11 to 20 March, 2011
Austin, Texas, US

The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conferences & Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW is the premier destination for discovery. more»

23 to 25 January, 2011
Munich, Germany

DLD is an invitation-only conference, which welcomes a wide variety of leading thinkers and creators from all fields of endeavor. more»

22 to 26 January, 2011
Cannes, France

MIDEM and MidemNet bring together the music industry’s influencers and decision makers from across the globe. MidemNet provides insightful analysis into the mobile and digital music markets. more»

6 to 9 January, 2011
Las Vegas, US

With more than four decades of success, the International CES reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables Consumer Electronic innovations to grow and thrive. more»

Now that we are starting to get close to the 2011 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the conference program is beginning to take shape.

This week the GSMA has announced several additional CEO keynote speakers at the MWC11, as well as the addition of five new Application Developer Conferences. more»

Recent figures from research firm IDC show that the US market for mobile advertising is growing at a rapid rate, doubling over the past year.

Even more interesting is the conclusion that Google currently represents almost 60% of this market revenue! more»

Recently released data from comScore’s MobilLens service has shown that SMS advertising remains the medium of choice for brands to deliver their messages to consumers in Europe, with more than half of all smartphone owners remembering that they had received an SMS advertisement. more»

Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) has been in the market for a couple of years now, and is the basis for some of the most innovative mobile apps around.

Portio Research has authored this introductory guide and market overview of the MAR market for those who are not yet too familiar with the concept. more»

Interesting information has recently been published which provides further proof that smartphones have become the first and last device that consumers look at in the day.

London-based mobile ad network Adfonic has released a study about the hourly click patterns of smartphone users, which can help advertisers target ‘temporally”.
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A recent study has found that the majority (59%) of US Social Media users consider advertising a fair price to pay for using these services.

Further, 15% of them reported that they are more inclined to buy brands that advertise on Social Media sites. more»

Online and Mobile payments specialist PayPal has released results for this year’s Black Friday which show a stong rise in both online and mobile sales.

In the US, “Black Friday” is the day after Thanksgiving and is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year. more»