
Google’s Android Rules Found To Violate Russian Competition Law
Prompted by a complaint from Russian search engine Yandex, in February, Russia’s competition regulator opened an antitrust investigation...

Amazon Puts Out The Fire Phone
All companies make mistakes. Yet one of the biggest in the consumer devices arena is Amazon’s much-hyped but spectacularly unsuccessful...

Standing On Shoulders Of Apple Pay, Google’s Android Pay Officially Launches
Google was first with Wallet. But it was blocked by frightened mobile carriers, and beyond that, it failed to capture the imagination of...

Content Blocking In iOS 9 Unlikely To Bring About Mobile “Admageddon”
There’s a great deal of hand-wringing over iOS 9 and the prospect of “content [ad] blocking” in mobile. Some ad-industry execs are...

Comscore: Smartphone Penetration Above 77 Percent In US
The July smartphone numbers are out this afternoon from comScore. According to the measurement firm, smartphone penetration has reached...

Google Declares War On App Install Problem It Helped Create
Today, Google announced a change where publishers who aggressively promote their apps to mobile visitors might face a ranking penalty....

Wearables Game Changer: Android Wear Now Compatible With iPhone
Google just changed the rules for wearables. It has introduced Android Wear for iOS. The caveat is that right now it’s only available for...

IDC: Smartphone Growth Slows, Apple Watch Now #2 Wearable After Fitbit
Lukas Gojda / Shutterstock.com China’s stock market crash has inserted fear and doubt into the global economy over the past week. A...

Eddystone Beacon Explainer: An Interview With Google’s Chandu Thota
On July 14, Google announced a new developer initiative called Eddystone. It’s a new open format for Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons....

Europe Widens Antitrust Probe Of Google Around Ad Contracts, Content Scraping
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that The European Commission (EC) is expanding its antitrust probe of Google. Currently, the EC...

New Android Phones: Less Google-App “Bloatware” Equals Less EU Scrutiny
Android Central is celebrating an apparent decision by Google to require fewer pre-loaded apps on forthcoming Android handsets. The site...

Bing Lures App Developers With New Knowledge Graph API
Bing has announced a new Knowledge and Actions Graph API for Android developers. The objective is to get Android developers to deeply...

In Google’s Android-Candy Universe, “M” Is For Marshmallow
Someday, in a museum, there will be an exhibit of all the statues representing all the different versions and flavors of Android. The...

Microsoft Mobile Share Reaches Lowest Level Since comScore Tracking Began
While Android continues its march as the dominant global operating system, its market share in the US is essentially flat and roughly at...

Report: iPhone Drives Less Than A Third Of Android Traffic, Nearly 75 Percent Of Revenue
Last week Opera released its State of Mobile Advertising report for Q2. Headlines on coverage tended to focus on the finding that “the...

Search Ads In Google Play Store Go Live Globally
In February, Google began testing ads from app developers in the Google Play store search results. Wednesday, the company announced...

Google Suspends Several Apps After Release Of In-App Fraud Report
Ad Age is reporting that Google has pulled several apps from the Play Store after the release of a report on in-app ad fraud on Thursday....

Yahoo Aviate Adds New Smart Stream But Still Needs Breakout Features
The latest feature upgrade to Yahoo’s Android launcher and smart assistant Aviate is called “Smart Stream.” It’s a personally relevant...

Mobile App Push Notifications Drive 90-Day Retention Rates By As Much As 180%
For opted-in users, push notifications drove the average 90-day retention rate by 180 percent, with a 27.6 percent retention rate for...
























