While not quite "the next Instagram," the industry had been anticipating, the $60-million sale of video sharing startup SocialCam to Autodesk suggests how much everyone wants a piece of marketing … Read the whole story
Fifty-five percent of smartphone owners say they use their mobile devices to check prices while they are shopping. And 27% look at reviews before … Read the whole story
Mobile product scanning and price checks give the retailer an opportunity to engage the customer on a human level, especially when the POS systems … Read the whole story
Two-screen viewing has taken hold. More than half (52%) of adult cell phone owners now use their devices for diversion, engagement or to connect … Read the whole story
Mobile shopping continued to climb in the second quarter, while retail sales via social media dropped according to a new report from IBM. The … Read the whole story
Former Quattro and iAd leader Andy Miller will become COO at a motion control device startup. While it takes Miller away from the mobile … Read the whole story
The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), a trade group created by Madison Avenue and big media companies to research and develop better methods … Read the whole story
Last Thursday, InMobi acquired San Francisco-based startup MMTG Labs. This acquisition comes after InMobi took over SF-based Sprout, a mobile advertising company, last August. … Read the whole story
Demand Media, a Santa Monica-based online media company, has announced their new endeavour: eBooks. The comapny has launched two eBook series in the Pets … Read the whole story
Mobile marketplace Zaarly launched a tool Tuesday that allows publishers to connect local businesses with consumers looking for goods and services in spontaneous moments. … Read the whole story
Is TV Everywhere doomed? Some media industry analysts seem to think so. The broad experiment by pay-TV providers to offer their subscribers access to … Read the whole story