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Mobile networks are “teeming with streaming,” finds Sandvine, the provider of broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators. Sandvine has released its Internet traffic trends report “Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2012,” based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 200-plus customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific. The news is good for  [...]

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Intrusive or Clever? Digital Ads Find Their Way Onto Photographs

Digital marketers have become adept at incorporating ads in online content of all kinds. One piece of web real estate left relatively alone has been the photograph. That will likely change with Vibrant Media's acquisition of Image Space Media. One of the goal's of this deal is to push this ad format, according to the Media Decoder blog.  "We believe that the user goes to the Web to be   [...]

Who Says Video Streaming is Subdued? Even Super Bowl Will Be Streamed Live

Even as consumers fling themselves into last minute shopping in preparation for the holidays (for the holiday season-to-date, nearly $32 billion has been spent online, marking a 15% increase versus the corresponding days last year, comScore has just reported), there is next year's exciting events to whcih to look forward. Namely the Super Bowl. This ye  [...]

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Zynga Gives Lady Gaga Her Own Game

Social game-maker Zynga is giving musical artist Lady Gaga her own game to release tracks from her upcoming album 'Born This Way.' Called GagaVille, the game will lead players through various challenges that, once they complete, will reward them with exclusive tracks. The album is coming out on May 23 and the GagaVille promotion runs May 17 through May 26. While a number of brands have used the Zynga pla  [...]

With An Eye on Underserved Female Gamers, Rally Marketing Group Acquires PassionFruit Games

Rally Marketing Group is acquiring PassionFruit Games, a developer of casual video games aimed at female gamers. The agency points to importance of female shoppers to its client base as one reason as well as the growing numbers of casual female gamers. Female fans make up 40% of all video game players, according to the Entertainm  [...]

Marketing Data RoundUp: Uniforms top all other forms of advertising including internet | Mobile entertainment to reach to $54B by '15

Uniforms Trump All Ad Formats Including Online Company uniforms were found to be the most effective advertising tactic - outperforming internet, newspaper, TV, radio and billboard advertising, according to a study conducted at Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School in conjunction with UniFirst [PDF]. The study, entitled "Are Uniforms an Effective Marketing Tool?" looked at more than 260 comp  [...]

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Apps Overshadow Online Sites for Thanksgiving Help - With One Old-School Exception

In case you missed the Google Doodle this week, the icon is featuring a typical American Thanksgiving meal with a link to six recipes from cookbook author and TV chef Ina Garten for the big day. In 2010, though, going online to find recipes seems almost quaint, given the number of apps available and their accompanying features such a  [...]

Is Kinect the Precursor to Next-gen Kinetic-based Ads?

Microsoft's Dennis Durkin raised an interesting ad concept for the company's newly launched - and wildly successful - Kinect game at an investment summit: the gaming device's camera could pass data to advertisers about its users, such as how they look, what they wear and even speak. Even more detailed information may be possible, such as the number of people are in a room when an ad is show and how they react to it. Or how engaged, exactly, are they with that game. (  [...]

Social Gaming - and Virtual Goods Sales - Get Huge Boost from Microsoft

Microsoft has given the social gaming space a huge boost with its introduction of a new gaming hub that connects its three major social gaming portals. The move blurs the line between casual and social gameplay, according Michael Wolf, senior marketing manager for Xbox Product Marketing - effectively allowing anyone who uses MSN Games, Bing Games and Windows Live Messenger to play the same games, see their fri  [...]

Hollywood Pushes Social Media Ad Concepts

The entertainment industry was among the first sectors to harness social media for commercial purposes. It continues to tweak its use of social media in promotional campaigns by trying out new platforms such as games or business models, such as online ticket sales from FarmVille. In the case of the latter, Paramount DreamWorks Animation’s MegaMind has partnered with the social game developer Zynga to promote the movie on Farmville - the game’s first film partner. For 24 hours this weeken  [...]

Tech News: Google Instant for mobile | Nielsen undercounts web traffic | Hulu Plus exits closed beta | 300,000 Apple apps?

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Facebook's Mobile Local Deals Offering: Facebook ads provide 'deals' for local merchants, marketers. Facebook to Foursquare: you're out. A glimpse at the future of Foursquare. Online Ad Market:   [...]

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Microsoft Eyes Better Movement Recognition Gaming Products

Microsoft is preparing a line of sophisticated movement recognition products – or at least readying for improved technology in this space. That, at least is the conclusion many are drawing from its acquisition of Canesta, which designs microchips that it says enable computers to see images in three dimensions.(via Reuters). The acquisition comes as Microsoft is getting ready to launch its   [...]

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Can Wunder-app FarmVille Drive Traffic to the iPad?

Zynga has released Farmville for Apple's iPad.  The free app has been customized to take advantage of the iPad’s larger screen and touch interface, letting players zoom in and out to view their farms, harvest crops, or drive tractors with the tap of a finger. Push notifications alert iPad users to their crops' status. Too Few Apps Being Downloaded The app comes to iTunes just as Nielsen ha  [...]

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Heightened online interest in NFL professional football during the offseason offers a marketing opportunity, according to research from Compete. Consumer Behavior Indicates Offseason Interest Consumer behavior, both in terms of TV and the internet, indicates strong interest in the NFL even when games are not being played. The recent NFL draft, held  [...]