Mobile minutes: T-Mobile, Velti, Google, BBC Radio
Today in mobile marketing - T-Mobile's no-money-down iPad offer requires $20 monthly plan for new customers; Velti announces agreement to sell mobile marketing businesses in U.S., U.K. and India to affiliates of GSO Capital Partners LP; Google’s Niantic Labs to launch massive augmented reality game on Dec. 14; BBC Radio 1 aims to "crack smartphone generation" by embracing video.
Louis Vuitton animates print campaigns with new mobile app – Luxury Daily
Luxury Daily today - Louis Vuitton animates print campaigns with new mobile app; Louis Vuitton briskly transitions to Nicolas Ghesquière as creative director.
BlackBerry bets on software to return to mobile spotlight
While BlackBerry is once again trying to execute a successful turnaround, this time the focus is likely to be more on rebuilding its strength on the enterprise side through software services than on trying to drive consumer hardware sales.
Twitter News Users: Young, Mobile, Educated
Nearly one-in-ten U.S. adults (8%) get news through Twitter, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center, in collaboration with the Knight Foundation. Compared with the 30% of Americans who get news on Facebook, Twitter news consumers s...
Lee Enterprises Readies For Mobile Future
At newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises, the future is mobile, according to James Green, the company's VP of digital. Green sees the need for Lee to monetize mobile, where 40% of its readers are now consuming content. "We have a tremendous opportunity t...
St. Regis colors in Family Traditions campaign with top blogger visits – Luxury Daily
Luxury Daily today - St. Regis colors in Family Traditions campaign with top blogger visits; Dior favors heritage to ecommerce on redesigned Web site.
Mobile minutes: Horizontal mobile, app store revenue, Asia tablets, deep-linking
Today in mobile marketing - Mobile’s bold move to horizontal; Games drive the most revenue on Apple's App Store and Google Play; Asia tablet makers take a bite out of Apple; Google’s search results can deep-link to your Android apps.
Google Wallet makes gains against Passbook in mobile loyalty
As Google Wallet ramps up its efforts in loyalty programs, it is slowly inching towards the ranks of Passbook and giving the Apple alternative to mobile payments a run for its money.