Mobile

The Facebook-owned messaging app continues its policy rollout to enable businesses access to communications with users. But the botched rollout, riddled with misunderstanding and misinformation, suggests consumers are quickly losing trust in Big Tech’s data practices.

Reviews have always been a key aspect of a consumer’s shopping journey. But nowadays—particularly as more consumers lean on ecommerce—additional information in the form of user-generated visuals is becoming just as critical.

The iPhone 12’s strong performance so far has led eMarketer to increase its projections for iPhone users in the US for 2021 and beyond. We now expect iPhone usage in the US will grow this year to 116.3 million, slightly ahead of our Q1 2020 projection of 113.4 million.

EA expands mobile footprint: The company acquired mobile game developer Glu Mobile last week for $2.1 billion as mobile game advertising continues seeing strong growth this year.