Mobile gaming market turned upside down by Netflix
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 by Mike Gadd
Stranger Things have happened but at the beginning of November, the global streaming giant Netflix announced that it is moving into the mobile gaming market.
Though it's a low-key debut by Netflix standards, with just five mobile games initially available to download through its app on Android smartphones (with two focused on the entertainment juggernaut's 80...
5 million consumers will own PERS devices by 2024
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
New research from Parks Associates estimates more than 5 million consumers in the US will own PERS devices by 2024. Enabling Independence: Connected Solutions for seniors and Caregivers forecasts traditional and mobile PERS revenue will reach $1.1 billion in the same year.
The report Enabling Independence: Connected Solutions for Seniors and Caregivers assesses the a...
Advertisers are ditching the open market report from PubMatic says
Thursday, August 22, 2019 by Brittany Hainzinger
PubMatic has released the findings of its second Quarterly Mobile Index (QMI), highlighting three key Q2 2019 trends to provide both advertisers and publishers with insights around mobile advertising, leading to smarter programmatic strategies and future mobile opportunities.
Findings show a remarkable ecosystem push towards higher mobile inventory quality and buyer ...
TapSafe warranty app launches at CES
Monday, January 15, 2018 by Richard Harris
TapSafe, a new warranty app and platform, will help consumers find, identify and protect all of their connected devices. The new product, developed by AmTrust Innovation, the products and services innovation arm of AmTrust Financial, allows users to buy warranty protection and technical support for any connected devices. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of US households have...
STREAM from Lucktastic lets app marketers define and target US consumers
Monday, July 24, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Lucktastic, a free app that is crushing it with app rewards, has introduced the STREAM audience platform. STREAM gives marketers the ability to define and target mobile first US consumers using their proprietary first party data. Access to the STREAM is available immediately with the ability to apply segmentation across all of the unique native ad units within the app.“...
Lucktastic releases STREAM audience platform
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Lucktastic, a free app that is crushing it with app rewards, has introduced the STREAM audience platform. STREAM gives marketers the ability to define and target mobile first US consumers using their proprietary first party data. Access to the STREAM is available immediately with the ability to apply segmentation across all of the unique native ad units within the app.“...
The top 20 best cities to live if you are a gamer
Wednesday, June 21, 2017 by Richard Harris
With the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017 drawing large crowds to Los Angeles until June 15 and U.S. gaming revenues expected to exceed $25 billion this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub has released its report on 2017’s Best Cities for Gamers.
To determine the best places to be a serious gamer, WalletHub’s number crunchers compared the 100 l...
LiftMaster steps into home automation with their MyQ app
Monday, January 9, 2017 by Richard Harris
Throughout the next year, the number of U.S. households using smart home technology is expected to double to 30 million, according to a survey conducted by Xfinity. LiftMaster, a garage door opener and access solutions company, offers a simple way to turn any home into a smart home, providing control of the garage and multiple home devices all through one applicati...
GDC 2016 Industry Survey Shows 16 Percent of Developers Working on VR
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 by Richard Harris
Game developers are continuing to embrace the potential of virtual reality (VR) gaming as a recent survey shows that the development of VR titles has more than doubled among surveyed developers with 16 percent currently developing for VR, up from the 7 percent of developers said they were working on VR projects in last year’s survey.The survey, State of the Industry Sur...
An Interview with InMobi's Anshul Srivastava Reveals Her Perspective as a Female Developer
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with Anshul Srivastava who is a senior software engineer at InMobi, to get her perspective on app development. Anshul Srivastava joined InMobi 2012 and has helped build and implement algorithms for the programmatic unified marketplace.
Anshul has also built an Android app called 'Paintastic' under her developer alias 'Creativity Unlimi...
Eseye Connects Busy Households Christmas Deliveries With The Pelipod
Thursday, December 4, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Eseye is connecting its AnyNet SIM with the world’s first smart home delivery box called the Pelipod. The company made the announcement today as the Pelipod is the ideal solution for busy households throughout this holiday season to access deliveries using the smart home delivery box. The Pelipod is a pod which is located outside of a household. This...
Moving Past Facebook for Better Mobile Game Ad Targeting
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 by Fred Hsu
The mobile gaming industry has exploded over the last few years as Angry Birds and Candy Crush have made headlines around the world, and game advertisers are taking note. Many of these games have one thing in common: they are free-to-play, a model that has revolutionized monetization for gaming on mobile devices, opened up the industry to millions of players, and create...
Tapjoy and Experian Partner For Targeted Mobile App Marketing
Monday, July 21, 2014 by Richard Harris
Tapjoy and Experian have announced that Tapjoy’ mobile ad platform will be utilizing Experian Marketing Services’ cross-channel audience data set.Tapjoy will be using Experian’s ConsumerView database, developed and managed by Experian, which covers 98% of the U.S. population (299 million people and 116 million households). The database will give Tapjoy adverti...
TV Everywhere Being Used Most Inside iOS Apps Than Browsers
Thursday, June 5, 2014 by Richard Harris
Among the most surprising results to come out of Adobe’s new Q1 2014 Video Benchmark Report, which analyzes online TV (TV Everywhere) and non-authenticated online video trends, is that for the first time iOS apps have surpassed browsers as the most popular access point for online TV content achieving a 43 percent market share. Browsers fell behind with a 36 percent shar...
TVPlayer launches as a top free TV app
Monday, February 3, 2014 by Richard Harris
TVPlayer, the exciting new live television streaming app from Simplestream, has cemented its reputation as one of the top free apps of 2014 after notching up a landmark 250,000 downloads within just 28 days of launching.TVPlayer was a Top 40 downloaded app within 24 hours of appearing on the App Store and following on from the success of its BETA mobile app, TVPlayer to...
Republic of Korea Tops All Countries, Including US, in SKills with Information and Communication Technology
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 by Richard Harris
Not only does the Republic of Korea top the US, so does Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, UK, and Australia - put another shrimp on the barbie mate!
This comes from the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) 2013 Edition of Measuring the Information Society.
Highlights of the study include:
• Republic of Korea tops ICT ranking for 3rd year in a row• ...
Univision Adopts BlackBerry Q10 Use Throughout Media Properties
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Univision has announced that it has purchased 2,000 BlackBerry Q10 Smartphones for use by its employees in its 60 local broadcast TV stations and 70 radio stations in the US.
Univision Communications Inc. is a top media company serving Hispanic America. Its highest profile property is the Univision Network, one of the top five networks in the U.S. and the most-watched ...
Marmalade Extends Smart TV Support with Latest SDK Update
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 by Richard Harris
Marmalade SDK now offers full support for the latest Roku streaming platform, allowing games and apps that are made with Marmalade to target both Roku 2 and 3 players, as well as Roku Streaming Stick, from today. This announcement builds on Marmalade's existing support for Roku 2 streaming players. Also available to qualifying Marmalade developers* is functionality...
Google is encouraging developers to create better tablet apps
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 by Richard Harris
Google's Nexus 10 has impressive specs and software, but needs more native Android tablet appsGoogle's latest Nexus-branded tablet, the Samsung-made Nexus 10, is as impressive in the flesh as its specs are on paper (well, blog post).It's light, with an excellent screen, powerful processor, and a strong suite of Google apps and services. And the apps? Well...
