Executive Views

Facebook Page Redesign Chases ‘Frictionless’ Commerce: Harris

Facebook is tweaking the way businesses can present themselves using Pages, and one o...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Facebook’s Harris On The Collision Of Performance And Brand Advertising
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Advertisers Lagging Consumers On Mobile: IPG’s Johnson
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Taboola Adds AP To List Of Publisher Clients
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Addressable TV will Provide Unprecedented Granularity, SMG’s Scheppach
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Nokia Chases Its Own Gizmodo Over Russian Handset Leak
By Robert Andrews  
Analyst: UK Less Likely To Reap Mobile Spectrum Auction Windfall
Analyst Views
Analyst: UK Less Likely To Reap Mobile Spectrum Auction Windfall
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Mobile Firm Aspiro Off-Loading Entertainment Division
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Ok! Mag’s Location-Sharing Foray: A Celeb Stalking App
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Apple Isn’t ‘Recalling’ iPhone 4, But Should That Option Go On The Table?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
UK Mobile Networks Try A New TV Standard To Cope With Data Demand
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
More On Nokia’s Tablet: Apple’s Chinese Contractor Will Build It?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Weekend Video: IBM’s Augmented Reality Wimbledon App
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

‘Programmatic Creative’ Astounding On Mobile: Opera Mediaworks’ Griffin

The growth in “programmatic”, super-scientific targeting and trading of online ads ha...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Ditch Last-Click Attribution On Mobile: Google’s Carrington
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Embrace Unique Emerging Markets With Mobile: Medialets’ Glassberg
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Native Must Make Mobile Ads Relevant: Facebook’s Arnstein
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
WPP’s Sorrell Vows To ‘Up Tempo’ On Viewability Demands
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
iPhone 4 UK: On Usual Suspects, No Prices Yet, O2 Upgrades
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Mobile Agency Group MIG Buying Response Facilitator Piri
By Robert Andrews  
Broadband Content Bits: ITV Mobile Streams, Participation TV, Fetch TV
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: ITV Mobile Streams, Participation TV, Fetch TV
By Robert Andrews  
iPad News Figs: UK’s Times Sold 5,000, FT Shifted 130,000, WSJ 10,000 Subs
Company strategy
iPad News Figs: UK’s Times Sold 5,000, FT Shifted 130,000, WSJ 10,000 Subs
By Robert Andrews  
Broadband Content Bits: Blinkbox Vids, STV App, Dave Series, The FA
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: Blinkbox Vids, STV App, Dave Series, The FA
By Robert Andrews  
Mobile Content Bits: Times Apps, 3UK For iPad, Orange ID, Publishers Weekly
Company strategy
Mobile Content Bits: Times Apps, 3UK For iPad, Orange ID, Publishers Weekly
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
BBC Tries ‘Dollar-A-Week’ Radio Mobile App In U.S.
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
Russia’s Quintura Raises $1 Million For Mobile Visual Search
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

iBeacons Can Enable Precise Mobile Marketing: MEC’s Pasqua

AUSTIN — If you think you haven’t seen much evidence of location beacons’ use in a ma...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Screen Size Not The Only Mobile Responsive Variable: Adaptive’s Lynch
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Gaming Is The New Cinema: AdColony’s Barash
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Mexicans Embracing Mobile Video in Big Numbers: Azteca’s De Cervantes
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
The New York Times has Moved to HTML5 Player, Here’s Why
By Robert Andrews  
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Industry moves
Nokia Restructures, Adds CTO ‘To Accelerate Innovation’
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Everything Everywhere – The Crazy New Name For Orange, T-Mobile UK
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
BlackBerry Leads $10 Million VC In Mobile Web APIs Firm Aepona
By Robert Andrews  
Election 2010: Some Mobile Developers Put A Price On The Poll
Insights
Election 2010: Some Mobile Developers Put A Price On The Poll
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
WAC Begins The Difficult Road To Mobile Apps Unity
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
DMGT Turns To iPhone Developers In App Effort
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Vodafone, Not Google, Begins Selling UK Contract Nexus Ones
By Robert Andrews  
Mobile Content Bits: Crowdsourced App, Vodafone AppStar, O2 Netbooks
Company strategy
Mobile Content Bits: Crowdsourced App, Vodafone AppStar, O2 Netbooks
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

Mobiles Are Now Subscribers’ TVs & DVRs: Comcast’s Strauss

In the age of smart glass everywhere, what’s the difference between a TV and a phone ...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Bigger iPhone Will Unleash Small Video: ZenithOptimedia’s De Cruz
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
The Weather Channel Forecasts Mobile Engagement
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Nexage, Acquired By Millennial, Thinks Big On Mobile
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Ad Groups Look To Reimagine TV On Mobile Screens
By Robert Andrews  
Paperboy Mobile App Bridges Print-Online Newspaper Gap
Insights
Paperboy Mobile App Bridges Print-Online Newspaper Gap
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Alcatel-Lucent Joining Mobile Ad Rush As Permission Marketing Middleman
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Vodafone Will Bear Microsoft’s Kin In UK, Italy, Germany, Spain
By Robert Andrews  
App Round-Up: Sky News, Deutsche Telekom, Irish Times, Picasso
Company strategy
App Round-Up: Sky News, Deutsche Telekom, Irish Times, Picasso
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Google Buying Visual Art Seacher Plink; Its First UK Acquisition
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Nokia’s Location Spree Continues: Buying MetaCarta
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
iPad’s Early App Economy: Games Dominate, News Makes In-Roads
By Robert Andrews  
Vodafone Brings Mobile Web To Developing Markets With Opera Mini
Company strategy
Vodafone Brings Mobile Web To Developing Markets With Opera Mini
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

Mobile Ad Spend Lags Device Usage: SMG’s Easterbrook

LONDON — UK consumers are spending insane amounts of time on their phones. So why are...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
The Guardian to Relaunch Its Mobile App, Here’s Why
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Time.com Sees A Fifth Of Video Views From Mobile Web
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Nigerian News Consumers Jump Straight To Mobile First
By Robert Andrews  
Analyst Views
Mobile Is Killing Consoles’ TV Dreams: Author Lovell
By Robert Andrews  
Mobile Content Bits: Opera On iPhone, AND Ad Sales, Ofcom’s BT Rules
Company strategy
Mobile Content Bits: Opera On iPhone, AND Ad Sales, Ofcom’s BT Rules
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Wired iPad Edition Will Likely Be Cheaper Than Print
By Robert Andrews  
Research: Top iPhone Apps’ Average Price Is Falling
Market indicators
Research: Top iPhone Apps’ Average Price Is Falling
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Nuance Cans SpinVox Consumer Service, Canning Staff Too
By Robert Andrews  
Broadband Content Bits: Al Jazeera Free, Spotify On Sony Ericsson, ABC On Mobile VOD
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: Al Jazeera Free, Spotify On Sony Ericsson, ABC On Mobile VOD
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
GyPSii Raises Another $11 Million For Mobile Location Sharing
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
O2 Rises On Smartphone Usage, Telefonica Looks Strong
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
T-Mobile USA Focuses On Its Network As Rivals Take Share
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

AOL Set To Launch Mobile Native Ad Unit

BARCELONA — AOL will soon launch a native advertising unit aimed specifically at mobi...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Factual Enables Marketing Through ‘Anticipatory Computing’
By Robert Andrews  
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Apps Are Best For Mobile Marketing: Mindshare’s Johnston
By Robert Andrews  
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Messaging Could Light Up Mobile Monetization: InMobi’s Yu
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Tablets Aren’t Mobiles: Collective CEO Apprendi
By Robert Andrews  
UK Newspapers Want BBC Mobile Apps Blocked For ‘Undermining’ Them, BBC Disagrees
Company strategy
UK Newspapers Want BBC Mobile Apps Blocked For ‘Undermining’ Them, BBC Disagrees
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
SpinVox: Domecq Out, Nuance Will Downplay Consumer Offering
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Livestation Finally Hits iPhone With Live TV Streams
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
iPad’s Killer App: It Looks A Bit Like A Magazine
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Shazam Putting More Daylight Between Free And Paid
By Robert Andrews  
Rusbridger: ‘iPad Could Produce Significant Revenue Streams’
Company strategy
Rusbridger: ‘iPad Could Produce Significant Revenue Streams’
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
T-Mobile/Orange UK Merger Draws Competition Scrutiny
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
That Was Quick: Already, A Fund For iPad App Developers
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

InMobi’s Sarofian: Digital Marketing In ‘The Era Of You’

Mobile media are intensely personal. So how do marketers configured for an age of dem...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Time Inc To Launch Mobile Video Content Channel
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Dailymotion To Crack Mobile Programmatic In Next Few Weeks
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Weather Company’s Hadley: “Location Is The New Cookie”
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Vimeo Fast-Forwards Mobile Video Updates
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Sky Will Use iPhone To Beat BBC On Football Highlights
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Guardian.co.uk’s iPhone App Could Be A £2 Million-A-Year Business
By Robert Andrews  
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Industry moves
New-Look Skype Picks Flint For Chair, Gurle For Business VP
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Spotify-Google Link Just ‘Speculation’
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Google To Offer Nexus One On Vodafone In Europe
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Nokia’s New Mobile Chief: We’ll Match Apple, RIM By 2011
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Nuance Confirms Spinvox Acquisition For $102.5 Million
By Robert Andrews  
Network Upgrades Promised After iPhone ‘Explosion’
Company strategy
Network Upgrades Promised After iPhone ‘Explosion’
By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views

Mobile Ad Net InMobi Considering Its Video Options

CANNES — InMobi has been known as a big name in mobile advertising for most of its fi...

By Robert Andrews  
Executive Views
Adobe Finds Tablets Racing Ahead For Retailers
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
All-singing devices are eating up MP3 player sales
By Robert Andrews  
Interviews
Interview: Google expands mobile mag products amid web threat
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Sony puts animated .gif creation in more hands with mobile app
By Robert Andrews  
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Industry moves
Phorm’s UK Chief Pops Up At Mobile Web Firm Mippin
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Nokia’s 2010 Investor Targets: Symbian Revamp, Flat Market Share
By Robert Andrews  
Broadband Content Bits: Free Films Direct, MuZu.tv/O2, BBC MMS, 7digital
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: Free Films Direct, MuZu.tv/O2, BBC MMS, 7digital
By Robert Andrews  
BBC’s Increasingly Popular iPlayer Struggles To Hit Xbox, iPhone
Company strategy
BBC’s Increasingly Popular iPlayer Struggles To Hit Xbox, iPhone
By Robert Andrews  
Newspapers Courting Gadget Lovers? There’s An Ad For That
Company strategy
Newspapers Courting Gadget Lovers? There’s An Ad For That
By Robert Andrews  
O2 Launches A ‘People-Powered’ Network For The Social Age
Company strategy
O2 Launches A ‘People-Powered’ Network For The Social Age
By Robert Andrews  
Startup Trying Mobile Virtual Gifts With Christmas iPhone App
Company strategy
Startup Trying Mobile Virtual Gifts With Christmas iPhone App
By Robert Andrews  
Mobile Content Bits: Traffic Up, Science Museum, Fring Video Calls
Company strategy
Mobile Content Bits: Traffic Up, Science Museum, Fring Video Calls
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Yelp buys Europe’s Qype for $50 million to globalize its local reviews

Against the threat from Google’s own local listings, Yelp is beefing up through acqui...

By Robert Andrews  
Conference reports
Mobile boom means big challenges for Vevo’s global roll-out
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Movie streaming comes as part of UK’s pricey first 4G network
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Telcos’ digital services could earn little yet still be valuable
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Google, Yahoo see contrasting fortunes in South Korea
By Robert Andrews  
Football League Gives Mobile Content Store Contract
Company strategy
Football League Gives Mobile Content Store Contract
By Robert Andrews  
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Industry moves
Mobile Live Video Streamer Bambuser Finds Its New CEO At MySpace
By Robert Andrews  
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