Chartboost partners with China's Chukong Technologies to take game monetization global Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 30, 2014 2 min U.S. developer monetization firm reaches into China's fast-growing market. Continue Reading 2 min
Late to the mobile game, Yahoo starts catching up with Flurry purchase Posted byby GamesBeat July 21, 2014 3 min Yahoo's purchase of Flurry makes sense, but it has a long way to go to catch up to Google and Facebook Continue Reading 3 min
Supersonic scores $15M, begins Asia Pacific expansion Posted byby GamesBeat July 21, 2014 2 min In the busy mobile monetization space, advertising platform developer Supersonic (based in Tel Aviv and San Francisco) has closed a $15 million in its... Continue Reading 2 min
Ad revenue optimization platform SponsorPay rebrands as Fyber Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 17, 2014 3 min The company has 180 employees and plans on hiring 70 more this year. Continue Reading 3 min
Global mobile ad spending grows 48% in Q2 over Q1, with emerging markets dominating Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 17, 2014 2 min Global mobile traffic grew 95% from the first quarter to the second quarter. Continue Reading 2 min
Zynga's former developer-relations boss Rob Dyer joins Tapjoy Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2014 1 min Dyer will oversee developer relations at Tapjoy now as its senior vice president. Continue Reading 1 min
Tapjoy claims mobile developers can use reward-based ads without losing any in-app-purchase revenue Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2014 2 min One studio found that it ended up making 14 percent more total revenue from having both in-app purchases and rewarded ads. Continue Reading 2 min
AppFlood teams with Bidstalk to monetize mobile apps in China Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 3, 2014 2 min Two networks coming together will help monetize mobile apps via ads in China. Continue Reading 2 min
NativeX plans to make the ads in free-to-play mobile games work better for everyone Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 28, 2014 2 min Mobile ads are typically ugly and intrusive, but NativeX wants to help developers put an end to that. Continue Reading 2 min
RapidFire acquires tech from IGA Worldwide, a sign of change in the in-game ad market Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 27, 2014 2 min The in-game ad market has transformed since 2008, and this deal reflects that. Continue Reading 2 min