
Brands, please stop ruining the consumer mobile journey with desktop experiences
a Deloitte study. And that number has remained steady for the past few years. Mobile isn’t just the first screen or the only screen —...

Survey: Chasm exists between brands and consumers on data privacy
Dismissed by many digerati several years ago, privacy has come roaring back as an existential challenge for online publishers and digital...

What mobile marketers really need to know about deep linking
I am surprised by the number of mobile marketers who don’t use deep linking properly, or even at all. Deep linking is a means for...

IAS launches brand safe, fraud-free programmatic tech solution for in-app ads
technology solution that helps programmatic advertisers target mobile in-app ads that are brand safe, free of fraud and have a...

Apple iOS 11.3: Business Chat and privacy as a marketing tool
Apple rolled out iOS 11.3 today. Among the features are new and improved AR capabilities, health records, data privacy, Animoji, Business...

Facebook booting data brokers, simplifying privacy tools to bolster user confidence
Seeking to reassure users on privacy following Cambridge Analytica and the subsequent fallout, Facebook has taken two related steps. The...

Using mobile location data to improve bank marketing results: A how-to guide
the power of location data to drive business decisions and outcomes that create better user experiences and financial results. In fact,...

Delivering optimized media-rich content for mobile
We all know the adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” meaning that a complex idea can be conveyed in just one image. The phrase...

Oracle’s $9 billion Java lawsuit against Google back from the dead
Oracle’s suit against Google has been brought back to life by a federal appeals court. The underlying lawsuit involved Google’s...

Senate Judiciary Committee asks CEOs of Facebook, Google, Twitter to testify on privacy
And now the hearings. Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that it’s seeking testimony from Facebook, Google and...

Forecast: Digital advertising pulling away from TV on global basis
Forecaster Zenith has projected global TV ad spending will be $187 billion this year, while digital is slated to grow to $227 billion....

Connatix launches Stories for Publishers to bring native Story units to mobile sites
Connatix, a video syndication and monetization platform used by publishers such as Variety, Tribune Media and Meredith, launched Stories...

Report: Product discovery, not payments, the real m-commerce bottleneck
Conventional wisdom argues that despite mobile traffic growth, the main reason smartphone commerce lags the desktop is friction at the...

You can now send money via Google Assistant
“Hey Google, send money to daughter.” Starting this week, you’ll be able to send money through Google Assistant. The virtual...

Forecast: Amazon and Snapchat gain US ad revenues at Google and Facebook’s expense
According to new estimates from eMarketer, Google and Facebook’s hold over the US online ad market is loosening — slightly. The so-called...

With game apps in mind, Google announces Universal App Campaign & AdMob monetization updates
Google announced several app promotion and monetization initiatives for game app developers on Thursday. The announcements, made ahead of...

Reddit introduces native promoted post ads in its mobile apps
Reddit announced the launch of native promoted posts for its mobile apps on Wednesday. The company said in an email to advertisers that...

Report: France suing Google, Apple over mobile developer contract terms
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the country will take Apple and Google to court over mobile developer contracts. The move is...

GroundTruth adds ‘pay per SKU’ model to its performance location products
Last year, location intelligence company GroundTruth introduced a “cost per visit” ad model. It uses mobile location data to track ad...
























