It may not be master over how its software is used, but that isn’t stopping Google from ruling its Play store with an iron first. It appears that some ad-blocking apps are not welcome. Taking a page out of Apple’s playbook, Samsung on Sunday rolled out support for content blocking within the default browser that […]
Smartphones – and Apple’s iPhone in particular – may seem ubiquitous in the US (see AdExchanger’s Q1 mobile RTB report). Yet worldwide, Samsung beat out Apple and Android-based smartphone sales in the first quarter 2013, according to Gartner. Gartner found 426 million mobile phones were sold in the first quarter, up 0.7% from Q1 2012. Worldwide smartphone […]
Tracking agency adoption of data-driven strategies is pretty easy in the media planning sphere. Media agencies partner with trading desks, data platforms, demand side platforms, and others to launch and optimize audience buying programs. With creative and “general” agencies, the adoption curve is more obscure. But if you squint, you can see it. Take Cheil USA, […]
