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Mobile Minutes: Alexa for Prime; Snapchat sued; Messenger tests encryption;...
Ask Amazon’s Alexa for Prime Deals and get $10 off your first order Alexa has a little something special for Amazon Prime deal seekers. Read more on CNET Snapchat sued for being too sexy for minors...
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Mobile Minutes: Snapchat geofilters; Samsung Pay in Brazil; Vevo’s new app;...
Snapchat geofilter campaigns may get a boost from Yext Snapchat Inc. may start to see more brands paying up for location-based advertising campaigns on its photo-sharing mobile app, thanks to the...
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Warby Parker focuses mobile sales vision with Snapchat-exclusive merchandise
Warby Parker unveiled a Snapchat-exclusive item this week Warby Parker heightened the Snapchat monetization stakes by rolling out exclusive merchandise for its followers on the photo-sharing...
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To move forward, Snapchat must look to Instagram
Luis Sanz is cofounder and chief technology officer of Olapic By Luis Sanz As social commerce continues to explode, Snapchat is all the rage with brands as diverse as Mountain Dew and Urban Decay...
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Mobile Minutes: T-Mobile grows; Pandora recommends nearby concerts; Pinterest...
Subscriber additions drive T-Mobile’s profit beat, forecast T-Mobile US Inc’s quarterly revenue and profit beat analysts’ estimates as heavy promotions helped the No.3 U.S. wireless carrier attract...
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Dunkin’ Donuts heats up Cold Brew debut via Snapchat geofilters
Dunkin’ Donuts revealed its Cold Brew rollout on Instagram this week Dunkin’ Donuts foreshadowed the rollout of its Cold Brew coffee this past weekend by enabling its Snapchat followers to be the first...
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Mobile Minutes: Nielsen and Facebook; NFL on Snapchat; Apple and tablets;...
Nielsen to measure TV chatter on Facebook Nielsen next week will transform its ranking of TV shows generating the most activity on Twitter to a broader measure of social-media activity by adding the...
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Mobile Minutes: Google buys Orbitera; Snapchat’s NBC deal; Lyft’s new...
Why Google just bought this hot ecommerce startup It could get easier to buy and sell products and services on the Google cloud. The search giant said Monday that it acquired a small, Los Angeles-based...
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Mobile Minutes: P&G demotes Facebook targeting; Hulu axes free streaming;...
P&G to scale back targeted Facebook ads Procter & Gamble Co., the biggest advertising spender in the world, will move away from advertising on Facebook Inc. that targets specific consumers...
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Mobile Minutes: ESPN goes OTT; Snapchat vs Instagram; White House chatbot;...
ESPN to launch over-the-top sports service after Disney’s $1B investment in MLB’s BAMTech Disney is paying $1 billion for a 33% stake in Major League Baseball’s BAMTech streaming-media unit, and with...
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Millennial women and visual platforms
Stacy DeBroff is founder/CEO of Influence Central By Stacy DeBroff Visual platforms such as Pinterest, Instagram and Snapchat continue their deepening influence with today’s consumers. And in our work...
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Mobile Minutes: Google Duo; Airbnb tests travel guides; Snapchat eyes Vurb;...
Google Duo is like FaceTime but more fun The company launched a free new video calling service called Duo on Tuesday that’s not unlike Apple (AAPL, Tech30)’s native video calling app. But it comes with...
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Mobile Minutes: Pinterest’s video ads; Snapchat’s 360 video ad; Apple expands...
Pinterest starts selling video advertising, seeking to catch up Pinterest Inc. is starting to offer video advertising on its image-based social network, seeking to catch up in a fast-growing market....
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Mobile Minutes: Snapchat and young voters; Facebook open sources AI; Apple’s...
Snapchat may be a gateway to young voters Snapchat lures more campaign spending as candidates court young voters Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump...
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Mobile Minutes: Snapchat geofilters; Restaurants and Instagram; Uber hires...
Snapchat makes it easier to create its for-profit geofilters Communications app Snapchat is making the creation of its popular geofilters easier. Read more on USA Today Restaurants are now being...
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Mobile Minutes: Snapchat gets physical; The surroundie; Vibrating Bluetooth...
Here’s another sign that Snapchat is building a physical device We already knew that Snapchat bought a GoogleGlass-esque startup called Vergence Labs and has recently been hiring a bunch of wearable...
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Mobile Minutes: Starbucks eyes content; Snapchat cuts local stories; Vertical...
Starbucks CEO dipping toe into media content Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz would like you to have some inspiring content with your morning cup of coffee. Read more on USA Today Snapchat cuts local...
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Mobile Minutes: Snapchat’s ad targeting; Amazon’s Echo Dot; Spotify surpasses...
Snapchat is sharpening its ad targeting capabilities Snapchat pushes further into digital ad targeting Snapchat is pushing further into sophisticated digital ad targeting, including letting advertisers...
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Urban Outfitters embraces vertical video, debuts UOTV shoppable channel
Urban Outfitters’ videos will be ‘shoppable,’ meaning they will link to a purchasable item Urban Outfitters is rolling out UOTV, a vertical video channel accessible through its mobile site, showcasing...
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Mobile Minutes: ESPN goes OTT; Snapchat vs Instagram; White House chatbot;...
ESPN to launch over-the-top sports service after Disney’s $1B investment in MLB’s BAMTech Disney is paying $1 billion for a 33% stake in Major League Baseball’s BAMTech streaming-media unit, and with...
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