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GUEST: When Instagram first announced it was going to open its doors to all advertisers, my mobile marketing agency was extremely enthusiastic about the new mobile marketing platform that’s become available and went straight to work. Here’s what we learned from our first campaign on the social network. Our very first lesson was that if you’re […]... →

Popular task management service Todoist has been hard at work on a new brand identity and a revamped web app. These two updates bring feature and design parity between the iOS, Android and web versions of the service. Read More... →

Mobile gaming has by far made the greatest impact on — and effected the most change overall in — the gaming industry. From a dollars and cents perspective, mobile gaming revenue is projected to surpass console game revenue in 2015 to the tune of $30.3 billion versus $26.4 billion, with ongoing growth in mobile-device sales only driving this trend forward in 2016 and beyond. Read More... →

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella today unveiled a new integration of its Cortana Analytics Suite into Salesforce, bringing natural-language voice search, predictive analytics, and dashboards. Microsoft has developed the integration in partnership with independent startup Alpine Metrics. Nadella attempted to use the new integration onstage during a demo by opening up the Cortana personal digital […]... →

Cablevision will sell itself to the European telecom giant Altice for about $17.7 billion. The deal could be announced as soon as Thursday, says a Wednesday evening report from the New York Times, citing unnamed sources. The deal is the latest in a string of communications provider acquisition that is radically reducing the number of companies selling video and […]... →

ANALYSIS: Today’s launch of iOS 9 adds a number of new features to your iPhone and iPad devices, including 3D touch (for iPhone 6S and 6S Plus), multitasking, and new Siri, Apple Pay, Maps, and Notes features. But if you are one of the millions of people who plays games on your iDevices, you probably want to know exactly what this […]... →

Posted by rMaynes1Local online listings are an essential component of an effective strategy to drive customers into local stores. Ranking highly in the search engine results and dominating the top rankings with your listings is critical for your customers to be able to find you in an online search. Partnering with Placeable, Mediative, one of North America’s leading digital marketing and advertising agencies, took twenty-five of Canada’s top retail brands (those with multiple local stores, spread nationally... →

Ahmed Mohammed, a 14 year old who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school, has gotten the attention of Silicon Valley. After news about the arrest spread, the #IStandWithAhmed hashtag was started on Twitter to show support for Ahmed and his family. According to BBC, a college student named Amneh Jafari, started the hashtag because Amhed reminded her of her brothers and she… Read More... →

OPINION: Remember when Facebook partnered with Fox News to bring you a GOP debate that was only watchable on cable? Nobody could figure out why a cutting-edge technology giant wouldn’t offer a live stream, and CNN appears to have taken notice. For tonight’s debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, CNN has decided to forgo […]... →

OPINION: Remember when Facebook partnered with Fox News to bring you a GOP debate that was only watchable on cable? Nobody could figure out why a cutting-edge technology giant wouldn’t offer a live stream, and CNN appears to have taken notice. For tonight’s debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, CNN has decided to forgo […]... →

Google is set to initiate its first ever lawsuit against a search marketing firm. The post Google to Sue Search Marketing Firm Over Deceptive Robocalls by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Facebook has become the supermassive black hole of mobile. It’s sucking every other business towards it, from publishers to small businesses to app developers. At this point, you ever figure out how to play nice with Facebook, or fade into the void. That’s why TechCrunch is bringing Facebook’s ad czar Andrew “Boz” Bosworth to Disrupt SF. He’s going to break… Read More... →

Enterprise software company Salesforce is making a whole bunch of product announcements and updates this week at its annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. The company has already made a splash with a giant “Dreamboat” cruise ship anchored along the San Francisco Bay, and stars like Goldie Hawn, Stevie Wonder, and Adrian Grenier are on […]... →

Tech companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter are throwing their support behind Ahmed Mohamed, a U.S. student arrested on Monday for bringing a clock to school. The public relations frenzy blew up today as the details of the incident went viral. Ahmed, a 14-year-old student in Texas, built a digital clock and brought it to his […]... →

HelloTech has confirmed that the company just closed a $12.5M Series A led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Upfront Ventures, CrossCut Ventures, and Accel Partners. This round brings total funding to $17M, after a $4.5M seed round in February. TechCrunch first reported news that the company was raising a Series A in late August. Currently live in Los Angeles, the company… Read More... →

Before the lime-a-ritas get busted out at your summer barbecue bash, sometimes you need to appoint a designated griller to handle the sensitive task of keeping an eye on the meats and veggies getting fired up on the grill. We live in the 21st century, why not heap some of this limited responsibility on an app or connected device instead of having to hold back at the party? Enter Green… Read More... →

Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 9, launched to all Apple mobile device users today. The rate at which people adopt the new OS might say a lot about the new features and functions included. Mixpanel, which makes a predictive analytics product that developers pull into their apps via an SDK, is tracking the uptake of the […]... →

It’s easy to forget how powerful Microsoft was only fifteen years ago. In 2000, Microsoft had 97% market share of its operating system in computers and, at its peak in 2004, Internet Explorer reached 95% market share of web browsers. “It became clear that the possibilities of the web were being funneled through that company” remembers Mozilla Chairwoman Mitchell Baker. … Read More... →

Apple has reportedly acquired the San Francisco-based mapping data visualization company Mapsense. The deal was struck earlier this month, says a report by Re/code, siting several unnamed sources. Mapsense makes tools for analyzing and visualizing location data, assets that Apple can use to keep pace with Google in mobile mapping technology. Mapping and geo-location startups are hot right […]... →

A new startup promises to help mobile developers spend their ad dollars more effectively, and it has raised $3.5 million in funding Zenmarketing.io was founded by Sizhao Yang and Abhi Kumar, both former Zynga employees — Yang joined Zynga through the acquisition of MyMiniLife, which provided the foundation for the company’s hit Farmville franchise. (His MyMiniLife co-founders… Read More... →