It is getting harder and harder to keep up to date with all developments in the market these days due to the rapid pace of change in both technology and in consumer behavior.

To address this need, for the past paradormirmejor.org 20 years Mary Meeker has put together an annual presentation about the key trends in the internet and mobile world. The presentation covers a wide variety of topics including mobile advertising, wearables, apps, content distribution, IPO’s, healthcare technology, and lots more.

The report provides not only thought provoking insights, but also detailed numbers to back them up. If your business is effected by developments in digital technology, then this is a report you have to look at. Follow oceannenvironment to know more about digital technology.
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A recent report from Opera Mediaworks indicates that – for the first time – mobile advertising on Android based devices has passed iOS based advertising on two key indicators.

Already the clear leader in impressions for the past year, in Q1 2015 Android also became the leader in total revenue generated.

See the complete statistics here.
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Mobile search marketing enjoyed a very good Christmas season this year. The numbers are impressive.

According to the Digital Marketing Report Q4 2014 , mobile organic search traffic grew 54% from a year earlier, and now represents over 40% of all organic search across the three main search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo).

And more impressive, on Christmas day mobile plus tablet click share was over 50%!
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Customer engagement is typically the key objective for most branded, marketing-focused mobile apps. But studies have shown that levels of engagement often decrease very shortly after the first use, and once the customer is out of the habit of using the app, it can be very hard to rekindle interest.

The use of push messaging can be a great way to keep consumers engaged, or bring them back after a quiet period.

This infographic and downloadable guide give you the background, the techniques, and some case examples to help you more effectively use push messaging in your mobile app marketing.
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The latest version of Millennial Media’s, Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting report (S.M.A.R.T.), shows just how fast mobile advertising is growing in certain sectors.

While Entertainment still is the top spending vertical category, other categories are growing faster, with Travel growing over 400% and Pharmaceuticals increasing by almost 500% over the past year! more»

Continued rapid growth of both digital and mobile advertising means that soon mobile advertising will overtake all other media to become the top advertising channel in the UK.

This interesting forecast by eMarketer may surprise you!
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The pace of technology change and consumer behavior change is so rapid these days that it is very difficult to keep up to date with all developments in the market.

If you only look at one report this year on developments in the market, we highly recommend that you look at this one – Mary Meeker‘s annual presentation about the key trends in the internet and mobile world.

The presentation covers a wide variety of topics including mobile advertising, wearables, apps, content distribution, IPO’s, healthcare technology, and lots more, and not only provides thought provoking insights, but also detailed numbers to back them up.
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Tablets have been mainstream for only a few years, but already they are incredibly popular for certain uses.

Although most would agree that the tablet form factor provides a high level of consumer interaction and engagement, specific studies substantiating this and providing a finer level of detail have been sorely missing.

Newsworks is the marketing body for national newspapers in the UK, and they recently launched The Tablet Project just to address this need. more»

Over the past few years, Africa is experiencing a resurgence, especially in the area of mobile services. Africa contains some of the world’s fastest growing economies, and the mobile sector is an essential contributor of this growth.

MEF Africa is releasing a series of country specific market reports – the first of which highlights Kenya, home of the phenomenally successful m-Pesa payment system! more»

Two things have become very clear recently:
• Facebook is serious about providing many advertising opportunities
• Consumers love to use Facebook over mobile

This excellent whitepaper looks at recent trends in Facebook advertising, and recommends specific strategies for maximizing returns from Facebook campaigns.
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The GSMA is the global organization of mobile operators, arguably the most influential mobile association in the world.

This new whitepaper from the GSMA is a detailed look at the opportunities provided by mobile commerce in the retail industry. more»

Mobile advertising is definitely on a growth spurt these days.

According to Publicis-owned ad agency ZenithOptimedia, global advertising will grow at a respectable rate of 3.5% over the coming year, with internet advertising growing about three times this fast. Mobile advertising on the other hand, is expected to grow at an astounding 77% this year! more»

Twice a year the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) sponsors a survey of internet related advertising revenues. Conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The study provides a very detailed, interesting look at the key trends in internet advertising, including Mobile.

The study reported that mobile advertising revenues in the US grew by over 100% during 2012, the fastest growing segment of the entire internet advertising industry!
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Mary Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, periodically puts out a paper looking at the most significant trends in the internet and mobile, as well as her view for the likely future.

Her latest work was presented to a group of students at Stanford University in December of 2012. It provides a fascinating overview of two of the biggest forces shaping our lives today. more»

Market research firm comScore has released their latest MobiLens figures on the state of the US Smartphone market.

This new report shows that while Samsung continues to lead the US market with 26.3% share of US subscribers, Apple at 17.8% has managed to pass LG and now holds second place. more»

Over the years there have been a number of studies about the mobile shopping behavior of consumers.

However, now a new report shows that in fact consumers utilize mobile devices differently depending on their specific product or service need, as well as the vertical market they are interested in.

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Mobile Retail is clearly one of the hottest topics in mobile marketing today, and it is changing rapidly.

Now Velti, a leading provider of mobile marketing and advertising solutions, has released a white paper, “Mobile – The Shop in you Pocket”, that looks at some consumer attitude aspects of mobile retail, and explains how retailers can take advantage of the “trusted position” they enjoy with consumers. more»

Opera has launched its first State of Mobile Advertising report, highlighting key data and trends in the industry across the globe.

Apple’s iOS came top of the list for eCPM (effective cost per thousand impressions) with an average of $2.85, above Android’s $2.10 and far beyond Windows Phone at just $0.20. more»

Smaato, one of the worlds leading mobile ad networks, has released its latest mobile advertising pricing guide, designed to improve the monetisation of mobile by app developers and advertisers.

The results showed a wide range of prices around the world, with the US being much cheaper than Europe! more»

As has become a tradition in recent years, Chetan Sharma has produced his annual Mobile Industry Predictions Survey.

Each year, Chetan contacts a wide variety of leaders in the mobile industry to see what they feel will be the key trends in the upcoming year, as well as what they thought were the most interesting and important developments during the previous year.

It always makes for interesting reading!
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According to the latest research published in Jumptap’s MobilleSTAT report, rich media ads lead to much, much higher levels of consumer engagement.

Jumptap found that there is an increase of up to 455% in Click Through Rates for rich media ad units compared to static banners. more»

This week at the Mobile Marketing Forum in London, Google announced the launch of a new mobile consumer data resource, Our Mobile Planet.

The Our Mobile Planet web site provides users with free access to the full set of data from a major mobile market study commissioned by Google. more»

Tablet type devices – whether iPads, Galaxies, or Kindles – are becoming an accepted form factor for mobile connected device, and are developing a large installed base of users.

As publishers and advertisers increasingly target these consumers, they will need to understand more about the demographics of this group.

Nielsen’s latest US quarterly survey of mobile connected device owners reveals that these demographics are in fact changing rapidly. more»

Most of the discussion over the past several years around mobile marketing has centered on the use of mobile for B2C (Business To Consumer) marketing, with big consumer brands often taking the lead.

However, there is a growing realization in industry that mobile is not limited to B2C, but in fact can be very useful in B2B (Business To Business) marketing as well.

Take a look at this whitepaper from the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) which explains how B2B marketers can best make use of the mobile channel. Well you can check makersfestival for more info.
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Today’s teen generation has been raised in an era of unprecedented media choice – internet everywhere, mobile, cable, connected tablets, time-shifted TV – the list seems almost endless.

Nielsen, a global leader in measurement and information, has put together a snapshot of the media habits of the teen generation.

Mobile Video, Texting, Social Media, Mobile Advertising – Nielsen looks at all of these in their report. more»

Buying a car is one of the biggest purchases most people make in their daily life. And it turns out that increasingly the mobile marketing channel is being used effectively to influence this purchase decision.

Millennial Media has released their latest Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting Report (SMART), which provides some very interesting information about mobile users who are interested in automobile content. more»

Sometimes the mobile industry is growing and changing so fast that it seems very hard to keep up with the trends, keep up with the key companies, and understand how all the parts fit together.

Econsultancy has put together an infograph that gives a very interesting, high level overview of the entire rapidly evolving world of mobile – including key statistics and players – in an easy to scan graphical interface. Take a look. more»

Data traffic on mobile networks worldwide is set to explode over the next 10 years, increasing by a factor of 33, according to data and forecasts published at the UMTS Forum in London.

Driven by the rapid growth of connected devices and the move towards mobile video, the total data load is expected to reach 127 billion gigabytes of data per annum, excluding Wifi driven traffic. more»

One of the biggest global trends in mobile advertising over the past few years has been the growth of massive opt-in databases and “permission based marketing“.

Many mobile operators now have databases containing information on millions of subscribers who have agreed to receive targeted advertising messages.

Out There Media has been very active in permission based marketing, especially in the fast growing Asia region. Now OTM, in conjunction with the MMA, has authored a white paper which shares data gathered from running many permission-based campaigns, and includes a set of recommendations to help grow this form of mobile advertising. more»

Television advertising has long been viewed as one of the most powerful means of advertising communication.

Most mobile phones are now capable of playing video – this study provides information on the effectiveness of using mobile video for advertising, and offers some “best practice” guidelines. more»

A new Report from research from Zenith Optimedia has predicted that the global advertising market will grow by 4.2% during 2011. This is down slightly from the 4.6% growth predicted in December and is due to the recent events in the Middle East and Japan. These two events are expected to reduce global spend by $2.4 billion according to the study. more»

FirstPartner, a UK based research agency has released a very interesting “map” of the mobile payments industry.

The map provides a overview of how mobile commerce and mobile payments is growing as well as who are the key players, and is a good resource for anyone who is interested in this part of the mobile industry. more»

Every once in a while you run across a graphic that is so striking you just have to share it.

The team at Scores.Org and ByJess.Net have done some analysis and have put together a super infographic which displays Google’s acquisition appetite over the past several years.

This chart is definitely worth looking at, both for the information it contains as well as the cleverness of the design. more»

According to a new survey conducted jointly by the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and the MMA (Mobile Marketing Association), 88% of marketers intend to use some form of mobile marketing in 2011. In addition, 75% intend to increase their budget for mobile initiatives by an average of 59%. more»

2D barcodes are a technology that has been widely discussed and promoted by various companies for several years in the mobile space, but has never seemed to gain too much traction in the market.

However, it looks as though this is all finally starting to change. Read this informative guide from NeoMedia to learn all you need to know about this up and coming technology. You can follow Butterfly Releases to check latest updates. more»

Sometimes it seems that digital advertising has evolved into an overly complex eco-system with so many interconnected players that it is difficult to keep track of them all.

Take a look at this incredible chart which attempts to provide an overall context and put all the key players into perspective.
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The iPad was released less than a year ago, and it has started a wave of tablet computers. But this is still a new phenomenon, and so the market is still learning how people will use these new products.

Now a recent survey of UK consumers by YouGov has shown that nearly a fifth of iPad owners say that they own more than one tablet in their household, and another fifth are considering buying additional tablets. 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»

There are approximately 20 million university students in China, making this an enormously attractive advertising target.

Recently, David Holding-Parsons from MobiAd News completed a study of the attitude of Chinese students towards mobile advertising and found that they were receptive to mobile advertisements, but rewards and control are important! more»

A recent study by Nielsen into consumer habits on the iPad, Kindle and similar devices has found that iPad users are more willing to receive ads and more willing to pay for content than users of other devices. more»

Informa has released a new market research which shows that in 2010 the global market for mobile advertising is forecast to reach US$ 3.5 billion.

Additionally, the market is expected to continue its rapid growth, expanding over six fold to reach US$ 24 billion in 2015. more»

With all the recent negative publicity surrounding Nokia, one would be excused for thinking that they were a struggling mobile handset manufacturer.

However, recent figures released by mobile advertising network InMobi show that Nokia are still comfortably ahead of their rivals. more»

One of the hardest things to judge is who your users are, but a recent survey of Mobile Gamers by Buzz City sheds some light on this all important question.

The survey was conducted during May and June 2010 and involved almost 1,500 consumers from 10 countries in the top 20 traffic generators on the Buzz City network. more»

As more and more brands get used to using mobile for marketing and CRM, the next logical step will be to move into mobile commerce.

Brandbank has conducted an in-depth survey into the attitudes and expectations of consumers around mobile commerce. They found that smartphone owners are already well advanced, but the rest of the market has a long way to go.
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One of the biggest changes that has taken place over the past few years in mobile is the overwhelming number of phones that are based on a touch screen interface. Touch screens have added greatly to the overall customer experience, and it seems certain that this advancement will be with us for a long time.

For the past several years Taptu has pioneered the index and crawling of media specifically designed for touch screen mobile devices. This report provides a detailed view of the current State of the Mobile Touch Web. more»

Having already sold 3 million units, the iPad has undoubtedly become the must have gadget of the year.

But who are the iPad users?

Yahoo has posted a number of articles on their blog looking into who is visiting Yahoo from an iPad, and it is not exactly who you might think.
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If people still have doubts about the public acceptance of mobile advertising, a recent market study from JiWire reports that that mobile users overwhelmingly are willing to accept mobile advertising in return for having free applications.

Understanding the trends, consumption patterns, and preferences is key to making good use of a communications medium, and this report looks at not only acceptance of advertising, but also application usage, acceptance of location-based ads, and iPad purchase intent. more»

With 2009 being undoubtedly the year of the mobile app, the search is on to find which technology will become mainstream in 2010.

One such technology is Mobile Widgets and a recent report from ARCchart takes a detailed look into the business case for Mobile Widgets from both a publisher and a mobile operator perspective. more»

A recent study published by the IAB-UK and PricewaterhouseCoopers has showed that during 2009, total spend in the UK mobile advertising market grew by 32% to a new high of £37.6 million.

Among the specific formats of mobile advertising, mobile search increased the fastest with a 41% growth.
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Mobile video ad network Rhythm NewMedia has released new research which provides a very good view into the current consumption of video and video ads across the US.

This study addresses factors such as time of day consumption, Wifi consumption, click through rates, and video ad completion rates. Definitely worth downloading and taking a look. more»