HasOffers scores $9.4M first round led by Accel Partners

HasOffers, a Seattle-based provider of mobile advertising-tracking services, has raised a $9.4 million Series A led by Accel Partners.

A year after IPO, Facebook still down 30% (but the future is bright)

A year ago today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg "rang the bell" to open trading in one of the most hotly-anticipated initial public offerings in history as Facebook hit the stock market. And promptly went splat.

Why 75 cents of every dollar spent on mobile advertising is spent on iPhone and iPad

There's a reason that even though Android has almost caught up to iOS in downloads, it's still way behind in monetization.

Facebook making ads more useful to mobile users, says COO Sandberg

Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg said Facebook's mobile ads will increase in engagement if not in number and called mobile more important than TV for advertisers.

Nuance uses its voice smarts to create interactive & entertaining mobile ads

Nuance is making a smart argument for why voice could be the key to making money in mobile advertising. And it might just work out.

We love showrooming: Google adds new globally available Product Listing Ad to mobile

Google's ramping up mobile monetization today with a new sponsored search result ad type, a product listing ad. It also reduces the mobile search presence of the showroomer's biggest ally: Amazon.com.

Don’t freak: Mobile ad startup Dobleas nabs $5.4M from Japan’s FreakOut

New York City-based mobile ad startup Dobleas has emerged out of stealth with a $5.4 million investment from FreakOut, a Japanese digital marketing company.

WhatRunsWhere launches first in-app Android ad spy to show who’s buying mobile ads (and where)

Brands, how would you like to know exactly where and when your competitors advertise? Publishers, how would you like to know exactly which brands are advertising at competing publications -- and who sold them those ads?

New Tumblr mobile monetization plan: pay-per-view (you pay, they view)

With 74 million daily posts, Tumblr is a big haystack to get lost in. Which is why the company is planning to monetize its mobile product the new old-fashioned way: pay-per-view. You pay, that is, and others view.

Mobile revenue shines as Facebook’s earnings beat Wall Street estimates

Facebook's earnings just hit the wire, showing $1.585 billion for the quarter and a grand total of $5.1 billion for all of 2012, narrowly beating estimates of $5 billion.

30 billion ads say iPad now more popular for mobile marketers than iPhone

Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but advertisers like iPads.

IAB study: Mobile video isn’t really all that mobile, after all

63 percent of video-watching on mobile phones, the study said, happens right at home sweet home.