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Proxama and Hot Source team to push mobile marketing forward

Proxama and Hot Source team to push mobile marketing forward

News on mobile marketing… As NFC technology grows more popular around the world, companies specializing in the technology and mobile marketing are coming together to ensure their place in an expanding industry. Proxama, a developer of NFC technology and mobile marketing firm, has announced its partnership with Hot Source, a digital marketing company based in the United Kingdom. Together, the companies will work to expand the reach of mobile marketing through the use of NFC tags and … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured News, International, Mobile Marketing, Near Field Communications, Trends

Prototypes of Volkwagen Up! display QR code to boost interest in Germany

Volkswagen Up! prototype vehicles were camouflaged earlier this year and driven around Germany in its major cities featuring a QR code that would allow mobile device users to scan it and obtain more information. When the users of devices such as smartphones and tablets use a QR code scanning app in combination with the device camera to scan the barcode, they are redirected to a mobile website that would allow them to sign up to obtain more videos and pictures of the Volkswagen Up!, which is the auto manufacturer’s latest city car offering. This promotion was a very temporary one that was designed to create a rapid burst of hype. The vehicles are no longer being test driven around the cities, and as the QR code is no longer … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Marketing, QR Codes

Something Massive acquires Circ.us, claims title as first post-PC advertiser

Something Massive acquires Circ.us, claims title as first post-PC advertiser

Something Massive, a digital advertising agency, has announced the acquisition of Circ.us, a creative communications firm with a knack for augmented reality. Something Massive believes that the acquisition will make it stand out in the increasing crowded digital advertising business. The company is now billing itself as the “first post-PC advertising agency,” claiming that it is no longer bound to computers because of the advent of sophisticated mobile technology. As such, the firm will be … Read entire article »

Filed under: Augmented Reality, Featured News, Mobile Marketing, Trends

The number of mobile gamers in the United States has broken the 100 million mark

The number of mobile gamers in the United States has broken the 100 million mark

Newzoo, an international market research firm, has released a new report that is drawing attention to the rapidly growing popularity of gaming over mobile devices. It was entitled “Mobile Games Trend Report”, and it showed that the number of people in the United States who use their smartphone, tablet computer, or iPod Touch mobile devices for playing video games is now greater than 100 million. What Newzoo found was that among the American gamers who played on … Read entire article »

Filed under: Entertainment Industry, Featured News, Mobile Commerce, United States

eBay sells Rent.com to Primedia to concentrate on mobile commerce and payments

eBay sells Rent.com to Primedia to concentrate on mobile commerce and payments

eBay has announced that it will be selling off Rent.com, one of its online properties, which has been purchased by Primedia. This will allow the largest online marketplace in the world to concentrate its efforts on the heart of its e-commerce and payments businesses, including their relatively newly introduced mobile elements. Rent.com was originally acquired by eBay in 2004, for a purchase price of $400 million. This gave the company an important step into the online real … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Payments, United States

13 percent of consumers in Europe have scanned an outdoor QR code advertisement

13 percent of consumers in Europe have scanned an outdoor QR code advertisement

According to the results of research from CBS outdoor and Kantar Media, only 13 percent of consumers in Europe have ever scanned an outdoor advertisement’s QR code. That same study indicated that the awareness of these two dimensional barcodes among consumers has reached about 40 percent. Equally, though, when compared to other forms of mobile interactive technologies, QR codes have shown a very positive performance. The report of the research findings, entitled “Interactive Europe”, was created based … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured News, International, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, QR Codes