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Google Blocks Adblock Plus, Puts Revenue Before Users

Google zapped the ad-blocking app, claiming it "interfered" with another service in an unauthorized manner. Which only makes sense -- and a weird sort of sense at that -- if you consider ads a "service."

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The Numbers Don't Lie: A Real-World Mobile Strategy Cheatsheet

The numbers don't lie: Use these 10 real-life examples of top companies finding mobile success to help convince your business to get moving.

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Entertainment Weekly Mag Has A Smartphone Bound In — If You Can Find It

What makes this month's issue of Entertainment Weekly so special? Not smoking-hot soccer mom Tina Fey vamping on the cover. The reason is inside: A 2.3-inch LCD screen insert that runs live video and tweets for the CW Network's (not so) fresh lineup of shows. Wait, that's not an ad. That's a smartphone!

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Facebook's 84% Problem

Facebook posted it first quarterly earnings statement post-IPO yesterday and one number pops out: 84%. That is the percentage of revenue the company made from advertising, representing $992 million of the total $1.18 billion it brought in during Q2. To maintain stable growth, Facebook must diversify its revenue stream and become less reliant on…

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How to Curb Aggressive Mobile Ad Networks

Advertising is the financial lifeblood of the Internet. In the dawning mobile era, ads have invaded smartphones and tablets. Yet not every mobile ad provider plays nice. According to Lookout Security, 5% of free mobile applications include “aggressive” ads that invade privacy, change settings or deliver ads outside the context of the app…

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Facebook Launches Simple Mobile Payments

Many Facebook users are not aware that they can pay for items in Facebook without leaving the company’s ecosystem. The social giant’s payments system, called Credits, has worked with apps that run on its platform for several years. But this functionality never really transferred over to its mobile initiatives. That changes today as Facebook…

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How Facebook's Mobile Strategy Might Create Future Revenue Streams

Large companies often have trouble breaking into new revenue-generating vertical markets. As Facebook barrels into its much-anticipated initial public offering today, the question for investors and analysts will be: How does Facebook start making money from its huge mobile presence? While it may seem like Facebook has completely dropped the ball on…

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Digital Lifestyle

Do You Really Want Your Bank Following You Around All Day?

For most people, banks are little more than necessary evils - places to store your money until you need it, and maybe earn a little interest along the way. The goal is to get a decent return without too much hassle. But a conversation with senior Wells Fargo execs reveals a bank trying to use the Internet, social media and mobile technology to…

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[Infographic] How People Use iPhones and Androids in China

Did you know that the majority of Android users in China are on a 2G network? That about 44% of Android users in China use HTC phones? That almost 14% of iPhone users in China have spent $10-$20 on paid apps, with 9% spending more than $50? China has the largest mobile-phone installed base (by volume) in the world, and just as it is in the U.S…

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Mobile Developers: Have a Business and Marketing Plan to Make Money

App stores are frustrating, cluttered places. Even with Apple’s prescreening process of every app that passes through its iOS gates, the App Store, it is often hard to find what you may want or need. This is a problem for consumers - but an even bigger problem for developers that often rely on these apps to make a living. For every successful app…

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Google Blocks Adblock Plus, Puts Revenue Before Users

The Numbers Don't Lie: A Real-World Mobile Strategy Cheatsheet

Entertainment Weekly Mag Has A Smartphone Bound In — If You Can Find It

Facebook's 84% Problem

How to Curb Aggressive Mobile Ad Networks

Facebook Launches Simple Mobile Payments

How Facebook's Mobile Strategy Might Create Future Revenue Streams

Do You Really Want Your Bank Following You Around All Day?

[Infographic] How People Use iPhones and Androids in China

Mobile Developers: Have a Business and Marketing Plan to Make Money