Mobile ads GPS study: How far will you drive for a deal? (infographic)

We'll drive 2.8 miles for just the right sandwich, but 7.1 miles for a great Italian restaurant.

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.

Forrester’s top 10 trends for mobile in 2013

You can sum up Forrester's prognostications on 2013 trends for mobile in three little words.

Google announces ‘biggest change to AdWords in 5 years:’ mobile is now baked in

"This is a huge simplification to how advertisers manage and track mobile advertising campaigns," Larry Kim, CEO of search marketing firm WordStream, told me today.

AppGratis closes $13.5M in funding with revenue at $1M/month and users growing at 300K/day

"We've been approaching the US market very cautiously almost with a bit of fear," Dawlat told me. "We're a little French company, but the growth we're seeing now ... this is completely mind-blowing for us."

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

Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but advertisers like iPads.

Report: User acquisition costs for iOS shot up 30% last month

The cost of acquiring loyal users for iPhone and iPad apps shot up by almost a third last month as marketers started the big Christmas season push.

Forrester on mobile marketing: who you do — and do not — want to target

Forrester released a new report today on mobile marketing. As it turns out, there's only one group of mobile customers that marketers want to target. Big shocker: It's not the 7 percent of American adults who still refuse to use a mobile phone.

App developers: Mopub report shows you how to maximize ad revenues

If you want to maximize ad revenue in your mobile app, develop for iPhone, allow rich media ads, pass keywords to advertisers about content and users, and focus on health, news, entertainment, and fitness segments.

mBlox: app developers, here’s how to revive old apps (and 30K free messages to help)

You built the app. Everyone came, and you were over the moon. But now, months later, no-one is opening your app, and you're pulling out your hair.

Advertisers salivating in anticipation of new iPad Mini

It seems almost certain that Apple will announce an iPad Mini tomorrow in San Jose. And for several reasons, advertisers can't wait.

InMarket: To survive, retailers must embrace mobile

Brick-and-mortar retailers should embrace mobile devices if they want to stay afloat, InMarket says.

SingTel builds an advertising powerhouse with $321M Amobee purchase

SingTel, Singapore’s leading mobile operator and the country’s biggest company by market cap, announced today that it has acquired the U.S.-based mobile advertising firm Amobee for $321 million in cash.

The move will obviously make SingTel a big player in …

PlayHaven launches “Zynga in a box” mobile-game monetization platform

PlayHaven, a real-time mobile marketing startup that has enabled a four-fold increase in in-app purchases for its game developer customers, is adding new monetization features that will help developers make even more money.

PlayHaven’s new monetization features use analytics and …

Placecast combines “geofenced” ShopAlerts with mobile apps

Location-based digital marketing company Placecast has made a name for itself by sending text messages to users when they’re within range of a business that is offering discounts. Now the company is expanding these updates, called ShopAlerts, to work within …