HasOffers scores $9.4M first round led by Accel Partners

HasOffers, a Seattle-based provider of mobile advertising-tracking services, has raised a $9.4 million Series A led by Accel Partners.

LocalResponse’s socially-targeted ads pay off big with revenue up 716%

LocalResponse may have solved the big problem with making mobile ads relevant.

Internet Explorer can track your mouse anywhere on the screen (and Microsoft won’t fix it)

Internet “Explorer” has a whole new meaning today. The big question: who's exploring who?

Facebook rumored to be going after Microsoft’s Atlas ad platform

Facebook may be turning to its longtime pal Microsoft to complete its plan to create an external advertising network.

The DeanBeat: How developers can avoid a bloodbath in fighting for new users

In the past month, what app makers have to spend to get the attention of Apple device users has risen out of control. That’s a tough fact of life that could make survival hard in the Darwinian mobile app ecosystem. …

Apple makes iAd more attractive for developers and advertisers

Apple has altered the terms of its iAd agreements in a way that both developers and potential deep-pocket advertisers should find favorable, an Apple spokesperson told VentureBeat today.

iAd is Apple’s mobile advertising network. It places ad spots into iOS …

An animated explanation of how your personal data gets tracked and sold

Keeping up with our theme from yesterday’s post about how frictionless it has become for users to give unfamiliar apps broad and permanent access to their data, we stumbled on this interesting video about the personal information people unwittingly share …

“Malicious” Android apps are just aggresive advertising, says Lookout Mobile

Last week Symantec reported 13 potentially malware-carrying Android applications, that it said may make up a family of botnets. Mobile security firm Lookout Mobile, however, is now saying the apps are just an advertising network.

“We disagree with the assessment …

StyleCaster to challenge Condé Nast with ‘Style as a Service’ ads (exclusive)

Fashion-focused media company StyleCaster will launch a proprietary ad platform in mid-January that will challenge Condé Nast, Glam Media and third-party ad networks, the company revealed today.

The new ad platform, dubbed Style as a Service, is a joint venture …