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It’s IPO Day For AppLovin, And CEO Adam Foroughi Explains Why First-Party Data Helped The Company Get There

AppLovin is hoping to get some lovin’ from a white hot public market that’s been rewarding technology stocks with massive valuations. The company announced its IPO on Thursday, offering 22.5 million shares at $80 a pop. Trading will begin on the Nasdaq under the ticker APP. (Update: Shares opened at $70, below the target, and... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // April 15th, 2021 //
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Swaarm, a startup that helps buyers and ad networks track performance marketing, has launched a solution for privacy-enabled attribution on iOS 14.
Swaarm Has An Alternative Method For Attribution On iOS 14 – Minus The IDFA

Swaarm, a Berlin-based startup that helps advertisers, agencies and ad networks track their performance marketing, hadn’t yet launched in June 2020 when Apple first announced its plans to limit IDFA use. The timing was fortuitous. Rather than having to pivot like a legacy mobile measurement provider, Swaarm’s co-founders (who had been developing the technology for... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // April 13th, 2021 //
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Nielsen, Deloitte, PwC And P&G All Helped Draft The CAID Spec

P&G isn’t the only western company that was deeply involved in the development of the China Advertising ID (CAID). The China-based arms of Nielsen, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers are all listed as “drafting organizations” behind the CAID standard in the original technical specs. CAID is an IDFA workaround that was devised for the specific purpose of... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // April 12th, 2021 //
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Apple Is Rejecting Apps That Use Third-Party Code For Alleged Privacy Infractions

And so it begins. Apple started rejecting app updates on Thursday that conflict with its App Tracking Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework. ATT prohibits user tracking without explicit consent and bans developers from using fingerprinting to try and identify a device or user. The news was first reported by independent analyst John Koetsier in Forbes. Specifically,... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // April 2nd, 2021 //
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Jeremy Bondy, CEO, Vungle
Blackstone-Backed Vungle Is Maturing Away From Its Mobile Ad Network Roots

Vungle chief exec Jeremy Bondy refers to himself as a “virtual CEO.” Bondy was at Vungle for six years, most recently as COO, before being elevated to the top spot in November, seven months into the pandemic. It’s been a busy few quarters for Vungle, which is evolving from a mobile ad network into a... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // March 29th, 2021 //
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Digital Turbine On Why Fyber Is The “Cherry On Top” Of Its Ad Tech Strategy

On Monday, on-device media technology company Digital Turbine bought app monetization platform Fyber for $600 million. Digital Turbine has become one of the most prolific acquirers of mobile ad tech over the last two months – beginning with its $400 million acquisition of mobile ad network AdColony in late February, followed by its early March... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // March 26th, 2021 //
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Mobile Mania: Digital Turbine To Buy Fyber For $600M, IronSource To IPO Via SPAC, TikTok Drops $4B On A Game Studio

It’s mobile mania. There were three big pieces of mobile news before lunch on Monday – evidence that the mobile app market is white hot and only getting hotter. Content discovery provider Digital Turbine is acquiring app monetization company Fyber for $600 million in cash and stock – less than a month after spending $400 million to... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // March 22nd, 2021 //
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AppLovin Is Going Public, Files S-1 Ahead Of IPO

App marketing platform AppLovin filed for its IPO on Tuesday after the market closed, and it wins for best ticker symbol ever: APP. Read the full S-1 filing here. AppLovin is taking advantage of a public market boom for advertising-related technology companies, but AppLovin was actually quite hot before the froth started frothing. The company... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // March 3rd, 2021 //
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AdColony Is Being Acquired For $400 Million By Digital Turbine

Apparently ad tech is so hot right now that ad networks can get acquired in the year 2021 for hundreds of millions of dollars. On Friday, Digital Turbine acquired AdColony for $400 million from its parent, Norwegian internet company Otello Corp. (formerly Opera Software). The transaction is expected to close in March. Otello and Digital... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // February 26th, 2021 //
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Location Intel Provider Cuebiq Is Shutting Down Its SDK In The Name Of Privacy

Location intelligence company Cuebiq is sunsetting its software development kit and replacing it with a clean room-type product called Workbench that will allow data analysis in a more secure, privacy-safe way. Cuebiq had been planning to make this move for around two years. Even when there’s no malicious intent, SDKs pose a security risk and... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // February 23rd, 2021 //
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