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.

With Promoted Updates, Foursquare helps advertisers push people into stores

After three-plus years, 20 million members, and 2 billion check-ins Foursquare is ready to grow up.

The social network, which lets users check-in at restaurants, retailers, and other venues, is finally incorporating paid ads into its service, like Facebook and …

ThoughtLeadr creates self-serve social ad platform, hooks up with Imgur

While attempting to make ads into engaging stories, Twitter’s Promoted Products and Facebook’s Sponsored Stories are changing the way advertisers reach social networkers. Smaller social sites lacking the resources to build their own story-themed ad platforms have a new partner …

Intergi scores ad deal with online game leader Bigpoint (exclusive)

Intergi Entertainment has nabbed an exclusive ad agreement with online games leader Bigpoint to manage Bigpoint’s online advertising in North America, the company announced today.

Bigpoint has more than 200 million registered users for its 60 online games, which include …

Nanigans raises $3M for Facebook ad platform

Nanigans said it has raised $3 million in a first round of funding for its Facebook advertising platform.

Boston-based Nanigans has created a real-time bidding platform for Facebook that makes it a lot easier to maximize revenues from advertisers who …