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

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

Salesforce launches Social.com, a social advertising app based on Brighter Option

Enterprise cloud software titan Salesforce has launched a new social ad management app called Social.com that will become the third offering in Salesforce's Marketing Cloud.

LifeStreet Media pays out more than $150M ad revenues to devs, powers 300M ad conversions

Stealthy LifeStreet Media, which raised a large $66 million round last year, is eager to boast about the performance of its social and mobile advertising platform.

Moontoast picks up $5M, shifts focus to social ad campaigns

Social commerce platform Moontoast is shifting its focus to emphasize the growing social advertising movement, the company tells VentureBeat.

Facebook pulls back on crucial external ad network

Facebook is putting a hold on its external ad network. The company was conducting tests of Facebook ads on other mobile networks, but those tests have come to a halt.

Facebook adds another partner to FB Exchange: social ad network RadiumOne

"The problem with Facebook," he said, "even though everyone thinks they have so much data on you and they're the next Google ... is that recency is a big factor."

More dirt on the Facebook IPO: Facebook tried to hide mobile risks

Will this Facebook IPO mess never be behind us?

How to stop Facebook from using ads with your face on them

Facebook provides a lot of literature to its users on how the network uses your data. But when people are featured in "personal lube" advertisements and feel wrongly represented, it's probably a good time to look at how Facebook advertising works.

33Across raises $13.1M to power the most complete social graph ever

For a company that’s grown as quickly as the social ad targeting firm 33Across, it’s taken surprisingly little funding. Today 33Across announced that it has raised $13.1 million in a third round of funding led by Pelion Venture Partners — …

Funding daily: A busy day for startup investments

It’s been a busy day for startup funding. We’ve got a plethora of stories for you today, from mobile analytics and Google Apps security, to web programming and a website for movie fanatics. Send funding news our way to tips@venturebeat.com…

Stealthy LifeStreet Media nabs $66M for awesomesauce Facebook, mobile in-app ads

You’ve likely never heard of LifeStreet Media, even though the company has paid Facebook and mobile developers over $100 million in advertising revenue, and driven more than 200 million app installs. Today the company is coming out of hiding to …

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 …

Social ad startup 33Across buys Tynt, taps into the power of copy and paste

Like a match made in social data heaven, social ad targeting startup 33Across announced today that it has snapped up Tynt Multimedia, a company that helps publishers track reader engagement through the age old technique of copy and paste.

Combined …

Acquisio lends a hand with search engine marketing campaigns

Search engine marketing software company Acquisio is an SEM agency’s best friend. The company raised $12.1 million in a second round of funding yesterday led by Canadian venture capital firm Tandem Expansion.

Acquisio’s software manages search engine marketing campaigns across …