Doro, which specialises in telephony solutions for an ageing population, has released research showing that half of British seniors are excited by new technologies and trust them to help in their everyday life. Despite this interest in technology, however, only 12 per cent of those surveyed have adopted tech-enabled personal aids such as safety alarms, […]
Ligatus, a leading Native Advertising Solutions provider for Publishers and Brands, announced its newest integration with Forensiq by Impact. The partnership between Ligatus and Forensiq has been created to eliminate costly and ineffective marketing by measuring viewability and offering Ligatus’ advertisers an additional guarantee that their inventory is fraud free and brand safe. Given that […]
The hunt for Europe’s best science communicators is on, with the launch of new initiative SCi25. SCi25 will be the first data-led curation of Europe’s most influential in-house science communication professionals, designed to showcase and unite the talented PR and marketing practitioners working to amplify the impact of world-changing scientific organisations. The Top 25 Science […]
Hong Kong has been a food paradise for a long time and the city’s busy lifestyle make food delivery apps such as Uber Eats an immediate hit. People can now order from a wide array of menus in a tap of button and for busy young people, choices are usually trendy, international cuisines. However in […]
Amazon’s digital assistant technology Alexa is now available on 20,000 devices according to the internet retailer, an impressive increase on the 4,000 connected devices where users could access the smart assistant at the start of the year. The figure was revealed during an Amazon press event at IFA in Berlin, as reported by CNET, where […]
JD.com has partnered with hotel brands including Sheraton and Wanda to let hotel guests to shop from their hotel rooms. The move, which is part of JD’s ‘boundaryless retail’ strategy, will see hotel rooms at Sheraton, Wanda, Beijing 5L, Greenland and others furnished with products and QR codes that can be scanned and purchased via […]
Leading global creative agency BBH has harnessed augmented reality (AR) and a Family Guy collaboration to provide Samsung with a highly innovative way to market its products. Doorways, which launched at Berlin’s IFA innovations show, is an interactive AR platform that allows the user to step into a different world and fully immerse themselves in […]
Twitter announced new restrictions to its ad policies that restrict the publishing of sponsored political and issue tweets. The social platform set these rules for the US only, in light of social media’s recent issues with the bad actors exploiting looser measures since the 2016 presidential campaign. After Twitter and Facebook announced restrictions to these types of ads […]
A pop-up shop that accepts only digital currency will open this September in London to kickstart the launch of the capital’s Crypto Week. Both initiatives are the brainchild of the Reality Gaming Group, which has joined forces with Soho Radio and Jägermeister to give London’s consumers the opportunity to find out how to buy and use […]
Apple has acquired Akonia Holographics, a Colorado-based startup that focuses on making lenses for augmented reality (AR) glasses. The purchase is yet another indicator that the tech giant is hard at work on a wearable AR device. Akonia Holographics was founded in 2012 by a group of holography scientists, and originally focused on holographic data storage […]