Mobile Email Opens Are Up 3X [INFOGRAPHIC] 0 6 Mobile Email Opens Are Up 3X [INFOGRAPHIC] If I was to send you a smoking hot email offer for a free iPad right this second, what kind of device would you open it on? According to ReturnPath, the answer is most likely a mobile device. In fact, the number of emails opened on mobile devices has freaking TRIPLED over the past year.
The Problem With eReaders 4 2 The Problem With eReaders As an author, I'm always scanning headlines for news about ebooks, ereaders, etc. And after writing a thread of posts about the "Death of the eReader," I just had to click on a piece in the WSJ entitled "The E-Reader Revolution: Over Just as It Has Begun?" Selfishly, I want to see if the WSJ
Mobile: The Wild West Of 2013? 2 3 Mobile: The Wild West Of 2013? If the majority of your business comes from paid desktop traffic, there's something you should know... you are very vulnerable. The reason is that you're paying the highest rates to reach a shrinking pool of users. And according to Keith Teare, co-founder of TechCrunch and CEO of just.me, the state of online advertising will only
Kindle Fire Takes Second Place [POLL] 1 2 Kindle Fire Takes Second Place [POLL] The Kindle Fire is holding a distant second... but a SOLID one, according to the most unscientific polling system imaginable: Twitter search. This poll was conducted by searching Twitter for "First tweet on [fill-in-the-blank tablet]" on Christmas Eve and then counting how many tweets showed up. I told you it wasn't scientific... Still, the results
If You've Ever Accidentally Clicked A Mobile Ad 0 1 If You've Ever Accidentally Clicked A Mobile Ad You know how annoying it is, right? When you're trying to click a button at the bottom edge of an app's navigation, and your fat fingers accidentally click an poorly placed mobile ad instead? Sometimes, it's almost impossible to click on the actual nav button without clicking the ad... If you've done this, on a
Did Instagram Betray You? [Updated] 0 2 Did Instagram Betray You? [Updated] Prepare for massive, sustained grumbling from the Instagram community... because the once ad-free, creative wonderland called Instagram wants to get a lot more commercial. Not that this should come as a big surprise or anything... I've been spitballing ideas for how to monetize Instagram since long before it was even acquired by Facebook, not to
Flickr Revamps Its Mobile App, Do You Still Care? 3 2 Flickr Revamps Its Mobile App, Do You Still Care? Four years ago, there was one big, unavoidable photo-sharing site that pretty much dominated photo sharing. Whenever a party went down, or a concert, or a social event anywhere in America, photos of it were posted to this site. And if you wanted to view those photos, you went to Flickr... A few short years
Microsoft Surface Is Too Expensive And Distribution Is WAY Lacking 4 1 Microsoft Surface Is Too Expensive And Distribution Is WAY Lacking Who's freaking out about the Surface? I mean, we've all had the chance to play around on a friend's or coworker's brand new Microsoft tablet device, haven't we? Unfortunately, most of us haven't... and that's a big problem for a company that's scratching and clawing to carve out a place for itself in the mobile
Facebook Sees 67% Year Over Year Mobile Growth [INFOGRAPHIC] 5 2 Facebook Sees 67% Year Over Year Mobile Growth [INFOGRAPHIC] Sure, this infographic is filled with a bunch of mind-blowing numbers, but the really juicy stuff, for marketers at least, is Facebook's mobile reach. I mean, 67% year over year growth in mobile users? Since 2009? That's truly incredible... Despite all the criticism over FB's mobile ad strategy, there's no doubt that its mobile reach
Kindle Sales Double Over Black Friday Weekend 1 1 Kindle Sales Double Over Black Friday Weekend If you're familiar with Amazon's press releases, you know how much Bezos and Company like to toot their own horn. So does Apple, come to think about it... In fact, press releases from Apple and Amazon read like the lyrics to a hip hop song... each brand taking turns to flaunt all their bling, the
Apple Widens Lead On Mobile Ad Impressions 0 1 Apple Widens Lead On Mobile Ad Impressions Apple may not hold the top spot when it comes to operating systems, but it's absolutely crushing it on mobile ad market share. Despite Samsung's gigantic ad budget and rapidly growing market share, Apple devices are proving to be way, way better vehicles for creating mobile ad impressions. According to a release by data firm
Starbucks Now Accepting Square Wallet Payments 0 1 Starbucks Now Accepting Square Wallet Payments There's yet another place where you can use your Square Wallet app... 7,000 of them actually. That's how many Starbucks locations are equipped to accept smartphone payments via Square Wallet, according to AllThingsD. If you're a regular Stackbucks addict, you probably know that Starbucks already has a mobile payment app that allows you to pay
3 Million iPads In 3 Days 0 1 3 Million iPads In 3 Days As usual after a launch weekend, Apple has something to brag about -- 3 million iPads sold in 3 days. To put that in perspective, that's double the sales posted in the opening weekend of the iPad 3 back in March. That's definitely good news for Apple, but what does it really mean for the
Did Facebook Solve Its Mobile Ad Issues? 0 2 Did Facebook Solve Its Mobile Ad Issues? If the picture above produces value for Samsung USA, then I guess the answer is yes... Ads, and mobile ads in particular, have been a huge stumbling block for Facebook since it went public. These ads, snapped on the FB iPhone app, are one attempt to silence the critics... and according to Mashable, it's working.
Amazon Trash Talks The iPad Mini 3 3 Amazon Trash Talks The iPad Mini It's one thing for a major competitor to make up rumors about how it's going to pay a $1B fine in nickels... Mocking Apple's latest tablet on your homepage, now that's a gutsy move. But if you go to Amazon.com right now, you can see a side-by-side comparison of the Kindle Fire HD and the
Subscribers Pay The Bills For The NYTimes 2 2 Subscribers Pay The Bills For The NYTimes When it comes to transitioning from print to digital, there's no better case study than The New York Times. Not only has the NYT flipped the traditional newspaper model, but the scales are still tipping toward the subscriptions side... which is actually not 100% good news (and not just because it means you'll hit the
Amazon Posts Loss, Thanks To LivingSocial, Expansion 1 1 Amazon Posts Loss, Thanks To LivingSocial, Expansion Dominating the eCom universe isn't easy... and it ain't cheap either. That's a hugely oversimplified explanation for why Amazon posted it's first quarterly net loss since 2003. Ouch. When you drill down further into why Amazon dipped into the red, much of it has to do with the business realities of expanding market share. Amazon
Square Goes International, Eh? 2 3 Square Goes International, Eh? Canadian business owners rejoice: you can now accept payments wherever you can get reception on your smart Android or iPhone -- for only 2.75% per swipe. Yep, the Square has officially launched in Canada. Okay, the word "rejoice" might be a little strong in this context... but if you sell handmade leather belts at craft
Who Gets More Mobile Traffic: Twitter or Instagram? 1 5 Who Gets More Mobile Traffic: Twitter or Instagram? Mobile traffic is a blazing hot commodity right now. Mobile users tend to click a lot and convert well, and thus EVERY company is struggling with how to grab a bigger slice of mobile traffic. So how do you achieve this? Well, you don't do it by producing sites that look like crap on mobile
Foursquare Tackles Local Search 0 4 Foursquare Tackles Local Search Yelp and Google Places have some new competition on the local search front. This week, Foursquare rolled out a new search bar designed to help users sift through local retailers and find the newest kitschy bars with the widest selection of bacon infused liquors. That's what I will use it for, anyway. After triumphing over
More App Developers Zero In On Android 0 2 More App Developers Zero In On Android As Android continues to fill in all the cracks left behind by fragmentation, developers are taking notice. As a result, Apple's edge in the developer department appears to be eroding. That's according to a GigaOM survey of 352 app developers. According to the survey, iOS and Android are both growing, but that growth is leaning
The Microsoft Surface Will Surface Midnight October 26th 11 2 The Microsoft Surface Will Surface Midnight October 26th Will people line up at the Microsoft Store on October 25th, waiting to be the first of the faithful to lay their hands on the new Windows 8 tablet at the stroke of midnight? Mmm... for their sake, I hope not. But some hardcore device-a-holics probably will. Still, I seriously doubt that the lines will
Google Play Is Catching Up? 1 0 Google Play Is Catching Up? While the App Store is still the 800-pound gorilla of the appiverse, Google Play is gaining ground quickly. According to the official Android blog, in fact, Google Play is celebrating its 25 billionth download, a feat that Apple accomplished six months ago... In early 2012, it seemed that even though Android had a huge edge
5 Million Phones In 3 Days 1 6 5 Million Phones In 3 Days Coming as a surprise to exactly no one, Apple devotees and early adopters camped out on sidewalks across America in the wee hours of Friday morning in order to be the first of their friends to get their hands on the new iPhone 5. I know this first hand, because I was out among them,
Does Twitter Need To Get More Visual? 0 2 Does Twitter Need To Get More Visual? When it comes to social media, the trend toward more visually engaging content is clear (see Pinterest, Instagram, Fancy, etc.) -- which is why Twitter announced a new, visual update to all of its apps, especially its oft-neglected iPad app. The new-look Twitter will feature profiles with expanded header images, a timeline loaded with content,
