Blog: Quick Stat: 80% of Advertisers Renew Campaigns with Twitter

According to data compiled by eMarketer from Twitter, 80% of advertisers renew their campaigns with the social network. “Twitter offers advertisers a chance to interact with fans in real time, […] Original Link: http://www.emarketer.com/blog/index.php/quick-stat-80-advertisers-renew-twitter/ via my6sense

Mini fastest moving Automotive brand online

Last week we released our second quarterly Automotive report which includes the latest online trends of manufacturers, dealerships, classifieds and motor insurance. The stand out performer this quarter was Mini, which was the fastest mover in our Automotive Brand Index. The Index monitors the top branded searches for manufacturers and car models and benchmarks the … Continue reading Mini fastest moving Automotive brand online

Top U.S. Smartphone App Categories

More than 76.8 million Americans owned smartphones during the three months ending in May 2011, up 57 percent from the previous year. A look at the top smartphone app categories revealed that Weather apps had the largest audience reaching 31 million smartphone owners, or 40.4% of the total U.S. smartphone audience. Social Networking apps closely … Continue reading Top U.S. Smartphone App Categories

In Response To Apple Restrictions, Kobo Releasing HTML5 App

After being forced to remove the bookstore from its iOS app, Kobo has begun working on a web-based HTML5 app to be released later this year. “I would expect to have the HTML5 app complement the iPhone and iPad apps and provide some of the functionality that’s no longer available,” Dan Leibu, Kobo’s chief technology … Continue reading In Response To Apple Restrictions, Kobo Releasing HTML5 App

Followup: Fake Kia ads cause uproar, gets creatives banned from Cannes

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Crossover, Kia, South America First, Kia Motors Brazil disavowed the ads done in its name by Brazilian agency Moma Propaganda, and now, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is doing the same. If you’ll remember, some creatives at Moma put together a rather suggestive, comic diptych to advertise the dual-zone climate … Continue reading Followup: Fake Kia ads cause uproar, gets creatives banned from Cannes

Google Plus Business Profiles Are Coming Q3, Analytics and All

Companies clamoring to build a presence on Google’s new social network have a few more months to wait. Business profiles are coming to Google Plus around the third quarter of this year, according to a story on VentureBeat. While Google hasn’t revealed many details about what the brand profiles will include, a Google representative told … Continue reading Google Plus Business Profiles Are Coming Q3, Analytics and All

Google Maps Removes Third-Party Reviews

Google Places pages have been updated to use the new Google+ interface, but the biggest change is that Google dropped the reviews from third-party sites like Yelp, Menupages or Booking.com, while only relying on the reviews from Google users. “Based on careful thought about the future direction of Place pages, and feedback we’ve heard over … Continue reading Google Maps Removes Third-Party Reviews

Watch Stephen Colbert’s Hilarious Take-down of Fox News Coverage of News Corp.’s Phone-Hacking Scandal

There’s no shortage of serious, in-depth coverage of News Corp.’s phone-hacking scandal, but once again Stephen Colbert really got to the heart of things. Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/adage/homepage/~3/8KEtvO7wdk0/ via my6sense