Shopping and retail applications experienced a 40 percent growth month-over-month in mobile advertising revenue, according to Millennial Media.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to have the No. 1 lifestyle app in Apple’s App Store? What if I told you for $4,255 – and $7,310, respectively – your app could be in that No. 1 slot within 24 hours?

Movie-ticketing giant Fandango tapped mobile ad network Apptera to develop and operate 1-800-Fandango, an interactive voice recognition movie show time and mobile ticketing service.