India downloaded more apps than the US in 2017, a new report by app analytics provider App Annie has revealed. Riding on increased smartphone penetration and dirt-cheap 4G data access, India accounted for nearly 58 billion of the world’s 175 billion app downloads in 2017. Only China, the world’s largest internet market, is ahead with […]
A new report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight says that the ten leading global mobile operator groups have a combined market share of 76 percent in cellular IoT. The top players reported a combined active base of 407 million cellular IoT connections at the end of H1-2017. China Mobile was number one with […]
InMobi, one of the world’s largest independent mobile advertising platform, announced the acquisition of AerServ for $90 million in cash and stock to create the industry’s first mediation platform with a unified programmatic auction for mobile in-app publishers. This acquisition will enhance monetisation for publishers globally and further enhance the InMobi Exchange, a premium mobile […]
More than 58% of video plays globally – a record – occurred on mobile devices in the third quarter of 2017, per the Q3 2017 Global Video Index released by Ooyala, a leading provider of software and services that simplify the complexity of producing, streaming and monetising video. This represents the sixth consecutive quarter in which […]
Tapad, a leader in cross-device marketing technology, announced a new global partnership with Sizmek, the largest independent buy-side advertising platform delivering impressions that inspire. By integrating the Tapad Device Graph, Sizmek will enhance its AI-powered predictive capabilities to deliver accurate, cross-device messaging at global scale in a privacy-safe environment. Combined with Sizmek’s existing data enablement, creative […]
Black Friday 2017 is heading toward being the biggest mobile shopping day so far, as increased time spent in-app leads to more dollars spent across the retail spectrum. Total time spent on shopping apps on Android devices is set to grow by over 45 per cent in the US from the two years prior, according […]
The global adoption of marketing attribution has increased though majority of business still struggle to act on insights, according to a new survey. The research, from Econsultancy and AdRoll, quizzed 1,000 brand marketers and agencies across Europe, North America, Japan and Asia-Pacific. The 2017 State of Marketing Attribution report provides detailed insight into a marketer’s perspective […]
TMW Unlimited has created a new digital campaign for the GSMA, the global body that represents mobile operators, to show how the power of mobile connectivity makes a difference in people’s lives around the world. In 2015, the UN set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an ambitious agenda to eradicate poverty, fight inequality and […]
GroupM, the media investment management group of WPP, has announced the global rollout of viewability standards to support continued investment in digital media. Viewability is a measure of a digital ad’s opportunity to be seen, and since 2014 which GroupM claims to have championed. Key clients are supporting the demand for enhanced viewability and measurement in digital advertising, including Unilever, Campbell […]
Global smartphone demand totalled 347 million units in 2Q17, up four percent year-on-year, marking the strongest second quarter on record, according to new research. The study, from GfK, indicates that emerging Asian countries led the demand growth with a 13 percent year-on-year increase, followed by Central and Eastern Europe at 11 percent, and Latin America […]