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Quick Hits: AdBlock Blocks Fewer Ads, Amazon Aces a Test of the Cloud
ADOTAS – AdBlock Plus developer Wladimir Palant announced last week the popular ad-blocking plugin is going to begin blocking fewer ads — at least in its default settings. AdBlock Plus 2.0 allows for “non-intrusive” ads — that is, ads that are static (preferably text-only) and, as such, have no audio or [...] more...
Justice Department Delays AT&T/T-Mobile Antitrust Case
ADOTAS – The U.S. Justice Department wants to postpone its antitrust case aiming to block ‘s AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile, and today Justice Department attorney Joseph Wayland proposed that delay in court. The trial was originally scheduled to begin in February of 2012. According to Wayland’s statement, because AT&T withdrew [...] more...
AT&T, T-Mobile & Verizon to Invest $100 Million in Isis Mobile Commerce System
ADOTAS – Although Google summoned a lot of fanfare to launch its digital Wallet, a mobile commerce solution that employed NFC technology and the Android mobile operating system, even if you squinted really hard, it was obvious that the application was limited (which is really too kind an adjective). The age [...] more...
Examining the M-Commerce Landscape After eBay’s Zong Acquisition
ADOTAS – Last holiday season, eBay witnessed a 134% year-over-year growth in U.S. m-commerce sales between Nov. 25 to Dec. 25, resulting in $100 million in gross merchandise value (GMV). As smartphone proliferation ramps up, eBay is expecting even more m-commerce business — hence why yesterday its PayPal unit acquired Zong, which [...] more...
AT&T-T-Mobile Deal Will Accelerate Consumer Smartphone Embrace
ADOTAS - And then there were three — major mobile shakeup over the weekend as AT&T agreed to fork over a $39 billion dowry to Deutsche Telecom for little T-Mobile, but the two will only get to the altar if the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission grant them [...] more...
Google Doubling Down on NFC While Apple Passes
ADOTAS - According to Bloomberg, Google will be test-driving a mobile payment service using near-field communication (NFC) technology at retail locations in New York and San Francisco in the coming four months. Though the companies remained tight-lipped, Sources told the business newswire that Google will thousands of VeriFone Systems’ cash-register components at retail locations [...] more...
Verizon Gets iPhone, But What About Young Android?
ADOTAS – I feel like I’ve dreamt this moment so many times — come next month, Verizon subscribers will finally be able to bring home iPhones. Oh, and get this — the Verizon iPhone features personal hotspots, allowing a user to share a data connection via wifi with up to [...] more...
iPhone Still Handedly Beating Android
ADOTAS – It might feel like 2010 was the year of Android as Google boasts 300,000 Android devices activated daily, Nielsen found that Android devices were most popular with first-time smartphone buyers and the monthly OS ad impression share tied the previously dominant iOS on Millennial Media’s mobile ad network. But [...] more...
Verizon Will Skip Revamped Microsoft Mobile OS Launch — UPDATED
ADOTAS – Update, Friday 12:20 p.m.: A source tells Silicon Alley Insider that Microsoft decided months ago, after the Kin debacle, that it wouldn’t go with Verizon as a launch partner for the Windows Phone 7. I’m guessing there’s some bad, bad blood there…. Hey, let’s add a little insult to [...] more...
AT&T’s Mobile Data Cap Is Not End of World
ADOTAS – Can you hear the iPhone fanatics screaming? Oh mah gawd! AT&T is stripping unlimited data usage from me! Take my money, then my data? You telecom bastards! As readers may know, I’m not the biggest fan of AT&T — find someone in New York that doesn’t complain endlessly about [...] more...
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- Funding in Brief: $10M for Spongecell, $8M for Prolexic February 9th 2012 ADOTAS – Rich media ad company Spongecell has raised $10 million [...] more »
- Google AdMob Axes Minimum Bids, Targeting Fees February 9th 2012 ADOTAS - As of Feb. 15, Google will change its [...] more »
- Infographic: HootSuite Analyses Social Media Impact of Super Bowl Ads February 7th 2012 ADOTAS - So, it’s the Tuesday after the Super Bowl, [...] more »
- Facebook to Serve Mobile Ads in Coming Weeks February 6th 2012 ADOTAS – According to a Financial Times report, Facebook will [...] more »
- Survey: 39 Percent of Mobile Users Responded to Super Bowl Ads Via Mobile February 6th 2012 ADOTAS - During the Super Bowl yesterday, mobile ad network [...] more »
- Sponsormob Leads the Way Into RTB for Mobile February 3rd 2012 ADOTAS – For more than half a decade, Berlin-based tech [...] more »
- Weird Study: Mobile Purchasing While in the Bathroom on the Rise February 3rd 2012 DM CONFIDENTIAL - According to 11mark, three-quarters of Americans with mobile [...] more »
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Sponsormob Leads the Way Into RTB for MobileADOTAS – For more than half a decade, Berlin-based tech firm Sponsormob has remained relevant in an industry characterized by [...] more...
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