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Consistent Revenue Growth At Core Of Google’s Mobile Advertising Strategy: TBR

YoungUpstarts

Google is focused on expanding its already broad reach into the advertising market by increasing the span and coverage of its digital and mobile platforms, and the company’s 4Q14 results highlight how the company’s efforts to buttress its core services is paying off: Google’s revenue and gross profit climbed 15.3%

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Microsoft’s Cloud-First, Mobile-First Bets To Start Paying Off: TBR

YoungUpstarts

The new company structure and “cloud first, mobile first” messaging will take some time to fully resonate with partners and customers, but will continue to more tightly align Microsoft’s internal structure. Nadella’s efforts to reboot Microsoft positions the company to more effectively engage with channel partners and enterprise customers.

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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. Audio advertising matures – In Carat Trends 2021 the media agency expects there to be a significant increase in audio advertising as both brands and platforms realise its value and power. credit App Annie.

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. Examples include the current rise of native advertising and the fundamental platform shift to mobile.

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Preparing Websites For The Unexpected | Smashing Mobile

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Mobile Design’s Wake-Up Call Preparing Websites For The Unexpected. Advertisement. Mobile devices shake old habits in two ways. Now, not only do we have small-screen iPhones, Android phones, Kindles, iPads and other mobile devices, but we’re asking websites to adapt to whichever device comes knocking. Newsletter.

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Announcing NextView Operator Guilds

View from Seed

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft.

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5 Tech Business Ideas You Can Start Fresh Out Of College

The Startup Magazine

A dynamic skill that’s easy to learn without formal instruction is mobile application development. People spend an average of four hours per day on their mobile devices , making smartphone users a reliable and influential base of potential customers. Consider lending your services as a search engine expert.

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