IronSource launches ad engagement intelligence tool for mobile apps

IronSource launches ad engagement intelligence tool for mobile apps

Above: IronSource is providing better analytics for ad mediation. Image Credit: IronSource IronSource is launching a new ad engagement tool to provide developers with better analytics for their mobile apps and games. The tool for IronSource’s ad mediation platform provides developers with unique user data and placement performance to further maximize in-app experiences and revenue. Demand […]

Greek mobile advertising startup Avocarrot bought for 20 million dollars

Greek mobile advertising startup Avocarrot bought for 20 million dollars

Greek mobile advertising startup Avocarrot has been bought by adtech company Glispa Global Group for 20 million dollars, that’s likely a mixture of cash and stock. Avocarrot offers a monetization solution for mobile apps via less intrusive advertising dubbed “native advertising”. Native ads take the look and feel of existing app content, so they feel […]

comScore Introduces Mobile Audience Campaign Reporting in Canada and the United Kingdom

comScore Introduces Mobile Audience Campaign Reporting in Canada and the United Kingdom

Launch Enables More Comprehensive Measurement of Campaign Demographics and GRPs within comScore vCE comScore today announced the expansion of its mobile demographic reporting capabilities in validated Campaign Essentials™ (vCE®) to Canada and the United Kingdom. Through the addition of demographic data partners, including recently-added Spotify, this latest vCE release brings mobile advertising into alignment with […]

Snapchat adopts Facebook-style ad targeting like email, mobile device matching

Snapchat adopts Facebook-style ad targeting like email, mobile device matching

Snapchat will allow brands to target ads based on people’s email addresses, people who resemble those defined groups and the type of content they view. Snapchat is rolling out new ad targeting options that challenge its anti-creepy advertising stance and could be used to execute the type of retargeting that Snapchat really doesn’t like. Snapchat […]

InSkin Media Launches New Mobile Ad Format

InSkin Media Launches New Mobile Ad Format

According to the company, the new PageSkin Edge smartphone ad format is purpose-built to more effectively monetise mobile web content and overcome ad blocking, while also returning outstanding engagement and viewability figures. PageSkin Edge wraps around the top and right-hand sides of mobile web content, with an animated element that accompanies the reader down the […]

Japanese mobile carrier turns stores into Pokemon Go locations

Japanese mobile carrier turns stores into Pokemon Go locations

Brief: Pokemon Go creator Niantic has partnered with Japanese telecom SoftBank Group to turn 3,700 of the mobile carriers’ stores into PokeStops and PokeGyms in the Pokemon Go game. The move boosted SoftBank shares by 1.6% and Nintendo shares 3.3%, according to Bloomberg. McDonald’s Japan was the first brand to jump on the PokeStop bandwagon with a deal […]

How mobile payment apps can work as marketing tools

How mobile payment apps can work as marketing tools

(c)iStock.com/Petar Chernaev Mobile payments are exploding. With the number of users forecast to grow by 62% to almost a fifth of smartphone users in the US this year, according to eMarketer, the value of proximity mobile transactions is expected to surge to $27bn in 2016. The boom has been a long time coming. But now […]