Author: Mike Boland

One of our favorite mobile products is ShopSavvy, the Android-based app that essentially turns your phone into a bar code scanner. It now joins the 100,000-deep library of iPhone apps. Technically, what the app does is overlay a horizontal scanline…

Following up on the previous post about BIA/Kelsey's Mobile Market View study, the big jump in smartphone penetration deserves a closer look. Specifically the data show smartphone penetration to be 29 percent of U.S. adult mobile subscribers (up from 18…

BIA/Kelsey's Mobile Market View survey releases today, showing a big rise in smartphone use as well as corresponding mobile Web activity and data consumption. The annual U.S. consumer survey, currently in Wave III, indicates a surprisingly high jump in smartphone…

The past week has seen a lot of action in the mobile space -- Droid release, AdMob acquisition, new BIA/Kelsey mobile data, etc. On Friday, we sat down to record a podcast to bat around some of these events and…

Things continue to heat up in the mobile ad network space. One week after the Google/AdMob news broke, top mobile ad network Millennial Media has announced a $16 million funding round led by NEA and existing investors. The company says…

Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. New TKR Advisory: 'The Multiple Layers of the European Directories-Skype Partnership' We published a new Advisory today in The…

Deloitte released a report indicating this holiday season will see a bump in shopping search performed on mobile devices (in addition to social and other online media). Specifically, 19 percent of survey respondents claim they'll use mobile search for gift…

The New York Times' Bob Tedeschi has a neat column today (thanks for the link, Peter) that speculates what smartphone technology will look like in two years. This comes from his recent conversations with researchers at MIT, SRI, and the…

Twitter is getting closer to the promise of bringing location into the equation as a key component to status updates. Its geolocation support is rolling out, and it recently announced a new local trending topics feature. The general concept here…

Following up on this morning's "just the facts" post about Google's AdMob acquisition, here's a bit more commentary. First off, this is a big deal -- both in size and in what it could mean for the two companies. Google…

Google announced today that it will acquire mobile ad network AdMob for $750 million in stock. This puts the deal near the top of Google's deal sizes to date. AdMob is one of the biggest mobile ad networks and is…

Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Angie's List Adds First 'National' Vertical: Classic and Custom Cars Following the success of eBay Motors with special classic…

Nov. 6 has been highly anticipated within gadget geek circles over the past few weeks, as the date of the public release of Motorola's Droid. It is made by Motorola, runs on Verizon's network, and is the first to be…

Apple announced its latest app milestone today; crossing the six-digit mark. The previous milestone was 85,000 during the Q4 earnings announcement last month. It's clear that app development is accelerating: I just wonder how press-worthy these milestones will continue to…

ComScore has released data that show smartphones in the U.S. now total 33.8 million units -- a 63 percent year-over-year increase. But the highlight of the report was that touchscreen devices outpace even this with 159 percent year-over-year growth to…

Fresh off its monthly SMART report, mobile ad network Millennial Media released a report today that reveals advertiser sentiments towards mobile marketing. Based on a survey of ad agencies; CPG, Retail, Entertainment, Travel and Restaurant categories are expected to be…

Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. ShopCity Partners With Chambers of Commerce, Local Governments The potential of working with chambers of commerce to sell online…

At OMMA Mobile, a panel is batting around the top issues and opportunities of using the mobile device as a branding medium. Specifically a good portion of the conversation is focusing on building mobile apps as brand engagement plays. For…

I'm at MediaPost's OMMA mobile show today, speaking and liveblogging some of the morning sessions (forgive typos). Right now, keynoter John Zehr, SVP and GM of ESPN Mobile, is outlining the mobile opportunity as it applies to a sports media…