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Twitter Promoted Tweets Coming to iPhone and Android Mobile Apps

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Twitter has announced that it will be adding in-stream Promoted Tweets to its Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android mobile apps–an important step given that more than half of active Twitter users access the platform via their mobile device. To date, iPhone and Android mobile users have been exposed to Twitter’s Promoted Products only via the search function–search for a topic and a Promoted Tweet is likely to appear at the top of the search results. With the most recent app updates, however, Twitter now is including the ability to see Promoted Tweets as part of the user’s stream. Read →

44% of African-Americans & Latinos Own Smartphones in the US

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New data from the Pew Internet Project finds that over one-third of American adults – 35% – own a smartphone. Smartphone ownership is highest among the well-off, the well-educated, the (relatively) young, and non-whites. Fifty-nine percent of adults in households earning $75,000 or more have smartphones, nearly half – 48% – of those with a college degree own smartphones, and 44% of blacks and Latinos are smartphone owners. Read →

Mobile Ad Click-Through Rate Twice As High for iPhone, iPad Users

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A study by MediaMind shows that mobile ads served to iPhones and iPads deliver a higher click-through rate than those on other mobile operating systems, including Google’s Android. Ads on iOS mobile platforms outperformed ads served to Google Android phones by more than 2.5 times. Read →

Costolo Claims Twitter is Highly Effective for Advertisers

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At the All Things Digital D9 conference Wednesday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo shared a number of facts about Twitter’s growth and performance as an advertising platform. Here are some highlights, captured by Peter Kafka for All Things D: Read →

78% of Affluent Gen Y Consumers Watch Online Video

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A recent study by the Luxury Institute in New York measured the media consumption of wealthy individuals ages 35 and younger. Overall, consumption via mobile – smartphones and tablets – is up, and consumption via traditional media – television, radio, and print newspaper – is low in comparison with older generations. Read →

Mobile Presentation Views Grow 640% in 2011

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New data released yesterday from SlideRocket shows that the growth of mobile presentations has “skyrocketed” in 2011 with a 640% increase. One of every ten presentations is now viewed via mobile device, with Apple products leading the pack as the device of choice. Read →

Twitter Reaches 155 Million Tweets Per Day

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Last week, Twitter marked the end of the first quarter by tweeting out updated Q1 stats for 2011. See the latest percentage increases for for tweets per day, account signups, and mobile app users. Read →

E-Commerce Site Traffic from Mobile Devices Up 300% From Last Year

Traffic to e-commerce web sites from mobile devices grew by more than 300% year over year, according to an analysis of more than 18 million visits to numerous high-traffic e-commerce websites conducted by SEO technology company Conductor — a huge surge in usage to which marketers and retailers need to pay close attention. Read →

Twitter Claims 145 Million Users; 62% Growth in Mobile Use

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Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has published a post on the company’s blog in which he discusses advances the company has made in improving ease of use for the service. He cites the release of official Twitter apps for the iPhone (via the Tweetie acquisition), Blackberry and Android as contributing to the company’s 62% growth in [...] Read →

App Usage to Soar in 2010

Mobile app investment should grow significantly this year, according to a report from DM2PRO and Quattro Wireless. Fewer than one-half of marketers created either a mobile or social app in 2009, but most plan to invest in a mobile app this year. The iPhone is the platform of choice, followed by Android.  Among those marketers who [...] Read →

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