
Consumers Cutting Broadband Internet Services
When you think of cord cutting, you undoubtedly think of people giving up their subscriptions to pay TV in order to save money. But there’s new evidence that people…
Digital Marketing News and Updates
Instagram Instagram finally followed in the footsteps of Facebook, Periscope, and Snapchat by launching their own version of a live video streaming feature. Unlike…

More Than Half Video Viewings Now on Mobile
More than half of all video viewing is now happening on mobile, and most of those views come from phones, not tablets: That’s…

Washington Post Named Hottest Digital Publication of Year by Adweek
The Washington Post has been named Hottest Digital Publication of the year by Adweek, reports The Post. The Post stated that “According to Adweek,…

Google AMP Speeds-Up Mobile Viewing
The introduction of Google’s new Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) project is revolutionizing mobile as we know it. AMPs feature redesigned HTML code that…

XAd Buys WeatherBug to Enhance Ad Targeting and Take Aim at IBM, Reports Adweek
Location data player xAd purchased WeatherBug, “which is consistently one of the most downloaded weather mobile apps, per AppAnnie,” reports Adweek. The Adweek article,…

Buzz in Baltimore: News from Fastspot, Clapp Communications and Firedrive Marketing
Baltimore interactive design agency Fastspot announced new hires: Anne Petersen is the agency’s new director of user experience; Julie Higgins holds the newly…

Thomas Dolby, Musician, Entrepreneur, Professor and Visionary, to Keynote at the Campaigns and Marketing Summit on Dec. 1
Thomas Dolby has a remarkable story of rising to the top of the music charts, a tech pioneer and now professor. He is best…

Twitter to End Vine Video
Twitter announced plans “to kill off Vine, the short-form looping video app it acquired four years ago in an early effort to bring…

Layoffs Likely at Twitter, Reports Ad Age
Twitter, having failed to sell itself, is planning to fire about 8% of its workforce as the struggling social-media company prepares to go…

The Rise of Live Streaming Video on Social Media
By Kellie Elmerraji, The Cyphers Agency Live streaming video has dramatically increased in popularity over the past few months. As we all know, video…

Mindgrub Adds 21, Bringing Total 2016 Hires to 38
Baltimore-based digital agency Mindgrub announced that it has hired 21 new employees since June, bringing the total number of hires during 2016 to…

Buzz in Baltimore: Lawsuit Filed Over Light City Baltimore; New Accounts at TBC; Mindgrub Named an Innovator
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts has filed a lawsuit against the Baltimore couple connected with the Light City Baltimore festival and…

Washington Post Offers News-Related Illustrations for Readers to Enhance Messages
The Washington Post now offers news-related illustrations for readers to visually enhance their messages directly within an iMessage chat and on Viber. According…

Secrets Revealed: How the CIA Manages Social Media
Communicators balancing the complexities and demands of social media accounts learned how the Central Intelligence Agency manages its social media presence despite the restrictions…

