Google has severed its relationship with ComboTag, the Israeli startup that sourced buyers for Adblock Plus’ recently launched Acceptable Ads Platform. “We were just as surprised as you were and certainly don’t want to be in a business relationship that [supports this],” Google’s SVP of ads and commerce, Sridhar Ramaswamy, told reporters at DMEXCO in […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
Above: Trophit enables pre-registration campaigns on mobile. Trophit and Adways have teamed up to create entice users to adopt new apps using PreLaunch.Me, a platform for pre-registering users for games and apps on both iOS and Google Play. Tel Aviv-based marketing startup Trophit and Tokyo digital marketing firm Adways are joining forces on PreLaunch.Me to […]
Campaigns exhibiting creativity and effectiveness, along with technical sophistication and consumer relevance from around the EMEA region compete to win coveted MMA EMEA Smarties™ Awards. The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) EMEA has revealed the finalists for the MMA EMEA 2016 Smarties™ Awards, a shortlist that celebrates the talent and companies that have harnessed the power […]
CREDIT: Getty Images Snapchat’s messages may disappear, but the company’s advertising dollars are starting to pile up. The Los Angeles startup is nearly on pace to cross $1 billion in annual revenue by the end of next year, according to a forecast released Monday. By selling video ads, sponsored geo-filters and sponsored augmented-reality lenses, Snapchat […]