The era of mobile is here and we are lucky to witness the way it has seen a sea change and evolved to be an inseparable part of our lives. Today, it is inherently difficult to separate a man and his mobile. According to the FICCI–KPMG Media & Entertainment 2013 report, the rapid increase in mobile and wireless connections is driving the growth of internet penetration in India and its key beneficiaries are new media segments, including internet advertising, online classifieds, and gaming.

The MMA Lexicon Subcommittee proposes the lexical framework to categorize mobile video ad units for the ease of communication and transaction within the mobile advertising industry among brands, agencies and technology providers.

Singapore is one of the most digitally advanced markets in the world. Consumer adoption of mobile devices has fascinated the industry. There is no doubt that Singaporean consumers love their gadgets.

This can even been seen in the smartphone penetration in the market.  Recent research shows that smartphone penetration alone in the market was at 90 per cent for a population of 5.31 million.  The penetration of mobile devices, pegged at 7.8 million, is stated to be at 150 per cent.

This guidance explains for covered companies how the existing Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising (“OBA Principles”) and Multi- Site Data (“MSD Principles”) (collectively, the “Self-Regulatory Principles”) apply to certain types of data in the mobile Web site and application environment. This guidance responds to the fact that both First Parties and Third Parties operate across a variety of channels including mobile.

The Mobile Marketing Association has partnered with comScore to provide a series of valuable mobile insight reports for 2013. The Mobile Barometer contains audience measures for a range of mobile activity with trends in device ownership and platform share broken down by age and gender. This quarterly report is free to download and covers the five biggest mobile markets in Europe respectively - UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.

Mobile devices are revolutionizing the way people experience email today. The use of mobile email continues to grow as more consumers seek to stay informed through their smartphone, tablet, or other connected devices. With 88% of people checking their email via mobile devices daily, it’s imperative that marketers develop a strategy to produce emails that are optimized for mobile. In fact, more Android devices are registered every day (1.3MM) than there are weddings, babies born, and deaths COMBINED each day globally... x2!