US mobile consumers would give up social media for mobile games, study

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Nearly 70% of mobile users would give up social media than lose their favorite mobile games. According to a recent study from Tapjoy, US mobile consumers prefer mobile gaming to social media, with 69% saying they would rather give up social media apps or TV than lose their favorite games they play on mobile. The study’s findings help to explain why many social networking companies are branching out into mobile games. The mobile advertising and app monetization company surveyed over 18,000 US consumers ages 18 and older in February and…

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Mobile advertising market has most click-through success with tablets

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A recent study revealed that larger screen device owners are picking up in their interaction with ads. According to a study published by Furion Analytics Research and Consulting LLP, the mobile advertising market is growing quickly through tablet users. In fact, the report predicted a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 25 percent from 2014 through 2020. The mobile ad marketplace is already generating over $21 billion in annual revenue worldwide. As mobile phone and tablet shipments are set to reach almost 600 million annually by the end of…

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Mobile marketing tests start for Yahoo in-app ads

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In the hopes of jumpstarting its m-business, the company is reportedly working on new advertising in its application. In an effort to try to give its mobile marketing business a shot in the arm in a similar way to what Facebook has recently accomplished, Yahoo has started to test new in-app ads that can be clicked by device users in order to conveniently install an application onto the smartphone or tablet they are using. This move looks quite similar to the mobile app install ads from Facebook, though there are…

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Mobile marketing in-app purchase label created by Apple

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As freeware applications increase in popularity, the opportunities for shopping are also rising. As iOS developers increase the number of freeware applications that are available to Apple device users, it has encouraged that manufacturer to create its own mobile marketing label for in-app purchases in order to keep up with the rapidly rising deployment of opportunities of that nature. The dynamics of the App Store have been consistently changing because of this trend. Therefore, Apple has responded by making mobile marketing more transparent, when in-app purchases are present within an…

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