Can you trust your smart speaker? What new abilities are being developed for it? Will new companies be able to break into the industry? Let’s take a look at some of the latest research, trends, and innovations in the global smart speaker industry. Is your smart speaker spying on you? Maybe not spying, per se,…
While many people are turning to fitness apps to help them build exercise routines and stay in shape, formal workouts don’t appeal to everyone. Fortunately, there are many different ways to stay active, and plenty of them let you have fun while you’re at it. Virtual reality is one of those options – it may…
2019 was a very successful year for music streaming services. The US industry grew by around 20%, and it brought the entire music industry along with it – vinyl and CD sales both rose, with vinyl having its best year in over three decades. Globally, the music streaming services industry is expected to grow by…
When Pokemon Go – an augmented reality game based on a hugely popular Nintendo franchise – entered the mobile gaming market in 2016, it exploded with the kind of success every developer and marketer dreams of but almost never sees. The game hit the top of every app store within a day, and set five…
The gaming industry is seeing many innovations and trends as video game companies look for new ways to capture and keep customers. Competition is rising for established players, and some new products and services are starting to find their feet. Gaming is becoming increasingly mainstream, with more and more people of all ages picking up…
The board game industry is larger than many people realize, with a great deal more variety than just the classic board games such as Monopoly or Snakes and Ladders. The global board game market is worth several billion dollars and is projected to grow by 17% between 2019 and 2023. There are tens of thousands…
The market size for the global advertising industry has been increasing steadily since 2016, growing at a CAGR of approximately 5%. This growth is expected to continue in 2019 and 2020 as several emerging advertising trends have already made a large impact, changing the industry landscape, providing many business opportunities for current market participants and…
The global mobile gaming market is growing in an unprecedented rate. Over the last few years, the mobile gaming sector has evolved to become the largest revenue contributor in the global gaming industry, representing over half of its overall revenue generated worldwide. With the rapid growth in smartphone penetration and hardware innovations, an increasing number…
Esports betting has become one of the fastest growing segments in the global sports betting industry in recent years. Sports betting is a very popular type of gambling that involves predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome and there is a wide range of sports betting available in the market. Some of…
From fledging upstarts to mature markets, the mobile gaming segment has evolved at an unprecedented rate. In the past few years, the mobile gaming industry has become increasingly significant in the global digital games market. Today, Google Play Store and iTunes store are flooded with a variety of exciting mobile gaming applications and mobile gaming companies are…
