Brimming with apps and opportunity (over 6K new Android apps added daily to the Google Play app store alone) the app stores are set to pull in an incredible $120 billion in consumer spend by the end of the year, according to app store intelligence provider App Annie. That’s 5x the growth rate of the global economy, which means 2019 is destined to be the biggest year in mobile and apps yet.

The soft launch is the most crucial stage in the lifecycle of your mobile gaming app. It’s the phase that determines if you are on track to deliver a game that has commercial potential. And it’s when you double-down to validate your product and double-check if your assumptions about your target audience — and how […]

Gaming, a massive industry with an eye-watering $116 billion in revenue that dwarfs music and movies combined, dominates as the most popular (and profitable) form of entertainment on the planet. Its impressive success is powered by a string of blockbuster titles and franchises, and its high-octane growth is also fueled by the advance of mobile and […]

In a market where the cost to acquire an app user is rising through the roof, and the increase in app abandonment (the number of users who quit an app after one use) is alarming, it’s clear that the traditional focus on top-funnel metrics is fatally flawed. Our focus on a linear journey is completely out of line […]

Time is money!” used to be the command companies followed to boost their productivity and increase profits. Fast forward to a mobile-first world where research firm eMarketer forecasts a whopping 86.2% of the 3.75 billion Internet users worldwide will use a mobile phone to go online by end-2019, and the same maxim is the imperative companies must […]

A week after Amazon Prime Day and a review of the data reveals the two-day shopping extravaganza didn’t just break records for the online commerce giant. It broke new ground for smart retailers who leaned into this annual event to create a deal event of their own or simply doubled-down on campaigns to drive customer […]

The advance of high-speed networks and affordable data plans hasn’t only whet audience appetites for unlimited anytime, anywhere access to the content they desire. It has created ideal conditions for data-hungry streaming apps to proliferate, displacing traditional broadcast TV, and driving the meteoric growth of on-demand video. The phenomenon is global in scale, but nowhere […]

While topline numbers released last month by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and cybersecurity company White Ops declare the “war on fraud is winnable,” the battle with bot fraud continues to escalate on mobile.  Bot fraud—perpetrated by automated software agents capable of interacting with content, advertising and offers in a human-like way—is prevalent and pernicious. What’s […]

Nielsen numbers released last month show media consumption continues to climb with more attention being diverted towards smartphones than ever before. The total percentage of time spent on mobile among 18 to 34-year-olds has reached a new high — 34% up from 29% the previous year — at the expense of more traditional TV viewing. It’s a dramatic development […]

Tax Day, the deadline for filing 2018 taxes with the U.S. IRS, may have passed, but new data suggest April is a red-letter month for mobile finance app acquisition and use, marking the global start of a productive period when financial institutions and fintech companies can acquire valuable customers at bargain prices. The real payoff, […]