Analysis

AppNationSF brought together some great minds in the mobile space to assess the current app ecosystem and relay best practices to the audience to help them succeed. The overall take away was that product quality is of the utmost importance and that brands and indie developers alike should test what works for them.

The mobile social gaming network Mobage, the offspring of DeNA and ngmoco, has finally launched in Japan on April 26 on iOS and Android. Mobage has 20 million users from ngmoco and 25 million users from DeNA, bringing its total starting userbase to over 45 million players. Currently Mobage is in talks with major cell [...]

The internet game has changed a lot since the first website hit the web in 1991. Just as text websites have expanded into fully-fledged interactive websites with an eye on mobile, the need for businesses to register a brand-relevant domain name has expanded to include a need for appropriate social profile names on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks.

Social gaming presents myriad integration opportunities for advertisers, but is the reality living up to the hype? In this analysis we take a look at how brands can begin integrating with social games today.

It will be interesting to see how this new reporting system works for high-traffic web sites. Change is fast becoming the only constant in an increasingly dynamic Internet. Content and advertising managers can benefit greatly from a system that offers real-time data. They can serve content and manage campaigns based on emerging traffic patterns.

In 2008, they shouted “Yes we can!”, but in 2012, the crowds may be yelling “accept my friend request” as Barack Obama officially launches his 2012 Presidential campaign with a heavy social media component.

A lot of people think it’s cool that YouTube offers a new outlet for talented artists like Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black to get discovered. But not everyone thinks it’s fair. Miley Cyrus says, “It should be harder to be an artist.”

New smartphone apps help users avoid red light camera, speed traps, and DUI checkpoints, but a group of U.S. senators is trying to put a stop to them.

It seems like the more successful Netflix gets the less cooperative their content providers become. Is Netflix digging its own grave with its success?

Google has updated their search algorithm so that ‘content farms’ and sites with duplicated content get less hits. Internet users trying to find better info are happy, but there are many sites that feel they were unfairly targeted.