Fraud follows the money, but it also picks the low-hanging fruit. Although Methbot was a fairly sophisticated operation, fraudsters are generally lazy, said Augustine Fou, a cybersecurity expert and independent ad fraud researcher. “The general principle is that bots are not going to work harder than they need to,” Fou said. “If they can get […]
Amazon’s not lifting its foot off the gas pedal in the drive for more developer ad dollars. After revealing the Fire Phone only weeks ago, the ecommerce company tried to incent new app creation via a two-month promotion offering $6 CPMs on the Amazon Mobile Ad Network. The company is also making a European push, […]
Amazon preluded its “big reveal” Wednesday (Fire phone) with a word to app developers: “We’re where you want to be.” The company also struck a deal Wednesday with BlackBerry to offer the Amazon Appstore as a lifeline to BlackBerry’s fledgling of an apps ecosystem. Amazon’s Appstore sits somewhere in the 240,000 app range, coming close to tripling its […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Paul Gelb, Head of Strategy at MoPub. Apple’s new Identifier for Advertising (IFA or IDFA) was not mentioned during last month’s launch events for iOS 6 and iPhone […]
When it comes to reaching consumers with mobile advertising, is there really a difference between an Apple iOS user and Android users? A poll commissioned a few weeks ago by mobile real-time bidding operator AdTheorent suggests that there is. Conducted by Quinnipiac University, the survey found that while Android-based smartphones were the most widely used […]
App marketing is often about incentivizing downloads, with little thought given to post-installation engagement. For obvious reasons that’s not workable for free or “freemium” app developers who make their money after the install. Apsalar is trying to address this. The two-year-old firm began with a mobile analytics platform that later became the foundation for a […]
