Why Google’s Home Hub could outsell Echo Show, other smart displays
The new device is priced right and offers more capabilities out of the box....
Greg Sterling | Oct 10, 2018 at 1:54 pm ET
Mobile Marketing
Google appeals record $5 billion EU antitrust Android fine
Google said when the fine was imposed in July that it would appeal, will argue its practices benefit consumers....
Amazon’s Alexa finds its business model: in-skill purchases
Developers will keep 70% of revenue made from subscriptions and premium content sales on Alexa....
Amazon launches a dozen new devices to put ‘Alexa everywhere’
Company is in a race with Google to control the smart home. ...
Branch buys TUNE’s attribution platform
The acquisition boosts Branch’s nascent attribution solution, adds to its deep linking and complements its access to Facebook data -- which...
iOS 12 release gives users more power, marketers more options
Marketers will find opportunities to connect with users through enhanced AR capabilities, new notifications options and...
Adobe: 47% of smart speaker owners using device in shopping process
Another survey finds significant numbers of consumers using smart speakers for product research and purchases....
Virtual reality enters its ‘trough of despair’ as shipments decline
It wouldn't be fair to say VR is dead, but from a consumer electronics perspective, it's not far from...
Study: Telecoms have been throttling YouTube and Netflix since demise of net neutrality
Even though it was happening to some degree before this year, the activity has picked up since the FCC decision to change the...
Google expands Assistant device network, adds polyglot support
Company announces dizzying array of new integrations of the Google Assistant into speakers, displays and smart appliances....
Survey: Teens cutting back on mobile screen, social media time
A majority of teens said they're consciously reducing social media, video games and mobile phone time....
Chrome browser to update to material design ‘across all operating systems’
Reportedly, the changes will be most pronounced on iOS....
Google faces potential class action, FTC penalties for ‘surreptitious’ location tracking
A lawsuit filed last week and a request for the FTC to enforce a consent decree both stem from the AP story about location tracking....
Report says Google to launch own smart display in time for holidays
Google has the chance to get it right where Amazon and others have so far failed....
Report: Marketers are missing mobile opportunities to reach customers in store
The Salesforce/Publicis.Sapient study reveals that 71% of retail customers use their phone during their in-store shopping...
Google clarifies it does capture location data after Location History is turned off
The company issued a correction on a help page following a story by the AP....
Who’s really winning the smart speaker market, Amazon or Google?
Estimates released today by Canalys are very different from figures that Strategy Analytics also published this...
Microsoft and Amazon marry their assistants, but will the honeymoon be short-lived?
Awkward at launch, let's hope they can make assistant "interoperability" better....
Report: Google continues to gain global smart speaker share
Amazon is still the global leader, but its market share has been eroded by new competition. In the US, it still has a 70 percent share....
Report: Traditional methods of personalization don’t work for millennials and Gen Z
The report from video platform VidMob also found that despite a waning interest in celebrity tie-ins, influencers still have an effect on Gen...