Google announced today that it has finished rolling out fast-loading webpages in mobile Google search results as part of its Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project. These pages appear on mobile devices four times faster than the same pages built without the technology, and they u … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: A Facebook executive said yesterday that Facebook’s Messenger would be opening itself up to marketing, but he avoided using the word “ads” to describe the service, in what appeared to be a subtle correction of a report released last week saying Facebook will soon “laun … | Continue reading
Article-saving app company Pocket is finally starting to pick up revenue through advertising. In a blog post today the company announced that it’s beginning to display sponsored posts in the app, which works on web browsers, Mac desktops, and multiple mobile platforms. But Pocket … | Continue reading
But these aren’t the crappy click-bait you see below lots of blog posts. “We’re being very choosy” Pocket founder Nate Weiner tells me. “We don’t want this to become the bottom of the barrel content.” If Pocket can convince users that these articles would be worthy of appearing i … | Continue reading
A fractious MWC16 panel on mobile ads brought several executives from the ad industry side plus ad behemoth Google face-to-face with what might be their worst nightmare: network-level mobile ad blocking… Read More | Continue reading
BuzzFeed is launching a new mobile app today called BuzzFeed Video, giving you a chance to see all of its videos in one place. Since pretty much every online media company is ramping up its video production, it makes sense to create an app like this. But it’s also a bit of a left … | Continue reading
Samsung has opened the doors to what it’s touting as a “first-of-its-kind” public outlet right in the heart of New York City. Located at 837 Washington Street in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district, Samsung 837 isn’t a retail store. Samsung calls it everything from a “cultural desti … | Continue reading
CoinDesk profiles Mediachain, one of the more novel startups attacking use cases for blockchain technology in media. | Continue reading
Rocking a red nightgown, red lips, and red nails, Gwen Stefani performed live as part of a four-minute marketing extravaganza last week during the Grammy’s commercial break. The musical number was filled with subliminal red and white spheres, not as advertising per se, according … | Continue reading
What if you could get 100 percent return on every advertising dollar spent? Or increase your company’s average order value by 300 percent? Tougher still, what if you could measure marketing effectiveness when you don’t directly touch the customer and don’t control the point of sa … | Continue reading
DECENT is a decentralized publishing platform, which we first covered last year. Using blockchain technology, it allows creators to freely share their content on a peer-to-peer network while maintaining a secure record of ownership. Although it’s still under development, they now … | Continue reading
GUEST: Imagine if great content found you because it’s smart enough to know who really wants to see it. Over the next ten years, content embedded with machine-learning technology will start to be smart enough to seek out its own audience. This will solve a growing frustration for … | Continue reading
Halo’s greatest players are fighting for more than just bragging rights. Microsoft announced today that 16 teams from across the globe have earned a spot in the Halo World Championship, which features players competing in Halo 5: Guardians. The event has a prize pool of $2.5 mill … | Continue reading
Vimeo has teamed with Wipster to incorporate its video review and approval tools into the media platform’s creator toolset. With this partnership, Vimeo users will be able to privately share and review videos through the Wipster option. Wipster offers up an application that gives … | Continue reading
When Marvel creator Stan Lee and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak put on an event together, it’s bound to have a lot of star power. That’s what the organizers of Silicon Valley Comic Con 2016 are promising for their debut convention. The inaugural event runs March 18 to March 20 at … | Continue reading
Twitch shouldn’t be, well, twitching just yet, but another site wants a piece of that streaming pie. DingIt, a global streaming site specializing in esports, noted today that it has an average of 20 million monthly viewers a year after its launch. Of course, it has a ways to go i … | Continue reading
Google today announced Google Fiber is coming to Huntsville, making it the first city in Alabama to get the $70 per-month service. Mayor Tommy Battle shared the news this morning that Google will be playing a part in helping Huntsville Utilities build its fiber network. To be cle … | Continue reading
Just moments after Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton was sacked in the second half of Super Bowl 50, a short video clip of famed quarterback Dan Marino rushed and blitzed across social media: “You’re blowin’ it bro,” Marino said in the repeating loop, as if chiding Newton. The few-se … | Continue reading
Google is partnering with a myriad of mobile operators in a move to expedite the rollout of Rich Communication Services (RCS) on Android. The partnership sees the Internet giant team up with a number of global and regional carriers, including América Móvil, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Deu … | Continue reading
Casting a spotlight on the immense challenges confronting the mobile industry, a new report shows that a range of security and privacy issues have dramatically eroded consumer confidence. According to the study released at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by Syniverse, a mo … | Continue reading
Facebook today announced a few updates for its virtual reality (VR) efforts. The company said it has established a formal Social VR team that will build on the achievements of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. Of course, the new team will collaborate with the Facebook … | Continue reading
Samsung says it’s in the business of finding the next big thing by asking: “How do you affect the lives of people and make [them] better?” As part of its focus on the creative process, Samsung today introduced the Samsung Gear 360 camera. With this standalone device, you’re able … | Continue reading
BARCELONA, Spain — In a few minutes, Samsung will be huffing and puffing about its new Galaxy smartphones at its annual Unpacked press conference on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2016. But upon entering this city’s convention center (which apparently is largely unknown to most … | Continue reading
OPINION: I’ve returned from another pilgrimage to the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in Las Vegas. I’ve never missed one of these gatherings in 16 years, even during times when I paid for the trip out of my own pocket. I go because I love writing about the video game … | Continue reading
Google is working on a feature that would recommend articles directly in its browser. The suggestions would appear on the new tab page in Chrome for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Google confirmed it is still testing the feature. “We’re always experimenting with new featu … | Continue reading
Donald Trump today called for a boycott of Apple following the company’s refusal to help the FBI unlock data from the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. Speaking at a rally in South Carolina, the Republican presidential candidate declared, “I think what you ought to do is boycott A … | Continue reading
Just a quick note to comment that I’ve added links to two recent interviews on the media section of my Speaking and Media page: The Cloudcast #133 – The Cloud Foundry Foundation, Cloudcast podcast, March 2014 (interview) [there are a few audio dropouts in this due to recording ov … | Continue reading