lead of other big corporations like Unilever and Coca-Cola, which announced similar pauses on Friday.
June 29, 2020 -
The advertisements we cant process
The Tripti Mitra starrer Bohurupeeplay ‘Aparajita’ had a catchline: “It’s not the era of science, rather it’s an era of advertisement.” (“Eta bijnaner yug noy,bijnaponer yug.”) However, today’s world of advertisement is perhaps afflicted with science in an inseparable manner, both in strategy and assessment of business, as well as on consumers’ lifestyles. Even the …
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November 29, 2018 -
Google to now support Tamil language advertisements after Hindi and Bengali
To help advertisers and content creators reach out to Internet users in Tamil, Google India on Wednesday introduced Tamil language support for its advertising products Google “AdWords” and Google “AdSense”. With this, Google has now scaled support for three languages – Hindi, Bengali and Tamil. “Majority of India’s Internet users are not fluent in English …
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February 22, 2018 -
40 percent Indians prefer ‘Video Ads’ on mobile phones: Survey
Owing to falling 4G data prices, a significant 40 percent of Indians prefer to watch advertisement videos on their mobile phones over other media, finds a survey. The survey, by mobile advertisement technology and data analytics company MoMagic Technologies, showed that most of the mobile advertisements were viewed while playing games and watching videos on …
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February 15, 2018 -
Bidis need to be targeted to reduce tobacco consumption
Court-imposed order to advertise the deadly effects of smoking.
November 28, 2017 -
Irked by misleading advertisements? Act now
The next time you see an advertisement making sweeping claims about miraculous properties of a pain relieving oil on the television or come across pills that “guarantee a male child” in newspapers, don't fret as you now have the power to take action against such misleading advertisements. The Department of Consumer Affairs has signed an …
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January 17, 2017 -
Entertainment for free
One of the biggest functions of Ad Agencies is to draw out the dark elixir of manipulation and exaggeration. In this world of advertisements, these are the most potent magical ingredients. These can enable one’s motorcycle to fetch his cap from the eye of the hurricane, enable one’s deodorant to make thousands of lovely ladies …
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December 7, 2016 -
‘Will approach CBI, Lokayukta over AAP govt’s ad expense’
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta on Thursday said he will approach CBI and Lokayukta seeking a probe into the AAP government’s alleged expenditure of over Rs.110 crore on advertisements as compared to Rs.27.43 crore spent on it in the last fiscal. Gupta claimed that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pointed …
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August 25, 2016 -
Brazil seeks rights group”s help over Rousseff impeachment
Brazil seeks rights group''s help over Rousseff impeachment
August 11, 2016