Tag Archives: Usability
Carnival of the Mobilists #206
January 13, 2010, by mobiThinking
It's a baptism by fire for mobiThinking, stepping in at the last minute to host this, our first Carnival of the Mobilists. But it's a pleasure and an education to read and share the best of the mobile blogs from the past week (or so)... Read More
Why is Apple buying mobile ad network Quattro Wireless?
January 6, 2010, by mobiThinking
Apple is the fifth heavyweight to snap up a mobile ad network with the acquisition of Quattro Wireless (according to the Quattro blog on Tuesday). That's right: fifth. It's another huge endorsement of mobile advertising. Though what's significant about Apple is that, up to now, it hasn't shown any interest in advertising, mobile or otherwise... Read More
Dear FTC, if you probe Google’s purchase of AdMob, please end speculation: give us real market share of mobile ad networks
December 21, 2009, by mobiThinking
If numerous press reports are to be believed the FTC plans to investigate Google's proposed acquisition of AdMob. If so the FTC has the opportunity to request revenue figures from the 15-20 big mobile ad networks serving the US market, hitherto unavailable to all those mobile pundits that have been speculating about who is the biggest. This means the FTC can put a stop to all the speculation… speculation that is unhelpful to a) Google/AdMob who don't want to be seen as dominant; b) all the other networks that serve the US market; c) advertisers and publishers that might be mislead into thinking size is everything when choosing an ad network... Read More
MMA Global Awards: the winners, with links to the best mobile campaigns in the business
November 18, 2009, by mobiThinking
UPDATE: 20 July, 2010 This page has been moved here, where it has been updated with lots of videos and even more links. Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Global Awards. Learn how global brands such as Fanta/Coca-Cola, Pizza Hut, Trident, Puma, Carefree, Kraft Foods, Chiclets, Cadbury, Pepsi, Sony, UPS, Vodafone and ESPN use mobile... Read More
Google buys AdMob – putting it in context and asking the experts
November 10, 2009, by mobiThinking
Google, we salute you: the mobile Internet/marketing fraternity is jubilant. The world’s biggest search-engine company has put its money (or shares) where its mouth is, paying US$750 million for mobile advertising network AdMob... Read More
