- Chamber of Commerce, Lyft, Home Depot And Others Back Facebook In Battle Over Texts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 14, 2020
"Consumers want real-time communications from businesses: e.g., text messages about when to expect drivers; alerts about new deals or promotions; or communications with shoppers who cannot find the originally ordered ...
- Retail, Marketing Video Views, Time Watched Up Triple Digits In Q2
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Not surprisingly, computers lost share to smartphones and CTV. And CTV, while still commanding small shares, showed the largest growth percentages. ...
- Why Apple And Google Are Turning Your Phone Into A Randomly Generated Sequence Of Numbers
Mobile Insider, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Apple and Google have teamed up for a seamless solution for COVID-19 tracing that seems like a pretty good solution for other forms of anonymized identity tracking. ...
- Try, Try Again: Samsung Unveils Its New $2,000 Folding Phone
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Samsung is now taking orders for the most expensive smartphone on the market that updates and improves the phone whose introduction last year was one hot mess. The Galaxy Z ...
- Just Like The Bigger Guys, Cricket Now Offers 5G Too
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, August 31, 2020
Cricket wireless is telling consumers it now has 5G service in two spots that subtly concede being cutting-edge is not really their smartphone neighborhood. ...
- Verizon 5G 360-Degree Camera To Perform At Indianapolis 500
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 21, 2020
5G changes the way broadcasters and content producers create events, enabling them to produce them from anywhere with more unique camera angles and control the view from a smartphone with ...
- Google 'Spying' On People's App Use, Lawsuit Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 6, 2020
Google employees "spy" on smartphone users, collecting their sensitive data and information about their use of other companies' apps, New York resident Robert McCoy alleges in a new class-action compla ...
- Google Launches Nearby Share, Years After Apple Releases Its Basic Feature AirDrop
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Nearby Share shows users a list of devices nearby. Once the device is selected, the recipient will receive an alert to accept or decline the file. ...
- CNN's Facebook Watch 'Go There' Show Nears 1 Billion Views
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, July 23, 2020
An episode published January 24 featuring on-the-ground reporting in Wuhan, China, became the most-watched hard news Facebook video in the last 10 years. ...
- Verizon Ads Mislead About 5G Availability, Watchdog Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Verizon should "discontinue claims communicating that its 5G service is widely available in cities across the country," the National Advertising Division recommends in an opinion released Tuesday. ...
- Supreme Court To Take Up Robotexting Fight
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 9, 2020
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide whether Facebook may have violated a robotexting law by sending unwanted messages to a Montana resident. ...
- 40% Of Global SVOD Subscriptions To Come Via Smartphones By 2025
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, July 7, 2020
The average smartphone SVOD subscriber will pay for 1.8 such subscriptions, on average, projects Digital TV Research. ...
- Apple Poised To Regain Market Share
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, May 11, 2020
Did company strategists know the mass market appetite for a $1,000 phone was nearing its end? ...
- Supreme Court Wrestles With Text-Messaging Law
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 7, 2020
The Supreme Court heard arguments about whether to strike down the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits companies from robotexting and robocalling cell phones without consumers' consent. ...
- Startup Prepares To Battle Apple, Google Over COVID-19 Tracing Patent Rights
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 7, 2020
Apple and Google may be in line for a patent-infringement battle. Blyncsy, a Utah-based startup, claims it holds the patents to trace people via smartphones who have come in contact ...
- Court Revives Lawsuit Accusing Apple Of Duping iPhone Purchasers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Apple must face claims that it duped consumers about the amount of storage capacity in iPhones and iPads, a federal appellate court ruled this week. ...
- Republican Senators To Introduce COVID-19 Privacy Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 30, 2020
The "COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act" would require companies to obtain people's express consent before collecting or sharing data for contact tracing. ...
- Pandemic Turns Morning Into Prime Time, Digital Device Usage Soars
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, April 30, 2020
The period from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. has become the new prime time as many Americans turn to their digital devices, computers, tablets, smartphones and connected TVs for work, ...
- Smartphones Have Revolutionized Email Marketing: Analysis
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Email marketing has undergone many changes since its inception. But one that has revolutionized the channel is the emergence of the smartphone. Here is an analysis of how mobile has ...
- Smart Streetlights Fail To Deliver
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Three years and $30 million later, smart streetlights in San Diego have yet to deliver on their promise. ...
- Google-Apple Contact Tracing Plan Meets With Skepticism
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Just 50% of smartphone owners said they were likely to use the new Google-Apple contact tracing app, and respondents expressed doubt that tech companies could keep data anonymous. By contrast, ...
- Back Off! My SocialSafety Smartphone Is Beeping
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, April 27, 2020
When one co-worker gets less than six feet away from another, their smartphones start to vibrate and beep. ...
- Apple, Google Address Privacy Concerns Around COVID-19 Tracing On Mobile
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, April 26, 2020
The Australian Government on Sunday officially launched its Contact Tracing app, COVIDSafe, using the software based on the Singapore Ministry of Health and Government Technology Agency's TraceTogether software. It relies ...
- Google-Apple Contact Tracing Plan Poses 'Alarming' Privacy Risk, Sen. Hawley Warns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 21, 2020
"Your materials state that the data necessary for this project will be anonymized. But anonymity in data is notoriously unstable," Hawley says in a letter to the companies. ...
- 80% Will Need To Download COVID-19 Tracing App
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 17, 2020
The University of Oxford's Big Data Institute has crunched the numbers and calculated that a COVID-19 tracing app could halt the spread of the disease but would need four in ...
- Android Users Battling Google Can't Seek Intervention By Appeals Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 16, 2020
A group of Android users have lost another round in a privacy battle with Google over alleged location tracking. ...
- Apple Launches Second-Generation iPhone SE
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, April 16, 2020
Apple is taking order for a second-generation iPhone SE from this Friday, according to "City A.M." The new phone will be the company's most affordable, retailing from GBP419. ...
- Apple Intros $399 iPhone SE
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Apple today introduced a new iPhone SE with a starting price of $399 to target first-time smartphone buyers. ...
- Samsung's Resilience Amid Pandemic: Q1 Revs Forecast To Hit $45 Billion
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Analysts are attributing Samsung's resilience to its booming semiconductor business, which was already a cash cow for the company. ...
- Google Questioned By Senators Over COVID-19 Reports
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
"No one should fear that their phone is monitoring their every step," Sens. Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal wrote Tuesday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. ...
