Facebook profit soars as mobile ads account for 88% of revenue

Facebook profit soars as mobile ads account for 88% of revenue

Facebook saw its quarterly profit rise 79% with revenues up nearly 50% in the third quarter as marketers poured money into Facebook’s mobile advertising offerings. The social network’s power to target and influence users has come under the spotlight by the US election scandal. The political storm in the United States over how Facebook, Twitter […]

Alphabet revenue jumps 24% on mobile ad growth

Alphabet revenue jumps 24% on mobile ad growth

Alphabet Inc on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected advertising sales and higher operating margins, driving shares up in after-hours trading as investors brushed off concerns about higher costs for acquiring mobile customers. The company’s shares were up nearly 3 percent at $1,020 after the bell. They have gained 25 percent this year.Third-quarter revenue for Alphabet, the parent […]

Mobile Advertising Market to be Worth More Than US$ 120 Billion by End 2022

Mobile Advertising Market to be Worth More Than US$ 120 Billion by End 2022

The proliferation of social media, affordable smartphones, and rapidly improving 4G LTE network infrastructure in emerging economies have all directly benefited the mobile advertising market. Large technology giants such as Facebook and Google consider it to be the future of advertising and have invested big bucks to increase the overall visibility of the mobile advertising […]

TabMo Partners with Integral Ad Science to Give Marketers an Integrated, Mobile-first Approach to Brand Safety, Fraud and Viewability Measurement

TabMo Partners with Integral Ad Science to Give Marketers an Integrated, Mobile-first Approach to Brand Safety, Fraud and Viewability Measurement

TabMo, the first mobile DSP combining programmatic ad buying with proprietary creative ad units, and Integral Ad Science (IAS), the global measurement and analytics company that builds verification, optimisation, and analytics solutions to empower the advertising industry, today announce a pre-bid integration on TabMo’s Hawk platform. Through this partnership, Hawk gives online marketers improved brand […]

Innity releases new mobile ad formats

Innity releases new mobile ad formats

Innity, leading online media and ad tech provider in APAC today added five new mobile ad formats to its mobile advertising offerings – Mobile Cube, Mobile Grow, Mobile Cards, Mobile Underlay and Mobile Canvas, allowing advertisers the opportunity to reach target audience on mobile devices. Mobile Cube: The ad is displayed as a 3D cube […]

Middle East marketers look to mobile

Middle East marketers look to mobile

Marketers across the Middle East have developed mobile marketing strategies and find it easy to buy mobile advertising, but a new study suggests that more work needs to be done on creating mobile-friendly sites and integrating mobile with other marketing activities. The State of The Industry: Mobile Marketing in The Middle East report, from WARC and […]

M&C Saatchi Mobile debuts in India

M&C Saatchi Mobile debuts in India

M&C Saatchi Mobile, a full service mobile media agency that operates globally, has debuted in India, setting up two offices in New Delhi and Bengaluru. The company begins operations with two flagship clients, Ola and Swiggy. The move to India has given the mobile media company a footprint into a market with enormous potential for […]

70% of programmatic display ad dollars going to mobile

70% of programmatic display ad dollars going to mobile

According to the World Bank, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account for about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide. A significant part of economic growth comes from SMEs in emerging markets, and a key part of this growth is closely related to marketing budgets. According to Hulya Altunbas (pictured below), CFO, […]