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Ingrid Lunden
Feb 2, 2012 9:20 AM
Mobile advertising may not yet be something that Facebook has explored in its strategy to monetize its massive user base, and given the growth we’ve seen in the space, you can argue that it might be missing a trick.
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Ingrid Lunden
Jan 5, 2012 8:24 AM
The latest monthly figures from independent mobile ad network Jumptap reveal that Android has continued to solidify its lead as the most dominant mobile operating system, leading not only in market share but also as the top smartphone platform for both app and mobile web usage. But we can also…
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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 5, 2011 8:53 AM
Using stats from a mobile advertising network do not give the most complete picture of the mobile market, but they do highlight some interesting usage trends. So take the following, perhaps, with a grain of salt: One report out today from the ad network Jumptap notes that there may be…
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Ingrid Lunden
Aug 18, 2011 3:54 AM
A look at some of the top stories in mobile today:
» Motorola/Microsoft: Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility gets a setback in a patent infringement case being brought against it by Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). (via Florian Mueller)
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Ingrid Lunden
Aug 9, 2011 5:12 AM
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: —Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) patent cases: The ITC is launching its investigation of Apple’s patent complaint against HTC. If it sides with Apple, that could mean a ban on some Android-based HTC devices. Meanwhile, Apple’s ramped up its request to…
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Ingrid Lunden
May 5, 2011 5:47 AM
As consolidation continues in the mobile ad space—with Greystripe most recently getting bought by ValueClick (NSDQ: VCLK)—one of the remaining, larger independent players is making sure it will have the scale to go the distance for the near term. Jumptap, the targeted mobile ad network, today announced that it has…
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Ingrid Lunden
Mar 7, 2011 9:40 AM
—Verizon: Lowell McAdam is the latest addition to the operator’s board of directors. He has been the COO of Verizon since last October and was previously the CEO of Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), which Verizon controls jointly with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD). (release)
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 27, 2010 7:34 AM
Advertising Week kicks off in New York with a shakeup at mobile ad network Jumptap: Dan Olschwang is out as CEO, replaced by George Bell, a managing director at Jumptap lead investor General Catalyst. Bell, former CEO of Upromise and Excite, is taking an indefinite leave from General Catalyst to…
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Rory Maher
Apr 15, 2009 8:14 AM
Mobile search and advertising startup JumpTap has launched tapMatch, which lets advertisers pay to have text ads placed next to keywords on mobile websites, search results and applications, according to VentureBeat . If it sounds familiar, that’s because it is very much like Google’s mobile version of AdWords. JumpTap Chief…
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Tricia Duryee
Aug 26, 2008 8:00 AM
Cambridge, MA.-based JumpTap, a white-label mobile search and advertising company, plans to announce today that it has raised $26 million in a fourth round of funding, bringing its overall total to $72 million. The latest round was led by Alliance Bernstein L.P., a publicly traded global asset management firm. All…
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Tricia Duryee
Aug 18, 2008 1:23 PM
A very short report in Globes, a Israeli business publication, said that Cambridge, Mass.-based JumpTap, a mobile search and advertising company, laid off about 20 employees as part of a restructuring. A majority of the cuts reportedly took place at its headquarters, but “several more” occurred at its office in…
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Tricia Duryee
May 27, 2008 6:54 PM
—Avot Media launching video service: Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Avot Media said it is launching a mobile video service in about 100 Home Depot stores that will help sell a product called Safety Quick Light’s Fast Attach. At the stores, users will see a sign by the product that allows them to…
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David Kaplan
Apr 1, 2008 8:44 PM
Both NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and Fox Mobile Entertainment are working with Cambridge, Mass.-based ad network JumpTap on a targeted ad program. Ads that are sold on the media companies’ respective mobile sites will be based, in part, on users’ previous JumpTap search queries. The ads will run on sites…
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