Advertisers Can't Stop Thinking About The Google Glass 'Pay Per Gaze' Patent

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While Google said that it wouldn't allow ads to be displayed on Google Glass, the tech giant put in a patent for "pay per gaze" technology for ads, which would track how many times a consumer looked at the branded content. And the ad industry can't stop wondering what this means. Ad Age notes that this technology could be used to measure how people react to ads they view in their surroundings — tracking how dilated pupils get after seeing a particular billboard, for example.

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Apparently there is hope for the banner ad, says Digiday.

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Just as people were starting to quiet down about the Omnicom-Publicis merger, Atlanta-based ad agency Ames Scullin O'Haire made a video that parodies the event.

Pizza Hut's creative review rages on. Mullen, mcgarrybowen, Havas Worldwide, and current shop The Martin Agency are all in the running.

Ad Age identifies the women to watch in China.

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