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As much as we’d all like to see less advertisements in our daily lives, ads are here to stay. Not all ads are created equal, though; if advertising is well targeted it can almost be bearable.

US moms and dads estimate their children spend only two hours a month on the internet, but kids say they actually spend 10 times more time — or 20 hours —

Two major announcements from Facebook App development firm Buddy Media: a $6.5 million round of Series B funding from Softbank Capital, and the launching of a new ad network. Other participating investors in this round include the European Founders Fund and GreyCroft Partners.

Social networks play a key role in society these days. What does this mean for behavioral targeting? I caught up with Andrew Monfried, founder and CEO of Lotame Solutions, which is providing solutions to publishers and advertisers to capitalize on this emerging social media environment.

Facebook is a great social networking site, but are the employees really that socially clueless in their ad targeting? Do you think you’re creating a positive brand experience, Facebook?

Behavioral targeting works, but only if you send the right prospects to the right site or page in the right frame of mind. Too often, marketers craft an expert media plan only to drop prospects on a shoddy site. Now that investments are heating up in the behavioral universe, it’s beyond time to redress this oversight.

William McGeveran, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, wrote in a blog post, that Facebook’s new ad program violates New York’s privacy law and opens the company up to lawsuits from users and criminal liability.

Fast on the heels of the hype, The New York Times Co. has joined the new Facebook Ads system, which allows users to learn about New York Times, Boston Globe and the Times Company’s Regional Media Group content through word-of-mouth referrals from friends, according to MediaBuyerPlanner.

Facebook has sent a cryptic invitation to advertisers for an event in New York City, where the company will announce what is presumed to be a new ad platform.

Ending months of speculation, booming social networking site Facebook has not only signed an exclusive agreement with Microsoft to be its third-party advertising platform, but the world’s largest software company has also sweetened the pot by taking a $240 million equity stake in Facebook’s next round of financing, pegging its value at $15 billion.

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