Google has announced its “mobile-first” indexing of the web is now starting to roll out, after a year and a half of testing and experimentation. Back in 2016, Google first detailed its plan to change the way its search index operates, explaining how its algorithms would eventually be shifted to use the mobile version of […]
Traveloka, one of Asia’s leading booking apps for flights and hotels, has proved that the festive guilt trip is something we can all relate to. Working in collaboration with Y&R Indochina, the travel giant launched its first campaign for Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), playing on the well-known stereotype of parents guilt-tripping their children […]
“No touching!” The phrase is the bane of many children who find themselves in museums meant to teach them how to appreciate art … but instead teach them they’re bulls in china shops. This must be all the more frustrating for the blind, who mostly can’t conceive of the art at all if they can’t […]
Twitter has followed the leads of Facebook and Google by banning cryptocurrency advertising on its platform. “We are committed to ensuring the safety of the Twitter community. As such, we have added a new policy for Twitter Ads relating to cryptocurrency,” the company says. “Under this new policy, the advertisement of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) […]
Nike plans to test a mobile app that will recognize shoppers when they enter stores, let them scan for product availability in their area and check out and pay without waiting in line. CEO Mark Parker announced the plans recently in an earnings call that said the company’s sales grew 7% to $9 billion in fiscal […]
Spotify has restated key usage metrics for 2017 leading up to its IPO next month, claiming it recently discovered 2 million users had been accessing the free version of the streaming-music service using unauthorized apps that blocked ads. “On March 21, 2018, we detected instances of approximately two million users as of December 31, 2017, […]
As we get set to reveal this year’s Lovely Mobile Rankings, Report & Awards that looks back and celebrates mobile marketing done in the past year, the editorial team at Lovely Mobile News decided to give you — our viewers — an exclusive sneak peek. So, here are our picks for The Lovely Mobile Leaders of 2018, […]
While FACT-Finder already holds a number of technology patents in the field of ecommerce and machine learning, the company’s latest patent introduces not just a new technology, but a whole new approach to online shopping. By learning from each individual customer’s previous behaviour, and also from all other customers, FACT-Finder is able to predict which […]
As Facebook continues to endure intense criticism over the how its handles user data, the social network has decided to roll out a change to news feeds across the globe. The change, which was introduced to the US back in January, will see local news prioritised on the news feed in all countries, in all […]
With the increasing penetration of smartphones, data becoming affordable and ever-growing availability of content, 80 percent of internet users across all age-groups in the country are accessing YouTube, according to Google India. The Google-owned company highlighted how YouTube is associated with India’s internet growth story at the “Brandcast 2018” event as it celebrated its 10th […]