Elisabeth Murdoch Launches Mobile Video Venture
Having left the family business, Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert, is launching Vertical Networks. The company will focus on short-form video for mobile, Steven Perlberg and Keach Hagey report.
Google smashes through Web barrier to stream apps in search results
With Google’s dominant role in search under pressure in the quickly evolving mobile space, the company has thrown down the gauntlet by surfacing application-only content in search results and eliminating the need to install an app to take advantage of its offerings.
Facebook Allies With Google On Mobile App Search Front
Strange bedfellows, but common cause: Facebook will allow Google to search and index its mobile app, according to Google's parent company Alphabet. Some content from Facebook's app -- including information from public profiles -- will now turn up in Go...
YouTube’s Music app wields brawn, but user experience a challenge
The fierce battle for mobile users’ music-listening time just intensified thanks to YouTube’s new standalone music application, which brings significant reach and crucial industry relationships, but faces a hurdle in the sheer breadth of available content.
Forrester: Online To Climb To 14% Of Holiday Sales, Mobile As Driver
Holiday shoppers are going to be spending 11% more online this holiday season, according to new Forrester research. In all, that will total $95.5 billion, and online will account for 14% of sales in November and December, much of that increase driven b...