| Title | 
                Author | 
                Date | 
            
            
                    
                        
                            
                                Google confirms HTTPS as a ranking signal
                            
                             
                            On August 6th, 2014, Google announced that us starting to use HTTPS as a ranking signal within the search result.
                        | 
                       David Towers, MEC | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Znaptag
                            
                             
                            Znaptag is a unique platform for brands to take advantage of premium positions within publisher websites.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Instagram Ad Program
                            
                             
                            Instagram announces it will release photo stream ads in the US only. This follows a recent similar ‘limited’ release of a new ad product by Pinterest.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Amazon Ad Buying
                            
                             
                            Amazon has built a self-serve tool to allow advertisers to purchase ads directly from the company in real time.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Twitter Promotes Organic Reach
                            
                             
                            On the 11th of July Twitter announced the roll out of an enhanced Tweet activity dashboard to provide measurable insights about how Organic Tweets perform.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Facebook's LiveRail Acquisition
                            
                             
                            On July 2nd, Facebook agreed to acquire LiveRail, the 3rd largest online video advertising management platform that operates across desktop, mobile devices and IPTV (behind leaders Brightroll and Specific Media). While the transaction hasn’t closed yet, the total deal size is estimated to be around $500m.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Facebook’s new ‘Buy Now’ functionality
                            
                             
                            Facebook plans to introduce a ‘Buy Now’ button to its brand pages and news feeds. The news follows Twitter’s acquisition of CardSpring, an ecommerce platform that allows brands to integrate ‘Buy Now’ buttons into third party publisher’s content.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Google Android Everywhere
                            
                             
                            Google has made multiple announcements at its I/O conference that will shape the digital landscape, the biggest of which seems to be the ubiquitous deployment of Android.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                MEC at DMEXCO 2014
                            
                             
                            In many cases, agencies and media partners have similar expertise when it comes to technical communication solutions. To make a difference for our clients, we need to focus on content. This makes the basic question of all communication planning ‘How can we make a difference with content?’
                        | 
                       MEC | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                MEC @ E3 2014
                            
                             
                            Every year, the video game industry gathers for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), an annual trade show hosted by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
                        | 
                       MEC | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Amazon Fire Phone
                            
                             
                            Amazon has announced that it is to launch a smartphone to run alongside its existing hardware, the Kindle e-reader and the Kindle Fire tablet.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Google Watch
                            
                             
                            Twitter and Amazon have announced a partnership that will allow users to add products to their Amazon basket with a simple tweet.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                LinkedIn upgrades its search platform
                            
                             
                            LinkedIn announced last week that it has upgraded the search capabilities available to its users to the new “Galene” platform.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Digital Viewability
                            
                             
                            In this ‘Fast Take’ we will discuss the history of viewability, an online advertising metric designed to track only impressions actually seen by consumers, within the Digital Media landscape.
                        | 
                       MEC | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                The Rise of Incognito Tech
                            
                             
                            Only a short while ago, what the future had in store for us belonged to the realm of science fiction.
                        | 
                       Burson-Marsteller | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Digital Content NewFronts
                            
                             
                            This year’s Digital Content NewFronts were bigger than ever, expanding from five days of content to over two weeks of engaging presentations (23 in total), including newbies such as BuzzFeed, NewYork Times and more!
                        | 
                       MEC | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                POV: Display Viewability
                            
                             
                            A group of US industry bodies today opened the gates for agencies and clients to start buying online ad-impressions based on the number of viewable impressions served.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                POV: Game Developer Conference 2014 Report
                            
                             
                            The conference is to deliver a show that highlights the ideals of the gaming industry developers and gamer's desire, rather than the industry's current state.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                POV: Microsoft Goes Mobile
                            
                             
                            Microsoft has recently made two major announcements. First it confirmed that its Office suite of products is to become available on iPad and then said that it would be offering its mobile operating system to device manufacturers free of charge.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Amazon & Twitter launch #AmazonCart
                            
                             
                            Twitter and Amazon have announced a partnership that will allow users to add products to their Amazon basket with a simple tweet.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Facebook Audience Network
                            
                             
                            Later this week, at its annual F8 conference, Facebook is expected to launch Facebook Audience Network (FAN).
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                POV: Oculus Rift
                            
                             
                            Facebook is finally using its riches to help realize Mark Zuckerberg's idealized future in which people can "experience the impossible." And they couldn’t have picked a better place to start.
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                POV: New Features for Google Adwords
                            
                             
                            Google has announced changes within Adwords that continue the evolutionary path as digital platforms look to "better connect with consumers at any place, any time and any device."
                        | 
                       Mindshare | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                MEC@SXSW Interactive 2014
                            
                             
                            This year’s South By Southwest® Interactive Festival featured over 30,000 attendees from 74 countries, with over 1,300 official sessions and diverse keynote speakers covering topics ranging from creativity to DNA to space.
                        | 
                       MEC | 
                       2014 | 
                    
                
                    
                        
                            
                                Mobile Payments
                            
                             
                            In this ‘Fast Take’ MEC review the evolving space of mobile payments and the new consumer behaviors that are being witnessed at retail.
                        | 
                       MEC | 
                       2014 |