
The importance of micro-moments: The mobile customer journey
According to eMarketer, global mobile ad spend is expected to double from $100 billion in 2016 to nearly $200 billion in...

Here’s how to position yourself to be a new mobile leader
You’re organizing all wrong around mobile. It’s tough to hear, but it’s true. At some point over the past few years, your CEO, board or...

Survey: Android Pay most used payment app, security fears holding adoption back
At Apple’s WWDC yesterday, the company announced that it was extending Apple Pay to the mobile web. This was rumored earlier this year...

New AMP ad formats in the works as Google study shows higher eCPMs on AMP
Last week, Google shared the roadmap for developing feature enhancements for the accelerated mobile pages (AMP), including a status...

3 big brands on the cutting edge of mobile share secrets to their mobile-first success
Google’s mobile update in April of last year, 40 percent of sites were not mobile-friendly. This is why it’s so remarkable to find brands...

Localytics pushes Places notifications as key to personalization, mobile engagement
Even as it takes digital center stage, mobile marketing is arguably in crisis. Mobile ad blocking has doubled in the past year, and most...

Report: Ad blocking users more than double in a year to almost 420 million globally
In August last year, Adobe and PageFair reported that the global number of ad-blocking users had grown from 21 million in 2009 to just...

The not-so-wonderful life of Microsoft’s Windows Phone is almost over
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced more job cuts and another charge related to its disappearing mobile phone business. The company...

Study: smartphone location only accurate to within 93 feet
Any vendor that says it can tell you exactly where a mobile user is probably isn’t telling the truth. That’s because, without user...

Google to expand “Store Visits” online-to-offline foot traffic measurement
Although it’s well known that more than 90 percent of commerce happens offline, it has historically been difficult to measure the impact...

Study shows mobile users’ ad ambivalence, resistance to push notifications
Late last year, comScore data argued that 80 percent of smartphone app time is being spent in a user’s top three apps. Now a SessionM...

ROI beyond likes and shares: 5 ways calls validate social ad spending
Social media advertising is on the rise and set to increase exponentially. In fact, a CMO survey of marketing executives reveals a...

Google’s new Instant Apps promise an “install-free” experience
Today at Google I/O, the company introduced what it’s calling Google Instant Apps — for Android. Simply put, it’s a way to bring app...

Google announces Firebase Analytics & Universal App Campaigns updates for app developers
At I/O on Wednesday, Google made several announcements for app developers looking to market and promote their apps with Google, including...

5 damaging mobile engagement mistakes
A couple of weeks back, I sounded the alarm on what my colleagues and I are calling the “Mobile Engagement Crisis.” It’s an industrywide...

Report: Google to introduce “Home” voice assistant to compete with Amazon Echo
Confirming earlier reports, The New York Times says that Google will introduce a voice-controlled digital assistant device for the home...

Report: Accuracy of location data declining as more publishers offer it
Location data is a treasure trove of information and it can do a lot of heavy lifting for marketers. A growing number of ad platforms and...

Android grows its share vs. iOS, Windows in all major markets [Report]
On a day when Google parent Alphabet passed Apple’s market cap, Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reported that the Android operating system is...

Survey: URL schemes for deep links increasing in retailer apps
Custom URL-based schemes for deep linking are getting more adoption in retailers’ apps than Apple’s Universal Links for iOS or Google’s...
























