Top 15 smartphone apps becoming a static list owned by Google, Facebook, Apple
Top apps list shows power is concentrated in just a few...
Greg Sterling
Greg Sterling is a Contributing Editor at Search Engine Land. He writes a personal blog, Screenwerk, about connecting the dots between digital media and real-world consumer behavior. He is also VP of Strategy and Insights for the Local Search Association. Follow him on Twitter or find him at Google+.
Amazon buying Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion. What now?
The company has an intriguing range of options now available with 400+ stores....
Survey: Amazon Echo, Google Home owners are ‘very interested’ in Apple HomePod
Overall, 33 percent interested in HomePod, but price identified as the most important feature among most likely...
Google rolling out GMB simple website creator
Designed for developing markets, it may become popular in the US, where large numbers of SMBs still don't have websites....
Report: 2016 holiday quarter saw highest rate of digital influence on store visitation
Cuebiq report offers online-to-offline benchmarkingmetrics for nine...
Apple’s Business Chat is a powerful new channel for customer service & inbound sales
Although it follows efforts by Facebook and Microsoft, it has a number of innovative features the others...
Do SMB websites matter anymore? YP says yes, introduces new ‘pro’ SEO product
Company says program resulted in a page one ranking on Google for 70 percent of keywords within a few...
Report: Facebook’s Instant Articles faster than AMP, both formats boost user engagement
Users spend 35 percent more time with AMP content than mobile web...
Location data predictive of retail store closures
inMarket loyalty report suggests which retailers will be the next ones to...
Apple adds indoor mapping for malls and airports, Do Not Disturb mode
Google and Bing have similar indoor mapping initiatives....
Apple introduces HomePod: A premium speaker with Siri
The device will compete with Google Home and Amazon Echo, but Apple is trying to distinguish it with sound quality and privacy...
Report: Google’s Chrome ad blocker coming to both PC and mobile ‘within 6 months’
Ads on sites that don't follow Coalition for Better Ads guidelines will be blocked....
Microsoft clones Snapchat’s Stories for its reimagined Skype experience
Microsoft also sees the app as a search and discovery tool....
Report: Apple’s Siri-powered virtual assistant could be announced next week
The smart speaker will need to be more than just a "me-too" device to succeed....
Survey shows US ad-blocking usage is 40 percent on laptops, 15 percent on mobile
Ad-blocking users motivated primarily to avoid 'irrelevant' or 'annoying' ads....
City Furniture taps Apple, IBM for in-store apps to improve the sales experience
Use of the apps has increased average order value by 5...
Former Android boss launches devices to compete with Google Pixel and Google Home
Andy Rubin wants to create devices that are simple, durable and elegant....
PlaceIQ making location intelligence more accessible with new ‘LandMark’ tool
Not just for ad targeting; the company sees an array of uses, including benchmarking, customer-journey anaytics and media...
StepsAway launches in-store, WiFi-based marketing for retailers
Approach offers personalized offers without app-install requirement....
Facebook and Google have dominated smartphone screens for the past three years
Facebook has three and Google has six of the top 15 apps, says comScore....
