Immedia works with JD Sports to launch music & entertainment platform JD-X across in-store & mobile

Immedia works with JD Sports to launch music & entertainment platform JD-X across in-store & mobile

Multichannel in-store and digital production company Immedia is working with JD Sports (JD), the leading UK trainer and sports fashion retailer, to create a new multi-stream music entertainment platform, JD-X, available to customers in-store and via its mobile app JD Sports. JD-X is a 24-hour music and entertainment service which officially launched at the weekend […]

Thomas Cook & Now Healthcare tech helping holidaymakers taken ill whilst travelling

Thomas Cook & Now Healthcare tech helping holidaymakers taken ill whilst travelling

Holidaymakers who fall ill in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia, are taking advantage of mobile consultations with UK-based GPs through the ‘Now GP’ app. Up to 600,000 holidaymakers who need medical advice whilst travelling abroad can, at the touch of a button, obtain GP and medication guidance and, if needed, access an e-prescription […]

Meet Yodel the communications startup providing a flexible phone for 21st century enterprise

Meet Yodel the communications startup providing a flexible phone for 21st century enterprise

In less than two years, Yodel has redefined the phone call by becoming one of the leading cloud-based integrations for improved customer services and team collaboration. The Austrian communications startup has quietly developed partnerships to empower teams to manage phone calls using the platforms they use the most, such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, and […]

42 % of all UK display ads were not seen in Q2, according to Meetrics’ latest Viewability Benchmarks

42 % of all UK display ads were not seen in Q2, according to Meetrics’ latest Viewability Benchmarks

Meetrics‘ latest Viewability Benchmarks show that viewability rates for display campaigns maintained the same level as Q1. Values for banner advertising decreased by one percentage point to 58% in the same period. Philipp von Hilgers, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Meetrics said: “The UK market has historically been in last place for viewability, but optimisation […]

Mindshare launches tool to turn out-of-office emails into valuable media space for charities

Mindshare launches tool to turn out-of-office emails into valuable media space for charities

Mindshare, part of WPP, launched ‘’Dooonate’’ – a tool that enables companies and individuals to donate space in their out-of-office emails to charities. UK charities spend £22 billion a year on advertising, almost half of which goes to buy digital media. Anything that could help reduce this amount without reducing the effectiveness of charity marketing […]

Snapchat is shuttering Snapcash, its peer-to-peer payments service

Snapchat is shuttering Snapcash, its peer-to-peer payments service

Snapchat is putting an end to its peer-to-peer payment feature, ending a four-year partnership with payment processor Square. According to TechCrunch, Snapcash will be dropped from the app on 30 August, as discovered in a deprecation message buried within Snapchat’s code. This has since been confirmed by Snapchat, saying: “Yes, we’re discontinuing the Snapcash feature as […]

Chinese retailer Suning showcases future of retail with five automated ‘smart retail’ stores

Chinese retailer Suning showcases future of retail with five automated ‘smart retail’ stores

Chinese retailer Suning has rolled out five unmanned automated stores, called ‘Biu’ as the brand steps up its presence in China’s hugely competitive ‘smart retail’ market. The stores are powered by facial recognition technology, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), big data analysis and utilise the brand’s online financial services app to provide consumers with a shopping […]

Facebook Introduces Five New Features in Ads Manager App

Facebook Introduces Five New Features in Ads Manager App

Facebook recently announced in a blog that it has added five new features to its Ads Manager app, making it easier for advertisers to use creative tools using their smartphones. Now, while creating an ad on their mobile devices, advertisers can play around with tools like text overlays, stickers, logos or color filters. Facebook has also included […]