Global mobile marketing leader launches in Africa as mobile connectivity soars across continent AppsFlyer, the global attribution leader, confirms its move into the African mobile marketing space, with the announcement of a contract with Vodacom. With over 900 employees in 18 cities around the world, the move sees AppsFlyer strengthen its global reach by commencing operations on the continent, starting in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya (working with Safaricom). Working with some of the world’s leading brands, including…

Cross-Device Matching and Pixel-Based Foot Traffic Attribution Reporting Empower Digital Marketers with Greater Control of Location-Based Campaigns Tapad, a global leader in digital identity resolution, and Reveal Mobile, a leader in location-based marketing,  announced a collaboration that combines Tapad's digital cross-device matching technology and pixel-based attribution features with Reveal Mobile’s VISIT Local, the software that hundreds of digital agencies and brands use for location-based analytics. The partnership…

Native Mobile App Provides the Same Advanced Capabilities as Desktop Version on Any iOS or Android Device, All From a Single Source As B2B buyers increasingly turn to their mobile devices for purchases, Second Phase, a Billtrust solution and the leader in B2B/B2C eCommerce and PIM solutions for wholesale distributors and manufacturers, announces the launch of a new native mobile app for iOS and Android devices. The new app provides the same deep ERP integration and functionality as Second Phase desktop web stores and…

Innovator of Scalable CRM Launches Revamped Mobile Application for Faster, More Secure CRM Access In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are working remotely and leveraging their mobile device for business - in fact, a new Insightly poll shows nearly two-thirds (60 percent) of those surveyed say they use their mobile device for business and customer management every day. That is why today, Insightly, innovator of scalable CRM for companies of all sizes, is launching the next-generation of its mobile app that…

Thryv, Inc., the provider of Thryv® software and parent company of The Real Yellow Pages, announced a collaboration with Amazon to enable customers to connect with the Yellow Pages app on their mobile device, simply by asking Alexa. To get started, customers who make requests via the Alexa app, Alexa built-in phones or Alexa mobile accessories such as Echo Buds can say, “Alexa, open Yellow Pages.” They can also say, “Alexa, ask Yellow Pages to look for the nearest gas station,” or even ask Alexa to use Yellow Pages to…

S4M, the Drive-to-Store Platform, announced a global partnership with VIOOH, a leading planning and trading platform for the programmatic buying and selling of Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising, allowing marketers to effectively combine mobile and OOH to drive in-store foot traffic. The offer, available initially in several key markets, including the US, UK, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, and Finland, with availability in APAC coming soon, enables S4M customers to activate premium Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) inventory…

When using eBay Motors, buyers can now enjoy escrow services to enable a safe, secure transaction via new partnership with Escrow.com, and connect with fellow car enthusiasts to discuss live listings and more eBay Motors, one of the world's largest marketplaces for all things automotive, is elevating its user experience with the addition of escrow services and chat features. To give buyers and sellers added security when buying a vehicle and parts and accessories online, eBay has partnered with Escrow.com, the leading…

With app installs growing across many industries, and businesses rolling out new services to meet changing needs, feature release management maximizes opportunities and mitigates risks Customer engagement company Airship announced that it is launching a free version of Apptimize’s Feature Flags solution, enabling app developers to control the scope and timing of feature launches in order to validate success and reduce risk prior to full rollout. From new apps to those with massive audiences, developers can use Feature Flags…

Out There Impact to raise awareness of Mandela Mile across Ghana and South Africa ahead of its ‘Step Up!’ online event on 18th July Out There Impact, the division of the leading mobile advertising and data monetisation company, Out There Media, committed to using the power of mobile for the greater good, announced that it has partnered with the Mandela Mile initiative to raise awareness of International Mandela Day and its virtual ‘Step Up!’ event honouring the late South African president. The partnership will see Out…

Publishers report an average 14% increase in CPM after upgrading to version 5 Nativo, the most advanced technology platform for advertising, announced its latest release of Mobile Ads SDK, which seamlessly integrates native ads into publishers' Android and iOS mobile apps, has seen a 27% growth in adoption between January and May. The Mobile Ads SDK version 5 has unlocked new inventory on premium content-based apps that accounts for an increase of 30% of overall inventory for the same period. Nativo's Mobile Ads SDK…

Offering inventory from 120 top Indian publishers, mCanvas enables advertisers to buy experiential rich-media and interactive video ads via Adobe Advertising Cloud mCanvas, the experiential storytelling ad platform for small screens, today announced that it is now integrated with Adobe’s Demand Side Platform – Adobe Advertising Cloud, the end-to-end, independent platform for managing advertising from planning, buying, measurement to optimisation. Marketing Technology News: Entravision Appoints Stephen Chung as Chief…

Cordial has launched the next generation of its mobile app messaging technology, fully integrated into its cross-channel data and messaging platform. With Cordial's new native iOS and Android software development kits (SDKs), agile marketers and developers can now send a better message in mobile, too. "Marketers have been asking for more from their mobile messaging solutions. Enterprises want to take advantage of the same data, personalization, and agile marketing workflows in one platform," notes Benjamin Dorr, COO at…

App Annie, the leading mobile data and analytics company, announced the availability of App Annie Ascend. This will introduce the first mobile performance suite that provides both app market data as well as advertising analytics. All of this is powered by data science and derives insights from benchmarking data. Marketing Technology News: Weyland Tech Engages The Benchmark Company to Explore Strategic Alternatives Brands and publishers attempt to optimize ad revenue and user acquisition with fragmented data sources…

TikaMobile, Inc., a cloud-based analytics and CRM software company focused on the life sciences industry, announced today the addition of TikaConnect to its suite of CRM and analytics capabilities. Designed specifically to address the increasing barriers limiting field reps' office visits with physicians, TikaConnect removes physical barriers by enabling Field Sales and MSLs to host virtual, video-enabled meetings to maintain strong relationships with influential physicians and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs). Marketing…

Protecting sensitive patient health information across products Global cloud communications software and solutions provider IMImobile PLC, today announced it has completed its HIPAA compliance assessment for its customer interaction management platform, IMIconnect, as well as its interactive marketing cloud and contact center applications. This assessment ensures patient and health information are processed in accordance with the privacy and security rules of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of…

Perhaps the most tenet, most timeless mantra to advertising is “follow the eyeballs.” And while we no longer accept broad reach as our number one outcome, instead focusing on “engaged reach,” or as P&G Chief Brand Officer, Marc Pritchard put it– reach and continuity, the pendulum is, in fact, swinging back to broad-reach vehicles, or engagement worth buying. In some areas of the world, broad-reach vehicles in either traditional or digital media differ. However, in the Asia Pacific region, it’s quite clear that mobile…

The report The State of App Marketing in Latin America 2020 of AppsFlyer reveals that Mexico and Brazil are leading the growth in installations, use and revenues from mobile applications in Latin America  AppsFlyer, the global leader in mobile attribution and data analysis, presented The State of App Marketing in Latin America 2020 , the most comprehensive report on mobile applications, indicating that confinement SARS-CoV-2 accelerated the growth of the app economy in Latin America, where facilities increased 29.3%. …

O’Brien to focus on growing business and expanding into new markets, including business-to-consumer iconectiv, an authoritative partner of the global communications industry, has named veteran mobile communications industry executive Michael O’Brien as Chief Product Officer. O’Brien will be responsible for executing the company’s strategy and driving new pathways of sustainable growth. This includes focusing on the wide range of potential opportunities in the business-to-consumer (B2C) market. iconectiv has already…

The rise of ad blocker software for desktop and mobile is a clear indication of how the average user sees online ads: as a necessary evil to be avoided or bypassed if at all possible. Even in the mobile space, many developers offer “ad-free” versions of games and apps at a premium rate or for in-app purchase. Users tolerate ads, but the conversation around ads has always been about making them palatable, the assumption being that users will never actually like ads, going out of their way to engage with them. This does not…

Here is a familiar situation: you are walking down a street and (provided that your GPS is on and you have a Wi-Fi signal) you go past a storefront that then serves your phone a mobile ad or coupon offer. But what if there were so many brick-and-mortar stores on that street that the ad you were served was for the wrong store? Or maybe you get the right ad for a store you usually frequent, but at that time when you are passing it, you don’t need it? The above scenarios are both a misplaced opportunity and a missed advertising…