With just a few more days until the big E3 2014 video game trade show begins, the folks at
mobile publisher Gameloft have released the first teaser trailer for Modern Combat 5: Blackout, the next installment for one of their most popular franchises.
The company has announced a business and capital alliance with
mobile publisher DeNA, which will develop and manage game applications for smart devices based on Nintendo's popular IP's.
When you've got a back catalog as good as Sega does, it seems a shame to let it languish and with
mobile the publisher has found a great way to bring its games to as many people as possible
All 4 Games, Channel 4's
mobile publisher today released Super Arc Light, the first title from new Scottish studio No Code.
According to the latest report from Tech in Asia, SEGA has invested millions of dollars into the Singapore - based
mobile publisher, GoGame.
Ripstone seems to be the most prolific PlayStation
Mobile publisher, and they are back with another title, along with Green Hill Studios.
Tencent are already the number 1
mobile publisher in China and 10 of the top 30 mobile games in China are published by them.
It's estimated that the game has already generated more than $ 40 million in gross revenue in just two weeks, a number that is generally unachievable unless you're Supercell or another big
mobile publisher.
Thanks to
mobile publisher Noodlecake, Cyan Worlds» cryptic point and click masterpiece has finally made the jump to Google Play.
I predicted that a breakout novel would be created specifically for the mobile environment and there was a modest success story called The Creature's Cookbook, on
mobile publisher Tapas Media's app that quickly became their best selling franchise (it's from one of my clients, so I feel obligated to mention that).
With our free and flexible mediation solution,
mobile publishers can work with the partners of their choice.
Flurry works with 8,000
mobile publishers, such as news outlet the Guardian and game maker Sega Corp., who use the service to sell banner ads within apps.
Its biggest win may be Mopub, a startup that helped
mobile publishers manage their ad inventory and was acquired Twitter in 2013 for $ 350 million.
According to Re / code, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will acquire Flurry, a provider of analysts and ad services
mobile publishers and advertisers.
Are they trying to replace the small
mobile publishers just getting off the ground?
Kindle is the first of the e-readers (but not of
the mobile publishers) to implement this short publishing form.
Most recently, Finn was the Chief Business Officer at AppThis which is one of the largest private machine learning platforms for App Developers and
Mobile publishers worldwide.
I wouldn't be surprised if more
mobile publishers followed iDreamSky practice of funding indie game development.
Of course, iDreamSky is already in the game business as the company is one of the leading
mobile publishers in China.
It's no secret that the conditions are already tough for small developers in China, due to the utter domination of large
mobile publishers, and this could be the final nail in the coffin.
A month later, AppAnnie revealed that the launch of the game helped the developer to enter the Top 20
mobile publishers in...
For big
mobile publishers this will be a barrier for them but one that they'll be able to overcome in time.
Its biggest win may be Mopub, a startup that helped
mobile publishers manage their ad inventory and was acquired Twitter in 2013 for $ 350 million.
Not exact matches
«It also allows them to build out their PC and
mobile game titles into true entertainment franchises comparable to what Western
publishers have done.»
Facebook's initiative is in part a response to the fact that many
publishers»
mobile sites load content too slowly for the tastes of consumers.
In addition to the design changes and features for making money, Medium is also taking another interesting step — it is making it easy for
publishers to adapt their content so that it works with Facebook's Instant Articles and Google's Accelerated
Mobile Pages standard.
«As a first step we're taking advantage of our existing identity and payment technologies to help people subscribe on a publication's website with a single click, and then seamlessly access that content anywhere — whether it's on that
publisher site or
mobile app, or on Google Newsstand, Google Search or Google News,» Gingras said.
Mobile now represents approximately 65 percent of a typical publisher's web traffic, yet most do not come close to generating the same level of revenues via mobile as they do through their desktop web
Mobile now represents approximately 65 percent of a typical
publisher's web traffic, yet most do not come close to generating the same level of revenues via
mobile as they do through their desktop web
mobile as they do through their desktop websites.
Yahoo said the combination «will accelerate revenue growth for thousands of developers and
publishers across the
mobile ecosystem.»
The three founders of MAZ Digital make software that empowers
publishers to make
mobile applications themselves.
As Fortune reported when
mobile carrier group Three announced a similar move a week ago, it is likely that the law will be on the side of the
publishers.
SimilarWeb puts together a monthly ranking of the largest U.S. media companies and
publishers, and the latest one has MSN at the top with almost 2 billion desktop and
mobile page - views.
Advertisers and
publishers are being threatened with more ad revenue losses as two ad blocking companies are about to launch new
mobile - focused ad blocking technologies beyond desktop blocking.
Kolondra also said Opera is not talking with its
mobile - operator partners about instituting the feature in its (far more widely used)
mobile versions — many operators are controversially experimenting with blocking ads at the network level rather than in the browser, partly as a way of getting
publishers and ad networks to give them a slice of their revenue.
Google launched its twist on Facebook's Instant Articles feature today — an open standard for delivering
mobile web pages faster for publishers of all kinds, which the company is calling «Accelerated Mobile Pages» o
mobile web pages faster for
publishers of all kinds, which the company is calling «Accelerated
Mobile Pages» o
Mobile Pages» or AMP.
Targeting the emerging
mobile - banking market, Rogers Communications, Canada's biggest wireless phone company (and
publisher of this magazine), has also applied for a banking licence, although there are no plans to become a full - service deposit - taking financial institution.
It's no longer considered
mobile - friendly to have pop - up ads before you reach content, which can impact advertisers and
publishers.
The main reason why
publishers like the Times have entered into this partnership in the first place is that they are falling behind when it comes to
mobile.
Apple launched the iPhone and completely changed the world of
mobile games, allowing developers to circumvent both
publishers and wireless carriers in releasing their products.
Under the terms of the deal, entire news stories from those partners will appear inside Facebook's
mobile app and be able to be read there, as opposed to the traditional practice of news
publishers posting an excerpt and a link to their website.
Through a new partnership with Japanese
mobile game
publisher DeNA, it will design original games featuring Nintendo characters exclusively for smart devices.
The advent of Facebook's Instant Articles, where
publishers will now host their content directly on Facebook rather than on their own websites, and Google following suite with its Accelerated
Mobile Pages project are both dangerous new developments, he says.
Additionally, although news pages that have been altered to both AMP and PWA load faster, the tweaked coding standards offsets some of what
publishers and advertisers can do to create customized content for their
mobile websites.
Although Google's intentions to boost the speed of
mobile websites could help
publishers and e-commerce websites, Google also stands to benefit if the project catches on.
The study that Reckhow was referring to, however, looked at both
mobile and desktop referral traffic, and didn't say that it had dropped for everyone — just for the top 30 Facebook
publishers.
• GameMine Inc, a Los Angeles - based
mobile game
publisher, raised $ 20 million in Series A funding.
To fix the problem of slow - loading
mobile websites and often obnoxious online advertising, Google (goog) is embarking on an ambitious plan to convince media companies and web
publishers to alter the software code powering their sites.
As a leading
mobile video advertising and monetization platform, AdColony works with both Fortune 500 brands and more than 70 % of the top grossing
publishers in the App Store, reaching over 150MM monthly uniques.
Referral traffic (desktop +
mobile) to the top 30 Facebook
publishers (as defined by their reliance on Facebook) plunged 32 percent from January to October, according to SimpleReach, a distribution analytics company.
Google on Wednesday said it would begin penalizing the search rankings of websites that use pop - up
mobile ads asking users to install an app, the latest move by the company that could have a big impact on advertisers,
publishers and other content creators.