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• 2012: M-Commerce Up 81% To $25B by Mark Walsh

  Rising adoption of smartphones and tablets helped U.S. commerce grow 81% last year to nearly $25 billion, according to a new eMarketer report. ...Read the whole story

• Marin, IgnitionOne See Paid-Search Spend On Tablets Surpass Smartphones by Laurie Sullivan

  Advertisers investing in search ads through Marin Software and IgnitionOne spent more on tablets compared with smartphones during the fourth quarter of 2012, despite comScore's estimate that 120 million U.S. consumers own smartphones, up from 30 million in the past year. ...Read the whole story

• Borrell: Online Ads To Surge 31% by Mark Walsh

  A new forecast from Borrell Associates suggests 2013 will be a big year for local online advertising. The firm projects revenue will surge almost 31% this year -- from $18.7 billion to $24.5 billion as more small and medium-sized businesses shift ad spending to digital from traditional media. ...Read the whole story

• Twitter Combines Human Factor, New Tech To Refine Real-Time Search by Laurie Sullivan

  Twitter has integrated human intelligence to help evaluate search results, such as the meaning of trending hashtags and why specific topics relate to intent. ...Read the whole story

• Yahoo Sued For Text Spam by Wendy Davis

  Yahoo has been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit for allegedly sending SMS messages to users without their consent. ...Read the whole story

• retail Target Strikes Back Against Showrooming by Sarah Mahoney

  The Minneapolis-based retailer, which began testing price-matching against specific competitors over the holidays, says the now-year-round program will make it easier for shoppers to know they are getting the best deal around. ...Read the whole story

Tablets Could - And Should - Be Driving Even More Of The 'M-Commerce' Charge by Steve Smith

Given the obvious power of the tablet device and use case in e-commerce, it is amazing that both retailers and the Tablet OSes have not done more to optimize t-shopping. ...More

• Programmers' Second-Screen Love Affair Threatens TV Ad Effectiveness by John R. Osborn

  There has always been an unnamed conflict of interest within the historic television business model, because a program's ratings stand in as a surrogate for commercial ratings -- which are never actually known. So as traditional TV networks spend money and use technology to "drive viewers" to programs, the old model says that is good for advertisers. In fact, it is mostly good for TV programmers and distributors because they can charge more (more impressions = more revenue against a negotiated CPM). ...More

• Aereo Forges Ahead Despite Legal Battles, Practical Hurdles by Wendy Davis

  Barry Diller's cord-cutting service Aereo is fighting for its life in court. But not even the threat that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals will shutter the service has stopped the company from raising an additional $38 million in order to expand into 22 new cities. Of course, investors have funded riskier companies than Aereo before. But in this case, it's not clear whether Aereo can ever be profitable even if it survives the legal challenge it's facing. ...More