App Annie, the leading mobile data and analytics company, released a report on Generation Z, How to Build a Winning Gen Z Strategy on Mobile, that reveals the mobile habits of this generation to help businesses understand and cater to this group. Gen Z is quickly becoming one of the world's most powerful consumer segments - as one of the youngest generations, Gen Z amounts to a third of the world's population and controls an estimated spending power of $143 billion annually. With 98 percent of Gen Z owning a smartphone,…

Berlin-Based Mobile Marketing Agency Announces Partnership With Omlet Arcade, Offering Their Clients the Latest App Promotion Solution Ad consultancy agency Evvolution officially announces a strategic partnership with top mobile live game streaming platform, Omlet Arcade. Always staying one step ahead of the game, through this new partnership Evvolution offers a unique mobile marketing solution that unlocks a creative ad placement option connected to quality users holding impressive spending power. Omlet Arcade has…

Encouraging users to blow into the phone’s microphone to reveal the camera, the ad is engaging users with an innovative experience mCanvas, the experiential storytelling ad platform for small screens, in collaboration with Merkle Sokrati, a Dentsu Group agency and a leading performance-focused, technology-enabled data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company, created a rich-media mobile ad for Canon India’s Mirrorless Camera, EOS M200. Using cutting-edge technology like sound recognition, the ad is engaging…

New Survey Commissioned by Adjust Finds American Consumers Spend an Average $20.78 a Month on App Subscriptions, With More Than a Third Using Their Smartphones to Stream Video and TV Services Every Day As the mobile app subscription business accelerates, Adjust launches its new Subscription Tracking product to give marketers better visibility into subscription performance. This follows a broader shift toward subscription-based monetization models, with Apptopia estimates showing that app-based subscriptions generated over…

Acquisition boosts Vungle’s advertising technology to provide contextual, machine learning-powered recommendations for maximum ROAS and user LTV  Vungle, the leading mobile ad network and in-app monetization platform, announced the acquisition of AlgoLift, an LTV powered user acquisition automation platform for mobile advertisers. The acquisition adds AlgoLift’s industry-leading algorithms and optimization technology to Vungle’s global, creative-centric advertising network to give advertisers actionable intelligence to…

Verizon and T-Mobile offered the best mobile experience to their customers, according to Tutela’s new 2020 State of Mobile Experience report in the United States, which was released today. Both operators had 83.4% of tests meet or exceed the needs of popular highly demanding applications including 1080p video streaming, real-time mobile gaming, and HD video calling, which Tutela measures with its composite metric, Excellent Consistent Quality. Marketing Technology News: Momentum Expands Insight Strength With the Acquisition…

Airship’s State of Global Mobile Engagement 2020 report provides key year-over-year mobile trends and clarifies the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on mobile apps Customer engagement company Airship revealed top-level results of its global benchmark study, examining the state of mobile app behaviors across nearly 750 million people worldwide. To distinguish between the impact of the pandemic and longer-term changes due to growing data regulations, more stringent app review policies by Apple and Google and ongoing…

Company continues to add new features to Sendbird Calls to facilitate online connections and reduce social isolation caused by COVID-19 Sendbird, the leading interactions API service for mobile and web applications, announced that it has opened a self-service portal for Sendbird Calls APIs. The new option makes it fast and easy for organizations to bring the power of voice and video to their apps. The company has also added several new features to the APIs, including call event webhooks and on-device recording.…

Many pandemic-induced behaviors are here to stay, presenting digital transformation opportunities, according to a study conducted by Sinch. A new global study, commissioned by Sinch, finds COVID-19-induced behaviors such as avoiding crowds, flying, and dining out are here to stay, even in a post-pandemic world. According to the study from Sinch, a global leader in cloud communications for mobile customer engagement, even when the pandemic is over, 58% of people will continue to avoid crowds, 52% will avoid unnecessary…

For the first time, Airship will extend its platform beyond customer engagement to directly enable commerce, payments and customer conversations Customer engagement company Airship announced that it has acquired ReplyBuy, a company that pioneered fully integrated solutions for payments over SMS. This move extends Airship’s platform beyond customer engagement to directly enable commerce, as well as power one-to-one customer conversations via two-way SMS. In addition, Airship plans to extend ReplyBuy’s technology to provide…

Global footprint and diverse ecosystem on Platform Equinix® open up avenues for global service rollout Equinix, Inc., the world's digital infrastructure company, announced that Rakuten Mobile Singapore Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Rakuten Mobile, Inc., has selected Platform Equinix as a foundation to deliver its Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) to global operators and enterprise customers. The deployment will be completed in phases, with initial deployment in Singapore, the location of Rakuten Mobile's international…

Company Recognized for its Effective Mobile Messaging for Papa Gino’s Pizzeria and D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches Delivering 440% Return on Marketing Spend Powering the Restaurants Through the COVID Pandemic Mobivity Holdings Corp. a global provider of personalized customer engagement solutions that drive customer frequency and spend, announced that its Unified Mobile Messaging, part of its Recurrency platform, was recognized for the "Best Mobile Messaging Based Marketing Solution" award by MarTech Breakthrough, a leading…

Nuance Communications, Inc. and Rakuten Mobile, Inc. announced a strategic partnership to add Nuance Intelligent Engagement AI Services to the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). As a result, RCP becomes the first-ever mobile communications, cloud-native, and virtualized platform to have Nuance Conversational and Engagement AI services built-in. Through the Nuance-Rakuten Mobile partnership, RCP will now offer Rakuten Group companies the ability to leverage: Conversational AI Services: cloud-native software with…

Movius, the leading global provider of mobile unified communication software, is now enabling enterprises to securely and compliantly communicate with clients on their preferred mobile messaging channel. The company announced the integration of WhatsApp support from within Movius MultiLine, their secure mobile communication service that can be deployed over any smartphone device on any global carrier. The integration will help unify and capture all business voice and messaging channels through a single integrated user…

Aarki, a leading AI-enabled mobile marketing platform, continues to innovate its advanced machine learning technology tied with dynamic creative optimization, delivering a strong return on investment (ROI) at scale for leading global app developers such as Eureka, Jam City, and Triwin. LAT Campaign - Triwin Following Apple's announcement of planned privacy updates, the mobile advertising industry has to prepare for an ecosystem with even more limited ad tracking (LAT) enabled by iOS users. Aarki has been actively preparing…

Unbound Commerce is pleased to announce the launch of custom iOS and Android shopping app for UK-based online retailer Made4Fighters. There are few customers more loyal to their sport than mixed martial artists and the new apps feature custom design, push notifications, and flash sales. The mobile apps load fast and allow customers to shop the latest arrivals and deals from 60+ brands in boxing, combat sports & fitness. Orders placed on the app are delivered the next day to UK customers and quickly to customer in…

MOLOCO, a leader in machine learning and growth solutions for mobile marketers, announced the launch of its programmatic advertising platform, MOLOCO Cloud. MOLOCO Cloud gives marketers direct control over their programmatic advertising operations through self-serve functionality that lets them bring their mobile marketing in-house while leveraging the same machine learning algorithms MOLOCO uses to maximize campaign performance for its managed services. “Our goal at MOLOCO is to provide marketers with the tools and…

Insignia Systems, Inc. continues to raise the bar for partnership and performance with Insignia Mobile. Popping the COVID Bubble Looking to grow their business during the COVID pandemic, Ka-Pop! Snacks turned to Insignia Systems for a new digital playbook and delivered their biggest month of in-store sales, ever. It's hard to imagine a business whose operations and growth track haven't been affected by COVID-19. The impacts of the virus vary, largely depending on your company's size. The bigger you are, the broader the…

Kargo, the leader in mobile advertising, is announcing a partnership with the AMP Project to offer media buyers access to a selection of Kargo’s mobile optimized ad product suite, including the Kargo Sidekick unit, across AMP pages starting in October. The partnership gives Kargo the ability to bring their proprietary ad units to unique AMP inventory, which advertisers can now take advantage of on AMP. The partnership is in response to requests from advertisers and publishers to increase media buying opportunities and…

App Annie, the leading mobile data and analytics company, predicts the biggest Q4 holiday shopping season on mobile yet — with nearly 1 billion hours to be spent on Android devices in the US, up 50% YoY. Driven by the need for essentials while maintaining home lockdowns, mobile e-commerce boomed in H1 2020. App Annie predicts mobile growth will continue in Q4 with a longer shopping season due to October's Prime Day and contraction in the US economy driving consumers to seek deals and promotions for longer leading up to…