With Opera Mediaworks’ mobile advertising business up 41 percent year-over-year and video – one area of focus – a growing trend, the platform’s parent company is considering a $1.2 billion acquisition offer from a consortium of Chinese companies.
Today in mobile marketing – Pandora is said to have held talks about selling itself; Disrupting banks? Go see what they're doing at the patent office; HBO Now slow to catch on with cord-cutters; Virtual reality learns how to get into the classroom.
Mobile Commerce Daily today - Top 8 complaints about mobile shopping reveal persistent issues; Dunkin’ Donuts targets the lovestruck with Facebook Live, geofilters.
Luxury Daily today - Dior creates individualized beauty experience in stores; Children’s wear market growth immune to economic fluctuations: report.
Mobile Commerce Daily today - Kmart, Sears embrace mobile’s exclusivity with inventory scanning, sales alerts; MasterCard supports mobile lending, password-free authentication startups for next-gen innovations.
Luxury Daily today - Georg Jensen makes love connections in social effort; Chanel, Hermès rank as top brands worth premium pricing: survey.
Today in mobile marketing – Here's what will replace the iPhone, says Apple analyst Gene Munster; Cheap smartphones to propel app spending past $100B; Stephen Pratt, head of IBM’s new artificial-intelligence group, leaves; Facebook adds easy captioning to video ads in latest push for TV dollars.
Mobile Commerce Daily today - Pizza Hut scores Super Bowl sales touchdown with mobile orders; Visa catches up to competitors with transaction control mobile alerts.
Luxury Daily today - Versace spreads the love with branded emoji creator; Department stores still need to hone omnichannel approach: L2.
Today in mobile marketing – Valentine's Day spending moves to mobile, and women lead the way; Amazon Japan launches free sommelier phone service; Andy Rubin unleashed Android on the world. Now watch him do the same with AI; Facebook told by France to stop collecting non-user data.