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Podcast: Where is the growth in digital advertising? (with Ari Paparo)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6euYB2tjFgunzbhkFQXHAB?si=d2169f398d0d43a5 My guest on this week's episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Ari Paparo, a prominent entrepreneur and…

Netflix’s ad-supported tier is ARPU dilutive. Enter proprietary ad tech.

Netflix made three substantive announcements at its upfront event yesterday: The company's ad-supported tier, Standard with Ads, has reached 40MM…

Microsoft’s alternative app store that isn’t

Microsoft announced at the Bloomberg Technology Summit last week that it will launch a web-based store for mobile gaming consumables…

Podcast: Taming the mayhem and pandemonium of X (with Trung Phan)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zTT4SXPfR0JpXUzViCkpU?si=09358efc3e2144ba My guest on this week's podcast is Trung Phan, a popular X (Twitter) personality and a host of the…

Meta Shops, Shop Ads, and platform AI advantages

Meta unveiled new generative AI tools for creative production at a press event yesterday, including the ability for advertisers to…

Podcast: All about the Digital Markets Act (with Lazar Radic)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bAfueMPZ18JaCfF78zK45?si=651ab730e9854718 My guest on this episode of the podcast is Lazar Radic, a Senior Scholar for Competition Policy at the International…

“Write two letters”

An almost certainly apocryphal parable from the terminal stage of the Soviet Union goes like this: Joseph Stalin, in poor…

Pinterest Q1 2024 earnings: 23% revenue growth, third-party demand traction

Pinterest released its Q1 2024 earnings results this week: Revenue increased by 23% year-over-year, to $740MM, exceeding analyst expectations of $700MM; Global MAUs…

Google’s Network business is vestigial

Alphabet reported earnings for Q1 2024 last week. The company saw overall advertising revenue increase by 13% year over year…

Podcast: What is the American Privacy Rights Act? (with Alan Chapell)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5SwDyki7IOHAxx259iVkaX?si=0e9101640e614510 In this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast, I speak with ⁠Alan Chapell⁠, an attorney who specializes in digital…