
Google Voice Access beta enlarges role for voice, conversational device interaction
Alexander Supertramp / Shutterstock.com As part of its effort to make Android devices more accessible to people with disabilities, Google...

SurveyMonkey adds mobile analytics to its resume
SurveyMonkey is expanding on the meaning of its name. Not the “monkey” part, of course. With the recent launch of SurveyMonkey...

New “Emotit for President” app measures your emotional response to Clinton, Trump et al.
Two screen shots of Emotit. On the left, a clip of Republican Senator Ted Cruz is apparently really liked (9.3) by Democrats (blue)....

Android sales make global gains, iPhone SE is slow out of the gate — Reports
Global survey data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows Android sales share gains nearly across the board. This includes China, the major...

Mobile marketer Kahuna adds Locales tool for language and location targeting
From Kahuna’s video introducing Locales Mobile marketing platform Kahuna is adding another layer for mobile targeting. The Redwood City,...

Virtual vs. augmented reality and Apple Watch for your face
Google Glass was probably about five years ahead of its time. Beyond the fact that it was priced incorrectly and looked goofy, use cases...

All digital growth now coming from mobile usage — comScore
A new report from comScore uses a vertiable mountain of data to expose and explain the multi-platform state of internet user behavior....

Startup Pyze launches free business intelligence and personalization platform for mobile apps
Mobile app marketers need a better data tool, and they need it for free. That’s the mission of startup Pyze, which today is launching its...

London buses test out the first consumer experience of the Physical Web
The Google-backed Physical Web is now operating in the physical world. UK-based mobile commerce provider Proxama, in partnership with...

Report: Google working on its own version of Amazon Echo
The Information published an article this week cataloging problems at Alphabet’s Nest division. The company was acquired in 2014 for...

German mobile marketer Glispa announces purchase and launch of Ampiri ad mediation platform
Mobile marketing firm Glispa announced this week the launch of its Ampiri ad mediation platform. The addition means the Berlin-based...

Report: Apple Pay moving to the mobile web, could give big boost to m-commerce
According to a report yesterday, fingerprint-enabled Apple Pay is coming to mobile websites. One popular angle on this news is that the...

6 signs marketing is in a mobile engagement crisis
We weren’t measuring mobile engagement when the iPhone first launched in 2007, but if we were, I have a hunch that the numbers would have...

Google Now allows content blocking from publishers and sources you don’t like
For some time, Google has allowed users to customize various aspects of Google Now. But that didn’t extend to the publishers and content...

Survey: More than half of customers will defect unless their feedback is recognized
Companies tend to think of their apps as marketing or e-commerce channels. Apps can also be the source of valuable customer feedback;...

Google to boost the mobile-friendly ranking factor in May 2016
Google announced they will be increasing “the effect of the ranking signal” for the mobile friendly ranking update. Google said this...

App data firm App Annie adds advertising analytics with AppScotch acquisition
App Annie, herself (from the website) App analytics provider App Annie is continuing its acquisition streak, with the announcement this...

The future of location-based services
Five years ago, my co-author, Mike Schneider, and I published one of the first books ever written on the topic of location-based...

The six key components of mobile SEO in 2016
I recently read a droll quote in The Wall Street Journal from the always-entertaining aimClear CEO Marty Weintraub, who said, “The best...
























