The Facebook and WhatsApp Acquisition: A $19B deal and a Promising Future
It has been a quite the week for WhatsApp after being acquired for $19 billion by Facebook (FB) last Wednesday. Word about the deal has traveled fast. However, the big…
BIA/Kelsey Video Diaries: Facebook's Mobile Network Effect
Carrying on the tradition of more multimedia delivery of BIA/Kelsey analysis, below is the latest video diary of weekly news recaps. This week, the focus is just one topic…
BIA/Kelsey Video Diaries: Facebook’s Mobile Network Effect
Carrying on the tradition of more multimedia delivery of BIA/Kelsey analysis, below is the latest video diary of weekly news recaps. This week, the focus is just one topic…
Facebook and Teens: Their Future Together
There has been some heated discussions about teens and their decline in Facebook usage in 2013. Warnings that Facebook will earn its spot as the next "has been" social media…
IAB Leadership Meeting: Facebook, NY Times Defend Native Advertising
Native advertising -- the insertion of contextually relevant advertising amidst other content -- is viewed with suspicion by much of the ad community, which sees it as unscaleable, and perhaps…
Facebook’s Q4 Big Wins: Mobile Ads and SMBs
On yesterday's Facebook Q4 earnings call, COO Sheryl Sandberg reiterated a point she's made repeatedly, "SMBs are the holy grail of online advertising and a segment that I've been particularly…
Facebook/Google Vertical Wars: Facebook Recruits a Google Auto Exec
Facebook isn't obvious as a major competitor for auto advertising. But Google certainly watches Facebook's every move in autos, as it worries that advertising that might have otherwise gone to…
Mobile Up, Desktop Down: Facebook Focuses on Mobile in a Big Way
Online Property Penetration BIA/Kelsey data shows small-businesses are fully embracing Facebook as a media channel. Facebook executives made it clear on the company's recent earnings call that they see SMBs…
Facebook, eBay, GoDaddy, Lt. Gov Join Leading in Local: ILM (Dec. 10-12 San Francisco)
How can you constantly top yourself? It is a challenge that leaders have, in whatever endeavor they are pursuing: whether it is sports, literature, academia, or business. We are pretty…
What Would a Waze-Infused Facebook Look Like?
There are rumors swirling this morning that Facebook will acquire Waze. For those unfamiliar, Israeli based Waze is a red hot social navigation app that focuses on traffic conditions among a growing…