- Samsung Dominates Day One CES Buzz
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Consumer electronics giant Samsung won the social media buzz during the first 24 hours of CES, according to an analysis released today by analytics firm Talkwalker. With 7,400 mentions, Samsu ...
- Google Creates Augmented Reality Beauty Experiences That Connect Customers, Brands
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 17, 2020
Augmented reality is behind Google's new beauty feature for mobile phones. L'Oreal, MAC Cosmetics, Black Opal and Charlotte Tilbury are participating in the rollout. ...
- Why Social Media Thrived In 2020
Social Media Insider, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Social media advertising formats generated 17% more ad sales in 2020 to reach $80 billion globally, according to a Magna report. ...
- Online's $3 Billion Shopping Days Driving Retail: Adobe
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 27, 2020
Since Sunday Adobe has seen spending of $14.5 billion, up 40.6% YoY, with each day this week bringing in more than $3 billion. Searches for shipping and curbside pickup contin ...
- Apple Announces M1 Chip For Mac -- What It Means For Advertisers
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, November 10, 2020
All aspects of the machine can now run on one chip that provides a unified architecture. All technologies can access the same data without having to switch between multiple poo ...
- Adobe Analytics Predicts Online Holiday Shopping Surge - How Email Marketers Can Cope
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, October 28, 2020
More people are shopping at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are Adobe Analytics' findings, along with tips on how email marketers can deal with the boom. ...
- For Amazon, Coca-Cola, Technology Moves To The Cloud As COVID-19 Forces Change
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
As companies from retailers to restaurants rethink contactless everything and begin to use mobile phones to transition the experience, is there performance data behind the change? ...
- Justice Department Sues Google For Search Anticompetitive Business Practices
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The DOJ is expected to file the "most aggressive U.S. legal challenge to a company's dominance in the tech sector in more than two decades." ...
- Apple iPhone 12 Gets A Faster Chip, 5G
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Advertisers got a boost with the announcement of the iPhone 12, which Apple said supports 5G. Higher network speeds will enable advertisers to do more with visuals and graphics. ...
- Hold For Me, Google Says
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 1, 2020
A feature coming to Google’s Pixel 5 smartphones lets people put their phone down and go about their business while waiting on hold. The feature launches today in the U. ...
- 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 order ...
- 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 ...
- 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 wi ...
- 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 conta ...
- 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 wor ...
- 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 h ...
- 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. ...
