
Facebook launches tool to test, preview Playable Ads
Playable Ads Preview tool lets users know if the call-to-action is not implemented correctly. Facebook has launched a Playable Ads...

Google Ad Manager, AdMob add support for app-ads.txt, to start blocking unauthorized ad serving for
New app-ads.txt tabs in the Google Ad Manager and AdMob interfaces will show errors and issues to address in publishers’ files. Google Ad...

Google App campaigns expand to Discover feeds, AdMob testing ads on app loading screens
Mobile gaming is a $68.5 billion market, with 80% or $54.9 billion coming from smartphone games and $13.6 billion coming from gaming on...

Could hands-free smartphones change how consumers interact with brands?
Google revealed a number of Pixel 4 features Monday, including facial recognition and hands-free controls thanks to Google’s Soli...

Understanding the role of branded and unbranded search in the customer journey
Understanding how to rank for both branded and unbranded terms in organic search is critical for marketers looking to build domain...

Survey finds 89% of marketers seeing increased sales using location data
Last year, Lawless Research and Factual found 87% of marketers were using location data or targeting in their marketing campaigns. A new...

Study of 5 million fast-food visits reveals customer segments, channel effectiveness
Location analytics is often used narrowly for attribution. However, it can and should be employed more extensively for audience and...

How location data and analytics are revolutionizing JCDecaux’s OOH business
There’s probably no other media segment that has benefitted from the advent of location intelligence as much as out-of-home (OOH). The...

A year after GDPR, mobile notifications are up, location sharing is down
In the wake of GDPR and a constant drumbeat of largely negative privacy news in Europe and North America, consumers and marketers are...

MoPub gives publishers impression-level revenue data, links with attribution platforms
MoPub, the Twitter-owned mobile ad exchange, announced Tuesday it is making impression-level revenue data available to publishers and has...

Smart speakers, smartphone shipments heading in opposite directions
According to analyst firm Canalys, global smart speaker shipments grew 131% year over year. China is now the fastest-growing smart...

Location intelligence companies react to new Android privacy controls
Privacy is the new black. At F8, Google I/O and, this week, Google Marketing Live, privacy has been front and center, with Facebook and...

Spotify is testing voice-enabled ads that let listeners command engagement
Spotify announced Thursday it’s testing a new voice-enabled ad experience on mobile to give listeners the ability to interact with...

Facebook Messenger to get new lead gen templates, appointment booking
Messenger’s new lead gen template. Messenger is rolling out two new features for businesses: lead generation templates and an appointment...

A Facebook voice assistant may have buy-in from marketers – but will users want it?
Facebook is rumored to be working on a voice assistant similar to Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Siri, reports CNBC. Two former Facebook...

The retailers and brands delivering first-rate mobile AR experiences
Isabelle Hierholtz, the user strategy director for the AR/VR/XR advisor company Digi-Capital, believes mobile AR advertising offers...

Donald Glover’s Airdrop stunt at Coachella proves experiential marketing gets bolder with infl
Artist Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) used iOS Airdrop at Coachella to surprise random festival-goers with a photo of shoes he...

More people will turn to their mobile device instead of TV for entertainment in 2019
Most marketers know the pace at which people are consuming media via their mobile devices shows no signs of slowing down, but the rate at...

Snapchat announces new features geared at creativity, collaboration, partner advertising
Snapchat parent Snap Inc. on Thursday announced a slate of new features designed to help it keep pace in a digital environment that...
























